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[N. S. Vol. LI. No. 1326 



A resolution, urging the United States Senate 

 and House Committees on Oivdl Service, to an early- 

 adoption of the report of the Congressional Com- 

 mission on the reclassification of government em- 

 ployees was unanimously adopted. 



The foUowiug ofScers were elected for the en- 

 suing year: 



President, Carl F. Korstian, U. S. Forestry 

 Service, Ogden. 



First Vice-president, Dr. Frank L. West, Utah 

 Agricultural College, Logan. 



Second Vice-president, Hyrum Schneider, Uni- 

 versity of Utah, Salt Lake City. 



Councillors, Dr. M. C. MerriU, Utah Agricultural 

 CoUege, Logan; Carl F. Eyring, Brigham Young 

 University, Provo, and H. K. Hagan, Salt Lake 

 City. 



At the Friday evening session, the program con- 

 sisited of a symposiuin on the subject of "The 

 conabitution of matter" and consisted of the fol- 

 lowing papers: 

 The theory of the constitution of matter: Dr. Grin 



Tdgman, University of Utah, president of the 



The oil drop method of measwring the electric 

 charge: Cabl F. Etring, Brigham Young Uni- 

 versity. 



The electron theory of the conduction of electric- 

 ity: Dr. Frank L. West, Utah Agricultural 

 College. 



The theory of valencies: Dr. W. D. Bonner, Uni- 

 versity of irtah. 



The relativity theory : E. W. Pehrson, University 

 of Utah. 



The Einstein theory: Geo. P. Unseld, West High 

 School, Salt Lake City. 



Matter from the point of view of a persoimlistic 

 philosophy: W. H. Chamberlain, University of 

 Utah. 

 The program for the Saturday morning session 



was as follows: 



Capacities of soils for irrigation water: O. W. 

 IsRAELSON, Utah Agricultural College. 



The breeding of canning tomatoes: Dr. M. C. Mer- 

 rill AKD Tracy Abell, Uta;h Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 



The value of farm manure for Utah soils: Dr. F. 

 S. Harris, Utah Agricultural College. 



Besearch work of the experiment station of the 

 Bureau of Mines : Thomas Varley, U. S. Bureau 

 of Mines, University of Utah. 



Hydrometallurgy as applied to the mineral indus- 

 try: Clarence A. Wright, U. S. Bureau of 

 Mines, University of Utah. 



Oil shales and their economic importance: Martin 

 J. Gavin, U. S. Bureau of Mines, University of 

 Utak. 



Pyrometallurgy and its future possibilities: John 

 C. Morgan, U. S. Bureau of Mines, University 

 of Utah. 



Chemistry and its relation to metallurgy : Edward 

 P. Barrett, U. S. Bureau of Mines, University 

 of Utah. 

 Complementary luncheon to the members of the 



academy by the University of Utah at the dining 



hall. At the luncheon, an address was given by 



President John A. Widtsoe, University of Utah. 

 At the afternoon session the following papers 



were read: 



A capillary transmission constant and methods of 

 measuring it: Willard Gardner, Utah Agricul- 

 tural College. 



Mid-tertiary deformation of western North Amer- 

 ica: Hyrum Schneider, University of Utah. 



Electrical conductivity of thin metal films: Dr. 

 Grin Tugman, University of Utah. 



Is disinfection a reaction of tlie first order? Dr. L. 

 F. Shackell, University of UtaJh. 



Some problems in daylight illumination: C. Arthur 

 Smith, East High School, Salt Lake City. 



Equilibrium conditions in the system calcium sul- 

 phate-manganous sulphate-water: A. G. EJjINE 

 and Dr. T. B. Brighton, University of Utah. 



Standardization from constant boiling hydro- 

 chloric acid: J. T. Bonner and Dr. T. B. 

 Brighton, University of Utah. 



Comparison of the action of potassium cyanide and 

 sodium cyanide on alTcyl halides: W. D. Kline 

 AND Dr. W. D. Bonner. 



The determination of arsenic as lead arsenate: A. 

 E. Anderson and Dr. T. B. Brighton, Univer- 

 sity of Utah. C. Arthur Smith, 



Corresponding Secretary 



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