Excerpt from Transactions of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1 An announcement was made before the general assembly of teachers at the Provo meeting of the Utah Teachers' Association that all those interested in the formation of a Utah Academy of Science were requested to meet at 4 p. m., January 3, 1908, in Professor Hinckley's room, to take such action as seemed desirable. In accordance with this announcement, the following persons assembled: Dr. Ira D. Cardiff, University of Utah; Geo. W. Bailey, Ogden High School; Dr. S. H. Goodwin, Procter Academy; A. O. Garrett, Salt Lake High School; E. M. Hall, L. D. S. University; R. S. Baker, Eureka High School; C. G. Van Buren, B. Y. U.; C. C. Spooner, Salt Lake High School; W. D. Neal, Salt Lake City; Miss Olive E. Peck, Mt. Pleasant; Junius Banks, Lehi High School; J. F. Rawson, Eureka High School and Fred Buss, B. Y. U. At this meeting it was decided to perfect the organization. A committee was appointed on membership, and another on constitution. The committees were instructed to report at a meeting to be called by the President pro tern, in Salt Lake City in April. Moved and carried that all present as well as any who should be present at the April meeting should be invited to enroll as charter members. The April meeting was held at the Packard Library Auditorium, beginning April 3, 1908. The committee on membership submitted a list of fifty-nine names of prospective members. The committee on constitution reported a draft for a constitution which after being acted on section by section was finally adopted. In all, three sessions of the first annual meeting were held. Since this time, the Academy has held an annual convention during April of each year, except that in 1913, two conventions were held, one in April, and one during the Christmas holidays and none the following April. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.