LIST OF PA PEES PPESE^•TED AT THE EIGHTH AKISUAL 

 MEETIJSG OF THE MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF bCIEKCE. 



GENERAL SESSIONS. 



PRESIDENT, D8. V. C. VAUGHAN, ANN AEBOR. 



1. The Value of Scientific Research to the State. Presidential Address, by Dr. 

 V. C. Vaiighan, Ann Arbor. . 



2. Yellow Fever. Address to the general public. Major Walter Reed, Chair- 

 man of the Yellow Fever Commission, Washington, D. C. 



3. Recent Progress in Forestry in Michigan. C. A. Davis, Ann Arbor. 



4. Constant of Aberration from Observations of Polaris. Prof. Asaph Hall, Jr., 

 Ann Arbor. 



5. Topographic Survey of Michigan. Prof. I. C. Rus?ell, Ann Arbor. 



6. Meteorology in the Public Schools. I ieut. Charles F. Schneider, Director 

 Michigan Section of U. S. Weather Bureau, Lansing. 



7. A Series of Maps and a Note on the Expansion of Michigan. Prof. Mark 

 S. W. Jefferson, Ypsilanti. 



SECTION OF AGRICUI-TUItE. 



Vice President Prof. J. A. Jeffery, Agricultural College. 



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1. Animal Husbandry Work — Its Value as an Educational Factor. J. J. Fergu- 

 son, Agricultural College. 



2. The Necessity and Possibilities of Improving Farm Crops in Michigan. 

 George Severance, Agricultura] College. 



3. What Shall the Michigan Farmer Grow for Fence Posts and Telegraph Poles. 

 Prof. W. J. Beal, Agricultural College. 



4. The Social Sciences and Agriculture. Kenyon L. Butterfleld, Ann Arbor. 



SECTION OF BOTANY. 



Vice President Prof. Charles F. Wheeler, Agricultural Col!ege. 



1. The Tronic^l T aboratorv at Miami Florida. Prof. V. M. Sn''ldiug, Ann Arbor, 



2. The Future of the White Pine and Norway Pine in Michigan. Prof. W, J, 

 Beal, Agricultural Col'ege. 



3. Wood Structure of Elms. Oaks and Maples as a Means of Identifying Species. 

 R. L. Brown, Agricultural Colege. 



4. The Biological Relations of Wat^r Plants About the Islands in We<:tern Lake 

 Erie. Prof. F. C. Newcorabe, Ann Arbor. 



5. The Aquatic Form of Polygonum Mnhlentergii Watson. Caroline C. Harpey, 

 Detroit. 



6. 0<^rurrence of Root Hairs in Submerffed Aquatics. Raymond Pond, Ann Arbor. 



7. Variation in Leaf Form in Proserpinaca palustris. Dr. Geo. P. Burns, Ann 

 Arbor. 



