1016 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters . 
David Bower Frankenburger, professor of rhetoric and ora¬ 
tory in the University of Wisconsin and a member of the Acad¬ 
emy since 1879 or 1880, died at his home in this city Febru¬ 
ary 6, 1906. 
The secretary regrets to report that plans instituted a year 
ago to diminish the delay in the publication of the Transac¬ 
tions have not been carried out. The committee appointed at 
that time planned to have the Transactions appear in series 
and arranged with the printing commissioners to publish parts 
of approximately 100 pages each, thinking that in this way 
material could be published as fast as received. As a matter 
of fact, however, the copy came into the hands of the secretary 
practically all at one time, so that it was impossible to 
publish part and hold back part. Most of the copy 
was in the printer’s hands by May 1st and some separates were 
out shortly after August 1st, but the first part is yet in the 
hands of the printer. Doubtless the volume of state printing 
to be done during the past few months has been very great, 
but the secretary feels that the Transactions have been unrea¬ 
sonably delayed. At the same time, there seems to be little hope 
of improvement so long as the present state printer holds his 
office. 
Your secretary is pleased to report the continuance of the 
•liberal policy of the printing commissioners in the matter of 
furnishing first-class engravings for the Transactions. He 
feels warranted in saying that he believes that the commission¬ 
ers will furnish suitable illustrations for any paper that may 
be offered, no matter what may be the cost, provided only that 
the paper is of sufficient value to warrant the expenditure. 
At present the income of the Academy exceeds the necessary 
expenditures by something more than $100 annually. I dare 
express the hope that in the future the income may be so in¬ 
creased through increased membership that it will be possible 
to strengthen the library materially by filling gaps that now 
exist and which can only be filled by purchases. It is also de¬ 
sirable that as the work of the secretary increases the office re¬ 
ceive a larger compensation. To this end, it would seem most 
