JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 



VOLUME XXXI JULY. 1915 No. 1 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL 

 MEETING OF THE NORTH CAROLINA ACAD- 

 EMY OF SCIENCE HELD AT WAKE FOREST 

 COLLEGE, WAKE FOREST, N. C, FRI- 

 DAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 30- 

 MAY 1, 1915 



The Academy was called to order by President J. J. 

 Wolfe at 2 :50 P. M., with 21 members and 10 visitors pres- 

 ent. Reading of papers was begun and continued until 9 

 had been read and discussed. President Wolfe then an- 

 nounced the following committees: Nominations, C. Cobb, 

 F. Sherman, Jr., J. F. Lanneau ; Auditing, A. S. Wheeler, 

 B. Cunningham, C. S, Brimley ; Resolutions, W. A. Withers, 

 A. H. Patterson, Z. P. Metcalf. The Academy then ad- 

 journed at 5 :30. 



The Executive Committee — President Wolfe, Vice-Pres- 

 ident Patterson, Secretary Gudger, ex officio, and Prof. W. 

 A. Withers — held its annual meeting immediately after ad- 

 journment. The following applicants for membership were 

 unanimously elected : 



1. F. E. Carruth, Assistant in Chemistry, N. C. Experiment Station, 

 West Raleigh. 



2. R. H. Field, Assistant in Zoology and Entomology, State Agri- 

 cultural and Mechanical College, West Raleigh. 



3. S. W. Geiser, Professor of Biology, Guilford College. 



4. T. F. Hickerson, Professor of Civil Engineering, University 

 of North Carolina. 



