CONTENTS 



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List of Illustrations 5 



Officers and Committees for 1912-13 6 



Constitution and By-Laws 8 



Session of Friday, Februar\- 23 — Afternoon : 



Address of Welcome, by Senator Frank Funk 11 



Reply, by President W. A. Xoyes 11 



Reports : 



Secretan,- 11 



Treasurer 13 



Membership Committee 13 



State ^luseum lo 



Committee to Influence Legislation to Restrict the Collection 

 of Birds and Eggs to Institutions and Accredited Indi- 

 viduals 15 



Committee to arrange for the Editorship and Publication of 

 a Series to be known as the State Academy Leaflets on 



High School Science 16 



Memorial to Professor F. L. Charles 16, 175 



Session of Friday, Februan* 23 — Evening: 



Social hour and banquet 18 



Address by President Xoj'cs 18. 20 



Session of Saturday, February 24 — Morning : 



Report of the Nominating Committee 18 



Report of the Auditing Committee 18 



Appointment of Committees 18 



Sj-mposium on Conservation 18, 29 



Session of Saturday, Februan.- 24 — Afternoon : 



Report of Committee appointed to Investigate the Relations of the 



Pure and Applied Sciences in High Schools 19 



Recommendations from the Council 19 



I. The Electrox Theory (The President's Address), W. A. Xoyes. . 20 



II. Symposium ox Coxservatiox : 



Conservation of the Human Race, J. X. Hurty 31 



The Native Animal Resources of the State. S. A. Forbes 37 



Conser^-ation of Our Forests, Henrj- C. Cowles 48 



Consenation of Our Oil Resources, F. \V. DeWolfe 53 



Conservation Ideals in the Improvement of Plants, H. J. Webber, 67 



III. Geologiovl Papers : 



The Structural Relations of the Oil Fields of Crawford and Law- 

 rence Counties, Illinois. R. S. Blatchlev 81 



