IOWA ACADEIVrY OF SCIENCE 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



RECEIPTS. 



Cash on hand, April 29, 1910 $ 200.73 



Dues and initiation fees from members and fellows 145.00 



Life membership fees 49.00 



Sale of Proceedings 3.54 



Interest on deposits 8.03 



EXPENDITURES. 



Expenses of lecture, 24th meeting $ 28.55 



Cash to former treasurer for item of expense not before reported . . ] 0.00 



Postage of president ' 5.30 



Postage and stenographic work of treasurer 12.65 



Stationary for president and treasurer 7.00 



Wrapping, tieing and sending out Vol. XVI of Proceedings 10.00 



Honorarium to secretary 25.00 



Postage and incidental expenses of secretary 16.04 



Programs, letter heads, etc 9.75 



Binding, reprints, etc 77.50 



Cash on hand, April 28th, 1911 204.51 



Respectfully submitted, 



$406.30 



(Signed) G. F. KAY. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON QUARTER CENTENNIAL. 



The following report is submitted: 



1. That the Iowa Academy meet in the State Historical Building at Des Moines. 



2. That Professor Herbert Osborn of Columbus, Ohio, one of the charter members 

 of the Iowa Academy of Science, be invited to give the annual address. 



3. That brief papers on the charter members be prepared by some person des- 

 ignated by the Executive Committee. 



4. That papers, except those by special invitation, be given as far as possible 

 orally and in abstract. 



5. That the Executive Committee invite members of the Academy to make addresses 

 on special subjects setting forth the history of each branch of science in Iowa 

 during the quarter of a century that the Academy has been in existence. 



6. That the Executive Committee be requested to arrange for a formal banquet 

 to which the members may bring their ladies. 



7. That an invitation be extended to similar bodies in this and neighboring states 

 to send representatives to make short responses. 



S. That three hundred copies of the report be printed on good rough paper 

 at the expense of the Academy and be distributed to members. (In all 1,300 copies, 

 300 copies to be paid for by the Academy and 1,000 by the state.) 



9. That the President's address come immediately after the business of the first 

 meeting. 



10. That a committee be appointed to revise the constitution, to give notice of 

 amendments four weeks before the annual meeting, so that the revised constitution 

 may be acted on at the regular meeting and printed in the Quarter Centennial volume. 



(Signed) L. H. Pammel, 



J. L. TiLTON, 

 H. S. CONARD, 



Committee. 



