998 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
of the prompt publication of the Transactions is the fact that 
all the copy for a part must be in the hands of the printers 
before an order for the printing may be issued. The Trans¬ 
actions could also be made more valuable if they could be is¬ 
sued in series, the articles in each series having to do with a 
single subject or with a set of allied subjects. He therefore 
recommended the appointment of a committee to consider the 
advisability of changing the form of the Transactions and to 
secure, if possible, such action from the printing commissioners 
or from the state legislature as will enable the secretary to 
carry out any changes that may seem desirable. 
Dr. Birge moved that a committee as recommended by the 
secretary be appointed. The motion was carried, and the 
president appointed the following members: C. B. Van Hise, 
G. W. Beckham, E. A. Birge. At the request of the members 
present, President J. J. Davis was added to the committee. 
The report of the membership committee was presented by 
the secretary. Upon the recommendation of the committee, 
the following-named persons were elected to active member¬ 
ship : 
Florence Eliza Allen, Madison. 
Charles Bussell Bardeen, Madison. 
Charles Frederick Burgess, Madison. 
Wilbur Oscar Carrier, Waukesha. 
Alletta E. Dean, Madison. 
Bollin Henry Denniston, Madison. 
Benjamin Mack Dresden, Oshkosh. 
William H. Ellsworth, Milwaukee. 
ISTevin Melancthon Eenneman, Madison. 
Valentine Eernekes, Milwaukee. 
Harry B. Fling, Oshkosh. 
Arthur Dudley Samuel Gillett, Superior. 
Andrew J. Hutton, Waukesha. 
Prank S. Hyer, Stevens Point. 
Hugo Philler, Waukesha. 
James David Phillips, Madison. 
Arthur Banum, Madison. 
