TRANSACTIONS 



THIRD ANNUAL MEETING. 



iRall of Chemistry, University of Illinois. 

 Urbana, February 18 and 19, 1910. 



SESSION OF FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18. 



Afternoon. 



President Forbes called the meeting to order at 2:15 and 

 announced that the first item of business would be reports of 

 officers. The Secretary presented the following report: 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



The reading of the minutes of the last meeting and of the 

 council meeting may be dispensed with since they are re- 

 ported in Vol. II of the Transactions, a copy of wdiich has 

 been sent to all members w^hose addresses are known. 



The secretary will be obliged if any one can give the ad- 

 dresses of the following: Baird, L. P.; Collett, E. B. ; Collier, 

 J, S. ; Dawson, L. A. ; Haddock, F. D. ; Montgomery, O. C. ; 

 Putnam, J. R. ; Winter, S. G. 



Publication of the last volume of the Transactions was de- 

 la3^ed, since the committee which was appointed to ascertain 

 w^hether or not the State w^ould publish our papers was long 

 kept in doubt by the condition of business in the legislature. 

 Seeing no hope of favorable consideration during the current 

 session, the committee decided not to make the request but 

 to postpone action till a more favorable time. As soon as 

 that decision was reached, the secretary began to collect ma- 

 terial for the volume. 



At another time the Transactions can be brousfht out more 



