ACADEMY COUNCIL, ELECTED JUNE, 1898. 
President — Thomas U. Taylor, M. C. E., Professor of Applied Mathe- 
matics in the University of Texas, Austin. 
Vice-President — H. H. Harrington, M. S., Professor of Chemistry and 
Mineralogy in the Agricultural and Mechanical College, College Station. 
Treasurer — Frederic W. Simonds, Ph. D., Professor of Geology in the 
University of Texas, Austin. 
Secretary — William L. Bray, Ph. D., Adjunct Professor of Botany in 
the University of Texas, Austin. 
Librarian — Wesley W. Norman, M. A., Associate Professor of Biology 
in the University of Texas, Austin. 
OTHEE MEMBEES OF THE COUNCIL. 
H. L. Hilgartner, M. D., Austin. 
Henry Winston Harper, M. D., Professor of Chemistry in the Uni- 
versity of Texas, Austin. r 
George Bruce Halsted, Ph. D., Professor of Pure Mathematics in the 
University of Texas, Austin. 
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