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' AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGISTS. 
The second annual meeting of the Association was held at Champaign, 
Illinois, in room 6 of the University of Illinois, beginning November 11th. The 
following officers and members were present during the meeting : 
President, C. V. Riley, Washington ; ist Vice-president, 8. A. Forbes, Illinois ; 
2nd Vice-president, A. J. Cook, Michigan; Secretary, John B. Smith, New 
Jersey. J. M. Aldrich, 8S. Dakota; W. B. Alwood, Virginia; G. F. Atkinson, 
Alabama; M. H. Beckwith, Delaware; James Fletcher, Ottawa, Canada ; 
Lawrence Bruner, Nebraska ; H. Garman, Kentucky ; C. P. Gillette, lowa; F. W. 
Goding, Illinois; C. A. Hart, Illinois; F. L. Harvey, Maine; L. O. Howard, 
Washington ; John Marten, Illinois; Herbert Osborn, lowa; F. H. Snow, Kansas ; 
H. E. Summers, Tennessee ; Roland Thaxter, Connecticut ; F. M. Webster, Indiana ; 
Clarence M. Weed, Ohio; C. W. Woodworth, Arkansas; E. F. Goff, Wisconsin. 
Several others interested in entomology, not members of the Association, also 
attended the meeting, giving an average attendance of about 20 at every meeting. 
The secretary read his report and submitted some letters for action by the 
Association. 
On the motion of Prof. Cook it was decided that an assessment of 25c. should 
be made from each member attending the meeting to defray the necessary 
expenses. 
The committee on co-operation (Profs. Riley, Cook, Forbes, Comstock and 
Lintner) reported progress and was continued. 
The requisites of membership were discussed and Drs. A. 8. Packard, D. 5. 
Kellicott and Messrs. J. M. Aldrich, E. V. Wilcox, C. A. Hart and A D. Hopkins 
were placed on the list of active members. Mr. E. W. Doran was elected an 
associate member, 
_ The constitution was amended by striking out the provision allowing special 
meetings to be called at the request of members. 
SECOND DAY’S SESSION. ' 
On November 12th 29 members were present, including some ladies, and the 
Hon. Edwin Willits assistant secretary of agriculture for the United States. 
The president, Prof. Riley, delivered his annual address on “ The Outlook in 
Applied Entomology.” This address was a masterly effort and was intently 
listened to by all who had the good fortune to hear it. It will be published in 
full in the pages of Insect Life. 
Mr. James Fletcher, of Ottawa, spoke in high terms of the paper. He said: 
“You have drawn our attention to the fact, Mr. President, that this is the most 
remarkable meeting of economic entomologists which has ever met together, and 
I feel sure, sir, that everyone present will agree with me that your address is one 
of the most remarkable we have ever had the privilege of listening to. You have 
covered so much ground and spoken upon so many subjects on which we know 
you to be the highest authority, not only from the exceptional advantages you 
possess from your official position, but also from the experience you have gained 
from earnest and close attention for a quarter of a century to this special subject 
which we have gathered together to-day to discuss, that if we heard nothing else we 
should be well repaid for the trouble of attending this meeting. This great know- 
ledge makes you facile princeps the most eminent living economic entomologist—a 
title to which, on account of the work you have done in developing the science of 
practical entomology, no one will dispute your claim. The present meeting 
