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These amendments were discussed and were 

 satisfactory to the members present, but the 

 amendments could not be adopted, since the by- 

 laws require that amendments presented at one 

 meeting can not be adopted before the next annual 

 meeting. 



It was the sentiment of the society to affiliate 

 with the National Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Agricultural Science when the organiza- 

 tion of the latter society was sufficiently advanced 

 to make this possible and desirable. 



The society voted to fix a price of one dollar 

 per copy for its annual reports to new members 

 and to educational institutions, and a price of 

 two dollars per copy to non-members. 



The officers and members of committees for 1908 

 were reelected for 1909. 



C. V. Close, 

 Seoretary-treasurer 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 



THE KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENOE 



The forty-first annual meeting of the academy 

 was held in Topeka during holiday week, and was 

 of unusual interest both in the quality and num- 

 ber of papers presented for discussion. The retir- 

 ing president, E. Haworth, chose for the subject 

 of his address " The Life History of a Eiver," and 

 discussed the cause of floods, and the means of 

 controlling these destructive agencies. A. J. Smith 

 told how the city of Emporia is securing a good 

 water supply from the underflow of the Neosho 

 river. The pure food and drugs law called forth 

 several important papers from Professors Bailey, 

 Sayre, Willard, Ziefle and Jackson. The biologists 

 reported additions made in the past year to the 

 lists of birds, mammals and insects. Professor 

 Dyche contributed important notes of his experi- 

 ence in preserving the skins of mammals. Dr. 

 Williston sent a paper on the " Skull Structure 

 of Diplocaulus " with restoration, and C. H. Stern- 

 berg, the enthusiastic fossil hunter, gave an ac- 

 count of his last summer's finds in the Laramie 

 beds of Wyoming. 



One evening was given to memorial exercises in 

 honor of the late Dr. Francis Huntington Snow, 

 one of the founders of this academy, and for more 

 than forty years connected with the University 

 of Kansas, where he held the office of chancellor 

 for twelve years. One of his earliest colleagues. 

 Professor E. Miller, gave a memorial address, and 

 other members spoke of him as a collector, teacher 

 and contributor to scientific discovery. Another 

 evening session, held in Washburn College, was in 



part a social occasion, and was otherwise made 

 interesting by Professor Edmondson giving some 

 excellent stereopticon views illustrating an account 

 of his last summer's trip to Tahiti. Professor 

 Parker gave some fine specimens of bird pho- 

 tography, and Professor Sternberg exhibited some 

 good views of the Laramie beds of Wyoming. 



The officers elected for the ensuing year were 

 as follows: 



President — F. B. Dains, Topeka. 



First Vice-president — J. M. McWharf, Ottawa. 



Second Vice-president — ^A. J. Smith, Emporia. 



Treasurer — P. W. Bushong, Lawrence. 



Secretary — J. T. Lovewell, Topeka. 



Ottawa was selected as place for the next an- 

 nual meeting. 



The following papers were presented: 



Papers, illustrated by stereopticon: 



" Some Glimpses of Tahiti," by C. F. Edmond- 

 son. 



" Notes on Photography of Wild Birds," by 

 J. B. Parker. 



Chemical and Physical Papers 



" Resins in Vanilla Extract," by H. L. Jackson. 



" An Examination of Apparatus for a Simple 

 Determination of Carbon Dioxid in Air," by E. H. 

 S. Bailey. 



" Sulphites as Preservatives," by Edith A. Good- 

 win and E. H. S. Bailey. 



" The Character of the Mid-continent Petro- 

 leum," by F. W. Bushong. 



" Fluctuations in the Mineral Contents of the 

 Kaw River," by F. W. Bushong and A. J. Weith. 



" The Importance of Pharmacological Methods 

 in Drug Assay," by Adolph Ziefle. 



" Suggested Legislation in Regard to the Selling 

 of Cocaine," by H. W. Emerson. 



" Enameling Steel," by R. D. Landrum. 



" The Relation of Manganese to the Corrosion 

 of Iron," by H. P. Cady. 



" Progress of Work in Drug Analysis under Pure 

 Food and Drugs Law," by L. E. Sayre. 



" Comments on Analysis of Spices," by L. E. 

 Sayre. 



" Study of the Cause of Coal-mine Explosions," 

 by E. Haworth and C. M. Young. 



" The Medullary Ray as an Element of Strength 

 in Structural Timber," by F. E. Jones. 



" On some Methylene Derivatives," by F. B. 

 Dain3. 



"Recent Investigations of the Properties of 

 Steam," by P. F. Walker. 



" Pelton Water-wheel Test made at the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin in the Summer of 1908," by 

 Chas. I. Corp. 



