Minutes — Winter Meeiinq. 33 



iKil iiilcrfcic with the udministratidii iiiid (IcvcMoiniii'iit of mir KikIhwiiicmI 

 Kiiiid. .Mr. I'.utler advises that if. on ciind^ul ciiiisidiTJitioii, (lie advinda^cs 

 <iut\viM;rhod the disadvantages affiliation should fdllow. rrof. .Mot tier sii;r- 

 nested careful consideration of tlie fact that matters of hookkcepiut: would 

 licconic complicated in order to recot^Ml/.c the dcsii^'natcd State Memliers and 

 .\ational Memhers. 



By consent the matt<'r Is to be referred to ilie (leneral Meeting' for con- 

 sideration. 



OX THE ACADEMY EN DOW MEAT. 



I'resident Bruner reiK)rted tliat the efforts of tlie Committee flurini: the 

 summer were directed toward an initial movement for the foundation. I >r. 

 Scott suggested that the small sum of $100 or $200 transferred annually from 

 the Academy Treasury is too small to yield any marked income, or to make 

 any funds available for the promotion of research within many years. I'rof. 

 Kigenmann suggested as a mode of procedure the Indiana Academy of Sci- 

 ence should endorse some problem for researcli, and having done so to seek 

 funds for the promotion of that particular piece of research. Robert 

 McBride referred to the present money stringency and suggested only a 

 very limited possibility of acquiring funds by the method named. 



I' h' or; RAM COMMITTEE. 



R. C. Friesner presente<l the printed program of G6 titles to he read at 

 the present meetings. He made the announcement of a slight change in 

 location of rooms for the several sessions of the Academy, wiiich involved 

 change to Parlor B for the (ieneral Sessions and sectional meetings of the 

 Physical Sciences. The Biological Section is to meet in the Assembly Boom. 

 The Banquet is to be held in the Florentine Room, the Evening Session in 

 the Assembly Room. Programs have been .sent to neighboring Aciidemies 

 and Scientific Societies. The Chairman reported correspondence with tlie 

 Ohio Academy of Science relative to holding the Spring Meeting as a joiiit 

 meeting. Their practice is to have their papers read at the Spring Meet- 

 ing, therefore it is not iwssible to have a joint meeting this year, but the 

 matter is to be referred to the Committee for future consideration. 



XOMINATION COMMITTEE. 



The report will be called tomorrow. 



ON BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



Informal report was made liy the Secretary in the absence of Chairman. 



STATE LIBRARY. 



Amos Butler reported that the foreign papers have not been received 

 in any numbers during the last six years but have now begun to come. 

 Several bo.xes of foreign shipments have been received recently. 



DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Chairman Enders reported the 1918 Proceedings were distributed June. 

 last, but that the UH9 I'roceediugs have not gone to press as a result of 

 reversion of the printing fxmd. 



