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ever, Professor W. C. Coker gave two papers with 

 lantern-slide illustrations — "Azalea atlantica and 

 variety" and "A visit to Smith's Island." 

 Smith's Island is situated at the mouth of the 

 Cape Pear River and is of especial interest be- 

 cause it is the northern limit of various subtropical 

 forms, particularly the palmetto palm. The acad- 

 emy then adjourned to another building where it 

 was tendered a reception by the faculty of the 

 college and the senior students in the science and 

 home economics courses. 



The academy met in annual business session at 

 9:10 Saturday morning. The minutes of the last 

 meeting were read and approved, as were the re- 

 ports of the Secretary-Treasurer and various com- 

 mittees, especially that on the teaching of science 

 committee was continued for another year. The 

 membership on January 1, 1917, was reported to be 

 in the high schools of North Carolina. This latter 

 88. During the year 13 members were lost by 

 resignation, removal from the state, and other 

 causes, and ten new members were elected, bring- 

 ing the membership on January 1, 1918, to 85. 

 Pive new members were elected at this meeting. 

 An invitation from Trinity College, Durham, for 

 the academy to be its guest at the next annual 

 meeting was accepted. 



The following ofS.cers were elected for 1918-19: 

 President — E. W. Gudger, State Normal College, 

 Greensboro. 



Vice-president — H. B. Arbuckle, Davidson Col- 

 lege, Davidson. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Bert Cunningham, Trin- 

 ity College, Durham. 



, Additional Members Executive Committee — • 

 George W. Lay, St. Mary's School, Ealeigh; Miss 

 Gertrude Mendenhall, State Normal College, 

 Greensboro; J. J. "Wolfe, Trinity College, Durham. 

 At the close of the business meeting, President 

 Poust, of the college, informally welcomed the 

 academy to the college. Next a joint meeting was 

 had of the academy and the North Carolina Sec- 

 tion of the American Chemical Society, at which 

 the chemical papers of general interest from the 

 chemists' program were read. Pollowing this, each 

 organization went into separate session. Adjourn- 

 ment was had at 12:50 and the visiting scientists 

 as guests of the college were entertained at lunch- 

 eon in the college dining hall. Eeconvening at 2 

 P.M., the reading of papers was concluded at 2:30, 

 at which time the academy adjourned. 



The effects of the war on the academy were 

 plainly to be seen in the smaller number of papers 

 than usual presented, and in the large number of 



resignations sent in or pending due to service in 

 the army. Out of a total enrollment on January 1, 

 1918, of 85, 9, or over 10 per cent., are in the war, 

 and others, particularly chemists, have gone north 

 to engage in war work. However, there was an 

 attendance of 24, and the meeting was a very en- 

 thusiastic and thoroughly enjoyable one. The 

 smaller number of papers made possible the con- 

 siderable discussion which followed the reading of 

 nearly every one. The following papers were pre- 

 sented, numbers 4, 7, 12 and 20 of which will ap- 

 pear in the current issue of the Journal of the 

 Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 

 The war ivork of American physicists: C. W. Ed- 

 wards. (Bead by the Secretary.) 

 /Some important but largely neglected scientific 



facts: George W. Lay. 

 Symptoms of disease in plants: P. A. Wolfe. 

 The sun's eclipse, June 8, 1918: question: John P. 



Lanneau. 

 Entrance requirements in science at the State Nor- 

 mal College: E. W. Gdbger. 

 Extension of the range of Prunus umbellata into 



North Carolina: J. S. Holmes. 

 Eliminations from and additions to the list of 

 North Carolina reptiles and amphibians: C. S. 

 Brimlet. (Eead by the Secretary.) 

 Azalea atlantica and variety: W. C. Coker. 

 Notes on the magnetic compass: T. P. Hickebson. 

 Variation within the individual sponge towards 

 types of structure characteristic of other species 

 and genera: H. V. WiLSOisr. 

 New or interesting North Carolina fungi: H. C. 



Beardslee. 

 Serpetological fauna of North Carolina compared 

 with that of Virginia : 0. S. Brimlet. (Eead by 

 the Secretary.) 

 Further occurrence of cross conjugation in Spiro- 



gyra: Bert Cunningham. (Lantern.) 

 A visit to Smith's Island: W. C. Coker. (Lan- 

 tern.) 

 Some methods and results of a planTcton investiga- 

 tion of Chesapeake Bay: J. J. Wolfe and Bert 

 Cunningham. (Lantern.) 

 Mineral fertilizers; their mode of occurrence and 



distribution in North Carolina: Collier Cobb. 

 Notes on buds: E. W. Gudger. 

 Mecent changes in Currituck Sound: Collier Cobb. 

 The return shock due to lightning: Andrew H. 



Patterson. 

 Report of investigations on the cause of death of 

 matured chicks in shell in artificial incubation: 

 H. B. Arbuckle. E. W. Gudger, 



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