No. 20. An adequate cause for extremes of climate in geological periods (by title), J. J. Jewett. No. 21. Records of desultory collecting in Kansas and Colorado (by title), E. S. Tucker. No. 22. Contributions towards a catalogue of insects in Kansas (by title), E. S. Tucker. No. 23. Corrections and additions to the list of Kansas mammals (by title), D. E. Lantz. No. 24. Remarks on the bird fauna of Kansas (by title), D. E. Lantz. No. 25. Catalogue and key of the Kansas flora (by title), Bernard B. and Lumina Riddle Smyth, and John H. Schaffner. No. 26. Food habits of our Kansas lizards and batrachians (by title), F. A. Hartman. No. 27. A list of hymenoptera collected in Arizona in 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906 by the Kansas entomological expedi tions, F. H. Snow. No. 28. Recent additions to the bird fauna of Kansas, F. H. Snow. No. 29. Soil bacteria (by title), L. C. Wooster. No. 45. Additions to the list of Kansas coleoptera for 1906, W. Knaus. No. 46. Sacramento mountains, New Mexico, coleoptera, W. Knaus. No. 47. Notes on Kansas coleoptera, W. Knaus. No. 48. Kansas Carabidæ, Cerambycidæ, and Chrysomelidæ, W. Knaus. Many of these papers were read by title and others by abstracts, so that not much time was consumed, and session was adjourned to meet with section A. GENERAL SESSION, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30. MANUAL TRAINING HALL, two P. M. No. 30. Preliminary announcement of a serial catalogue of periodicals, transactions, etc., found in the Academy of Science, Washburn College and state libraries, F. B. Dains. No. 31. Some tests of Kansas road metals, F. O. Marvin. No. 32. Kansas climatology, T. B. Jennings. No. 33. The spectrum and spectrum scales, J. T. Lovewell. No. 34. Is the Gila monster (Heloderma suspecta Cope) a venomous reptile? F. H. Snow. No. 35. Heredity in stock-breeding, I. D. Graham. No. 36. Nomenclature of the Kansas Coal Measures (by title), E. Haworth and J. Bennett. No. 38. The composition of ice-cream, Frank Gephart and E. H. S. Bailey. No. 39. Some animals I have discovered in the fossil beds of Kansas, Charles H. Sternberg. No. 40. Some results of the entomological expedition to Arizona in June and July, 1906, F. H. Snow. No. 41. Coffee-analysis of different qualities, L. E. Sayre. No. 50. Noise-its relation to health, disease, and longevity, J. M. McWharf. No. 52. The measurement and comparison of sound intensities (by title), Bruce V. Hill. Presidential address, recent movements in engineering, F. O. Marvin. At the close of this address it was voted to hold the next general session at nine A. M. December 1, at Washburn observatory. The session adjourned for a banquet tendered by the local members at the Y. W. C. A. rooms. BANQUET. For many years it has been customary for the members to break bread together at least once during the annual session, and these occasions help to knit closer our comradeship. The tables on this occasion were made cheery with floral decorations, and a neat menu, interspersed with appropriate and suggestive quotations, gave piquancy to the nicely served viands. Dr. A. H. Thompson acted as toastmaster, and in the post-prandial program gracefully introduced the speakers who had been chosen to enliven the feast and enable members for the moment to unbend from serious work. A poem by Mrs. Joseph Savage, one of our earliest members, was read, and received with cordial applause. J. C. Cooper gave the address of welcome on behalf of the local committee, and the following gentlemen responded to toasts with great acceptance: F. O. Marvin, B. F. Eyer, J. E. Welin, L. E. Sayre, J. I. McWharf, Warren Knaus, F. H. Snow, and B. B. Smyth. GENERAL SESSION, DECEMBER 1, 1906. WASHBURN OBSERVATORY, nine A. M. The committee on place and time of meeting reported as follows: That the annual meeting of the Academy for 1907 be held in the city of Emporia; the time is to be left in the hands of the executive committee. J. E. WELIN, Committee. Report approved. The committee on nomination of officers reported their nomination for President, J. A. Yates, Ottawa. Vice-president, E. Haworth, Lawrence. On motion, the rules were suspended, and J. C. Cooper cast the ballot of the Academy for the candidates named by the committee for officers and they were declared duly elected. On motion, J. C. Cooper was granted life membership, on complying with conditions relating to dues, if there be any in his case. It was voted that back volumes of the Transactions be furnished to members at one-half the published list price. Voted that the committee on publication be instructed to publish "separates" or reprints, when these are desired by authors of papers, provided that the financial end of the proposition be made. satisfactory. Reading of papers was continued, as follows: No. 44. Structure and classification of wood found in the moraines of Jackson county, C. H. Shattuck. No. 43. Some notes on the origin of heterospory, as shown in cultures of Marsilea (illustrated by the reflectoscope), C. H. Shattuck. No. 42. The accuracy of a modern balance and set of weights, H. I. Woods and Alice K. McFarland. On motion, the secretary was instructed to send greetings and programs to J. R. Mead, L. C. Wooster, and Mrs. Joseph Savage. RESOLUTIONS. The committee on resolutions reported: Resolved, That the thanks of the Academy of Science are due the local members of the Academy and their friends, for the agreeable banquet and reception so generously tendered. Resolved, That we appreciate the favor shown us by the papers of Topeka, in their report of our daily proceedings, and thank them for their courtesy. Resolved, That we thank the faculty of Washburn College and the Topeka board of education, for the facilities afforded us in holding our meetings. W. KNAUS, E. H. S. BAILEY, On motion, the Academy adjourned sine die. J. A. YATES, Committee. HISTORICAL SKETCH. THE HE organization of a Kansas association of scientific men at an early date was due to the efforts of Rev. Johns D. Parker and Prof. B. F. Mudge, who, in July, 1868, issued a call signed by seventeen men for a meeting of all persons in the state interested in natural sciences to meet in Topeka. The first meeting was held in September of that year, in Lincoln College (now Washburn), and the Kansas Natural History Society was organized and officers elected. The object, as stated in the original draft of the constitution, "shall be to increase and diffuse a knowledge of the natural sciences, particularly in relation to the state of Kansas." At the fourth annual meeting, held in Leavenworth, in 1871, the name was changed to the Kansas Academy of Science. In 1873 the Academy became a coordinate department of the State Board of Agriculture by the terms of the following act of the legislature: "The Academy of Science shall be a coordinate department of the State Board of Agriculture, with their office in the agricultural rooms, where they shall place and keep for public inspection the geological, botanical and other specimens, the same to be under the direction and control of the officers of the said Academy of Science. An annual report of the transactions of said Academy of Science shall be made on or before the 15th day of November of each year to the State Board of Agriculture, for publication in the annual Transactions of said board.; The Academy has increased in membership from the original small body of scientists to over 200. It has held thirty-nine annual meetings, of which nineteen have been held in Topeka, six in Lawrence, four in Manhattan, two in Leavenworth, two in Emporia, and one each in Atchison, Baldwin, Iola, McPherson, Ottawa, and Wichita. Twenty volumes of the Transactions have been published, varying in size from a few pages in the early numbers to 350 pages in the later volumes. These publications contain many papers of recognized scientific value. The exchange list includes over 500 names of societies and libraries. The Academy is now installed in the west wing of the capitol |