4 Kansas Academy of Science. 



On motion, the rules were suspended and the secretary cast the 

 vote of the Academy, and the president declared the above-named 

 persons duly elected. 



To secure advantages for lantern projection, the Academy ad- 

 journed to the lecture room of Washburn College observatory. 



The Committee on Nomination of Officers for 1912-'13 reported 

 as follows : 



President, A. J. Smith, Emporia. 

 First Vice President, W. A. Harshbarger, Topeka. 

 Second Vice President, J. A. G. Shirk, Pittsburg. 

 Treasurer, L. D. Havenhill, Lawrence. 

 Secretary, J. T. Lovewell, Topeka. 



This report was adopted, and on motion the rules were sus- 

 pended and the president cast the vote of the Academy and de- 

 clared the above-named officers duly elected as officers for the en- 

 suing year. 



By vote of the Academy, the Executive Council was continued 

 as last year: £^x officio, President bmith; by election, Bailey. £^x 

 officio, Treasurer Havenhill; by election, Dains. & officio. Secre- 

 tary Lovewell; by election, Crumbine. By election, Willard. 



The Committee on Time and Place reported as follows: 



Baldwin, Kan., to be the place, and the time to be fixed by the Execu- 

 tive Committee. 



The report was adopted, with provision that both time and 

 place may be referred to a joint committee of the Academy and the 

 engineers, this committee to be named by the presidents of the two 

 societies in case the affiliation goes into operation. 



It was moved, seconded and carried that the Kansas Academy 

 fof Science go on record as favoring a national law for the protec- 

 tion of bird life in the United States, and that the secretary of the 

 Academy communicate this action to the Kansas congressmen at 

 Washington and urge them to support such a bill if presented to 

 'Congress. 



The able lecture by Professor Edmondson, of Washburn Col- 

 lege, was listened to with much interest. His subject was The 

 Highways and Byways of Japan, and the elegant lantern slides 

 were taken by the lecturer during his recent tour in that country. 



The Committee on Necrology reported the death of one of our 

 associate members, Mrs. Mary Savage, wife of Joseph Savage, one 

 of our earliest members. The death of Prof. J. J. Jewett was also 

 reported, and obituary notices will be published in our Transactions. 



