REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The fourteenth ',iaual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science was 

 held in Topeka, opening on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 9th, 

 1881, and occupying the remainder of that day and the two days following. 



Lectures were delivered upon the evenings of the 9th and 10th in Repre- 

 sentative Hall. The lecture of the evening of the 9th was upon the subject, 

 "Botany Popularly Considered," by Mr. E. N. Plank, of Independence; 

 while that of the evening of the 10th was delivered by Professor George E. 

 Patrick, of the State University, upon " Chemistry in the Arts." 



During the sessions of November 10th and 11th, the following papers 

 were presented and discussed: "Genesis and Geology," Rev. J. H. Car- 

 ruth. "The Agate Beds of Trego County, Kansas," Joseph Savage. "Pre- 

 paratory Stages of a Leaf-eating Lady-bird {Epilachna corrupta)" E. A. 

 Popenoe. "Ancient Stone Remains on the Continental Divide in Colorado," 

 J. R. Mead. "Some New Medicinal Herbs indigenous to Kansas," Dr. 

 W. S. Newlon. "The Leavenworth Coal Mines," Joseph Savage. "The 

 Analysis of Drinking Waters," Professor G. H. Failyer. "Notes on the 

 Habits of Certain MomotidcB," G. F. Gaumer. "Visualized Numerals," 

 Dr. A. H. Thompson. "The Impurities of Water as Affecting its Value for 

 Domestic and Manufacturing Purposes, and a Mode of Purifying It," 

 William Tweeddale. "Salt Wells of Wichita," J. R. Mead. "Igneous 

 Rocks of Kansas," Robert Hay. "Preliminary List of Kansas Inverte- 

 brate Fossils," George S. Chase. "The Constitution of the Sun," Prof. 

 H. S. S. Smith. "The Fossils of Riley County," Silas C. Mason. "Notes 

 on a Trip to Mammoth Cave," Prof. J. T. Lovewell. "Archaeological Ex- 

 plorations in the Pecos Valley," Prof. F. H. Snow. "The Physical Basis 

 of Ghosts," Wm. M. Crichton. "Plants of Montgomery County, Kansas," 

 E. N. Plank. "Importance of the Spelling Reform," Prof G. M. Stearns. 



The following board of officers were elected for a term of one year : Presi- 

 dent, Prof J. T. Lovewell, Topeka; Vice Presidents, Joseph Savage and 

 Rev. J. H. Carruth, of Lawrence; Secretary, E. A. Popenoe, Manhattan; 

 Treasurer, R. J. Brown, Leavenworth. 



A committee consisting of Joseph Savage, I. T. Goodnow and J. T. Love- 

 well, appointed for the purpose of securing funds for the erection of a suit- 

 able monument to the memory of Prof B. F. Mudge, presented a preliminary 

 report. 



