xlii Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 
The opportunity to accomplish these three things: To lift the 
Academy to a plane of great efficiency in its work; to give our treas- 
ures absolute security; and to provide a lecture hall ample, convenient 
and quiet—is one which ought to appeal strongly to a man or a woman 
of means, who is in sympathy with our work. Mrs. William McMillan 
gave to the Academy the present building and lot—and that generous 
deed and gift to science should be recorded in imperishable bronze. 
A second tablet should record the noble act of a second benefactor who 
gives the means for realizing the vast benefits named above, and 
whose name will go down the ages as a patron of Science. 
In place of the plan proposed above, it has been suggested that, 
if a benefactor or a group of benefactors, can be found to pledge the 
funds for erecting a new building similar to the one above described, 
the friends of the Academy should ask the City to give a site in Forest 
Park, say on Kingshighway, and then, with the consent of Mrs. Mc- 
Millan sell the present property and invest the proceeds as a perma- 
nent endowment. Perhaps this latter plan is the best, when we look far 
into the future. It, however, involves a benefactor, a Friend of Science, 
and a benefaction from the city like that given to the Art Museum. 
In this splendid city with its intelligence, wealth and zeal for both 
Art and Science, the coming year should see the realization of one of 
these plans. 
These suggestions are respectfully commended to the members and 
friends of the Academy. 
(Signed) CALVIN MILTON WoopDWARD, 
President. 
TREASURER’S REPORT. 
The substance of the Treasurer’s report is incorporated in the 
address of the President. 
On January 1, 1908, the Treasurer had a cash balance of $74.02, 
a certificate of deposit of $1,000.00, and a mortgage amounting to 
$3,000.00. The income during the year amounted to $2,072.33, and the 
expenditures during the year amounted to $2,353.72, leaving at the 
close of the year 1908 a balance in the treasury of $792.63 in addition 
to the mortgage of $3,000.00. 
LIBRARIAN’S REPORT. 
The Librarian reported that accessions to the library for the 
year by exchange with 113 home societies and 239 foreign societies 
amounted to 615 volumes and 671 pamphlets, and from donations 105 
volumes and 146 pamphlets, making a total in the library at present 
of 17,881 books and 16,218 pamphlets. 
The transactions of the Academy for the year were sent to 161 home 
societies and 420 foreign societies. 
