l8 ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



SESSION OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 6:00 P. M. 



6 :oo-7 :oo — Bloomington Club ; social hour. 

 7:00 — Banquet (80 persons present). 



8:30 — Presidential address, "The Electron Theory," by Presi- 

 dent W. A. Noyes. 



SESSION OF SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 9 :oo A. M. 



Symposium on Conservation. 



Professor E. O. Jordan was not able to be present, owing to a 

 sudden outbreak of typhoid fever at Rockford, which necessitated 

 his immediate presence. Brief remarks on Water Pollution by 

 President Noyes. 



The other addresses were given in the sequences as printed. 



The Nomination Committee presented the following list of 

 candidates : 



Henry Crew, President. 



A. R. Crook, Vice-President. 



Otis W. Caldwell, Secretary. 



J. C. Hessler, Treasurer. 



Membership of Publication Committee — W. A. Noyes. 



]^Iembership Committee — T. W. Galloway, Marion Weller, 

 C. C. Adams, John G. Coulter, W. L. Eikenberry. 



REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE. 



We, the committee appointed by the Chairman of the Illinois 

 State Academy of Science to audit the accounts of the Treasurer, 

 John C. Hessler, find the same to be correct and true. 



(Signed) A. R. Crook, Chairman. 

 W. S. Strode. 

 H. S. Pepoon. 



Dr. A. R. Crook moved that a committee of physicists and 

 mathematicians be appointed to consider the reform of the cal- 

 endar. Seconded and carried. The following committee was ap- 

 pointed : Prof. T. C. Chamberlin, Prof. F. R. Aloulton, Dr. A. R. 

 Crook, Dr. C. G. Hopkins. Dean E. J. Townsend. 



On motion of Dr. C. C. Adams, the chair was instructed to 

 appoint a committee of five members on legislation. The follow- 

 ing committee was appointed : Dr. T. W. Galloway, Chairman ; 

 Dr. O. W. Caldwell: Mr. E. W. Pavne, President State Bank, 



