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trying all sorts of experiments to which the high temperature 
of the place was suitable, and they had so improved the place 
that Sunday longed for permission to remain. 
The Iowa Academy of Science was represented By Profes- 
sor H. S. Conard, of Grinnell College, who complimented the 
Illinois Academy for its extensiveness and the large number of 
branches of science that it included. He spoke especially of 
the work of the Committee on Ecological Survey and wished 
it the greatest of success. 
Professor E. H. S. Bailey of Lawrence College brought 
greetings from the Kansas Academy of Science, one of the 
oldest state academies in the country. He said that the Kan- 
sas Academy had celebrated its 49th anniversary in January 
and was in a prosperous condition. 
Professor W. H. Hobbs of the University of Michigan 
represented the Michigan Academy of Science and spoke on 
the purposes of academies of science. He said that one of 
the main purposes of such organizations was the dissemination 
of accurate knowledge. 
In the absence of Professor J. M. Coulter of the University 
of Chicago, Dr. H. S. Pepoon of the Lake View High School, 
Chicago, spoke of the work of the Chicago Academy of Sci- 
ence. He told of the work of the Academy in exhibiting 
stuffed birds and other animals against a scenic back ground 
representing their natural habitats. 
Dr. C, W. East, District Health Officer of the State Board 
of Health, represented that institution in the absence of the 
Secretary, Dr. C. St. Claire Drake. Dr. East said that today, 
people trust themselves too much to the care of health authori- 
ties instead of sharing with them the fundamental knowledge. 
He made the point that the efforts of health authorities to im- 
prove health conditions depend very largely on a general in- 
crease in knowledge on the part of the people of the funda- 
mentals of health. 
Director F. W. DeWolf of the State Geological Survey, 
spoke briefly of his work and of the changes in the grouping 
of the scientific workers likely to be brought about through leg- 
islation then being discussed at Springfield. In closing, he 
paid a fine compliment to Dr. T. C. Chamberlin, the eminent 
