PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
Twenty "Third Annual Session of the 
Iowa Academy of Science 
The meeting of the twenty-fourth annual session of the Iowa Academy 
of Science was held in the Zoological Lecture Room, Blair Hall, Iowa 
College, Grinnell, on Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30, 1910. 
In the business meetings the following matters of general interest 
were presented: 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 
To the Members of the loiva Academy of Science: 
One portion of the secretary’s report has become monotonous; that 
is, that the publication of the proceedings has been delayed. And it 
has not been entirely the fault of the secretary. Things have seemed 
to conspire against the printing of the proceedings; even the United 
States government, in that the postal service failed to deliver some of 
the galley proof entrusted to its care. Beset with delays here; and 
misplaced cuts there, the secretary humbly apologizes for his own short 
comings, and promises he will attempt to induce others to recognize and 
to correct the error of their way. 
For a short time this spring it seemed that it would be advisable to 
propose an amendment to the constitution to the effect that a third vice- 
president should be added to the list of officials. The president of the 
Academy has been in Columbia University all year, and consequently 
it was not practicable for him to preside at the annual meeting. The 
first vice president found it would not be at all convenient for him to 
attend. The second vice president with due modesty accepted the honor 
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