MINUTES OF TENTH ANNUAL MEETING 15 
At 11 o'clock, a special lecture, complimentary to the peo- 
ple of Galesburg, was delivered by Dr. T. C. Chamberlin, oa 
the subject: Earth Genesis. Further along in the volume is 
printed a paper which Dr. Chamberlin prepared for another 
occasion, but which contains essentially what he said in this 
lecture. The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides and 
was largely attended and greatly appreciated by the people of 
the city. 
At twelve o'clock following Dr. Chamberlin’s lecture, the 
faculties of Knox College and Lombard ‘ollege served a 
complimentary luncheon to the members of the Academy at the 
Galesburg Club. 
Following the luncheon, the Academy met in four sections, 
at 1:30 o'clock, for the presentation of papers. The papers 
presented in these section meetings are printed in this volume 
with the exception of a few that have been published else- 
where. 
At 4 o'clock, the Academy again assembled in general ses- 
sion for the election of officers and the transaction of other 
business. The first item of business at this session was the 
reading of a telegram from Dr. W. S. Bayley, chairman of 
the legislation committee, stating that the Academy appropri- 
ation bill before the legislature was in danger of failure and 
needed the support of the members. 
On motion, the Secretary was instructed to prepare and 
send telegrams to the governor and to the chairmen of the 
two appropriation committees of the legislature, urging the 
‘mportance of our request for financial aid from the State, 
and all members were urged to write letters to those officials. 
It is a great pleasure to record the fact that in response to 
these requests and the earnest efforts of the legislation com- 
mittee, an appropriation bill was finally passed and signed by 
Governor Lowden, providing a thousand dollars a year for 
the biennium, for the publication and distribution of the 
Transactions of the Academy. This is all the more remarkable 
when it is realized that the nation was just entering the great 
world war, and the State government was pursuing a policy 
of the strictest economy. The Academy and the cause of 
science generally are under lasting obligation to Governor 
J_owden, to Hon. 1. J. Smejkal, who included the Academy 
