REPORT OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 23 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 
A meeting of the Council was held at the LaSalle Hotel in 
Chicago on July 8, 1916, all members being present with the 
exception of the Treasurer, Dr. H. S. Pepoon. 
At this meeting, Galesburg was selected as the place in 
which to hold the present meeting, and the general plan of the 
program, as it has been finally arranged was decided on. 
The matter of publication of back volumes of transactions 
was considered, and finally left in the hands of the Publication 
Committee, with instructions to publish as many volumes as 
the funds available would pay for. On finding that the treas- 
ury contained about $400.00, and that about $200.00 of 1916 
dues could be collected, the Publication Committee decided to 
publish Volumes VII and VIII, and a contract for the printing 
of the same was let to the Miller Printing Co., of Bloomington 
for editions of 1000 copies of each of the two volumes. Vol- 
ume VII consists of 120 pages and cost $237.77, and Volume 
VIII consists of 160 pages and cost $276.28. 
Copies of each of the two volumes have been sent to each of 
the 364 members whose names are listed in the volumes, with 
the exception of eleven whose addresss are not known, and 
five who are now deceased. At the request of the Legislation 
Committee, forty copies, twenty of each volume, were sent to ‘ 
the chairman of the appropriations committee of the State 
legislature. The remaining copies of the two volumes have 
been sent to the Librarian, Dr. A. R. Crook, of the State 
Museum at Springfield. 
In addition to a rather extensive correspondence in connec- 
tion with the publication and distribution of the two volumes 
of Transactions, nine hundred announcements of this meeting 
were mailed to members and to a selected list of physicians 
and high school and college teachers. Along with the an- 
nouncements sent to non-members a printed circular setting 
forth the aims and purposes of the Academy and the condi- 
tions of membership was enclosed. 425 copies of the final pro- 
gram of this meeting were mailed to members and prospective 
members. 
