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  JOURNAL 
  OF 
  THE 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OE 
  SCIENCES 
  VOL. 
  12, 
  NO. 
  10 
  

  

  President 
  HoLLiSTER 
  called 
  the 
  meeting 
  to 
  order 
  at 
  8:15 
  o'clock, 
  with 
  21 
  

   persons 
  present. 
  

  

  Reports 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Recording 
  Secretary, 
  Corresponding 
  

   Secretary, 
  and 
  Committee 
  on 
  Publications. 
  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Treasurer 
  was 
  

   read, 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  hearing 
  of 
  the 
  Auditing 
  Committee, 
  consisting 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  

   Oberholser, 
  Howell, 
  and 
  Goldman, 
  was 
  accepted. 
  A 
  Committee 
  of 
  

   the 
  Council, 
  appointed 
  to 
  draft 
  a 
  memorial 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  William 
  Palmer, 
  

   presented 
  the 
  memorial, 
  which 
  was 
  ordered 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  minutes. 
  The 
  

   Committee 
  consisted 
  of 
  Drs. 
  J. 
  N. 
  Rose, 
  Chas. 
  W. 
  Richmond, 
  Paul 
  Bartsch, 
  

   and 
  Harry 
  C. 
  Oberholser. 
  The 
  Corresponding 
  Secretary 
  announced 
  the 
  

   death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  S. 
  Voorhees. 
  

  

  The 
  balloting 
  for 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  and 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  re- 
  

   sulted 
  as 
  follows: 
  President, 
  Vernon 
  Bailey; 
  Vice 
  Presidents, 
  A. 
  S. 
  Hitch- 
  

   cock, 
  J. 
  W. 
  Gidley, 
  S. 
  a. 
  Rohwer, 
  Harry 
  C. 
  Oberholser; 
  Recording 
  

   Secretary, 
  J. 
  M. 
  Aldrich; 
  Corresponding 
  Secretary, 
  T. 
  E. 
  Snyder; 
  Treas- 
  

   urer, 
  Frederick 
  C. 
  Lincoln. 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  Council, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Goldman, 
  

   H. 
  H. 
  T. 
  Jackson, 
  R. 
  E. 
  Coker, 
  R. 
  W. 
  Williams, 
  W. 
  R. 
  Maxon. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hopkins 
  moved 
  the 
  nomination 
  of 
  Vernon 
  Bailey 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Vice 
  Presidents 
  of 
  the 
  Washington 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Palmer 
  moved 
  that 
  the 
  joint 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Nov. 
  12, 
  1921, 
  

   be 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  regular 
  meetings, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  proper 
  consecu- 
  

   tive 
  number 
  be 
  resumed 
  in 
  January; 
  carried. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  intervals 
  of 
  the 
  balloting 
  the 
  following 
  brief 
  notes 
  were 
  given: 
  

   Prof. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper: 
  Note 
  upon 
  Panicmn 
  kuntzii. 
  This 
  grass, 
  otherwise 
  rare, 
  

   is 
  abundant 
  in 
  a 
  wide 
  region 
  in 
  Florida. 
  It 
  seems 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  recog- 
  

   nized 
  because 
  it 
  rarely 
  blooms. 
  It 
  is 
  locally 
  known 
  as 
  "cut-throat 
  grass" 
  

   because 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  channels 
  called 
  "cut-throats." 
  Cattle 
  eating 
  the 
  grass 
  

   become 
  salt 
  sick. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  L. 
  O. 
  Howard 
  suggested 
  that 
  since 
  the 
  Society 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  few 
  re- 
  

   maining 
  strongholds 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  fashioned 
  natural 
  history, 
  that 
  a 
  program 
  be 
  

   arranged 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  old 
  and 
  new 
  view-points 
  can 
  be 
  discussed. 
  Prof. 
  

   Piper 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  broader 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  is 
  emphasized 
  in 
  ShuU, 
  Larue, 
  

   B.n6.^nt\w&n's 
  Principles 
  of 
  animal 
  biology. 
  Dr. 
  Howard 
  added 
  Needham's 
  

   General 
  biology, 
  and 
  Cockerell's 
  Zoology. 
  Mr. 
  DoolittlE 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  

   death 
  of 
  John 
  Burroughs 
  has 
  given 
  impetus 
  to 
  the 
  organizing 
  of 
  nature 
  

   clubs 
  in 
  the 
  public 
  schools. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Lincoln 
  mentioned 
  the 
  peculiar 
  feeding 
  habits 
  in 
  North 
  Dakota 
  

   of 
  the 
  sharp-tailed 
  grouse, 
  eating 
  service 
  berries, 
  and 
  buds 
  and 
  flowers 
  of 
  the 
  

   rosinweed. 
  Prof. 
  Piper 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Goldman 
  commented 
  upon 
  the 
  great 
  

   increase 
  of 
  the 
  Hungarian 
  partridge 
  in 
  the 
  Palouse 
  country 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  

   Washington. 
  Dr. 
  Palmer 
  added 
  that 
  the 
  birds 
  were 
  introduced 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  A. 
  A. 
  DooLiTTLE, 
  Recording 
  Secretary. 
  

  

  