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MINUTES OF THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL 

 MEETING 



The meeting was called to order in the Chamber of 

 Commerce auditorium, Danville, at 11:00 A. M. Friday, 

 February 20, 1920, by Dr. Henry B. Ward, President of 

 the Academy. 



President Ward stated that since the minutes of the 

 previous meeting would be printed in the transactions, 

 they would not be read. Eeports were made by the secre- 

 taiy, the treasurer, and the librarian. These reports ap- 

 pear later in this volume. 



President Ward made a brief oral report for Dr. S. A. 

 Forbes as chairman of the committee on Ecological Sur- 

 vey. Dr Forbes was unable to attend the meeting and 

 asked Dr. Ward to say for him that he felt that the com- 

 mittee had about completed the work which it had orig- 

 inally set out to do, and that therefore, he wished to re- 

 sign as its chairman, luit hoped that the committee might 

 go forward under other leadership to do other similar 

 work. On motion, Dr. Forbes 's resignation was accepted 

 and Dr. Henry C. Cowles was elected to succeed him as 

 chairman of the committee. A motion was made and 

 carried that Dr. Cowles should be empowered to add 

 members to the committee at his o^^^l discretion. 



J. L. Pricer made a brief oral report for the committee 

 appointed the previous year to secure the affiliation of 

 high school science clubs with the Academy. The com- 

 mittee was continued with instructions to continue its 

 efforts along this line for another year. 



Dr. Bain and Professor Risley were appointed as a 

 committee on auditing and the treasurer's report was re- 

 ferred to this committee. 



After a general discussion of the matter of disposing 

 of back numbers of the Academy Transactions, it was 

 voted that the librarian be allowed to use his discretion 

 in disposing of these publications following a conserva- 

 tive policy. 



