PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL 
SESSION OF THE IOWA ACADEMY 
OF SCIENCE 
Drake University, Des Moines, April 28 and 29, 1922 
The meetings of the thirty-sixth annual session were held at 
Drake University on Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29, 1922. 
President Morehouse called the session to order at 1 :30 p. m. on 
Friday in the Auditorium. After the transaction of business the 
president announced the following committees for the session : 
Nominating, Messrs. Conard, Knight and Stewart. 
Resolutions, Messrs. O. H. Smith, Jaques, Cable, Baker. 
Membership, The Treasurer, the Secretary. 
Conservation, Messrs. Pammel and Bennett. 
Secretary’s Report, Messrs. Doty, Raiford, Norris. 
Necrology, Messrs. B. H. Wilson and Kay. 
Auditing, Messrs Reilly and Ross. 
After announcements by the local committee President More- 
house gave the Presidential Address on “The Cosmology of the 
Universe.” The Academy then separated for the section meetings 
and at 6 o’clock the sections met for dinners. 
At 8 o’clock the Academy convened at the Municipal Observa- 
tory to listen to the public address on “Some Aspects of Science,” 
by President Edgar O. Lovett of Rice Institute, Houston, Texas. 
After the address President Holmes of Drake and the members 
of the University tendered a reception to the visiting scientists 
and opportunity was given for inspection of the Observatory and 
using the 9-inch telescope. 
On Saturday morning the sections met for the completion of 
the reading of papers and at 10 o’clock the Academy gathered to 
hear several papers of general interest. 
At 11 o’clock the President called the Academy to order for 
the closing business meeting. The first order of business was the 
reports of committees. The president called for the reading of the 
minutes of the meeting of the executive committee at Grinnell on 
October 22, 1921. These were read as were also those for the 
