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intelligible explanation. In the light of the 

 investigations of Clowes'' and of Fenn* upon 

 the influence of inorganic salts upon the state 

 of aggregation of oil emulsions and of proteins 

 in solution it would appear not at all improb- 

 able that the striking phenomena of salt- 

 antagonism which Osterhout has shown to de- 

 pend upon the preservation of minimal cell- 

 permeability, owe their origin to antagonistic 

 alterations of the state of aggregation or dis- 

 placements of the radial distribution of the 

 lipoid granules of the cell, resulting, when 

 either of the mutually antagonistic salts is 

 present in excess, in enlargement of the inter- 

 stitial pores. T. Brailsfoed Eobertson 

 TJniversitt op Oalipoenia. 



THE UTAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The tenth annual convention of the Utah Acad- 

 emy of Sciences was held at Salt Lake City, April 

 6 and 7, 1917, in the Young Memorial Building. 



Four sessions were held beginning as follows: 

 Friday, April 6, at 2 p.m. and again at eight P.M., 

 Saturday, April 7 at 10 A.M. and the closing ses- 

 sion at 2 P.M. 



President Frank S. Harris occupied the chair at 

 all the sessions. 



Dr. Geo. E. HUl, Jr., of the Utah Agricultural 

 College, Dr. Perry G. Snow and Dr. Newton Miller, 

 of the University of Utah, and C. Arthur Smith, of 

 the East High School, Salt Lake City, were elected 

 feUows. 



The following were elected to membership: Dr. 

 Orin Tugman, U. U., Professor Walter A. Kerr, 

 U. U., Dr. Frederick S. Pack, U. U., Dr. Joseph F. 

 Merrill, U. U., Professor Elbert D. Thomas, U. U., 

 Mr. James S. Godfrey, U. U., Mr. John "W. Sugden, 

 V. v., Dr. Walter D. Bonner, U. U., Professor 

 Hyrum Schneider, U. U., Professor Geo. Coray, 

 U. U., Professor Sherwin Maeser, B. Y. U., Provo, 

 Clarence F. Korstian, Forest Service, Ogden, H. J. 

 Frederick, U. A. C, Professor Clarence J. Soren- 

 sen, U. A. C, Logan, Mr. Sidney B. Sperry, Salt 

 Lake City, Mr. L. A. Giddings, East High School, 

 Salt Lake City, Mr. L. Moth Iverson, Salt Lake 

 City, Mr. James W. Jones, Salt Lake City and Mr. 

 Tom Spalding, Provo. 



The following are the ofiS-cers for the ensuing 

 year: 



7 Clowes, G. H. A., Journal of Physical Chemis- 

 try, 20 (1916), p. 407. 



8 Perm., W. O., Proc. Nat. Acad, of Sciences, 

 Washington, 2 (1916), pp. 534 and 539. 



President — W. D. Neal, Salt Lake City. 



First Vice-president — Dr. L. L. Daines, V. U., 

 Salt Lake City. 



Second Vice-president — ^Dr. W. E. CarroU, U. A. 

 C, Logan. 



Permanent Secretary — A. O. Garrett, East High 

 School, Salt Lake City. 



Assistant Secretary — C. Arthur Smith, East 

 High School, Salt Lake City. 



Councilors — Dr. Newton MiUer, U. U., Salt Lake 

 City; C. Arthur Smith, East High School, Salt 

 Lake City, and Professor Carl Eyring, B. Y. U., 

 Provo. 



The following papers and lectures were pre- 

 sented : 



"The Pressure-watt Characteristics of Drawn 

 Wire Tungsten Lamps, " by C. Arthur Smith, East 

 High School, Salt Lake City. 



"The Variation of the Electric Conductivity of 

 Thin Metal Films," by Dr. Orin Tugman, U. U., 

 Salt Lake City. 



"The Anastomosing of Arteries and Veins in a 

 FamOy of Cats," by Dr. Newton MiUer and Mr. 

 James Godfrey, U. U. (Paper presented by Mr. 

 Godfrey.) 



"Preformation in Modern Science," by Dr. 

 Newton Miller. 



"The World without Science" (presidential ad- 

 dress), by Dr. Prank S. Harris, U. A. C. 



' ' The Value of Scientific Eesearch in Forestry, ' ' 

 by Mr. Clarence F. Korstian, Forest Service, 

 Ogden. 



"Comparative Essay on some Birds of Europe 

 and North America," by L. Moth Iverson, Salt 

 Lake City. 



"The Effectiveness of the Corrosive Sublimate 

 Treatment of Potatoes," by Mr. Bert L. Richards 

 and Dr. Geo. E. Hill, Jr., U. A. G. (Paper pre- 

 sented by Dr. HiU.) 



"Factors affecting the Planting of Various 

 Crops," by Howard J. Maughan, U. A. C. 



' ' Freezing Temperatures in Fruit Buds, ' ' by Dr. 

 Frank L. West, U. A. C. 



"Sugar Beet Syrup for Young Pigs," by Dr. 

 W. E. CarroU, U. A. C. 



' ' The Present Situation of Babies in the State, ' ' 

 by Dr. L. L. Daines, U. U. 



"The Time Element in Voluntary Control," by 

 Dr. Geo. S. Snoddy, U. U. 



"The Liquid Sulfur-dioxid Method of determin- 

 ing Aromatic Hydrocarbon Oils, ' ' by Mr. Joseph, 

 U. U. 



"The Destructive Distillation of Gilsonite, " by 

 Mr. Eriekson, U. U. A. O. Gaeeett, 



Permanent Secretary 



