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IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 
any practicable method of awarding a prize. Two members expressed them- 
selves as unfavorable to the idea of a prize, two suggested tentative plans and 
the others thought the task almost hopeless. Hence no plan for the awarding 
of a prize is reported. 
Section 4 of the constitution reads as follows: “An entrance fee of $3.00 
shall be required of each fellow, and an annual fee of $1.00 due at each annual 
meeting after his election. Fellows in arrears for two years, and failing to 
respond to notification from the treasurer, shall be dropped from the Academy 
roll.” Since the associate members have the same privileges as the fellows 
with reference to the publications, it seems as though the constitution should 
provide for the payment of fees of some amount by such members. 
It is not necessary to call the attention of the Academy to the fact that the 
publication of Volume XV of the proceedings was delayed. Sometimes it is 
impossible for an author to read and return proof promptly, and occasionally 
such delays are sufficiently great that work considered more pressing by the 
printer demands and receives attention, thus interfering with work upon the 
proceedings. It will expedite matters much if all authors will find it possible 
to return proof immediately upon receiving it. The state printer thinks nothing 
need interfere with his work on Volume XVI during the coming summer. 
There is a healthy interest manifest on the part of the Academy in the work 
that is being done. Scientists not connected with the Academy seem to 
recoguize its value. More requests than usual have been received during the 
year for reprints and for volumes of the proceedings. The Academy is accom- 
plishing the purpose of its existence. A commendable result other than the 
purely scientific is being realized; that is, the development of the feeling of 
fellowship among the scientists of the state. This alone, if no other results 
were obtained, would justify the existence of the Academy. 
Respectfully submitted, 
L. S. Ross, Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP. 
NAMES PEOPOSED FOR FELLOWS. 
O. .1. Fay, Des Moines; Laenas G. Weld, Iowa City; E. B. Watson, Ames. 
Transferred from members, H. S. Fawcett, Gainesville, Fla.; Clarence D. 
Learn, Clermont; C. E. Seashore, Iowa City. 
NAMES PROPOSED FOR MEMBERS. 
Bert Gose, Pleasantyille; L. D. Weld, Cedar Rapids; Ellis B. Stauffer, State 
Center; Miss Elda Kemp, Marion; E. O. Heuse, Fayette; Thompson Van Hyning, 
Des Moines; B. O. Wolden, Wallingford; Miss Ada Hayden, Ames; Royal E. 
Jeffs, Ames; Lester P. Fagen, Des Moines; A. S. Begg, Des Moines; Harry R. 
Woodrow, Des Moines; Mrs. Gertrude B. Phillips, Grinnell; John T. Buchholz, 
Mt. Pleasant; Fred A. Fish, Ames; Samuel W. Griser, Independence; Joseph H. 
Neff, Fayette; J. W. Robinson, Grand River; Jesse A. Baker, Indianola; Albert 
Kuntz, Iowa City; R. S. Webster, Ames; Miss Florence Richardson, Des Moines. 
