Transactions of the 



Notes from the Zoological Laboratory of the University of Kansas, by Prof. F. H. Snow. 

 A Mad Stone in Kansas City, by Prof. John D. Parker. 

 A Preliminary List of the Coleoptera of Kansas, by Edwin A. Popenoe. 

 Observations on the use of tlae Antennae of Polyphylla variolosa (Harris), by Prof. 

 F. H. Snow. 



The Study of Natural History as a Disciplinary Power, -by Prof. W. Wheeler. 

 The Importance of a Geological Survey of Kansas, by Prof B. F. Mudge. 

 Geological Features of the Lower Neosho Valley in Kansas, by W. S. Newlon. 

 On Determining the Solubilities of Metallic Salts, by Prof G. E. Patrick. 

 Disappearance of the Prairie Dog from Kansa.«, by Prof B. F. Mudge. 

 Suggestions on the True Tlieory of Number, by Prof F. W. Bardwell. 



OFnCERS. 



The following officers were elected for the current year : 

 President — Frank H. Snow, Lawrence. 



Vice Presidents — B. F. Mudge, Manhattan ; John D. Parker, Wyandotte. 

 Secretai-y_ — John Wherrell, Leavenworth. 

 Treasurer — Robert .J. Brown, Leavenworth. 



Ourators — Frank H. Snow, Lawrence; Edwin A. Popenoe, Topeka; W. K. Kedzie, 

 Manhattan. 



COMMISSIONS. 



Geology — H. C. Hovey, Kaasas City; B. F. Mudge, Manhattan. 



Entomology — Frank H. Snow, Lawrence; Edwin A. Popenoe, Topeka. 



Language — D. H. Robinson, Lawrence; J. H. Lee, Manhattan. 



Ethnology — H. B. Norton, Emporia. 



Engineering — F. W. Bardwell, Lawrence. 



Meteorology — John D. Parker, W^yandotte. 



Botany — J. H. Carruth, Lawrence; John W^herrell, Leavenworth. 



Mineralogy — W. K. Kedzie, Manhattan. 



Chemistry — G. E. Patrick, Lawrence. 



Mammalia — M. V. B. Knox, Baldwin City. 



COMMITTEE OF LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS. 



P. McVicar, Topeka; Edwin A. Popenoe, Topeka; A. H. Thompson, Topeka. 

 The Society adjourned to meet at Topeka; — the time of meeting to announce. 



SUGGESTIONS ON THE TRUE THEORY OF NUMBER. 



BY F. W. BARDWELL. 



No one will question the importance of a correct theory of number, though many may 

 be surprised at the suggestion that the current theories are imperfect in any important 

 feature. 



It is liowover true tbat there is a widespread dissatisfaction with the books which treat 

 of the elements of number; that there are frequent changes in the text-books used in the 

 schools; and that educators, and the friends of education, often complain of the small 

 results of the great amount of time and effort expended in the department of mathematics, 

 and especially given to aritlmietic. 



These facts justify at least an inquiry in regard to the fundamental theory of numbw 

 on which methods of instruction properly rest. 



