Twenty-first Annual Meeting 
The twenty-first annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science 
was held in the rooms of the Physics department at Drake uni- 
versity, Des Moines, April 26 and 27, 1907. In the business session 
the following matters of general interest were presented: 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: 
The twentieth annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science was held 
at Ames on April 20 and 21, 1906. At this meeting two names were trans- 
ferred from the list of members to that of fellows, nine were elected fellows 
and eighteen members, making a total increase in numbers of eleven fellows 
and sixteen members. Since the time of the meeting ten names have been 
dropped from the list, some by request and others because of non-payment 
of dues. The membership at present consists of 77 fellows, 70 members, and 
55 corresponding members, making a total of 202. 
Volume XIII of the proceedings contains the largest amount of matter 
of any volume issued. Even though brevier type was used the limit of 
300 pages was reached and one lengthy paper was omitted because of want 
of space. The extreme delay in publication was due largely to a strike 
which put the state printer far behind with his work, and partially to slow- 
ness after the work began. Some of the papers for publication were not 
received by the secretary from the authors until August. Such delay can 
hardly be excusable. Work was not begun by the state printer until the 
latter part of September. There was a little delay at the bindery in getting 
the cloth bound copies ready, occasioned by a wait for some stock used. 
In accord with the instructions of the Academy a better grade of paper 
was used for the reprints than that used in the bound volumes. 
All the plates for illustration were allowed by the executive council. For 
reasons of economy the council directed that the illustrations be grouped 
together in the volume instead of being arranged with their respective 
articles. This detracts somewhat from the book but causes a saving of some 
$80 or $90 to the state. 
The recent legislature changed the law so that instead of two, only one 
copy of the proceedings shall be sent to libraries and to members of the 
legislature. 
The secretary very earnestly suggests the advisability of presenting in type 
written form all manuscripts intended for publication. So far as I know 
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