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ciation for the Advancement of Science, the de- 

 cision of which rests with the executive committee 

 with power to act; and the matter of seeking state 

 support from the next legislature which was left in 

 the hands of the executive committee for action 

 and if found favorable the president was author- 

 ized to appoint a committee to approach the legis- 

 lature in an eifort to obtain $1,000 per year to be 

 expended for publications and the furthering of 

 research work. 



A total of twenty-eight new names was added to 

 the membership list. The membership now in- 

 cludes 113 individuals interested in science in 

 North Carolina. 



The following officers were elected for the year 

 1921: 



President: Z. P. Metcalf, professor of zoology 

 and entomology. State College, West Raleigh, N. C. 



Vice-president : J. M. Bell, professor of physical 

 chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel 

 Hill, N. C. 



Secretary-Treasurer: R. W. Leiby, assistant 

 entomologist, research, State Department of Agri- 

 culture and Agricultural Experiment Station, Ra- 

 leigh, N. C. 



Additional menibers executive committee: H. R. 

 Totten, University of North Carolina; R. N. Wil- 

 son, Trinity College; F. A. Wolf, State College, 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. 



The meeting was featured by the address of the 

 retiring president. Dr. A. H. Patterson, who spoke 

 on "The Einstein theory of relativity." Other 

 papers presented were: 

 Functions of circular curves simpUfied: T. F. 



HiCKERSON. 



Some biological aspects of the tidal zone region of 



the North Carolina coast: Z. P. Metcalf. 

 Secent growth and depletion of sea beaches on tlie 



North Carolina coast. (Lantern) : Collier 



Cobb. 

 Some remarTcable forms of the sTceletal element in 



Lithistid sponges : H. V. Wilson. 

 Animal locomotion: H. H. Brimley. 

 Single spore cultures of Coprinus radiatus: H. R. 



TOTTEN. 



Genera of lower Basidoimycetes new to the United 



States: W. C. Coker. 

 Turtles of North Carolina: C. S. Brimley. 

 Electro-endosmosis of clays: Thorndyke Saville. 

 The life-history of a gall-making ^syllid Pachy- 



psylla mamma Siley. (Lantern) : B. W. Wells. 

 Dreams and their causes, with examples: C. S. 



Bkimley. 



A little-Tcnown vetch disease: F. A. Wolf. 

 Notes on the mosquito fauna of North Carolina: 



F. Sherman. 

 Agricultural geology: John E. Smith. 

 The larger cornstallc borer Diatraea zeacolella 



Dyar. (Lantern) : R. W. Leiby. 

 Th-e iving venation of the Heteroptera: Herbert 



Spencer. 

 An interesting fertilizer problem: H. B. Arbtjckle. 

 A list of CicadellidcB taken at Swannanoa, North 



Carolina: Z. P. Metcalf and Herbert Osborn. 

 A phenomenal shoot (exhibit) : B. W. Wells. 

 A peculiar Mycorhiza-forming Mhizopogon on the 



roots of the pine: H. R. Totten. 

 Effect of fertilizers on germination and seedling 



growth of corn and cotton. (Lantern) : M. W. 



Shebwin. 

 Behind the barrier beaches from Boston to Beau- 

 fort. (Lantern) : Collier Cobb. 

 Some investigations on the compounds isolated 



from the Poly pores: Joseph T. Mattox and 



Raymond Binford. 

 Effect of borax on plant growth: Oscar J. Theis, 



Jr., and H. B. Arbuckle. 

 Dyestuff situation in the United States: R. F. 



Revson. 

 New ethers: A. S. Wheeler and S. C. Smith. 

 Further studies on the melting points of the nitro- 



toluenes: Jas. M. Bell. 

 Vitamines — a review: W. A. Withers. 

 Cymene, a new solvent: A. S. Wheeler. 

 A color reaction for pure Cymene : A. S. Wheeler. 

 The conductivity of nonaqueous solutions: Paul 



Gross. 

 Some new types of distillation apparatus: Paul 



Gross. 



R. W. Leiby, 

 Secretary-Treasurer 



Raleigh, N. C. 



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