14 ILLINOIS STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



It was voted to present the following amendments of 

 the constitution at the annual meeting for action: 



Article IV. — After the word president, substitute for 

 vice-president, — a first vice-president, a second vice- 

 president. 



This provides for an additional officer, a second vice- 

 president. 



Also add to Article IV. the following: The second 

 vice-president shall be a resident of the town in which 

 the next annual meeting is to be held, and shall be ap- 

 pointed by the Council as soon as the next meeting place 

 has been decided upon. 



Council Meeting-, Elgin High School, May 1, 1924 



The Council met with the Local Committee of Arrange- 

 ments at the High School Building, Elgin. 



Final arrangements for the Annual Meeting were dis- 

 cussed and all plans completed. 



New names were presented for membership. The list 

 of names was approved by the Council, and it was voted 

 to recommend the Treasurer's list of new members to 

 the Academy for election. 



A letter from the British Association of Science was 

 read, in which an invitation was extended to our Acad- 

 emy of Science to attend the Science Convention to be 

 held in Toronto, August 6-13, 1924. It was recommended 

 that the incoming Council appoint delegates to the To- 

 ronto Convention from among those members of our 

 Academy who were planning to attend. 



Annual Business Meeting, Elgin High School, 

 May 2, 1924,8:45 A.M. 



President W. G. Waterman presided, and, after call- 

 ing the meeting to order gave a brief report concerning 

 the printing and distributing of the leaflets on the work 

 and aims of the Academy. A copy of the leaflet had been 

 sent out previously to each member of the Academy. 



