irregularities in the number published of each volume, it has come. to pass that we can no longer furnish complete sets. A few years ago a reprint was made of the first three volumes, and now a similar reprint is needed of volumes IV, V, VI, and VII. With this provision we can furnish as many as 100 complete sets of our Transactions, and with these can secure valuable exchanges for our library.

The committee on purchase of books has not yet reported to me any action, although their attention has been called to it several times. The money now in the treasury would go far toward paying for reprints of the four volumes mentioned above, and they would be equivalent to a library fund that will in time bring back to the treasury several times the sum invested.

The State Printing Board honored our requisition for binding 500 volumes, and about one-half that number are now completed and on our shelves.

ACCESSIONS.

There have been added to the library, since January 10, 1905, 70 bound volumes and about 600 unbound volumes and pamphlets. These are outside of our regular exchanges, and the bound volumes are mainly from the Smithsonian Institution and other departments at Washington.

The geological and agricultural bureaus are especially prolific, and some of their publications are of great value. We obtain, also, many costly publications from St. Petersburg, and it would. be convenient for helping reference to such books to have on our tables lexicons of the languages in which our books are printed. J. T. LOVEWELL, Secretary.

DECEMBER 1, 1905.

MINUTES.

Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting, Kansas Academy of Science, December 1 and 2, 1905.

PURSU

LAWRENCE, KAN., December 1, 1905. OURSUANT to call of the executive committee, the thirty-eighth meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science was opened in the lecture-room of Snow hall at nine A. M., with the president, L. C. Wooster, in the chair. There was an attendance of about fifty members, and the president announced the following committees: On resolutions: Messrs. Mead, Willard, and Miss Meeker. On necrology: Messrs. Knaus, Miller, and Cooper.

On membership: Messrs. Bushong, Tucker, and Harsh barger.
On nominations: Messrs. Stevens, Scheffer, and Iden.
On the press: Messrs. Sayre and Knaus.

The secretary's report was read and accepted. On motion, certain recommendations of this report were referred to a committee, and the chair named Messrs. Willard and Bushong as this committee. The Academy next listened to the reading of papers in the following order:

1. A new repetition of the Foucault pendulum experiment, J. T. Lovewell.

2. The genesis of gold in mineral veins and placers, J. T. Lovewell.

3. Some recent high-efficiency lamps, L. H. Freeman.

4. Is the rainfall of Kansas increasing? F. H. Snow.

5. The University of Kansas expedition into the John Day region of Oregon, C. E. McClung.

Professor Sayre, on behalf of the local committee, announced that the afternoon meetings of the Academy would be in two sections, which is necessary in order to complete the reading of the papers that are on the program.

President Wooster ruled that the vice-presidents will be chairmen at these meetings of the sections, which will be designated as section A and section B, respectively.

Reading of papers resumed.

6. The variation of latitude, E. Miller.

7. Examination of coal-dust after explosion in mines (read by title, in absence of author), E. Bartow.

The committee on nomination, reported the following names for membership:

B. C. Hubbell, secretary Casine Soap Company.... Concordia.

Howard R. Watkins, Kansas Agricultural College, Manhattan.
Heman A. Wood, Kansas Agricultural College..... Manhattan.

On motion, the vote of the Academy was cast by the secretary for the election as members of the persons named in the report. Adjourned, to meet in sections at two o'clock P. M.

SECTION A.

F. W. Bushong, president; L. E. Sayre, secretary.

8. The disintegration of cement and plaster walls, E.H. S. Bailey and S. G. Stromquist.

9. The fluorescence of a solution of quinine salts, H. P. Cady. 10. Some properties of the alloys of the ferro-magnetic metals, considered from the standpoint of Osmond's allotropic theory, Bruce V. Hill.

