PROCEEDINGS. 



The Academy convened in Science hall of the State Agricultural College, 

 at Manhattan, Thursday, December 27. President Sayre occupied the chair. 

 The President appointed the following committees: 



On program and press: E. C. Murphy, N. S. Mayo, C. M. Breese. 



On membership: Robt. Hay, I. D. Graham, J. M. Price. 



On resolutions: W. A. Harshbarger, E. H. S. Bailey, S. W. Williston. 



On nominations: A. S. Hitchcock, A. H. Thompson, E. A. Popenoe. 



On time and place of next meeting: J. T. Willard, B. B. Smyth, D. S. Kelly, 

 F. H. Snow, W. Knaus. 



In the evening the Academy and friends were entertained in the Agri- 

 cultural Science hall by a lecture by the retiring President, Dr. L. E. Sayre, 

 on the subject, "Medicinal Plants." The lecture was illustrated by numerous 

 lantern slides representing many of the plants of the materia medica in cross- 

 section, powder, growing form, and method of cultivation. 



Friday, December 28, the Academy met in the chemical laboratory of the 

 Agricultural College. 



The following gentlemen were elected to membership: B. F. Eyer, Hia- 

 watha; J. W. Beede, Topeka; V. L. Lay ton, Lawrence; H. P. Cady, Lawrence. 



Treasurer D. S. Kelly made his report. The report was accepted and 

 adopted, after reference to an auditing committee consisting of J. M. Price 

 and C. M. Breese. 



The following papers were then read: 



1. The Eastern Extension of the Cretaceous Formations in Kansas, to- 

 gether with Notes on Certain Sand Hills, by Robt. Hay. 



2. The Collection and Storage of Water in Kansas, by E. C. Murphy. 



3. Rock Exposures about Atchison, by J. M. Price. 



4. Atchison Coal, by E. B. Knerr. 



5. Two New Streptococci, Probably Pathogenic, by N. S. Mayo. 



6. Geometrical Models, by Arnold Emch. 



7. Chemical Examination of Counterfeit Gold Dust, by V. L. Layton and 

 H. P. Cady. 



8. How the Pheasant Drums, by J. R. Mead. 



9. Sand Dune Collecting Notes, by W. Knaus. 



10. A Study of Premolars, by A. H. Thompson. 



11. Geology in Southeast Kansas, by E. Haworth. 



12. New Cretaceous and Tertiary Vertebrates, by S. W. Williston. 



13. Velocity of Wind at Lawrence for Twenty Years, by F. H. Snow. 



14. An Annotated List of Birds of Manhattan and Vicinity, by D. E. Lantz. 



15. Notes on Loxia Curvirostra Stricklandii, by D. E. Lantz. 



The following persons were elected to membership: Miss Bertha Kimball, 

 Manhattan; Erasmus Haworth, Lawrence; J. B. S. Norton, Manhattan; Miss 



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