KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The first annual meeting of the Society was held in Lincoln Col- 

 lege, Topeka, Kansas, September ist, 1868. After mature delibera- 

 tion and thorough discussion, the association was organized, and the 

 following officers were elected for the current year : 



B. F. Mudge, President ; J. S. Whitman, Vice-President ; John D. Parker, Sec- 

 retary ; Frank H. Snow, Treasurer ; John A, Banfield, Curator. 



The second annual meeting of the Society was held in the Pres- 

 byterian church, Topeka, Kansas, September 7th, 1869. 



The following papers were read : 



On the Internal Heat of the Globe, by B. F. Mudge. 



On Solving the Higher Equations, by Edward Cave. 



A public lecture was delivered on the Mound Builders, by John 

 D. Parker. 



The officers of the previous year were re-elected. 



The third annual meeting of the Society was held in the Univer- 

 sity building, at Lawrence, on the 5th and 6th of September, 1S70 



The following papers were read : 



On the Plants of Kansas, by James H. Carruth. 



On the Fishes of the Kansas River, as observed at Lawrence, by Frank H 

 Snow. 



On the Internal heat of the Earth, by John D. Parker. 



On the Comparison of the Coals of Kansas with other Western Coals, by 

 Wm. H. Saunders. 



On the Saurian Formation of Kansas, by B. F. Mudge. 



On the Moss Agate Formation of Kansas, by B. F, Mudge. 



The following public lectures were delivered : 



On Aims, Organization and Advantages of Scientific Associations, by John 

 Eraser. 



On Hugh Miller, or the Workingman's Education, by John H. Barrows. 



The following officers were elected for the current year : 



John Eraser, President ; B. F. ]\Iudge, \'ice-President ; John D. Parker, Sec- 

 retary and Librarian ; Frank H. Snow, Treasurer ; B. F. Mudge and Frank H. 

 Snow, Curators. 



The fourth annual meeting of the Society was held in the rooms 

 of the Board of Education, at Leavenworth, on the 25th and 26th 

 of October, 1871. 



The following papers were read : 



On the Plants of Kansas, ( continued from last year ) by James H. Carruth. 



On the Birds of Kansas, by Frank H. Snow. 



On the Burlington Gravel Beds, by John D. Parker. 



On the Darwinian Theory, by John Wherrell. 



On some rare forms of Crystallization of Gypsum, by B. F. Mudge. 



On the Red Sandstone of Kansas, by B. F. Mudge. 



