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apply at any time? I think we shall find it is on a par with table tipping, 

 the clairvoyant, and others of the same nature. There is a great deal of 

 superstition in the human mind that likes to explain things by applying 

 some mysterious force. There is much to be said, which I hardly con- 

 sider worth the consideration of a scientific body, only that so many 

 people believe it. 



S. A. Deel: The value given for methylene is 45 pounds per cubic foot, 

 according to the Smithsonian report. We find the gas in the pipes here 

 is much heavier, running about 47 pounds per cubic foot. 



E. H. S. Bailey: It is repeatedly asserted that air is mixed with the 

 gas, but from repeated analyses this has not been found so. 



P. F. Walker: With the existing rock pressure on the gas as it comes 

 from the ground, it would be more expensive for the gas companies to 

 pump air into the pipes than to use the gas, and also very dangerous. 



Motion made that when we adjourn, we adjourn to 1 :45 

 P. M., and to fix the hour for adjourning the afternoon session 

 at 3 :45. Carried. 



The Committee on Membership reported the following ap- 

 plications and moved that they be admitted to membership : 



H. A. Horton, entomologist, McPherson College. 

 Miss Agnes Anderson, chemist, Lawrence. 

 J. Risser, zoologist, Washburn College, Topeka. 



Eugene G. Smyth, entomologist, Ensenada, Porto Rico (for life 

 member). 



Henry L. Viereck, entomologist, Lawrence, Kan. 



Bennet M. Allen, professor of zoology, Lawrence, Kan. 



Laurance A. Walworth, taxidermist, Baldwin, Kan. 



S. A. Deel, professor of physics, Baker University, Baldwin. 



C. F. Nelson, physiological chemist, Lawrence. 



L. T. Reser, professor of botany. Baker University, Baldwin. 



On motion, the rules were suspended and the secretary re- 

 quested to cast the ballot admitting to membership the persons 

 above named. The secretary reported the ballot cast and 

 motion carried. 



RESOLUTION ON ORGANIZATION. 



Resolved, That in order to advance the work of the Academy and pro- 

 mote the active interest of science workers in specialized lines, sections in 

 various branches be formed from among the membership, the basis for 

 such organization being as follows: 



1. A section may be formed when not less than eight members so 

 request. 



2. Papers which bear directly upon the line of work represented by 

 any section shall, at the option of the Executive Council, be presented 

 before that section; provision for the separate section meetings to be 

 made at each regular meeting of the Academy, 



