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meeting of the executive committee held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, 
April 29, 1922. It was then moved that the action of the execu- 
tive committee be endorsed and approved by this body. A rising 
vote was called for and the motion was carried unanimously. 
Invitations for the next meeting were received from Cornell, 
Grinnell and Penn Colleges and from the Tri-State Science Club 
of Oskaloosa, and Doctor Pammel invited the Academy to meet 
with the State College in 1924, when he will have been with the 
College thirty-five years. The invitations were referred to the 
executive committee which later decided to meet with Cornell in 
1923. 
The temporary committees gave their reports and in the ab- 
sence of Mr. Ben H. Wilson, Professor Jaques reported the 
death of Professor C. C. Norwood of Iowa Wesleyan College. 
The report was adopted and a memorial will be found in this 
volume. 
Doctor Conard for the committee on nominations reported as 
follows : 
For President, R. B. Wylie, State University. 
Vice-President, Orrin H. Smith, Cornell College. 
Secretary, James H. Lees, Iowa Geological Survey. 
Treasurer, A. O. Thomas, State University. 
It was moved and carried that the report be adopted. 
The following members were elected chairmen of sections and 
as such are members of the executive committee: 
Botany, H. S. Conard, Grinnell College. 
Chemistry, Edward Bartow, State University. 
Geology, S. L. Galpin, State College. 
Mathematics, C. W. Emmons, Simpson College. 
Physics, L. D. Weld, Coe College. 
Zoology, H. W. Norris, Grinnell College. 
After the discussion of new business the Academy adjourned. 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 
Members of the Academy: 
The duties of the secretary of an organization like ours are 
somewhat diversified, despite an expressed opinion as to “his 
simple tasks,” and hence I beg that in this so-called report of the 
secretary I may be permitted some latitude in the scope of my 
remarks. As one of the officers of the society who is presumably 
keeping the welfare of the Academy in the forefront of his 
