FIFTH AXXUAL MEETING II 



Minutes of the Fifth Annual Meeting 



Bloomingtox, Illinois, February 2t, and 24, 1912. 



SESSION OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2 :oo P. ^I. 



Address of AVelcome. by Senator Frank Funk, President of the 

 2^IcLean County Academy of Science. 

 Reply by President \\'. A. Xoyes. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Minutes of the Previous ^Ieeting. — The minutes of the 

 fourth Annual fleeting, held at Chicago, February 17 and 18, 

 191 1, have been published in A'olume R* of the Transactions. 

 The Council has held two meetings, one in Chicago, Novem- 

 ber 4, 191 1, and one in Bloomington, February 23, 1912. The 

 Council has considered all matters touching the policy of the 

 Academy, including the time and place for the 19 12 meeting, the 

 program for the same, and certain matters regarding the form of 

 A'olume IV of the Transactions. 



Membership. — Thirty-seven new members were elected at the 

 Chicago meeting, 34 of whom completed membership by payment 

 of dues. At the Chicago meeting the Secretary reported 371 

 names on the membership roll. The additions should, therefore, 

 make a total of 408 members. Nine members have resigned, and 

 41 have been dropped for non-payment of fees, leaving a total of 

 358 names on the membership roll, or a net loss of 13 during 

 the year. Thirty-five of the above failed to pay either annual 

 dues or matriculation fee, and were dropped by limitation of three 

 years, as provided in the constitution. It is evident that too great 

 care cannot be used in proposing persons for membership in the 

 Academy. No person should be nominated who has not indi- 

 vidually expressed a desire to become a member. 



We have lost bv death one of our most valued members. Pro- 



