EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING 



Minutes of the Eighth Annual Meeting 



Springfield, Illinois, February 19 and 20, 1915 



The meeting was called to order in the lecture room of the 

 State Museum at 2 p. m., Friday, by President A. R. Crook. 

 Mr. Finley Bell of the State Legislature Reference Bureau 

 gave an address of welcome on behalf of the State Govern- 

 ment in the absence of the Governor and also extended a cor- 

 dial invitation to the members of the Academy to visit the 

 newly established Reference Bureau. 



The President replied, thanking the speaker for the cordial- 

 ity of the reception and expressing the interest of the Academy 

 in the welfare of all branches of the State Government. 



The reports of the Secretary and the Treasurer were read. 

 (See pages 11 and 13.) 



The Calendar Committee, through Dr. A. R. Crook, reported 

 progress in securing the attention of other organizations of 

 scientific and business men in this country and abroad, to the 

 need of an improved calendar. It was moved and passed that 

 the Calendar and the Legislative Committee be continued. The 

 President then appointed the Auditing, Nominating and Reso- 

 lutions Committees. 



The Symposium on Colloids was then presented and a 

 paper read by Dr. Don W. Deal. 



At 6 o'clock a banquet given in honor of the Academy by 

 the Springfield Commercial Association w 7 as enjoyed at the 

 Leland Hotel. Ex-Governor \V. A. Northcott acted as toast- 

 master. Senator Keller gave an address of welcome to which 

 Professor John M. Coulter responded. One of the features of 

 the banquet was the excellent singing by the Chorus of the 

 Commercial Association. 



At 8 o'clock the Academy joined an audience of over two 

 thousand citizens of Springfield at the Armory, to hear an ad- 

 dress by Dr. A. L. Day, Director of the Carnegie Geophysical 

 Laboratory, of Washington, D. C, on "Volcanic Emana- 

 tions." The lecture Was illustrated by a remarkable series of 

 photographs of volcanic phenomena displayed by the volcanoes 

 of Hawaii. 



