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copies of our Proceedings for twenty years, while in some instances 

 our active members have had to be content with board bound copies. 

 Now there is no honor either to the Academy or to the members 

 in their being transferred to the corresponding list, and there is no 

 reason why they should be exempt from payment of dues. 'I'h:it 

 this has been the general opinion is evidenced by the fact that there 

 are on our books two amendments providing for payment of dues 

 by these members. It will be well to keep the historical situation 

 in mind in voting on the amendments relating to corresponding fel- 

 lows and associates which are to be brought before you. 



The American Association for the Advancement of Science is 

 urging upon scientific societies the nation over the desirability of 

 affiliation with itself and thus of unification of the scientific forces 

 of America for improved opportunities for their work and better 

 appreciation of their efforts. Article 7 of the revised constitution, 

 to be presented for adoption at the St. Louis meeting, reads as fol- 

 lows : "National and local scientific societies may, by vote of the 

 council, become associated with the Association. Those associated 

 societies which the council shall designate as affiliated societies are 

 represented on the council and on the sectional committees as pro- 

 vided in articles 4 and 5." (Science, N. S. Vol. XLIX, p. 113, Jan. 

 31, 1919.) Such affiliated academies are left absolutely free as to 

 their own work and organization and if all members of such an 

 academy become members of the Association part of the Association 

 membership fee of three dollars is returned to the academy for its 

 expenses. Thus the Association becomes in effect an association of 

 the various societies which unite with it. It would seem that such 

 affiliation on the part of the Iowa Academy of Science should be 

 mutually helpful to both parties in the agreement and I would com- 

 mend the plan to your consideration. 



It seems to your Secretary that the time has come when there 

 must be a somewhat decided change in the editorial policy of the 

 Academy or else there must be an equally decided change in the 

 personnel of the editorial stafif. The Academy has grown to such 

 proportions and the number of papers presented annually for publi- 

 cation has become so large that the task of editing the Proceedings 

 and preparing them for the printer has become a very arduous one 

 for a volunteer editor, so to speak, and particularly, perhaps, for one 

 who has an increasingly large amount of similar work to do m his 

 regular capacity. It is realized, without any self-laudation, that 

 there are advantages in having this work done by one at the seat 



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