Sixteenth Annual Meeting. 13 



The officers were reelected, with the addition of I>r. R. J. Brown as Second Vice 

 President. 



The Committee on < Organization, appointed at t lie last meeting, submitted the follow- 

 ing changes in and additions to the constitution and by-laws, which were adopted: 



"Article i. This Society shall be called the Kansas Academy of Science. 



"Abt. II. The object of this Society shall be i" increase and diffuse a knowledge of science, particu- 

 larly in relation t" the State of Kansas." 



Section 1 of the by-laws was amended to read: "The general sciences shrill be as- 

 signed to sections, whose duty it shall be to report through their respective chairmen, at 

 such times and places as the Secretary shall direct." 



It was agreed that the Mercantile Library Association of Leavenworth be an author- 

 ized agent of the Academy, to receive all such scientific specimens as may be offered for 

 the use of the Society, and to preserve the same subject to the order of the Society. 



In the evening Prof. Mudge gave a lecture upon the "Geology of Kansas." 



The meeting was quite successful, and many persons were admitted to membership. 



It is a noteworthy fact that about this time the leading men of the Academy were 

 very active in disseminating scientific knowledge, and the papers and periodicals of the 

 State of those years are filled with scientific articles from Profs. Mudge, Snow, Carruth, 

 Parker, and others. They did a great deal of useful work in this manner, which in our 

 day has borne good fruit. 



The fifth annual meeting was held at Manhattan, opening at 7:30 P. M., October 8th, 

 L872, in the Congregational church. The President and Vice President being absent, it 

 was called to order by the Secretary, and Professor Snow was elected temporary chair- 

 man. 



Papers were read by Professor Robinson and Colonel Tweeddale. 



On the morning of the second day. Professor Mudge, Second Vice President, presided. 



Additions to the flora were made by Professors Carruth, Snow, and Mr. Popenoe. 

 Mr. .Joseph Savage gave an address on "The National or Yellowstone Park." The offi- 

 cers were reelected. 



During the morning and afternoon, papers were read by Dr. Saunders, Professors 

 Mudge, Snow, Parker, J. H. Lee, and others. 



On "Wednesday evening, Rev. Charles Reynolds delivered a lecture to a crowded 

 house upon the 'Agreement of the Bible with Geological Science." 



The meeting was a great success, and the enjoyment of the members complete. I Edu- 

 cational Journal, vol. 9, page 221.) 



The Educational Journal lias good reports of the most of the meetings for these years, 

 and which were not published in volume form. 



The sixth annual meeting was opened in the Presbyterian church, at Lawrence, on 

 the evening of September 8th, 1873, President Fraser in the chair. 



President McVicar, of Washburn College, delivered a lecture upon " Darwinism." 



In the morning the meeting was held in the University building. Miss Detmers 

 read a paper on "The Action of Lime on Soils," and Professor Mudge one upon "The 

 Mound Builders." 



One of the most important results of this meeting was the formal acceptance by the 

 Academy of the provisions of the act passed by the preceding Legislature, making the 

 Academy a coordinate department of the State Board of Agriculture. The act is as fol- 

 lows: 



"The Academy of Science shall be a coordinate department of the State Board of Agriculture, with 

 their office in the Agricultural rooms, whir.' thej shall place and keep for public inspection the geo- 

 logical, botanical and other specimens; the same to be under the direction and control of the officers of 

 the said Academy of Science. An annual reporl of the transactions of said Academj of Science shall 

 be made on or before the 151 h day of Noi ember of each year to the state Board of Agriculture, for pub- 



