The committee especially wishes to bring into its member- 

 ship all persons prepared and disposed to do active work on 

 the ecology of any part of the state." 



On motion of Professor Grant the report was approved and 

 the Committee was continued for another year. 



The Chairman then appointed the following committees: 



Committee on nominations — W. F. IM. Goss, F. L. Charles, 

 S. W. Parr and T. W. Galloway. 



Committee to audit the Treasurer's report — F. R. Watson, 

 H. O. Barnes, R. O. Graham and T. W. Galloway. 



The Secretary then stated that a committee was to have 

 been appointed last year to collect drill records, and sug- 

 gested that it be appointed at this time or a little later in the 

 day. 



"As a member of the Geological Survey to whom this work 

 will be of special value," said Mr. DeWolf, "I would like to 

 suggest the name of Professor J. A. Udden for appointment 

 on the committee, as a great deal of the work is now in his 

 hands." 



President Crew suggested, that as the committee was an 

 important one, and required some consideration, the matter 

 go over until later in the day. This was agreed to. 



Under the head of new business, Professor Bartow said: 

 "The time has arrived when there is a possibility of having 

 sectional meetings, such as a chemistry and physics section 

 and a geological section, for the purpose of reading papers." 



Professor Hessler replied: "The question came before the 

 Council last year and it was considered inadvisable at that 

 time. The attendance at the different sections would be 

 small and, therefore, I think for the present at least that it is 

 undesirable for the Academy to be divided into sections or 

 to try to hold more than a one-day session." 



Professor Goss then moved "That it is the sense of the 

 Academy that we should not resolve our meetings into sec- 

 tional meetings at this time." The motion was carried. 



At the conclusion of the business meeting Professor Isabel 

 Smith presented a paper on "Illinois Trees." 



