SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING 



Minutes of the Sixth Annual Meeting 



Peoria, Illinois. February 21 and 22. 1913 



SESSIOX OF FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 2:00 P. M. 



The meeting was called to order by President Crew. 

 Dean Burgess of the Bradley Polytechnic Institute gave 

 a short address welcoming the Academy to the Institute. 

 President Crew responded briefly. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY- 



Minutes of Previous Meeting. — The fifth annual meeting 

 of the Illinois Academy of Science was held at Bloomington. 

 Illinois. February 23 and 24. 1912. The Academy met with 

 the McLean County Academy of Science, a local organiza- 

 tion which proved unusually effective in facilitating the work 

 of the State Academy. The minutes of the business trans- 

 acted at this meeting are published in full on pages 11 to 20 of 

 \"olume \'. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science, 

 and the scientific papers compose the rest of the volume: 

 hence further presentation of the minutes at this time need not 

 be made. 



Meeting of the Council. — On June 11. 1912. a meeting o* 

 the Council was held in Chicago. Various matters relating to 

 the welfare of the Academy were discussed. The secretary 

 was instructed to prepare a folder-circular setting forth the 

 purposes of the Academy, and to distribute this circular 

 amongst the members, and elsewhere, in order to give more 

 definite and widespread ideas regarding the work for which 

 the Academy exists. This statement was prepared and dis- 

 tributed widely. \'arious other phases of the Academy's in- 

 terests were considered informilv. 



