10 Kansas Academy of Science. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT, 1905. 



n[^HE present secretary began his duties about the 10th of Janu- 

 -*- ary. At that time the nineteenth volume of the Transactions 

 was in the hands of the state printer, and one of the first tasks de- 

 volved on the new secretary was to see that the promises of an 

 early issue of the forthcoming volume were duly fulfilled. It soon 

 became apparent that the state printer was not bound by an under- 

 standing he had with Professor Grimsley, either because the latter 

 did not make the plan sufficiently definite, or because the former 

 had a change of heart after it was settled that he would go out of 

 office in June. At any rate we could not get the extra copies of 

 papers which the Academy had voted, and the best that could be 

 done was to have fifty extra copies of each signature of the Trans- 

 actions printed. These were divided up and sent to the authors as 

 a partial remedy for the failure. 



The rush of legislative printing delayed the completion of our 

 volume till May, and it was gratifying to note, when it did come 

 out, that it was the largest and one of the best yet sent forth by 

 the Academy. 



The Transactions were distributed according to vote of the 

 Academy, giving to each member a copy, and an extra copy was 

 sent to writers of papers. 



The usual distribution to exchanges was made, and copies sent 

 to state officials and to prominent newspapers. Members of the 

 legislature were supplied on application, but other applicants had 

 to be informed that our Transactions were on sale at list prices. 



The exchange list is much as it has been for some years, and it 

 may be very profitably revised and enlarged. It is through this 

 that our library obtains its growth, and will become, if properly 

 managed, a very unique and valuable collection of books. 



THE MUSEUM. 



While the last legislature was in session, an invitation was sent 

 out by the secretary for members and others to visit the museum, 

 then just installed in its permanent quarters. 



It is believed that this had a favorable influence in making 

 known the work of the Academy and in securing legislative pro- 

 vision for its support. We are by law a "coordinate department 



