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ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



At 6 p. m. the members enjoyed a banquet in the University- 

 Gymnasium as the guests of the University. President Abram 

 W. Harris made a short address of welcome. 



Following the banquet the Northwestern Chapter of Sigma 

 Xi gave an informal reception in the Physical Laboratory. A 

 feature of this occasion which was enjoyed by all was the ex- 

 hibit and demonstration of many new pieces of physical ap- 

 paratus. 



On the Saturday morning following the reports of the vari- 

 ous committees the Academy listened to eleven papers by mem- 

 bers. 



The officers elected for the following year were : 



President, Dr. A. R. Crook, State Museum, Springfield. 



Vice President. Professor U. S. Grant, Northwestern Uni- 

 versity, Evanston. 



Secretary, Dr. E. N. Transeau, State Normal School, 

 Charleston. 



Treasurer, Professor J. C. Hessler, Millikin University, De- 

 catur. 



Member Publication Committee, Professor S. A. Forbes, 

 Urbana. 



A meeting of the Council was held at Decatur, June 20. 

 1915. The program for this meeting, and the possibility of 

 publication of the Transactions were discussed. It was decided 

 that in view of the reduction of our income through the cut- 

 ting off of the appropriation from the State, that the publica- 

 tion of our proceedings should be held over until 1915. The 

 papers read at the Evanston meeting are all in the hands of the 

 Secretary and the manuscript is ready for the printer. Mr. 

 M. I. Reiffel, Chicago, and Professor F. L. Stevens, Urbana, 

 were elected to membership, subject to the approval of the 

 Academy. 



The Academy now has an enrollment of three hundred and 

 twelve members, well distributed over the state. Efforts to 

 secure the interest of high school teachers and others in the 

 work of the Academy have been continued by means of letters 

 and circulars. Respectfully submitted, 



E. N. Transeau, Secretary. 



