Fortii-eigJitJi A)niual Meeting. 17 



The treasurer submitted the following report: 



TREASURER'S REPORT 



to the Kansas Academy of Science for the year ending January 14., 1916. 



Balance brought over from 1014 $999.44 



Collected as dues and memberships 48.00 



Received from sale of Transactions 6. 98 



Received as interest on deposits 30.79 



Total receipts $1,085.21 



Disbursements: 



Lecturer, stenographer, executive committee, etc $140.80 



Additions to library 13.09 



Total disbursements $153 . 89 



Academy funds on hand January 14, 1916: 



In the hands of the secretary $4.40 



In the hands of the treasurer 926.92 



Total $931.32 



L. D. Havenhill, Treasurer. 



Report referred to the Auditing Committee. 



The address of the retiring president being next in order, 

 President Shirk gave a most interesting address on "American 

 Highways." This is published in Bulletin No. 2 of the 

 Academy. 



The following is the list of papers presented at this meeting : 



1. World Wars. A. A. Graham. 



2. Lasting and Universal Peace. A. A. Graham. 



3. The Degeneracy of Monarchs. A. A. Graham. 



4. Italian Degeneracy. A. A. Graham. 



5. Civilized Europe; a Chapter in Anthropology. A. A. Graham. 



6. The Insanity of Nations; the Cause of the Present World War a 



Physiological Question. A. A. Graham. 



7. Botanical Notes. Frank U. G. Agrelius. 



8. Some Experiments with Bacillus coli-covimunis (Escherich). Frank 



U. G. Agrelius. 



9. Observations on the Cause of Decay in Various Materials. Frank 



U. G. Agrelius. 



10. Observations on Jupiter at Opposition in 1915. Edison Pettit. 



11. Note on a Device for Setting a Heliostat in the Meridian. Edison 



Pettit. 



12. Celestial Photography with the Washburn Telescope. Edison Pettit. 



13. Additions to the List of Kansas Coleoptera, 1913 to 1916. W. Knaus. 



14. Some Life History Notes on Phytomonus eximius. W. Knaus. 



15. Rare Coleoptera from the Sand Hill Region of Reno county. W. 



Knaus. 



2— Sci. Acad.— 2163 



