PROCEEDINGS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA ACADEMY 
OF SCIENCE 
The North Carolina Academy of Science held its seventh annual 
meeting at the State Normal College, Greensboro, N. C., on Friday 
and Saturday, May 1 and 2, 1908. 
The Academy was called to order at 3:30 P. M., May 1, by the 
president, T. Gilbert Pearson. A letter of welcome to the acad- 
emy from President J. I. Foust of the College was read. A response 
to this welcome was made by the retiring president, Collier Cobb, 
of the Academy. 
At 8 : 30 in the evening the Academy met in the auditorium of 
the Students’ Building, and the presidential address, “An Histori- 
cal Sketch of Ornithology in North Carolina” (illustrated by lan- 
tern slides)* was delivered by President T. Gilbert Pearson. 
Following this address a reception was tendered the members of 
the Academy by the faculty and students of the senior and junior 
classes of the College in the dining room of Spencer Building. 
Later President and Mrs. Pearson received the visiting members at 
their home on West Market Street. 
At 9 A. M. Saturday, May 2, the Academy convened for a busi- 
ness meeting. Reports of various committees were heard. The 
report of the treasurer showed a balance of $119.60. 
The following new members were elected: Mr. Harry N. 
Eaton, Instructor in Geology, and Mr. Hubert Hill, Assistant in 
Geology, University of N. C.; Mr. R. I. Smith, Entomologist to 
the N. C. Experiment Station, West Raleigh; Mr. S. B. Shaw, 
Assistant Horticulturist N. C. Department of Agriculture; Dr. L. 
L. Hendron, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Trinity College, 
Durham, N. C.; John Roy Williams, M.D., Greensboro; Mrs. 
Charles D. Mclver, State Normal College, Greensboro. 
♦This address appears in full in this issue of the Journal. 
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