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promptly. \\'hen not handicapped by the necessity of haste, 

 the appearance and character of the volume can be improved. 



At this third annual meeting it is gratifying- to note that 

 the Academy has 275 active, six corresponding and one hon- 

 orary members — a total of 282 members. The membership 

 committee and individual members of the Academy have been 

 busy in adding to our list and before the organization is five 

 years old we shall no doubt enroll 500 names. 



In order that the Academy might be known to people who 

 on the one hand should .obtain the advantages of member- 

 ship and on the other hand should advance its interests, the 

 secretary by correspondence obtained the names of over 1100 

 teachers of science in the public schools, normal schools, col- 

 leges and universities of the State. A card catalog of these 

 has been prepared and one or more announcements, pro- 

 grams, list of members, etc., sent to them. 



To 700 newspapers in the State special notices of this 

 meeting have been sent. Separate articles have been written 

 for some papers upon request of the editors, and several 

 hundred letters have been written to individual members. 

 Altogether more than 4,000 notices have been sent out dur- 

 ing the last two months. This extra efifort has been made be- 

 cause of a realization of the many claims which clamor for the 

 attention, time and finances of men of science, and because 

 of the conviction that to be widely known and numerously 

 supported, the Academy must be brought prominently to the 

 notice of acceptable candidates. 



Men engaged in teaching are usually engrossed with stu- 

 dents, laboratories and their immediate institution, and give 

 hardly a passing thought to the larger circle. 



The Academy affords a means of extending the circle of 

 influence of each individual member to non-academic territory. 

 There is a work of magnitude to be ])crformed in this State; 

 a work which men of your education and men with your 

 knowledge can best advocate ; a work which can be accom- 

 plished, not by individuals but by an organization ; a work 



