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Minutes of the Twenty-Eight Annual Meeting 



INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



Claypool Hotel, November 28, 1912. 



The Executive ("omuiittee met at 1 -MO p. m. in their ;iiuuial session with 

 Joseph P. Naylor. President, in tlie chair, and the following members 

 present : Donaldson Bodine, A. L. Foley, W. S. Blatchley, ^y. A. Cogshall. 

 D. M. Mottier, R. W. McBride, C. R. Dryer. W. J. Moeukhans, L. J. Rettger, 

 J. W. Beede, R. Hessler, J. S. Wright and A. J. Bigney. 



The minutes of the meeting of the Executive Connnittee of lUll were 

 read and approved. 



The reports of the stiuiding conunittees were then taken up. The jiro- 

 gram committee, with J. W. Beede, Chairman, stated that their work had 

 been performed as indicated by the publisiied program. 



The Membership Connnittee reported that they had sent out printed 

 notices urging mend>ers to try to secure new members for the Academy. A 

 goodly nunil»er of names would be reported on Friday. 



On motion a committee C(msisting of Professors Botliue and Cogshali 

 was appointed to revise the constitution. 



The following persons were recommen.ded as Fellows : Chas. W. 

 Shannon, Brazil; II. W. Andei-son. t'rawfcrdsville; Chas. M. Smith, H. E. 

 Enders, and Frank D. Kern. Lafayette. 



Conunittees on Weeds and Biological Survey made no report. 



The treasurer read a list of 47 members who were in arrears for dues 

 for more tlian two years. On motion it was decided to drop these unless 

 their dues are paid for by January 1. 1918. 



J. S. Wright, reporting for the State librarian, stated that not as 

 many books had been bound as formerly on account of a lack of funds. 



J. S. Wright also repoi;ted that of the 900 copies of the Proceedings 

 printed, 108 had been sent to foreign exchanges, 88 to home exchanges, 200 

 to libraries, the remainder to the members and as reserves. 



The Editor. L. J. Rettger. reported that his work had been completed 

 as shown by th<» volume of Proceedings. He gave the committee some 

 notion of the ditticulty connected with this work. 



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