16 ILLINOIS STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



Reports of committees called for : 



Chairman H. J. VanCleave of the Membership Com 

 mittee presented 36 names for action. They were all 

 elected to membership. 



Chairman H. C. Cowles reported progress for the 

 Ecological Committee. 



Chairman J. C. Hessler reported progress for the Com- 

 mittee on High School Science and Clubs. He stated also 

 that the committee had worked during the year on plans 

 looking to the formation of High School Clubs and their 

 affiliation with the Academy. The committee had sent 

 out to 621 high schools of the state an 8-page pamphlet 

 outlining the importance of Science Clubs, and suggest- 

 ing methods of carrying on meetings of such clubs. A 

 further report was promised for the business meeting of 

 May 5. 



For the Publication Committee the Secretary reported 

 that the Transactions for the Rockf ord meeting had been 

 received the middle of April and copies had been mailed 

 to members. Reprints were expected soon for those who 

 had ordered them. 



The above committee reports were accepted. 



On motion of A. R. Crook it was voted that all papers 

 presented at meetings must be sent to the secretary with- 

 in 30 days after the adjournment of the annual meet- 

 ing, or they could not be published. 



The President appointed the following committees with 

 instructions to report at the business meeting for May 5 : 

 Committee on Nominations, C. T. Knipp, Chairman, Isa- 

 bel S. Smith, F. C. Baker, and M. M. Leighton. Commit- 

 tee on Resolutions ; H. C. Cowles, Chairman, H. J. Van- 

 Cleave and A. R. Crook. Auditing Committee, A. C. 

 Longden, Chairman, Mary Renich and W. N. Speckman. 



Adjourned to meet Saturday morning, May 5. 



