10 ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



legislation had not met success. Every member of the commit- 

 tee had done what was possible to secure State aid, but the 

 bill passed by the Legislature had not received the Governor's 

 signature. The committee felt, however, that since such as- 

 sistance is customary in all European countries and quite gen- 

 eral in neighboring states and so beneficial for the whole State, 

 that at the next attempt it would meet with better fortune. 



No report was presented by the Calendar Committee or by 

 the Committee on Secondary School Science. 



G. D. Fuller, chairman of the Membership Committee, pre- 

 sented a list of twenty-one candidates for membership and all 

 were elected. 



S. A. Forbes presented a report for the Committee of Eco- 

 logical Survey. This report is given in full below. 



The president appointed the following committees: 



Auditing Committee, E. J. Townsend, F. W. DeWolf, A. 

 W. Slocum and L. E. Hildebrand. 



Nomination Committee, S. A. Forbes, Philip Fox, Stewart 

 Weller, J. C. Hessler and T. L. Hankinson. 



Resolutions Committee, Stewart Weller and J. C. Hessler. 



The Secretary presented a communication from U. S. Con- 

 gressman Albert Johnson relating to H. R. 528 concerning the 

 discontinuance of the Fahrenheit scale in government publi- 

 cations. On motion of A. W. Noyes, seconded by J. C. 

 Hessler, it was voted that the use of the centigrade scale be 

 adopted in all U. S. government publications at the earliest 

 possible moment and the Secretary was directed to forward 

 this resolution to the Thermometer Committee of the A. A. 

 A. S. Bureau of Standards. 



Following the business session, the Symposium on Astron- 

 omy and several general papers were presented. 



At 7 :30 p. m. a reception was tendered to the Academy by 

 the Illinois Chapter of Sigma Zi in the Woman's Building, 

 and this was followed by a symposium on the policy, aims and 

 value of the Academy. The speakers on this symposium 



