PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION 
OF THE 
IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
The fifteenth annual session of the Iowa Academy of 
Sciences was held in the rooms of the Iowa Geological 
Survey at the capitol building in Des Moines, December 
26th and 27th, 1900 In the business sessions the following 
matters of general interest were passed upon: 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 
To the Members of the fowa Academy of Sciences: 
During the current year our membership list has been increased by the 
addition of six fellows, seventeen associate members and two correspond- 
ing members; one by special election, Prof R. 1). Salisbury, of the Univer- 
sity of Chicago, and one by transfer, Mr. Wilmon Newell of the Ohio 
experiment station, The names of two fellows and one associate member 
were dropped from the academy roll on account of delinquent dues. The 
revised roster now shows fifty six fellows, fifty three associate members 
and forty-five corresponding members in good standing I am persuaded 
that there are manv names in the list of associates that should be trans- 
ferred to the fe'lowship hst, and I would respectfully recommend that the 
committee on membership carefully canvass the list of associate members 
as it now stands, with a view to promoting to fellows, those who have served 
their apprenticeship. Several of our fellows and members have removed 
from the state and their names should be considered with a view to their 
transference to the corresponding membership list. 
Volume VII of the Proceedings, containing the papers presented at the 
fourteenth annual session has finally made its wav through the hands of the 
printer and binder and its distribution to those entitled to it is approaching 
completion. 
