July 29, 1921] 



SCIENCE 



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game be undertaken and that the general public, 

 especially the youths, be informed regarding our 

 wild life and the necessity for its protection. 



Whereas: The rapid increase in population of 

 the United States and Canada with its consequent 

 use of agricultural and forest land is threatening 

 the extinction of many native species of plants 

 and animals, and 



Whereas: The preservation of such native 

 species is greatly to be desired, be it 



Hesolved: That the Utah Academy of Sciences- 

 endorse the work of the Ecological Society of 

 America in the movement for the preservation of 

 natural conditions in the United States and 

 Canada. 



Kesolved: That it is particularly important that 

 areas with typical plant and animal communities 

 in different states of the union and the provinces 

 of Canada be preserved and allowed to go on with 

 their natural suecessional changes for the benefit 

 not only of students who are interested in these 

 subjects at the present time, but also and more 

 particularly for future generations. 



Resolved: That this Academy hereby requests 

 the National Research Council to take cognizance 

 of this important subject and requests said Na- 

 tional Research Council to aid in whatever man- 

 ner may be possible the work of the Ecological 

 Society of America in securing vegetation and 

 animal preserves and sanctuaries for the further- 

 ance of scientific study. 



Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be 

 forwarded by the corresponding secretary to Dr. 

 C. E. McClung, chairman of the Division of Bi- 

 ology and Agriculture of the National Research 

 Council. 



Whereas: It is recognized that the timber sup- 

 ply of the nation is rapidly becoming depleted; 



Whereas: The forest resources are of the 

 greatest importance in the economic and indus- 

 trial development of Utah and of the entire nation ; 



Whereas : The maintenance of proper forest 

 conditions on important watersheds is conducive 

 to a regular and continued stream flow and an 

 adequate supply of pure water so essential for do- 

 mestic, hydro-electric and irrigation use; 



Be it resolved: That the Utah Academy of Sci- 

 ences strongly endorses the conservation of for- 

 ests to the extent of maintaining all potential 

 forest land in a highly productive condition. 

 With this purpose in view, we therefore, strongly 

 urge the adoption of a national forest policy 

 for the entire nation similar to that proposed 

 in H. R. 15,327, introduced in. the 3d Session 

 of the 66th Congress, commonly known as the 

 "Snell Bill." 



Therefore, be it further resolved: That the 

 Corresponding Secretary be instructed to transmit 

 copies of this resolution to the members of Con- 

 gress from Utah. 



The following papers were read at the three 

 sessions of the convention. 



FRroAY EVENING, APRIL 1 



Symposium of Forests Conservation in Utah 



MaTcing tlie forest of Utah a permanent resource, 

 G. P. CoRSTiAN, U. S. Forest Service, Ogden, 

 President of the Academy. 



Fungus forest tree diseases of Utah, A. 0. Gar- 

 rett, East High School, Salt Lake City. 



Forest and fish and game conservation, S. B. 

 Locke, U. S. Forest Service, Ogden. 



Forests in relation to climate and water supply of 

 Utah, J. Cecil Alter, U. S. Weather Bureau, 

 Salt Lake City. 



SATURDAY A.M. 



Analytical distillation of shale oil, M. J. Gavin, 



U. S. Bureau of Mines, Salt Lake City. 

 The use of the microscope in ore dressing, R. E. 



Head, U. S. Bureau of Mines. 

 Destructive distillation of oil shale, L. C. Kar- 



KiCK, U. S. Bureau of Mines. 

 Chemistry of the volatilization process, Thomas 



Varley and C. M. Bodton, U. S. Bureau of 



Mines. 

 Metallurgy of the volatilization process, C. C. 



Stevens, University of Utah. 

 Function of steam in retorting oil shales, M. J. 



Gavin, U. S. Bureau of Mines, and J. J. Ja- 



KOWSKY, University of Utah. 

 Beduction of copper from chloride fumes, R. H. 



Bradford, University of Utah. 



SATURDAY P.M. 



Decomposition of green manure at different stages 

 of growth, Thomas L. Martin, Millard Acad- 

 emy. 

 The normal temperature as a function of the 

 time, elevation above sea level and the latitude. 

 Prank L. West, Utah Agricultural College. 

 Vitamines in relation to nutrition, W. E. Carroll, 



Utah Agricultural College, Logan. 

 Relation of precipitation to height growth of 

 forest tree saplings, Clarence F. Korstian, 

 U. S. Forest Service. 



A twelve o'clock luncheon was given to the 

 members of the academy and their friends at 

 the university dining hall under the efficient direc- 

 tion of Miss Lucy Van Cott, dean of women, Uni- 

 versity of Utah. Dr. Frank L. Harris, of the 

 Agricultural College, spoke at the luncheon on the 

 general topic of scientific research, emphasizing 

 the importance of stimulating an appreciation of 

 its results in the public mind. 



C. Arthur Smith, 

 Corresponding Secretary 



