INI l'Ri:SII)i:\TS MI'.SSACI'. 



The result d ilu- work of ihe year ciulini: June 1st, 1921, 

 has been niosi ijraiifying lo llic members of ilic Academy who 

 have watched the progress ukkIc duiiiiL: ihc lime above specified. 



Our membership has more than doubled in tliat time and 

 the directors of the Academy have shown ihcir appreciation ol 

 the work done hv assuring the officers of their entire support 

 during the coming year. 



Our present membership is a Httle over 300 and we shall not 

 be satisfied with anything less than a one hundred per cent gain 

 during the }'ear ending June first, 1922. 



The results of the year are not due to any one person but to 

 a singleness of purpose that has resulted in efltective team work. 

 Some of the older members tell me that this is the first time in the 

 history of the academy that, the membership has doubled in a 

 single year. 



Beginning with the issue of this bulletin there will be of- 

 fered the advantage of a service in which we undertake to an- 

 swer as fully as possible an\' and all questions upon scientific 

 subjects. 



An}' person, whether a member of the y\cademy or not, 

 will have prompt and courteous response to any request for in- 

 formation upon any scientific subject by addressing the presi- 

 dent at 530 Auditorium BIdg. 



To inquiries which the president feels competent to answer 

 he will reply directly. Other questions will be referred to spec- 

 ialists in the various branches of knowledge as geology, paleon- 

 tology, botany, entomology, aeronautics, seismology, electric- 

 it)", psychology and the like. 



\\ e are fortunate in having in our membership men of wide 

 experience and recognized ability in their special lines and they are 

 cooperating with us fully so that we confidently expect good 

 results in this new phase of our work. 



In the hope of rendering practical service to the younger 

 people of our communities we have invited them to join the 

 Academy and about forty have availed themselves of the op- 

 portunity. 



\\ e are offering special rates to the Boy Scouts and Camp 

 fire Girls and any who wnsh to take up the work will be charged 

 only ^2.00 instead of the regular annual fee of $3.00. The Camp 