11. Kansas petroleum (third article, read by title), E. Bartow. 12. Something about mineralogy, J. C. Cooper.

13. Note on certain formulas for the design of reenforced concrete beams, Albert K. Hubbard.

14. On the substituted ureas, F. B. Dains.

15. Chemical processes for the detection of adulterants in organic substances and medicinal chemicals, L. E. Sayre.

16. An investigation of Kansas mine water (by title), E. H. S. Bailey.

17. Chemical reactions in benzene (by title), H. C. Allen.

SECTION B.

W. A. Harshbarger, president; D. F. McFarland, secretary.

18. A chemical study of the lime and sulfur dip, Roscoe H. Shaw.

19. The Loup Fork Miocene of northwestern Kansas, Charles H. Sternberg.

20. The reaction of animal cells to chemical stimuli, F. H. Hart

man.

21. Test for cyanide (read by title), H. P. Cady.

22. Note on use of mercurous sulfate in standard cells (by title), H. P. Cady.

23. A mineral found in Topeka, J. T. Lovewell.

24. Additional observations on the geology of Kansas, L. C. Wooster.

25. Notes on Coleoptera, W. Knaus.

26. Some mastodon and mammoth remains found in Buffalo, Kan., M. E. Canty.

27. Notes on the flora of the Rosebud Indian reservation, South Dakota (by title), Albert B. Reagan.

and

28. Hygroscopic structures in the distribution of pollen grains spores (illustrated), M. A. Barber.

29. Secondary increase in thickness of smilax (illustrated), W. C. Stevens.

30. Nutrition of developing spores in ferns (illustrated), W. C. Stevens.

31. Dry periods in northeastern Kansas and the relation to water-supplies, W. C. Hoad.

32. Collecting insects at night, E. S. Tucker.

33. Transpiration in plants, L. M. Peace.

34. Melilotus alba (white clover) (by title), R. W. Coppedge. 35. On Coleoptera of New Mexico-III, W. Knaus.

36. Notes on Cicindelida-II, Eugene G. Smyth. Section adjourned at five o'clock.

At six o'clock the Academy met in the large assembly-room of Snow hall, where a most delightful banquet had been prepared by the faculty of the University, and soon about seventy-five mem

bers were seated at the long table, and Professor Bailey acted as master of ceremonies.

After justice had been done to the bountiful repast, and toasts were responded by Messrs. Snow, Sayre, Willard, Strong, Lovewell, Mead, Cooper, Miller, Knaus, and others, it was time to go to the lecture-room and resume the

GENERAL SESSION.

The first order was to listen to President Wooster's retiring address. The theme chosen was "The Development of the Sciences in Kansas."

After this address, which was heard with interest, the Academy adjourned, to meet to-morrow at nine o'clock.

GENERAL SESSION, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1905.

The committee on nominations reported their action as follows: For president, F. O. Marvin, Lawrence.

First vice-president, B. F. Eyer, Manhattan.

Second vice-president, J. E. Welin, Lindsborg.
Treasurer, Alva J. Smith, Emporia.

Secretary, J. T. Lovewell, Topeka.

On motion of Professor Miller, the rules were suspended, and the president directed to cast the vote of the entire Academy for the candidates named.

On motion, the Academy separated again into sections and proceeded with the reading and discussion of papers.

SECTION A.

37. Natural gas in Lawrence, H. W. Emerson.

38. The Red phalarope, a new bird for Kansas, L. L. Dyche. 39. A simple method of finding the line of intersection of pyramids and prisms, Chas. I. Corp.

40. The interpretation of indicator diagrams, Chas. I. Corp. 41. A description of Huesler's magnetic alloys of manganese, copper, and aluminum, Bruce V. Hill.

42. A good rock exposure west of Topeka, Wm. S. Prout.

43. A bit of engineering at Mount Vernon (by title), M. L. Ward.

44. Results of the entomological collecting expedition of the University of Kansas to Brownsville, Tex., F. H. Snow..

45. Results of the entomological expedition to southeast Arizona, F. H. Snow.