180 Kansas Academy of Science. 



Wednesday, December 28—9 a. m. 



Supreme Court Room. 



Academy met pursuant to adjournment. 



Secretary's minutes read and approved. 



It was moved, and by vote adopted, that a Lep;islative Council 

 be constituted to take into consideration the interests of the Acad- 

 emy, and especially to look after the legislative measures which 

 may affect its welfare. Said Executive Council shall consist of the 

 present Executive Committee, to which four members are added, 

 to be proposed by a nominating committee. The committee 

 named were E. H. S. Bailey, F. B. Dains, S. J. Crumbine, and J. 

 T. Willard, who, on ballot, were declared elected. 



The Academy next listened to the reading and discussion of pa- 

 pers, in order as posted by program committee who selected them 

 from the following list. This list is given in the order of the pa- 

 pers as received by the secretary. The order of reading is deter- 

 mined by the Program Committee. 



1. Lightning. A. A. Graham, Topeka. 



2. Origin and Distribution of the Human Race. A. A. Graham, Topeka. 



3. The Cause of Earthquakes and Volcanic Action. A. A. Graham, Topeka. 



4. The Relation Between the Activity of Ground Bacteria and the Climate. 



A. A. Graham, Topeka. 



5. Letters to the Director of the Weather Bureau, Topeka, Kan. A. A. 



Graham, Topeka. 



6. History of Catalysis and its Utility in Systematic Phthisis. Wm. P. 



McCartney, Manilla, P. L 



7. Song of the Stars. Part L Rev. B. T. Stauber, Lincoln, Kan. 



8. Thoughts on Tuberculosis. J. M. McWharf, Ottawa. 



9. Short Weights and Measures. S. J. Crumbine, Topeka. 



JO. McMurry Indian contracts and the Gore Investigation. A. B. Reagan, 

 Nett Lake, Minn. 



11. Birds of the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. A. B. Reagan, Nett 



Lake, Minn. 



12. Sketches of Indian Life and Character. A. B. Reagan, Nett Lake, 



Minn. 



13. The Great Rock Wall of Texas. T. L. Eyerly, Dallas, Tex. 



14. Notes on the Preglacial Channel of the Kansas River. (10 minutes.) 



J. E. Todd, Lawrence. 



15. History of Wakarusa Creek. (20 minutes.) J. E. Todd, Lawrence. 



16. Some Aspects of the Etiology of Pellagra. (Illustrated by lantern 



projections.) Dr. C. F. Menninger, Topeka. 



17. Additions to the List of Uredinese of Bourbon County. A. 0. Garrett, 



Salt Lake City, Utah. 



18. Notes on the Caves of Cuba. J. W. Beede, Bloomington, Ind. 



