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How can these results be reeonoiled with Bohr's 

 theory and with our usual conception of the elec- 

 tron? It is too early to answer. Bohr's station- 

 ary states and the cellular structure postulated 

 above have many points of similarity. It seems 

 that the electron must be regarded as a complex 

 structure which undergoes a series of discontinu- 

 ous changes while it is being bound by the nu- 

 cleus or kernel of an atom. There seems to be 

 strong evidence that an electron can exert mag- 

 netic attractions on other electrons in the atom 

 even when not revolving about the nucleus of the 

 atom. 



Irving Langmuir 

 Eeseakch Laboratory, 

 General Electric Co., 

 Schenectady, N. Y., 

 March 8, 1921 



THE OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF 

 SCIENCE 



The ninth annual meeting was held in Oklahoma 

 City on February 11, at the State University, Nor- 

 man, on February 12. The following papers were 

 read: 



Presidential Address: Research in secondary 

 schools: A. F. Reiter. 



The orgamzaiion of a research council in OJcla- 

 homa: Guy Y. Williams. 



On the affiliation of the Oklahoma Academy of 

 Science with the American Association for the 

 Advan-cement of Science: L. B. Nice. 



Th-e ceremonies and rites incident to eating peyote 

 among the Clieyenne Indians: J. B. Thobukn. 



The intrinsic-extrinsic mechanism of Tteredity and 

 variation: H. H. Lane. 



An eccentric hen — anatomically excused: A. F. 

 Eeiter. 



0)^ the non-singular cuhic: Nathan Altschiller- 

 Court. 



A survey of the taxation system of Oklahoma: F. 

 F. Blachly. 



The teaching efficiency of motion pictures meas- 

 ured in terms of results secured under school- 

 room conditions: J. W. Sheppakd. 



Where did the Indians of the Great Plains get their 

 flint? Chas. N. Godld. 



An objective view of education in Oklahoma: 

 Miriam E. Oatman-Blachly. 



The m^st important scientific spot on earth: Walt 

 B. Satler. 



An observation on the male Bickcissel during the 

 nesting period: Ed. Crabb. 



The genetic evidence of a multiple {triple) allelo- 

 morph system in hruchus and its relation to sex- 

 limited inheritance: J. K. Breitenbrecher. 



Some studies with complement deficient guinea 

 pigs: H. S. Moore. 



The migration path of th-e germ cells in fundulus: 

 A. Richards and J. T. Thompson. 



Nesting of mourning doves at Norman in 1920: 

 Margaret M. Nice. 



Some notes on winter hirds around Norman in 

 1920-Sl: Margaret M. Nice. 



A comparison of th-e rate of diffusion of certain 

 substances, particularly the food materials, 

 enzymes and pro-enzymes: Alma J. Neill. 



Further observations on tonus rhythms in dia- 

 phragm muscle: L. B. Nice and A. J. Neill. 



A child's deviations from truth: Sophia R. 

 Altschiller-Codrt. 



The range of vocabulary at eighteen months of 

 age: Miriam E. Oatman-Blachly. 



Belation of science to art: Lucille Carson. 



The bank of Missouri: J. Eat Cable. 



A plan to reach the Orinoco sources: T. A. Ben- 



DRAT. 



The cliff-dwellers in Mesa Verde Park, Colorado: 



C. W. Shannon. 

 A trip across the Navajo desert : Juanita Eamsey. 

 Evidence on the Pennsylvania glaciation in the 



Arbuckle Mountains: S. Weidman. 

 Toydh, Texas, oil pool: Bess Mills. 

 The Marietta syncline and its effect upon the 



physiography of Love County: Fred Bullakd. 

 Deep tests in southwestern Oklahoma: Waldo 



Ports. 

 Protozoa of Colorado: T. C. Carter. (Eead by 



title.) 

 The grand period of growth of root-hairs: E. E. 



Jeffs. (Eead by title.) 



During the session it was voted to affiliate the 

 Oklahoma Academy of Science with the Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of Science 

 forming two classes of members, local and na- 

 tional. 



It was also voted to establish a State Eesearch 

 Council in the Oklahoma Academy of Science 

 along the same plan as the National Research 

 Council. 



It was further voted to establish a Natural His- 

 tory Exchange for the purpose of assistance in 

 building museums in the colleges and high schools 

 of the state. 



