PROCEEDINGS. 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY, 1902. 
The thirty-third annual meeting was held in the lecture 
room of the Historical Library Building, Friday and Saturday, 
December 26 and 27, 1902. The meeting was called to order 
at 9:15 A. M. by President Slichter. About thirty members 
were present, and this number was increased to near forty be¬ 
fore the close of the forenoon. The average attendance at the 
four sessions was about thirty-five. In. all about forty-five 
members were present. The following program was carried out 
with no change except in the order of the papers and! the omis¬ 
sion of Hos. 12, 14, 15, 16 and 28, which were omitted on ac¬ 
count of the absence of the authors: 
Friday, December 26. 
Morning Session, 9:00 O'clock. 
Beading of papers at 9:15. 
1. Fluoride of gold. Victor Lenher. 
2. Some new tellurium compounds. Victor Lenher. 
3. Glycerophosphoric acid and glycerophosphates. Edward 
Kremers. 
4. Action of metallic magnesium upon aqueous solutions. 
Louis Kohlenberg. 
5. Action of sodium amalgam upon aqueous solutions. Gus¬ 
tave Femekes. 
6. Action upon metals of solutions of hydrochloric acid in 
various solvents. Hcnrison E. Patten. 
7. The; quantitative determination of antimony. Lewis A. 
Youtz. 
8. Botes on the red slate deposit of southwestern Arkansas. 
W. W. Daniells. 
