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KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
JANUARY 2— 9:30 A.M. 
Washburn College.— President Kelly called the Academy to order, 
and introduced President elect S. W. Williston, who took the chair, 
acknowledging the honor in a graceful little speech. 
Minutes of the previous session were read and approved. 
The auditing committee reported that they had examined the treas- 
urer’s accounts, and found them correct. 
The librarian presented his report, which was adopted. 
‘On motion, the executive committee was instructed to place a suita- 
ble price on back numbers of the Transactions. . 
The report of the board of curators was read and accepted. This 
report called out considerable discussion on the condition of the 
scientific exhibits in the state-house; and a committee, with Professor 
Williston as chairman, was appointed to endeavor to secure a salaried 
officer by state appointment, whose duty it shall be to care for all 
scientific collections in the state- house. 
The following papers were read: 
21. So-called “ glacial boulders’ in McPherson county, J. W. 
Beede. 
22. Some Kansas mineral waters; E. H. 8S. Bailey. 
23. Some Atchison and Nemaha county mineral waters, E. B. 
Knerr. 
24. Some reptilian remains from the Kansas Permian, 8S. W. Wil- 
liston. 
25. Propagation of erythroniums, E. B. Knerr. 
26. Pendulum experiments, J.T. Lovewell. 
27. Formalin as a preservative of tissue, O. M. Irelan. 
28. Some comparative physiographic forms in Kansas, J. W. 
Beede. 
The following papers were read by title: 
29. The Cheyenne bottoms, B. L. Miller. 
30. A northern extension of the Comanche in central Kansas, 
J. W. Beede. 
31. The gypsum deposits of Kansas, G. P. Grimsley. 
32. The study of natural palimpsests, G. P. Grimsley. 
33. The Lachnosterna of Kansas, W. Knaus. 
34. Additions to the flora of Kansas, B. B. Smyth. 
39. The utilization of a very common weed, L. E. Sayre. 
36. A provisional list of the flowering plants of McPherson county, 
H. J. Harnly. 
37. The chemical composition of some rocks used in cement plas- 
ter, EK. H. S. Bailey. 
38. The maximum value of the viscosity of the ether, A. 8. Dun- 
stan. 
