JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 



Volume XXXIX AUGUST, 1923 Nos. 1 & 2 



PROCEEDINGS OP THE TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEET- 

 ING OF THE NOKTH CAROLINA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



Held at the North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro, 

 N. C, May 4 and 5, 1923 



The Executive Committee of the North Carolina Academy of 

 Science met Thursday night, May 4, 1923, at the North Carolina Col- 

 lege for Women, with the following members present : Dr. A. Hender- 

 son, Dr. H. B. Arbiickle, Dr. Bert Cmmingham, Dr. B. W. Wells, 

 Prof. J. P. Givler, and Prof. H. R. Totten (who acted for Dr. H. N. 

 Gould, who was out of the state). 



The committee discussed and adopted the following recommend- 

 ations to be presented to the Academy : 



(a) That the Treasurer be authorized to pay the expense of letters 

 and postage for high school teachers' letters sent out last November. 



(b) That the action of President Henderson in appointing Dr. 

 C. W. Stiles to represent the Academy at the Baird Memorial meeting 

 in Washington be confirmed. 



(c) That Dr. E. C. Brooks, of the State Department of Education, 

 be invited to speak to the Academy for fifteen minutes on Cooperation 

 of High School and College in Science Teaching. 



(d) A fall meeting of the Academy for the especial benefit of high 

 school teachers was discussed, but it was recommended that continued 

 effort be made to organize a Science section in the Teachers Assembly, 



(e) That we request each group, viz., the (1) Chemistry, (2) 

 Physics, (3) Mathematics, (4) Biology, Geology, etc., to elect a mem- 



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