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The gratitude of the Academy is also due to Prof. Griggs for his 
kindness and telegraphic promptness in filling in the gap in the program 
caused by the illness and absence of the President. 
Two minor matters concerning the make-up of the program may well 
be mentioned here. Some members may be disappointed to find their 
papers scheduled for sectional meefings rather than general sessions; 
this has been necessitated by the presentation of an unusual number of 
titles of a general character. There have been presented, also, an 
unusually large number of titles unaccompanied by specifications as 
to time needed. This causes no inconsiderable complication in the 
arrangement of the program. A uniform allowance of ten minutes has 
been made in such cases; for the future the secretary would recommend 
the reduction of this allowance to five minutes. 
During the past year the Secretary has prepared a card catalog 
of the membership of the Academy, past and present, with record of 
dates of admission and withdrawal. Some inaccuracies (due largely 
to variation in spelling and to change of name on the part of the ladies) 
are still to be corrected; but the following summary is approximately 
correct, and may be of interest to the members: 
os ST oes RT ee ee res 455 
es Mie TUIPCUS Jt) ene See fos « bal oe 5 22 ad Dos Sk yao) we OD 
ce A, ce Re oe oe ee De we ed See 720 
The preparation of this catalog has made possible the record in the 
published membership list of the dates of admission to the Academy. 
The Secretary will be grateful for the correction of any errors which 
may have slipped into this record. 
Preliminary steps have been taken this year looking toward the 
establishment of sections for Psychology and Chemistry; and it is 
hoped that another year may see these sections organized. The 
secretary has also very recently received the suggestion of the desirability 
of a section for the medical (or near-medical) sciences—Anatomy, 
Physiology, and Pathology. The program of this meeting shows the 
justification for this suggestion. 
Some complications have arisen because of the Secretary’s temporary 
absence from the state, but it is confidently expected that the very 
efficient work of Prof. Krecker as chairman of the Local Committee and 
of Prof. Westgate as Acting Secretary for the meeting will prevent 
any loss to the Academy. 
Respectfully submitted, 
EpwWARD L. Rice, Secretary. 
Report of the Treasurer for the Year 1916-17 
The report of the Treasurer was received as follows, and 
referred to the Auditing Committee, whose report is appended. 
For the year since our last annual meeting, the receipts, including 
balance from last year, have amounted to $590.73, and the expenditures 
to $451.63, leaving a cash balance of $139.10. 
