16 IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Vol. XXVI, 1919 



You have all been wondering what has become of the, supposedly, 

 forthcoming volume of the Proceedings, toward whose value and 

 importance you contributed so materially. The Secretary has had 

 the same feelings many times and would be greatly pleased could he 

 put a copy into the hands of each of you at this moment. His in- 

 ability to do so must be charged to the aforesaid abnormal state 

 of public activity. As a matter of fact it has been almost impossible 

 for the printers to get employees competent to do the quality of 

 work which our Proceedings demand. The volume is practically all 

 in type, however, and work has been begun on making it up into 

 page form. Progress promises to be more rapid very soon. 



In this connection may I make mention of one part of the editorial 

 work on the Proceedings. There are a good many calls in the course 

 of each year for a list or index of the publications of the Academy. 

 This demand led to the preparation of an index to the twenty-five 

 volumes so far issued, including the one now in course of publication. 

 A word of explanation may make its use a little easier. It was 

 necessary, of course, to make it as brief as possible to avoid making 

 the volume too bulky. The plan followed has been to give each 

 title complete under the author's name, also a complete or in some 

 cases slightly condensed title under the most prominent word. In 

 addition cross references are given where necessary. Each author's 

 titles are listed under his name in chronological order. It is proba- 

 ble that a number of extra copies will be printed to supply the de- 

 mand. It is hoped that this index will prove useful to the members 

 of the Academy and to the public as well. 



The subject of the Corresponding Fellowship list and its relations 

 to the Academy has been discussed before you several times in the 

 past. It is to be presented again for what it is hoped will be its 

 final settlement. There seems to be some misapprehension regard- 

 ing the standing of this class of members. The constitution origin- 

 ally provided that workers in science in other states might be elected 

 as corresponding fellows, also that fellows removing to another state 

 might be classed as corresponding fellows. As a matter of fact 

 only one person on our present list of corresponding fellows was 

 elected as such under the first provision, namely Doctor Udden. All 

 the others have been transferred under the second provision. Further, 

 the records show that six of these were associates for periods ranging 

 from one year to five years, without payment of any dues, and then, 

 without becoming fellows, were transferred to the list of corres- 

 ])onding fellows and have been receiving without cost cloth bound 



