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SCIENCE 



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SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 



THE INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



At the annual meeting of the Indiana Academy 

 of Science, held at Indianapolis, Ind., on November 

 25-27, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the found- 

 ing of the academy was celebrated. A special 

 program was- arranged under the direction of 

 Honorable Amos W. Butler, one of the charter 

 members of the academy and the acknowledged 

 father of it. His plan was to bring together not 

 only the present membership, but all the living 

 ex-presidents and charter members as well as 

 representatives of the educational and scientific 

 societies of this and adjoining states. Among 

 those who responded to this invitation were Presi- 

 dent Jordan, of Leland Stanford University; J. 

 M. Coulter, of Chicago University; H. W. Wiley, 

 chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, and B. W. 

 Evermann, of the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, 

 D. C. ; W. A. Noyes, of the University of Illinois; 

 C. A. Waldo, of Washington University, St. Louis ; 

 Dr. A. Springer, of Cincinnati, and George T. 

 Moore, of the St. Louis Botanical Gardens. In 

 addition delegates were present representing the 

 Indiana Teachers' Association, the Indiana Med- 

 ical Society, the Indiana Section of the American 

 Chemical Society, the Indiana Audubon Society, 

 the Indiana Engineers' Society, the Indiana His- 

 torical Society, the Indiana Physics Teachers' 

 Society, the Association of Science and Mathe- 

 matics Teachers. 



At the general sessions on Friday about three 

 hundred were present to listen to the addresses 

 of A. L. Foley, president of the academy. President 

 Jordan and Professor J. M. Coulter. The same 

 evening a banquet was held in the Claypool Hotel 

 at which covers were laid for more than one hun- 

 dred. Professor D. W. Dennis, of Earlham Col- 

 lege, acted as toastmaster and responses were 

 made by President Jordan, Dr. A. Springer, Hon. 

 B. W. EvermaUj Professors J. M. Coulter, Glenn 

 Culbertson, Geo. T. Moore and M. H. Stuart. The 

 membership committee reported fifty-six names for 

 membership. The following were elected officers 

 for the coming year: 



President — P. N. Evans, Purdue University. 



Vice-president — C. R. Dryer, State Normal 

 School. 



Secretary — G. W. Benton, Shortridge High 

 School, Indianapolis. 



Assistant Secretary — A. J. Bigney, Moore's Hill 

 College. 



Treasurer — W. J. Moenkhaus, State University. 



Editor — H. L. Bruner, Butler College. 



The papers and addresses will appear in the 

 Proceedings, which is published annually from an 

 appropriation made by the state. The following 

 is the program of the meeting: 



Thursday, November 25 



Meeting of the executive committee. 



Informal dinner. 



Address — " By Packtrain to the Tiptop of the 

 United States in Quest of the Golden Trout," B. 

 W. Evermann, U. S. Bureaii of Fisheries, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Friday, Novemher 26 



President's Address — " Recent Progress in Phys- 

 ics," Dr. A. L. Foley, Bloomington. 



Address — " Recent Progress in Cliemistry," Dr. 

 H. W. Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. 



Address — " Recent Progress in Botany," Dr. 

 John M. Coulter, department of botany, Chicago 

 University. 



Greetings from other societies. 



Informal luncheon. 



Address — " Darwin Fifty Years after," Dr. 

 David Starr Jordan, president Leland Stanford 

 University, president of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science. 



The academy met in sections. A few papers, 

 mostly those of historical character, were read. 



Banquet— D. W. Dennis, toastmaster. 

 Saturday, Novemier 27 



Address — " Methods and Materials used in Soil 

 Testing," H. A. Huston, Chicago. 



Address — " Federal Control of International and 

 Interstate Waters," B. W. Evermann, U. S. Bureau 

 of Fisheries. 



Address — " The Speed of Migration of Salmon 

 in the Columbia River," Charles W. Greene, Uni- 

 versity of Missouri. 



Address — " Some Hoosier and Academy Ex- 

 periences," C. A. Waldo, Washington University, 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



Suggestions. Plans for the Academy — John S. 

 Wright, Stanley Coulter, H. E. Barnard, W. E. 

 Stone, C. Leo Mees, W. A. Cogshall. 



The following is a complete list of papers 

 presented : 



General 



" Tliought Stimulation, under what Conditions 

 does it Occur ? " Robert Hessler. 



"Does Blood Tell?" William B. Streeter, 

 Greensboro, N. C. 



" Hygiene of Indoor Swimming Pools, with Sug- 



