CONTENTS 



Page 



Officers and committees 3 



List of illustrations 7 



Session of Friday, February 18, afternoon 9 



Secretary's Report 9 



Treasurer's Report 11 



Dr. Amos Willard French: In Memoriam, by A. R. Crook 12 



A Work Needing to be Done by the Academy, by T. W. Galloway 13 

 The Vegetational History of a Blowout, by H. A. Gleason 



(abstract) 17 



Recent Habitat Changes in the Illinois River, by C. C. Adams 



(abstract) 18 



Preliminary Account of the Forest Successions on Isle Royal, 



Lake Superior, by W. S. Cooper (abstract) 20 



An Ecological Study of the Fish of a Small Stream, by T. L. 



Hankinson 23 



Session of Friday, February 18, evening 31 



Relations of the Illinois Academy of Science to the State, by 



S. A. Forbes 32 



The Chinese Problem, by T. C. Chamberlin 43 



Reception by Illinois Chapter of Sigma Xi 51 



Session of Saturday, February 19, morning 51 



Report of Committee on an Ecological Survey 51 



Report of Committee on Deep Drillings 58 



Symposium on the Relation of Pure and Applied Science to the 



Progress of Knowledge and of Practical Affairs 58 



1. The Relation of Pure and Applied Biology, by Cornelius 



Betten 58 



2. The Relation of Pure and Applied Chemistry, by Julius 



Stieglitz 62 



3. The Relation of Pure and Applied Physics, by J. F. 



Hayford 67 



4. The Relation of Pure and Applied Science in Education, 



by C. G. Hopkins 72 



5. The Relation of Pure and Applied Science in Secondary 



Education, by Worrallo Whitney 79 



The Passing of Our Game Birds, by I. E. Hess 90 



Further Studies on the Influence of Copious Water Drinking 



with Meals, by P. B. Hawk (abstract) 97 



Biology and Other Sciences as Applied by a Breeder, by Q. 



I. Simpson 99 



