12 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



33. Modern necessities in the teaching of elementary botany, by 

 H. L. Roberts. ( Read by title. ) 



34. Some Kansas Lygjeidse, by Jesse B. Norton. (Read by title.) 



35. The relation between specific gravity and nitrogen content in 

 the corn kernel, by J. T. Willard. 



The committee on membership reported, recommending, for active 

 membership, Edward M. Williams, Wichita ; and for life member- 

 ship, Erasmus Haworth, Lawrence; E. H. S. Bailey, Lawrence. 



On motion, these men were elected, the secretary casting the ballot 

 of the Academy. 



On motion, the Academy adjourned, to meet at 7:30 p. m. 



Tuesday Evening, December 31, 1901. 



The Academy was called to order by past Pres. Geo. H. Failyer. 



President Miller delivered the annual address, choosing for his sub- 

 ject, "The Growth of Science during the Nineteenth Century." At 

 the close of the address. President Miller resumed the chair. 



The following papers were then read : 



36. A list of birds observed in Sedgwick county, by R. Matthews. 

 (Read by title). 



37. A pre-glacial gap on Colby creek, Shawnee county, by B. B. 

 Smyth. 



38. The economic geology of lola and vicinity, by G. P. Grirasley. 



39. The physiographic divisions of Kansas, by Geo. I. Adams. 

 ( The secretary, in the absence of the author, read an outline of the 

 paper and distributed the outline, with maps, to all present.) 



40. The Permian beds of the Big Wichita valley of Texas, by Chas, 

 A. Sternberg. 



On motion of Professor Sayre, the secretary was instructed to com- 

 municate to Geo. I. Adams the thanks of the Academy for his- paper 

 and outlines. 



The committee on membership recommended, for active member- 

 ship, Eugene G. Smyth, of Topeka, and for life membership, M. L. 

 Ward, of Ottawa. On motion, they were duly elected. 



The committee on necrology reported the death during the past 

 year of Geo. H. Curtis, of McPherson, an active member, and Dr. 

 George T. Fairchild, of Berea, Ky., an honorary member. 



On motion, it was ordered that a memorial of Col. N. S. Goss be 

 published in the next volume of the transactions. 



The committee on resolutions reported the following, which was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Kansas Academy of Science are 

 rendered to the Commercial Club of lola, for courtesies tendered in 

 exhibiting the wonderful industries of the city ; to the school board 



