44 Journal of the Mitchell Society. [ June 
order by its President, Professor Collier Cobb, and an address 
of welcome was extended to the Academy by President Fran- 
cis P. Venable, of the University of North Carolina. A 
response to the address was made by the retiring- President, 
John F. Lanneau, of the Academy of Science. The 
remainder of the afternoon session was devoted to the pre- 
sentation of papers. 
At 9 p. m. the Academy met in Gerrard Hall, and the 
presidential address, “The Garden, Field, and Forest of the 
Nation,” was delivered by President Cobb. Following- this 
address a reception was extended the visiting- members in the 
Y. M. C. A. building. 
Saturday, May 18, at 9 a. m., the Academy convened for a 
business meeting. The minutes of the last meeting were read 
and approved, and the names of the new members, as elected 
by the executive committee, were read and formal vote of 
election to membership was made. 
The nominating committee, previously appointed, presented 
for election the following names: President, T. Gilbert 
Pearson; Vice-President, W. C. Coker; Secretary, F. L. Ste- 
vens; members of the executive committee, Franklin Sher- 
man, Jr., J. J. Wolfe, and John F. Lanneau. It was moved 
by F. L. Stevens that the name of E. W. Gudger be substi- 
tuted for that of F. L. Stevens for Secretary. The amend- 
ment was carried. These nominees were then elected to office 
for the ensuing year. The report of the Treasurer, showing 
a balance of $122.53, was received. Raymond Binford and 
Franklin Sherman, Jr., were appointed as auditors. It was 
moved and carried that the executive committee be requested 
to hold the meeting next year two weeks earlier than that of 
this year. 
Following the business meeting was held a meeting for the 
presentation of papers. 
The following papers were presented: 
1. The Sparsity of the Stars, the Measureless Remoteness of 
