Xxvl Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 
The Nominating Committee reported the results of the 
election of officers for 1908 as follows: 
Ppravident. cs .6 ho sks sae ae nha an eee C. M. Woodward. 
Wire? ‘Vice-President... cikes sie save cee hale aw rie Arthur Thacher. 
Second Vice-President . 0a ssa eo a 0 ob ene ele Launcelot W. Andrews. 
Recording Pecretary vise esses eviews eseewe Samuel M. Coulter. 
Corresponding: Secretary... 663 tes eee ess H. August Hunicke. 
TYOASUIE? o's :c.c ceca b bee bd eee e nae ae meee Charles D. Stevens. 
Librarian . usc bo ake ee wae eee eee Mary J. Klem. 
CUPAtOre.s o's iis 35 Bs Pin in Sd wishes bipla id  reee Frank Schwarz. 
Julius Hurter. 
Mary J. Klem. 
DIVOCTOLS 00.5 scdib ce avai ed RE ORa Rea view Chee Francis E. Nipher. 
Otto Widmann. 
Dr. G. O. James presented a paper on ‘‘The Approx- 
imate Determination of Latitude.’’ 
The following were elected to membership: Charles 
Ammermann, Clarence I. Browne, Francis E. Cook, Sam- 
uel M. Coulter, Samuel Cupples, Chester B. Curtis, S. A. 
Douglass, E. O. Greer, W. D. Higdon, Carl I. Ingerson, 
G. O. James, N. L. T. Nelson, Lindley Pyle, C. G. Rath- 
mann, C. F. Redlich, Edwin Schisler, William EK. Shahan. 
JANUARY 20, 1908. 
President Woodward in the chair; attendance 110. 
Mr. Chester B. Curtis delivered an address on ‘‘The 
Planet Mars.’’ 
The following were elected to membership: O. F. Ball, 
J. N. Baskett, C. J. Borgmeyer, W. M. Butler, J. A. 
Drushel, E. J. Ericson, J. J. Kessler, Geo. Lang, Jr., E. 
H. Larkin, G. B. Morrison, Henry Nicolaus, H. W. Schef- 
fer, Leo. Suppan. 
Frepruary 3, 1908. 
President Woodward in the chair; attendance 11. 
A letter was read from the Carnegie Institute of Pitts- 
burg, presenting to the Academy a copy of the memorial 
of the Celebration of the Carnegie Institute in 1907. 
A number of mineralogical specimens from Arizona 
were presented to the Academy by Mr. Julius Hurter. 
