REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 13 



ILLINOIS STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Academy 

 Rockford, Illinois, April 27-29, 1922 



MINUTES OF BUSINESS MEETING 



April 27th. 



After calling the meeting to order President Knipp 

 asked for reports of officers. The Treasurer submitted 

 the following report : 



Balance on hand May 1, 1921 $ 704.23 



Received from Dues. Initiation and Annual 483.15 



A. A. A. S. dues collected by the Academy 1,160.25 



Received from the sale of Transactions 21.25 



$2,368.88 

 Paid for stationery, postage, other expenses of officers 



and committee chairmen $ 412.48 



Paid printing bills 159.83 



Paid to A. A. A. S. for dues collected 1,169.25 



Amounts refunded 7.00 



$1,739.56 



Balance on hand April 27th, 1922 $ 629.32 



Several outstanding bills were yet to be paid. 



The Treasurer's report was accepted. 



Eeports of committees called for: 



Professor C F. Hottes sent his report for the Member- 

 ship Committee by Professor Schulz. This committee 

 sent out 250 invitations during the year to people to join 

 the Academy. The result was that 57 new members were 

 added to our list. Eeport accepted. 



Dr. H. C. Cowles reported for the committee on Eco- 

 logical Survey. He stated that the committee was made 

 up of some members who were interested in the work, 

 and they had seen to it that certain papers on Ecology 

 were placed on the program of the Rockford meeting. 

 Report accepted. 



Professor J. C. Hessler read the report for the com- 

 mittee on High School Science and Clubs. In substance 

 it was as follows : 



The effort of the committee has been confined to the 

 attempt to interest high school principals and superin- 

 tendents in the formation of Science Clubs, and in the 



