PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION 



OF THE 



IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



The sixteenth annual session of the Iowa Academy of 

 Sciences was held in the rooms of the Iowa Geological 

 Survey at the capitol building in Des Moines, December 

 26 and 27, 1901. In the business session the following 

 matters of general interest were passed upon. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



To the Members of the Iowa Academy of Sciences: 



The year 1901 has been one of substantial growth for the Academy. At 

 the fifteenth annual session eleven fellows and seventeen associate members 

 were elected. Of these, nine fellows and fifteen members qualified. Five 

 new names were added to the corresponding membership list; two, Dr 

 Wilham Trelease, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and Prof. J. 

 A. Udden, of Augustana College, Rock Island, 111., by special election, 

 and three by transfer. Dr. H. F. Bain, now of Idaho Springs, Colo- Prof' 

 John Craig, Cornell University, New York; and L. A. Youtz, a student in 

 Columbia University, New York. On account of the non-payment of dues 

 the names of two fellows and seven members were stricken from the mem- 

 bership list. The revised roster now shows sixty fellows, fifty -eight associ- 

 ate members and forty-five corresponding members, or a total membership 

 of one hundred and sixty-three, the largest in the history of the academy. 

 Messrs. Faurot. Leverett and Miller, fellows of the Academy, have removed 

 from the state and should be transferred to the corresponding membership 

 list. A considerable number of associate members have presented papers 

 for the Academy and are eligible to promotion to the fellowship l^st. I trust 



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