THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING. 15 



Membership. — To repeat what was said a year ago and which is still true, 

 our membership is about half what it ought to be. We have in all 116 mem- 

 bers. In our preceding publication (vol. xvii) 148 names were recorded and we 

 added twenty-five at the last meeting, which means that about fifty-seven names 

 were dropped. The reasons for this loss are partly explained above — non-pay- 

 ment of dues after proper warning, and, partly, removal from the state. 



The secretary this year set the mark for fifty new members, and letters have 

 been written to about fifty science people in the state who are not members but 

 ought to be. Requests were sent to the members to supply names for our direc- 

 tory of science people in Kansas, and we have listed about eighty names, I will 

 be glad to have the members send in additional names, for in this way we 

 have a chance to interest such persons in our work. 



Let us try to add fifty new members at our next meeting. If each member 

 could secure one more we would have a large enrolment next year. 



Publications. — The eighteenth volume of Transactions of the Academy was 

 printed in June, 1903, and sent to the members and exchanges; 1200 copies were 

 printed — 1000 in cloth and 200 in paper. The volume contains 287 pages, 15 

 plates, 36 figures, and a general index of authors and subjects for all the volumes 

 from one to eighteen. 



Five hundred copies of reprint of list of members, constitution, history, and 

 president's address at lola, were issued, under the style of "Announcement of 

 Kansas Academy of Science." 



Deaths and Removals. — Two life members died in the past year: 



S. A. Baldwin, of Wabaunsee, born in Meriden, Conn., June 29, 1827, and 

 died at Lawrence, March 31, 1903, aged seventy-five years. He was elected active 

 member of Academy in 1879. 



Dr, Peter McVicar, of Topeka, born in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1829, and 

 died at Topeka, June 5, 19C3, aged seventy-four years. He was one of the first 

 members of Academy, becoming an active member in 1868. 



Removals.— 'Proi. E. C. Franklin: Removed from Lawrence to Leland Stan- 

 ford, Cal. Prof. F. D. Barker: Ottawa to University of Nebraska. T. D. A. 

 Cockerell : Las Vegas to Colorado Springs, and wishes name dropped from 

 list. John J. Jewett: Topeka to Albuquerque. Miss Edith Mclntyre: Man- 

 hattan to Newark, N. J. Geo. F. Weida: Manhattan to Ripon, Wis.; wishes 

 name dropped. E. H. Heacock: Topeka to Chicago, 111. 



Topeka, November 1, 1903. G. P. Grimsley, Secretary. 



Profesor Ward was appointed to audit treasurer's accounts. 



The committee on election of members reported through Professor 

 Bailey the following twenty-eight names for membership in the 

 Academy : W. R. Arthur, Logan ; C. H. Ashton, Lawrence ; Miss 

 L. May Beatty, Ottawa ; Ewing N. Collett, Bacone, I. T. ; Geo. A. 

 Dean,* Manhattan ; Hugo Diemer, Lawrence ; C. F. Menninger, 

 Topeka ; Travis Morse, lola ; Frank Patrick, Topeka ; Leslie F. 

 Paull,* Manhattan ; D. C. SchaflPner, Emporia ; Theo. H. Scheffer,* 

 Manhattan ; J. Whit Ebey, Owatonna, Minn. ; H. W. Ewing, lola ; 

 Chas. N. Gould, Norman, Okla. ; Chas. A. Hiller, Salina ; S. J. 

 Hunter, Lawrence ; James G. Knotter, Onaga ; N. S. Mayo,* Man- 



* Present at Manhattan meeting. 



