Secretary's Report. 
627 
THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING. 
Madisox, Wis., Decembes 28-30, 1899. 
The present meeting is the first one held in Madison since four 
years ago. The intervening meetings have been held in Milwaukee in 
order to avail ourselves of the presence of some of our members at 
the meeting of the Wisconsin State Teachers’ Association, and other ad¬ 
vantages of a metropolis. 
Of the fourteen candidates elected to active membership at the last 
annual meeting six have qualified, sending their dues to the treasurer: 
Dr. Otto Dietrich, Milwaukee; Mr. E. L. Hancock, Shullsburg; Dr. E. 
B. Copeland, Madison; Prof. R. A. Harper, Madison; Mr. H. W. Rohde, 
Madison; and Prof. W. H. Dudley, Platteville. 
The present membership is as follows: Honorary, 6; life, 10; active, 
163; corresponding, 46; total, 225. The secretary and treasurer in 
consultation have dropped from the active list thirteen names of those 
whose dues were four dollars or more in arrears and from whom re¬ 
peated notices by mail elicited no response. The secretary in making 
up the list of members for Yol. XII of the Transactions, has learned 
of the decease of two active and six corresponding members. The 
names of these are printed in Yol. XII of the Transactions. 
On account of the extra amount of work required of the state printer 
during the session of the legislature, the permit for the printing 
of Vol. XII, Part 2, of the Transactions was not asked for until May 
17, 1899. It was then granted, in compliance with the present under¬ 
standing Between all of the officers concerned, that all of the copy for 
the entire publication shall be at hand. The printers agreed, however, 
near the close to take on two additional papers, since their interest in 
the new regulation is simply to avoid long gaps in the progress of 
the work. 
Part 2 is now in press through page 579, closing the list of mem¬ 
bers. There are yet to follow the list of exchanges, furnished by the 
librarian, a few shorter divisions, such as the Proceedings, and the 
index of the entire volume. This last is all written out so far as the 
volume is printed. The secretary regrets not to have the volume com¬ 
pleted before his retirement from office, but Part 2 should be issued 
now within a few weeks. 
The following program as announced for the meeting was carried 
out without material exception: 
Thursday, December 28. —1. A study of the lead regions of Wiscon¬ 
sin, Illinois, and Iowa. Orin G. Libby. 
2. Household words—their etymology. James D. Butler. 
3. A problem in longevity. Charles H. Chandler. 
