THIETY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING.- 23 



Voted that money be appropriated sufficient to pay for 400 copies 

 of nineteenth Transactions bound in paper. 



A sketch of the life of 8. A. Baldwin, by J. T. Willard, and one of 

 Peter Mc Vicar, by Gr. P. Grimsley, were read. 



The following new members were elected : R. E. Davis, Fort Scott ; 

 W. G. Medcraft, Salina ; Wm. S. Prout, Topeka ; F. W.Simmons, 

 Mankato. Also, Alva J. Smith*]elected life member on meeting the 

 requirements. 



Reading of papers resumed : 



8. The Emporia blue limestone, by]A. J. Smith. 



It was voted that a committee of three be appointed to revise 

 names of geological outcrops of Kansas and report at next meeting. 

 Alva J. Smith, A. W. Jones, Geo. F. Kay, \^ere appointed. 

 9. Use and care of reflecting telescopes, by W. H. Hoyt. 



10. A new calendar of the Christian^era, by John T. Copley. 



11. Notes on Kansas birds, by F. H. Snow. 



12. A tropical bird in Kansas, by L. C. Wooster. 

 18. Notes on Kansas Orthoptera, by F. B. Isely. 



14. A fossil forest in Jackson'county, by C. H. Shattuck. 



15. Additions to the list'of^Kan8as],Coleoptera for the years 1903- 

 '04, by Warren Knaus. 



16. Composition of a gas from a well at Dexter, Kan., by D. P. 

 McFarland. 



17. Food habits of the Golden eagle,'by L. L. Dyche. 



Banquet committee reported members would meet at the Cope- 

 land hotel at six p. m. 



Academy adjourned, to meet at two p. m. 



Friday Afternoon, December 30, 1904. 



Academy met in museum at 2:15 p. m., andjvotedj'a committee of 

 three be appointed to consider time and place of next meeting. E. 

 H. S. Bailey, Warren Knaus, J. A. Yates, were appointed. 



Voted a committee of five from the various sections be appointed 

 for selection and purchase of new books, and^$150 be^allowed for this 

 purpose. 



The committee] on nominations, through Professor Sayre, recom- 

 mended : 



For president, L. C. Wooster, EmiDoria. 



For vice-president, F. W. Bushong, Kansas City, Kan. 



For vice-president, W. A. Harshbarger, Topeka. 



For treasurer, Alva J. Smith, Emporia. 



For secretary, J. T. Lovewell, Topeka. 



Moved and voted the report be accepted, and the rules be set aside 

 and secretary cast the ballot for the persons named. Ballot_so cast. 



