16 Transactions Tennessee Academy of Science. 



Record 



(From the organization of the Academy to the end of year 1913.) 



Meeting of April 6, 1912. 



This was the first general meeting of the Academy. The meet- 

 ing was held in the hall of the Carnegie Library of Nashville, at 

 10 a. m. The first business was the election of permanent offi- 

 cers, which resulted as stated on page 7. 



Prof. A. A. Schaeffer spoke in regard to a journal of science 

 which he proposed to establish, explaining the style and purposes 

 of the proposed publication. 



It was decided to hold the next meeting at Knoxville, on the 

 Friday after Thanksgiving Day, which would be November 29. 



After the reading and discussion of several papers, adjourn- 

 ment was taken at noon for luncheon, most of the members going 

 in a body to the Maxwell House. 



At 2 p. m. the meeting reassembled and the program was con- 

 tinued, ten minutes for discussion being allowed after each paper 

 was read. 



The program of papers was as follows : 



On the Reported Discovery of Radium in Arkansas, 



A. H. Purdue, former State Geologist of Arkansas. 



Neon and Wireless Waves, 



Wm. L. Dudley, Vanderl)ilt University. 



Rock Striations and Their Causes, 



Chas. H. Gordon, University of Tennessee. 



Railroads and Railroad lUiildin.t; in 'i\nncssee Before the Civil War, 

 G. W. DvEK, Vand(.rl)ilt I'nivcrsily. 



The Beginnings of Music, 



R. ]M. Ogden, University of Tennessee. 



