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been assumed by Goldscbrnidt,* Hertwig,'' 

 Banta,'' and otters working with intersexes 

 that in their animals the normal sex-deter- 

 mining mechanism itself was failing to func- 

 tion as usual. The present example shows 

 that such an assumption can not be accepted 

 without proof. A. H. Sturtevant 



Columbia Univeesitt and 

 Carnegie Institution 



THE ILLINOIS STATE ACADEMY OF 

 SCIENCE 



The thirteeuth annual meeting of the Illinois 

 State Academy of Soienoe was held at Danville, 

 Illinois, February 20 and 21, 1920, under the presi- 

 dency of Dr. Henry B. Ward, of the University of 

 Illinois. 



The principal items of business transacted were 

 the following: The academy voted unanimously to 

 become afBliated with the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science under the terms 

 adopted by the council of the association at the 

 St. Louis meeting. It was voted that one half -day 

 session of the next annual meeting be devoted to 

 section meetings and the following sections were 

 provided for: medicine and public health; biology 

 and agriculture; geology and geography; ctiemis- 

 try and physics; mathematics and allied sciences; 

 the science of education and education in science. 

 It was voted that the council of the academy be 

 empowered to select chairmen for these sections. 

 The committee appointed last year to secure affilia- 

 tion of science clubs in high schools with the acad- 

 emy reported five such clubs which had accepted 

 the terms of afSliation, two of these taking na- 

 tional membership under the plan of aiBliation 

 with the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. 



In addition to the regular program of scientific 

 papers, Dr. Henry B. Ward, president of the acad- 

 emy delivered an illustrated lecture on Alaska. 



The following officers were elected for the en- 

 suing year: Dr. Henry C. Cowles, University of 

 Chicago, president; Dr. Chas T. Knipp, University 

 of Illinois, vice-president; J. L. Pricer, State Nor- 

 mal University, Normal, secretary; Dr. W. G. Wat- 



*Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (1916), 2, pp. 53-58; 

 Jour. Exper. Zool. (1917), 22, pp. 593-611, and 

 elsewhere. 



sBiol. Zentralhl. (1912), 32, pp. 65-111, and 

 elsewhere. 



^Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (1916), 2, pp. 578-583, 

 and (1918) 4, pp. 373-379. 



erman. Northwestern University, treasurer. Dr. A. 



E. Crook, State Museum, Springfield, is ex-officio 



librarian of the academy, in charge of the sale of 



back numbers of the transactions and of the ex- 

 change of current issues. 



One hundred and five new members were elected 



to the academy. 



The following are the titles of the papers pre- 

 sented at the different sessions : 



Development of smoTteless fuel from Illinois coal: 

 Peofessoe S. W. Pare, University of Illinois, 

 Urbana. 



Tastes and odors in the Danville water supply in the 

 summer of 1919 : De. Edwaed Bartow and E. E. 

 Gebenpield, Illinois State Water Survey, Ur- 

 bana, and H. N. Ely, Superintendent, Interstate 

 Water Co., Danville. 



A new test indicator for water analysis: E. E. 

 Greenfield, Illinois State Water Survey, Ur- 

 bana. 



The founding of sanitary districts: De. Edward 

 Bartow, Illinois State Water Survey, Urbana. 



Some comments on the present status of tuhercu- 

 losis: Dr. Walter G. Bain, St. John's Hospital, 

 Springfield. During the war, chief of the labora- 

 tory service of the U. S. Army General Hospital 

 No. 8. 



Statistical study of the incidence and mortality of 

 influenza in Illinois: Dr. Henet B. Hemenwat, 

 Division of Vital Statistics, State Department of 

 Public Health, Springfield. 



Report of progress at Illinois State Museum: Db. 

 A. E. Ceook, chief of Division of State Museum, 

 Springfield. 



Gaining and losing power: C. L. Eedpield, Chi- 

 cago. 



The progress of iarberry eradication in Illinois: 

 L. E. Tehon, assistant pathologist, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



Soad oil and its u^es: Dr. A. E. Gilman, Illinois 

 Wesleyan University, Bloomington. 



The ahsorition of oxides of nitrogen formed in si- 

 lent discharge: Dr. E. O. Anderegg, Purdue Uni- 

 versity, Lafayette, Ind. 



A possible standard of sound; a further study of 

 wave form and operating conditions: Dk. Chas. 

 T. Knipp and C. J. Lapp, University of Illiaois. 



Evidence that catalase is tlie ensyme in animals 

 and plants, principally responsible for oxidation: 

 De. W. E. Buege, University of Illinois, Urbana. 



New species of fossils from the Devonian lime- 

 stone in Eoch Island County, Illinois: De. T. E. 

 Savage, University of Illinois, Urbana. 



