ANNUAL MEMBERS. L. O. Adams, 1903, Univ. of Kansas. Orr Adams, 1898 ... Frank G. Agrelius, 1905.. Wm. Aitkinhead, 1906, Washburn Coll..... H. C. Allen, 1904... Carroll D. Armstrong, M. D., 1905. John J. Arthur, 1904 C. H. Ashton, 1903, Univ. of Kansas Alfred W. Ayers, 1904, minister. W. M. Bailey, 1906, teacher Harvey W. Baker, 1902, Kansas Agr. Coll. . . . . . Edward Bartow, Ph. D., 1897, State Water Surv..... Lawrence. Tulluride, Colo. Lawrence. Onaga. W. J. Baumgartner, M. D., 1904, Univ. of Kansas... Lawrence. J. W. Beede, Ph. D., 1894, Univ. of Indiana. F. W. Bushong, B. S., Univ. of Kansas H. P. Cady, 1904, Univ. of Kansas M. E. Canty, 1903 Charles I. Corp, 1905, Univ. of Kansas. Iola. Bloomington, Ind. Lawrence. Lawrence. Buffalo. Lawrence. H. J. Harnly, B. S., 1903, McPherson Coll.. W. A. Harshbarger, B. S., 1900, Washburn Coll..... Onaga. Lawrence. Winfield. Lawrence. Canadian, Tex. Ottawa. Salt Lake City, Utah. Topeka. Topeka. McPherson. Topeka. Kansas City, Kan. ANNUAL MEMBERS. L. D. Havenhill, 1904, Univ. of Kansas. Dr. Francis C. Herr, 1905..... W. C. Hoad, 1904, Univ. of Kansas.. Gertrude E. Hole, 1906.... George J. Hood, 1904, Univ. of Kansas. W. F. Hoyt, A. M., 1902, Wesleyan Univ.. Albert K. Hubbard, 1904, Univ. of Kansas. A. W. Jones, B. S., 1894, Wesleyan Univ. Harry L. Kent, 1904, State Norm. Sch.. Pierce Larkin, 1902, high school B. E. Lewis, 1904, teacher city schools C. H. Lyon, 1900, teacher high school.. J. M. McWharf, M. D., 1902 .. C. F. Menninger, M. D., 1903. . H. L. Miller, 1904, high school.. W. L. Moodie, 1906, Univ. of Kansas. Travis Morse, 1903 J. H. Newby, 1899 N. P. Nielsen, 1906, architect.. A. M. Nissen, A. M., 1888, teacher high school Henry N. Olson, 1905, Bethany Coll... Lawrence. Lawrence. Manhattan. McPherson. Salina. Emporia. Topeka. Emporia. Kansas City, Mo. Ottawa. Ottawa. Topeka. Topeka. Lawrence. Iola. Lindsborg. Frank Patrick, 1903. Leslie F. Paull, 1903, manual tr. sch.. L. M. Peace, 1904, Univ. of Kansas Arthur D. Pitcher, 1906, Univ. of Kansas.. Kansas City, Mo. Lawrence. Lawrence. Norman Plass, D. D., 1902, president Washburn Coll.. Topeka. J. H. Schaffner, A. M., M. S., 1902, Univ. of Ohio.... Columbus, Ohio. Theo. H. Scheffer, 1903.... Eva Schley, 1903, teacher high school. Aaron Schuyler, 1904, Wesleyan Univ.. C. H. Shattuck, 1899, Washburn Coll. W. N. Speckman, Ph. D., 1903, Wesleyan Univ. B. T. Stauber, D. D., 1903.. S. G. Stewart, M. D., 1904.. Chas. M. Sterling, 1904, Univ. of Kansas.. Chas. H. Sternberg, 1895, explorer and collector... Teresa Stevenson, 1901...... E. F. Stimpson, 1904, Univ. of Kansas. Emporia. Salina. Topeka. Chicago, Ill. Topeka. Ottawa. Lawrence. Topeka. Frank Strong, Ph. D., 1905, chancellor Kansas Univ., Lawrence. Olin Templin, 1904, Univ. of Kansas.. F. J. Titt, B. S., 1898, Kingfisher Coll.. E. S. Tucker, 1904, Univ. of Kansas.. Lawrence. Kingfisher, Okla. J. D. Walters, M. S., 1894, Kansas Agr. Coll... C. D. Weaver, M. D., 1902.... Ella Weeks, 1903, Kansas Agr. Coll.. Total number of members, January 1, 1907, 173. Lawrence. Manhattan. McPherson. Manhattan. Lindsborg. Lawrence. Manhattan. Topeka. MINUTES. Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting, Kansas Academy of Science, November 29, 30, and December 1, 1906. BY TOPEKA, KAN., November 29, 1906. Y appointment of the executive committee, the Kansas Academy of Science met at its rooms, and was opened at eight P. M., with the president, F. O. Marvin, in the chair. About twenty-five members were present. By adjustment of the museum tables it was found that this room gave ample space for the meeting and was altogether convenient and commodious. TREASURER'S REPORT. Reports of officers being called for, the treasurer presented the following: ACCOUNT OF THE TREASURER OF THE KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE TO NOVEMBER 29, 1906. November 29, 1906, balance due treasurer, $59.27. On motion, this report was referred to W. A. Harsh barger, as auditor, and found correct. Approved. 