Editorial Notes. 



Announcement — Beginning with January 1S97, the Kansas University Quarter- 

 ly will be published in two series: Series A. for Science and Mathematics; Series 

 B. for Literature and History. The management is assured that this arrangement 

 will be much more satisfactory to those who consult the Quarterly and exchange 

 with it. 



Volume V will close with the present issue, having, therefore, but two numbers. 

 A complete file of the Quarterly for the scientist will therefore be vols. I — V, and 

 from Vol. VI on in series A. For students in history the file will run from Vol. I 

 to Vol V, and then via Series B. Subscribers will for the present receive both se- 

 ries. Exchanges will receive the series suited to their character. Libraries and 

 institutions will receive both. 



During the summer of 1896, Prof. Haworth, of the Department of Physical 

 Geology and Mineralogy of the University of Kansas, was engaged in making 

 investigations princi{jally in the western part of Kansas. He had a total of eleven 

 helpers during the greater part of the summer. Early in the season Mr. W. R. 

 Crane spent about four weeks in a further study of the coal beds, and now has tht- 

 field work principally done for a Report on the Coal Deposits of Kansas. Later 

 in the season he did work in the extreme northwestern part of the state in connec- 

 tion with the investigations of the water supply of the state conducted by Prof. 

 Haworth for the State Board of Irrigation. Mr. W. N. Lcgan took the field in 

 May to continue investigations begun last season on the general stratigraphy of the 

 Benton and Niobrara. After devoting about six weeks to this work he spent from 

 three to four more weeks in the northern tier of counties investigating the under- 

 ground water. Dr. George I. Adams, who had spent the greater portion of two 

 previous summer vacations in connection with the field work of the University 

 Geological Survey, devoted ten weeks to field work in west central Kansas. He 

 had with him one assistant all the time and two part of the time. 



Dr. G. P. Grimsley, of Washburn College, has undertaken the task of making a 

 careful study of the Gypsum deposits of Kansas and, in connection with Prof. 

 Bailey of the Dept. of Chemistry, is preparing a Report on the Gypsum of Kan- 

 sas which will treat the subject from the standpoints of Geology, Chemistry and 

 economic value. 



Prof. C. S. Prosser, of Union College, Schenectady, New York, devoted eight 

 weeks to a study of the Lower Cretaceous in Kansas, and to the "Red Beds," 

 which are of somewhat doubtful age. It is hoped that he will be able to decide 

 many mooted questions now connected with this interesting area. 



Prof. Haworth himself took up field work in April by continuing his investiga- 

 tions of the lead and zinc deposits in the southern part of the state, and later made 

 a detailed study of an area covered by four U. S. Topographic sheets lying princi- 

 pally south of the Arkansas river and including Dodge City and Garden City. 

 This latter work was done under the auspices of the United States Geological 

 Survey, the report on which will be published by that bureau. 



The draughting and literary work is now being done for Vol II of the University 

 Geological Survey of Kansas, a volume to be devoted to the general stratigraphy 



(13T) KAN. UNIV, QUAR., VOL. V, NO. 3, OCTOBER. 1896. 



