JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY 



VOLUME XXX AUGUST. 1914 No. 2 



PEOCEEDK^GS OF THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL ^or^^ 

 MEETING OF THE NORTH CAROLINA ^^Ki 



ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



Held at Trinity College, Durham, N. C, Friday 

 and Saturday, May 1 and 2, 1914 



The Executive Committee, President Sherman and Secre- 

 tary Gudger, ex officio, and Messrs. C. S. Brimley, W. C. Coker, 

 and J. J. Wolfe present, met at 2 :30 P. M. Friday, May 1. The 

 secretary made his annual report of the finances and membership 

 of the Academy and this was recommended favorably to the 

 Academy at its annual business meeting. The following were 

 elected to membership : 



(1) Wm. Battle Cobb, Soil Scientist, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



(2) CM. Farmer, Professor of Natural Science, Atlantic 

 Christian College, Wilson. 



(3) E. Oscar Randolph, Assistant in Geology, University 

 of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 



(4) Henry Roland Totten, Assistant in Botany, Univer- 

 sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 



The invitation of the President and Faculty of Wake Forest 

 College that the Academy hold its fourteenth annual meeting 

 as the guest of that institution was unanimously accepted. 



An amendment to the constitution adding the vice-president 

 to the list of ex officio members of the Executive Committee 

 was offered by C. S. Brimley, discussed by the Committee, and 

 recommended to the favorable consideration of the Academy. 

 The Committee then adjourned. 