250 00 $693 10 SECRETARY'S REPORT. The secretary is pleased to chronicle another year of progress for the Academy. We are now fairly entered on the era of annual volumes of our Transactions, and our colleagues will have the encouragement of publishing at an early date whatever contributions they may make to scientific discovery. We can do this because it is of mutual convenience to the state printer and to the Academy, and no one will object so long as this plan does not increase the expense to the state. A certain annual appropriation is now admitted as reasonable, and with the growth of the state and its institutions, the Academy may expect to share recognition according to its merit. It is of course expected that in biennial years the legislative printing will take the precedence in the state printing-office, and in order to have early publication in such years, our Transactions must be in hands of the printer before the legislative rush begins. Past experience shows that delays are most likely to come from neglect of members to get their papers ready for the press; and to secure the results now aimed at, the papers ought after being read at the annual meeting, to be placed at once in the hands of the secretary for publication. The time may come when our Transactions will be issued as quarterly bulletins and so save a considerable item of expense on their distribution by mail. Following the custom of past years, the secretary issued an announcement in the summer of the coming annual meeting, and this is sent to all members and to others who may be stimulated to joining in our work. THE MUSEUM. Care of the museum is part of the secretary's duty. The ability and good fortune of my predecessor, Doctor Grimsley, enabled him to lay the foundation of a very useful economic museum for our state. This must be enlarged and improved till we can show the forms and distribution of our mineral wealth. As this museum had its inception in the St. Louis Exposition, so the coming Kansas semicentenial ought to bring it to perfection. It will be for the Academy to guide in this development, and there is no way in which we may expect more cordial cooperation or in which we may be more useful to the state. This is one of the ways in which we may show ourselves worthy of being a "coordinate branch of the State Board of Agriculture." THE LIBRARY. The growth of our library is an illustration of the comity and universality of science. In this realm there are no state lines, no political divisions. Our fellow workers, whether in Australia, St. Petersburg, or Peru, are ready to share with us in their discussions and to rejoice in our discoveries. So from the beginning of our history we have found other scientific bodies, all over the world, ready to exchange with us their publications, even when our members were few and our Transactions only filled a small (pamphlet. In these exchanges we have been conscious of getting the better end of the trade, and our older sister societies have shown their sympathy in being willing to accept our productions and wait for us to grow to something better. We have grown, and our late volumes make a respectable showing as compared with others of their class. Reprints of the first seven volumes enable us to exchange complete sets of the first twenty volumes, and we can, with some assurance, offer these for the valuable works coming to us from other societies. |