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Letters were read in acknowledgment of sympathy from Chas. W. 
Fairbanks; and of regrets from Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. 
With the consent of the Academy, Mr. J. S. Wright was authorized to 
extend a special invitation to Dr. Wiley to attend the next fall and spring 
meetings of the Academy. 
The choice of a time for the fall meeting was requested. 
It was moved (Blatchley) and seconded (Cogshall) that the meeting 
be set for the Thanksgiving period, as heretofore for several years. The 
motion was amended, and passed, ‘to leave the time for the meeting in the 
hands of the Program Committee, with power to act.” 
(In the discussion prior to the passage of the amendment, the senti- 
ment was against the Thanksgiving period.) 
Announcements: 
President Burrage announced that Professor Edward Lee Green, bot- 
anist, of the Smithsonian Institution, will be present tomorrow and will 
accompany the party on its excursion. 
Mr. Charles Stoltz, M. D., chairman of the local committee, announced 
the program for tomorrow (Friday, May 29, 1914). Automobiles for the 
whole party leave 7:00 a.m. from the front of the Hotel Oliver; return to 
the same place at 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon. Banquet, 6:30 p.im., at the 
Hotel Oliver. 
Attention was called to the fact that J. B. Garner of Crawfordsville 
had not received the publications and literature of the Academy. He de- 
sires his name on the mailing list. 
BUSINESS SESSION MAY 29, 1914. 
After the noon luncheon on the field trip—at the Adventist College, 
north of Berrien Springs, Michigan—the meeting was called to order by 
the President, Severance Burrage, for the purpose of hearing the report of 
the Membership Committee. 
F. M. Andrews, chairman, presented the names of six persons for 
membership. 
Upon motion, duly seconded and passed, the secretary cast the ballot 
for their election to membership. 
Announcements concerning the further movements of the party were 
made by local chairman, Dr. Stoltz. 
