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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLV. No. 1159 



EDUCATION 



"The Educational Survey," by T. Earl Sul- 

 linger. 



"Seeing Oklalioma," by C. W. Shannon. 



"The Teaching of Physiography and Geog- 

 raphy in Our Common Schools," by C. W. Shan- 

 non. 



ENGINEERING 



"Oklahoma City's New Water Plant," by "W. 

 L. Benham. 



"Appraisal of Public Utilities" (by title), by 

 A. L. Mullergren. 



GEOLOGY 



"The Practicality of Using the Diamond Drill 

 in Exploring for Oil and Gas Structures," by 

 Geo. E. Burton. 



' ' New Anticlines, ' ' by Chas. N. Gould. 



' ' Concretions in Caddo County, ' ' by Chas. N. 

 Gould. 



"Origin of the Ferruginous Sandstones of 

 Southeastern Oklahoma," by Chas. W. Honess. 



"The Occurrence of Coal in Cimarron County," 

 by Fritz Aurin. 



"Progress of Work in the Cretaceous Area of 

 Oklahoma," by C. W. Shannon. 



"New Volcanic Ash Theory," by Chas. N. 

 Gould. 



"Manganese Deposits Near Bromide, Okla- 

 homa, ' ' by Geo. E. Burton. 



"The Distribution of the Sand Dunes of Okla- 

 homa," by Bryan Hendon. 



"Oil Seeps," by Elbert E. Boylan. 



"A 'Gas Blow-out,' " by V. V. Waite. 



"The Elephants of Oklahoma" (by title), by 

 E. B. Wilson. 



"The Early Vertebrates of Oklahoma" (by 

 title), by M. G. Mehl. 



"Granite Situation in North-Central Kansas" 

 (by title), by Everett Carpenter. 



MATHEMATICS 



"English Experiences in Teaching Calculus to 

 Trades-school Students," by A. Press. 



"A Shorter Proof of a Theorem on Fourier's 

 Series" (by title), by W. H. Cramblet. 



BIOLOGY 



' ' A Flock of Hawks, ' ' by Chas. N. Gould. 



"Platanus occidentalis," by Chas. N. Gould. 



' ' Past and Future of the Buffalo, ' ' by Frank 

 Eush. 



"Reproductive Organs of Birds and Their Ac- 

 tivities" (by title), by T. C. Carter. 



"Biological Significance of Bones, Teeth and 



Shells Found in the Caves of Eastern Oklahoma," 

 by H. H. Lane. 



"Further Observations on the Effect of Acohol 

 on White Mice," by L. B. Nice. 



"Speech Development of a Child from Eighteen 

 Months to Six Years," by Mrs. Margaret Morse 

 Nice. 



' ' The Murine Opossum, an Accidental Immigrant 

 in Oklahoma, " by H. H. Lane. 



" On a Collection of Moths and Butterflies from 

 Costa Rica," by H. H. Lane. 



' ' Some Personal Observations on the Habits 

 of the Butcher 's Shrike, " by C. W. Shannon. 



"Observations on Demoder foUioulorum" (by 

 title), by G. K. Stanton. 



' ' The Relation of Vegetation to Stratigraphy ' ' 

 (by title), by Floyd Absher. 



"The Hawks of Oklahoma" (by title), by Joe 

 Matthews. 



The Committee on Publications reported that 

 arrangements had been made whereby the Uni- 

 versity of Oklahoma would assume responsibility 

 for publishing the proceedings, the academy pay- 

 ing what it can and the state assuming the bal- 

 ance. The report was accepted. The committee 

 appointed on publication for the coming year con- 

 sists of the president, treasurer, secretary and 

 curator. 



The committee on membership presented the 

 names of forty new members which were accepted. 



Professor C. W. Shannon, director of the Okla- 

 homa Geological Survey reported that the Biolog- 

 ical Survey working in connection with the acad- 

 emy had established many nature study clubs in 

 the public schools of the state during the past 

 year. Report accepted. 



A committee was appointed to work to get bet- 

 ter laws passed in Oklahoma for the protection of 

 wild life. Mr. Frank Rush, United States forester, 

 in charge of the buffalo herd, in the Washita 

 Mountain Reservation, was made chairman of this 

 committee. 



The treasurer's report was read and accepted. 

 The following officers were elected for the com- 

 ing year: 



President, L. Chas Raiford, A. & M. College; 

 First Vice-president, M. M. Wickham, Southeast- 

 ern State Normal School; Second Vice-presi- 

 dent, A. F. Reiter, Phillips University; Treasurer, 

 H. H. Lane, University of Oklahoma; Secretary, 

 L. B. Nice, University of Oklahoma; Curator, 

 Fritz Aurin, Oklahoma Geological Survey. 



L. B. Nice, 

 Secretary 



