14 ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 
Mr. E. B. Vliet of the University of Lllinois, next spoke as a 
representative of the Chemical Club of the University, of 
which he is an undergraduate member. His remarks served to 
add variety to the program, by giving a little glimpse of the 
enthusiasm of the younger members of the Academy and 
workers in science. 
The Illinois Water Survey was represented by its director, 
Dr. Edward Bartow, who, realizing the lateness of the hour 
and the possible weariness of the audience, spoke in more or 
less of a humorous vein. 
Professor F. L. Stevens of the University of Illinois, closed 
the program of addresses with an account of the work of the 
Bacteriological Club of the University. 
At about 10:30 o’clock, President Trelease again took the 
floor and stated that the Constitution of the Academy required 
that each year the President of the organization should pre- 
pare an address, but that there was no authority in the Consti- 
tution which could compel the people to listen to it, Consequent- 
ly he handed his manuscript to the Secretary for publication in 
the Transactions and the meeting was adjourned. 
Letters were received from the American Academy of Arts 
and Sciences, the Ohio Academy of Science, and the Cali- 
fornia Academy of Sciences, all regretting their inability to 
send a representative to the meeting. 
SYMPOSIUM OF PUBLIC HEALTH 
On Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, was held a general ses- 
sion consisting of a Symposium of Public Health Problems. 
The speakers on this program were selected and the program 
arranged by Dr. J. H. Beard, Health Officer of the Univer- 
sity of Illinois, and much credit is due him for his untiring 
efforts to make the program a success as well as for the ex- 
cellent paper with which he opened the symposium. 
Dr. Hermon M. Adler, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard 
University, and director of the Cook County Survey, was to 
have spoken on the subject of Mental Hygiene, a Public Health 
Problem, but was prevented from being present by illness. All 
the other papers of the symposium appear in the volume. This 
session was largely attended by the citizens of Galesburg. 
