Fortii-serenth Annual Meeting. 23 



U. G. Mitchell, associate professor of mathematics, University of Kan- 

 sas, Lawrence. 



B. W. Merwin, field work in archaeology, Savonburg. 

 Robert Mohler, A. B., teacher, McPherson. 



C. F. Nelson, associate professor of physiological chemistry, Lawrence. 

 Edison Pettit, assistant in physics, Washburn College, Topeka. 



S. L. Redman, professor of physics, Manual Training Noi-mal, Pitts- 

 bur, c-. 



B. W. Scheib, professor of agriculture, Manual Training Normal, 

 Pittsburg. 



M. M. Schmidt, insurance and student, Home City. 



George W. Tidd, professor of physics. Normal School, Emporia. 



The following are recommended for life membership: 



L. C. Wooster, Ph. D., professor of geology. Normal School, Emporia. 

 J. A. Yates, professor of geology and physics. Manual Training Nor- 

 mal, Pittsburg. 



On motion, the rules were suspended and the secretary c^ist 

 the ballot, and the persons above named were declared duly 

 elected. 



Prof. J. A. Yates presented paper No. 36, "Wood Staining 

 by Fuming." It was illustrated by many specimens of his 

 work and received hearty applause. Professor Yates said it 

 was claimed that catalpa wood would not season ; that one 

 person had kept it in his shop for six months, and while it was 

 seasoned on the outside, the inside was perfectly green. 



In discussing this question several members thought there 

 must be mistake in the facts as reported. 



Papers Nos. 7, 8 and 9 were next taken up by Mr. Knaus, 

 their author, who exhibited specimens of rare Coleoptera. 

 Some of these you never see during daylight, and it is only by 

 chance that the collector can find them feeding early in the 

 morning. The genus Omus is found exclusively in the region 

 west of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and there is no record 

 of any having been taken in the East. It is exceedingly dif- 

 ficult to add these species to one's collection, for only two or 

 three parties collect them in California. The collection here 

 exhibited is probably the third or fourth best collection in 

 this country. 



The next paper. No. 43, "Malignant Tumors," w^as read by 

 its author, Doctor McWharf. 



Professor Yates asked if this disease could be communicated 

 easily. 



Doctor McWharf replied, "I did not say easily; I said it 



