MINUTES OF TENTH ANNUAL MEETING 9 
Minutes of the Tenth Annual Meeting 
Knox CoLLEGE, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 23-24, 1917 
The meeting was called to order in Beecher Chapel, Knox 
College, at 2 p.m. on Friday by President William Trelease. 
President Thomas McClelland of Knox College delivered an 
address of welcome, in a very happy manner, extending the 
ireedom of the college and of the city to the members oi the 
Academy. President Trelease responded by a unique address, 
setting forth in a very novel but fitting manner the general at- 
titude of men of science toward the problems of society. 
The minutes of the ninth annual meeting, as published in 
Volume IX of the Academy Transactions, were read by the 
Secretary. Reports were made by the Secretary, the Treasurer, 
the Librarian, and by the committee on Conservation of Wild 
Life. These reports appear further along in the volume. 
An auditing committee, consisting of Thomas L. Hankinson, 
Chas. T. Knipp, and J. C. Hessler, was appointed by the Presi- 
dent, and on motion, the Treasurer's report was referred to 
this committee. 
A. R. Crook, chairman of the membership committee re- 
ported a list of 26 candidates for membership in the Academy 
and recommended their election. On motion, the Secretary 
was instructed to cast the ballot and the candidates were de- 
clared elected. Other candidates were elected to membership 
at the business session on Saturday. A list of the members elect- 
ed at the meeting appears further along in the volume. 
President Trelease next appointed the following com- 
mittees : 
Committee on Nominations: W. A. Noyes, S. G. Winter, 
R. E. Wager, F. D. Barber, and J. H. Ferriss. 
Committee on Resolutions: Isabel S. Smith, F. L. Stevens, 
A. R. Crook, and F, W. DeWolf. 
A proposed amendment to the constitution, which had been 
duly presented to the members was unanimously adopted as 
