JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY 



VOLUME XXIX JULY, 1913 No. 1 



PEOCEEDUs^GS OF THE TWELFTH ANNUAL MEET- 

 ING OF THE NOETH CAEOLINA ACADEMY OF 

 SCIENCE HELD AT THE STATE NOEMAL AND 

 INDUSTEIAL COLLEGE, GEEENSBOEO, N. C, 

 FEIDAY AND SATUEDAY, APEIL 25-26, 1913. 



The Executive Committee met at 2 :40 P. M. Friday, April 

 26. There were present C. S. Brimley, President, and E. W. 

 Gudger, Secretary ex ojficio, and by appointment in the ab- 

 sence of the other regular members, Dr. H. V. Wilson and Prof. 

 C. W. Edwards. The Secretary made his report as to the state 

 of finances and membership which was referred to the academy. 

 An invitation of the faculty of Trinity College, Durham, to 

 hold the next annual meeting there, was accepted. The follow- 

 ing were elected to membership : 



Briggs, R. W., Professor of Engineering, Trinity College. 



Cunningham, Bert, Instructor in Sciences, High School, Durham. 



Dixon, Alfred A., Professor of Physics, Guilford College. 



Downing, John S., Professor of Chemistry, Guilford College. 



George, W. C, Instructor in Zoology, University of North Carolina. 



Metcalf, C. L., State Department of Agriculture, Raleigh. 



Radcliffe, Lewis, Director, Laboratory of United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries, Beaufort. 



Ragsdale, Virginia, Associate Professor of Mathematics, StateNormal 

 College. 



Rosenkrans, D. B., Instructor in Botany, Agriculture and Mechanical Col- 

 lege, West Raleigh. 



Smith, John E., Instructor in Geology, University of North Carolina. 



Swarthout, G. E., Professor of Natural Science, Atlantic Christian Col- 

 lege, Wilson. 



Winters, R. Y., Plant Breeder, North Carolina Agriculture Experiment 

 Station. 



