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MAR 14 139^ 



REPORT. 



THE TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The twelfth annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science was held 

 in Topeka, opening on the afternoon of Thursday, November 6th, 1879, and 

 occupying the evening of the 6th and the whole of the 7th. 



The lecturers chosen were Prof. B. F. Mudge, who spoke upon the " Mound 

 Builders of North America," and Prof. J. H. Canfield, whose theme was, 

 "The Relation of the State to Higher Education." 



The session of Friday, the 7th, was given to the reading and discussion of 

 the papers on the following programme : 



Additions to the Catalogue of Kansas Lepidoptera — Prof. F. H. Snow, 

 List of Kansas Minerals — Prof. B. F. Mudge. 

 Mounds of Southern Kansas — Joseph Savage. 



Kecent Additions to the List of Kansas Plants — Prof. J. H. Carruth. 

 Kansas Meteorites — Prof. G. E. Patrick. 



Phonetic Representations of Indian Language — Hon. F. G. Adams. 

 Notes on Kansas Botany — E. A. Popenoe. 

 On a Recent Indian Find near Topeka — Dr. A. H. Thompson. 

 Metamorphic Deposit in Woodson County — Prof. B. F. Mudge. 

 Impressions of New Mexico — J. C. Cooper. 



Entomological Collections Made at Idaho Springs, Colorado, in 1879 — Prof. F. H. 

 Snow. 



Sink-Holes in Wabaunsee County — Joseph Savage. 



Magnesian Limestone in Kansas — Prof. G. E. Patrick. 



Elementary Sounds of Language — Prof. J. H. Carruth. 



Mound Builders in Davis and Riley Counties — Prof. B. F. Mudge. 



The officers elected for the year 1880 were : 

 President — B. F. Mudge, of Manhattan. 



Vice Presidents -t- J. H. Carruth, of Lawrence; Joseph Savage, of Law- 

 rence. 



Secretary — E. A. Popenoe, of Manhattan. 



Treasurer — R. J. Brown, of Leavenworth. 



The members of commissions of last year were selected for another term. 



