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5. R. W. Leiby, Assistant Entomologist, State Department of 

 Agriculture, Raleigh. 



6. Mary Lyon, Professor of Science, Southern Presbyterian Col- 

 lege, Red Springs. 



7. E. T. Aliller, Professor of Engineering, Trinity College. 



8. J. K. Plummer, Soil Chemist, State Department of Agriculture, 

 Raleigh. 



9. Elizabeth B. Potwine, Instructor in Mathematics, State Normal 

 College, Greensboro. 



10. H. Spencer, Assistant in Zoology and Entomology, State Agri- 

 cultural and Mechanical College, West Raleigh. 



A letter from the Secretary of the Faculty of the A. & M. 

 College was then read invitiug the Academy to hold its next 

 annual meeting at that institution in 1916, On motion the 

 invitation was unanimously accepted. The Secretary then 

 gave his report as to (1) membership, (2) finances, and 

 (3) the matter of raising the dues. These matters were dis- 

 cussed at some length and recommended to the careful con- 

 sideration of the Academy at its annual business meeting. 

 The Committee then adjourned. 



At 8 P. M. the Academy met in evening session in "Win- 

 gate Memorial Hall. After a cordial welcome to Wake 

 Forest College delivered by Dean Charles E. Brewer, Presi- 

 dent J. J. Wolfe delivered his presidential address, ''The 

 Status of the Theory of Descent," Next Prof, John F. Lan- 

 neau delivered a lecture on "The Cosmoid" with a demonstra- 

 tion of an apparatus of his own design. Following him 

 Prof. A. TI. Patterson gave a demonstration and explanation 

 of the working of a new form of humidifier of Xortli Caro- 

 lina make. His title was "The Importance of Humidity in 

 Health and the Arts," 



At 9:20 Saturday morning the Academy convened in an- 

 nual business meeting with 19 members present. The min- 

 utes of last meeting were read and approved and the report 

 of the Executive Committee as to the election of new mem- 

 bers and the choice of the next place of meeting was had. 

 Notice was ordered to be entered in the Proceedino;s of the 



