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The article and section so amended will read; 



"Section 1. The officers of this Academy shall be chosen by ballot, 

 at the annual meeting-, and shall hold office one year. They shall con- 

 sist of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Press 

 Secretary, Editor, and Treasurer, who shall perform the duties usually 

 pertaining to their respective offices and in addition, with ex-presidents 

 of the Academy, shall constitute an Executive Committee. The Presi- 

 dent shall, at each annual meeting, appoint two members to be a com- 

 mittee, which shall prepare the programs and have charge of the ar- 

 rangements for all meetings for one year." 



Amendment to the By-Laivs: 



"By-Law 8. An Editor shall be elected from year to year. His 

 duties shall be to edit the annual Proceedings. No allowance shall be 

 made to the Editor for clerical assistance on account of any one edition 

 of the Proceedings in excess of fifty ($50) dollars except by special 

 action of the Executive Committee." 



Afternoon Session — 1:,30 p. m. 



Papers numbered 6, 7, and 8 were read in general session after 

 which the Academy adjourned to sectional meetings. President Moenk- 

 haus served as chairman of the section on Bacteriology, Botany and 

 Zoology; and Edwin Morrison presided over the section on Astronomy, 

 Chemistry, Geology and Physics. 



Evening Sessions. 



The address of the retiring President, Professor W. J. Moenkhaus, 

 was delivered at the informal dinner, at the Cafeteria, at 7:00 p. m. 



At 8:30 Professor Charles T. Knipp, of the University of Illinois, 

 addressed the members of the Academy and guests on the subject: "Elec- 

 tric Discharge in Vacuum Tubes — The Electron." The extensive equip- 

 ment and the facilities of the Department of Physics made it possible to 

 illustrate the whole of the lecture in a striking manner. 



A smoker and informal entertainment was given by the Sigma Xi 

 Scientific Fraternity at the Faculty Club rooms immediately after Pro- 

 fessor Knipp's address. 



