6 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
A committee on necrology was appointed, as follows : A. H. Thomp- 
son, F. H. Snow, E. B. Knerr. 
Chairman Dinsmore, of program committee, announced the pro- 
gram for the next session. 
JANUARY 3, 1897. 
Academy convened at 9:30 A.M. Secretary read minutes of pre- 
vious session. Treasurer’s report was read, and an auditing commit- 
tee appointed, consisting of D. E. Lantz, A. H. Thompson, E. B. 
Knerr. 
The membership committee reported a list of applicants; all were 
duly elected. 
The reading of papers was then taken up, and the following heard: © 
Notes on frosted poor-will, D. E. Lantz. 
Color photography, E. B. Knerr. 
An improved clinometer, Alva J. Smith. 
. A new theory of the surface markings of the moon, EK. Miller. 
6. Telephonic communications with light-ships, L. I. Blake. 
7. The new elements argon and helium, E. C. Franklin. 
The committee on necrology reported that during the year Prof. 
Robert Hay, Prof. D. H. Robinson and I. B. Ashton had died. Ap- 
propriate resolutions were reported, adopted, and entered on the min- 
utes of the Academy. 
Adjourned to meet at 2 P. M. 
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Academy convened at 2:30 Pp mM. Librarian B. B. Smyth made his 
annual report, which was duly accepted. 
On motion, the librarian was authorized to dispose of 350 copies of 
the reprint edition of volumes I to 111 at 50 cents per set, to reimburse 
the treasury for the expense of the reprint. 
Reading of papers was then resumed. 
8. An experiment in rain-making, T. H. Dinsmore. 
9. A polished glacial rock near Topeka, J. T. Lovewell. 
10. Foucault’s pendulum experiment, J. T. Lovewell. 
11. A new drill hole in Wichita, J. R. Mead. 
12. Cone-in-cone structure, H. J. Harnly. 
13. Closing of the Michigan glacial lakes, B. B. Smyth. 
14. Salt beds of Kansas, M. Z. Kirk. In the absence of the au- 
thor, this subject was presented by Prof. E. Haworth. 
15. The flint hills: an object-lesson in physiography, E. Haworth. 
16. Horsebacks in coals of Cherokee and Crawford counties, W. 
R. Crane. 
17. Water storage in Dakota formation in Kansas, S. Z. Sharp. 
18. On extinct bison from western Kansas, 8. W. Williston. 
