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Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science - Volume 1 1941 Academy Editors Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science Volume 1 Article 1 1941 Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science - Volume 1 1941 Academy Editors Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas Recommended Citation Editors, Academy (1941) "Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science - Volume 1 1941," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 1 , Article 1. Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol1/iss1/1 This article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able to read, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This Entire Issue is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 1 [1941], Art. 1 PROCEEDINGS of the ARKANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (Founded 1917) VOLUME I Editorial Board: Dwight M. Moore, Editor Hugh H. Hyman M. J. McHenry T. L. Smith TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUALMEETING, APRIL 25-26, 1941 HENDERSON STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE ARKADELPHIA, ARKANSAS Correspondence should be addressed as follows: Manuscripts: D. M. Moore, Editor, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Subscriptions and Exchanges: L. B. Ham, Secretary, University of Arkansas Faye+teville, Arkansas Price :One Dollar To Members: Fifty Cents WOTl OF ffiJMSb LIBRARY Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1941 1 ~ Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 1 [1941], Art. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Editorial 2 Early History of the Arkansas Academy of Science. L. B. Ham 3 Constitution and By-Laws, Arkansas Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, and Amendments 7 Past Officers of the Academy 8 Past and Present Members of the Academy . 9 Ilinutes of the Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting, Henderson State Teachers College, Arkadelphia, April 25-26, 1941 . 12 Program of the Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting 15 1. Noteworthy Arkansas Plants. Delzie Demaree, Arkansas A.& M. College, Monticello 17 2. A Preliminary Report on the Legumes of the Arkansas Uplands. Orrin J. Henbest, Fayetteville 21 3. White-flowered Forms of Some Arkansas Wild Flowers. Dwight M. Moore, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 25 4. Some Notes on the Development and Regulation of Heat among Galleria Larvae. T. L. Smith, College of the Ozarks, Clarksville .... 29 5. A Comparison of the Sensory Responses of Polistes and Lucilia to Sugars. Cyril E. Abbott, Harding College, Searcy 35 6. A New Species of Ground Beetle of the Genus Rhadine from an Arkansas Cave (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Milton W. Sanderson, University of Arkansas, Fayette- ville and Albert Miller, Tulane University, New Orleans . 39 7. A Check List of the Ligneous Flora of Arkansas. Dwight M. Moore, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 41 8. A Check List of the Grasses of Arkansas. Dwight M. Moore, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 57 9. Small Scale Fume Disposal. L. B. Roberts and Marjorle Chambers, Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello 63 10. Selenium as a Catalyst in the Determination of Kitro- gen in Cotton Seed Meal by the Kjeldahl Method. D. B. Brown Jr. with P. G. Horton, Henderson State Teachers College, Arkadelphia 05 11. Vapor Pressures. I. Para-Dichlorobenzene; Glycol Diacetate. L. B. Roberts, James D. Wolfe, and James Hawthorne, Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello 67 12. An Automatic Still from Stock Glassware. L. B. Roberts, Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello 69 13. Crystals of an Insoluble Carbonate of Copper Grown under a Soda Solution. L. B. Roberts and Edwin Roberts, Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello 71 14. Studies on Oil of Wintergreen under the Microscope. L. B. Roberts, Edwin Roberts, and Otto Ledford, Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello 73 15. Some Useful Devices for the Chemical Laboratory. L. B. Roberts, Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello 75 16. Petrified Wood Compound of Oxides of Iron. L. B. Roberts, Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello 76 17. Modification of the Qualitlve Procedure for Lead. L. B. Roberts, Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College, Monticello 77 1 http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol1/iss1/1 2 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 1 [1941], Art. 1 Editorial It is with a feeling of mixed pride and humility that this, the first volume of the Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science, is sent forth into a chaotic world. Since the revival of the Acad- emy in 1933 there have been presented numerous papers which should have been made available to the public. Some of these have been published* elsewhere but others have probably been shelved. VJith the inauguration of the Proceedings, it is hoped that this will prove a suitable medium for the publication of the results of in- vestigations by scientists and others in Arkansas, particularly on subjects most directly pertaining to the state of Arkansas. The policy for the present willbe to publish such papers as are submitted by members of the Academy first and when possible, those submitted by others. Preference willbe given to those es- pecially pertinent to Arkansas, its people, and their welfare. Until the Academy finds that its treasury can support the publication of the Proceedings without other aid, it will be neces- sary for each contributor to bear a share of the cost of publica- tion. As the subscriptions and sales of the Proceedings increase, the necessity for this will probably disappear. All who receive copies of this publication may aid the enterprise by seeing that subscriptions are placed by libraries and scientific institutions within the scope of their acquaintance. Orders for subscriptions should be sent to the Secretary, L. B. Ham, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Contributions for the Proceedings should be addressed to the Editor. Itis planned that the second volume willbe published as soon after the spring meeting of 1942 as possible. Any papers for in- clusion in Volume Two should be in the hands of the Editor by the middle of May. Suggestions and criticisms bearing on the Proceed- ings will be received by the Editor with equal readiness. With the help of all of the members it is hoped that the Academy and the Proceedings will have a future of increasing prosperity. Dwlght M. Moore, Editor Announcements The annual spring session of the Arkansas Academy of Science will be held at Honticello, Arkansas, May 1-2, 1942, with the A.& M. College as host. The following committees have been appoint- ed for the 1942 meeting: 1. Program: Dr. L. B. Ham, chairman, University of Arkansas; Dr. D. Demaree, A.& M. College, Honticello; Dr. H. I.Lane, Hendrlx College. 2. Local committee: Dr. L. B. Roberts, chairman, A.& M. College, Honticello; two additional members to be selected by Dr. Roberts . I. A. Wills, President L. B. Ham, Secretary 2 Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1941 3 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 1 [1941], Art. 1 1 EARLY HISTORY The Arkansas Academy of Science L. B. Ham The Arkansas Academy of Science was organized at a meeting held at the Hotel Marion, January 11, 1917, in accordance with a call issued by Mr. Troy W. Lewis, an aggressive attorney 2 in Little Rock. The following people were present: Charles Brookover, histologist and erabryologist; Arthur R. Stover, analytical chemist; D. A. Rhine- hart, anatomist; A. C. Shipp, pathologist and bacteriologist; Dewell Gann, Jr., surgical technician;— Charles Oates, pharmacologist; and Morgan Smith, pediatrician each being a member of the staff of the University of Arkansas School of Medicine; Herbert A. Heagney, psychologist and W. H. Aretz, philosopher, — President and Dean of the Little Rock College, respectively; Troy W. Lewis, philologist and sociologist; and William F. Manglesdorf, analytical chemist in private practice at Little Rock. Dr. Charles Brookover was called to the chair as temporary chairman. The first officers elected were as follows: President, Charles Brookover, Ph D.; Vice President, Morgan Smith, M.D.; Secretary, Dewell Gann, Jr., M.D.; Treasurer, Herbert A. Heagney, A.M., President Little Rock College; Permanent Secretary (5 years), Troy W. Lewis, A.M., D.C.L. The above were elected also as trustees as well as the following: William F. Manglesdorf, M.D.; Arthur R. Stover, A.M., M.D.; A.C. Shipp, A.M., M.D.; D. A. Rhlnehart, M.A., M.D.; Charles E. Oates, M.A., M.D.; and W. H. Aretz, S.T.D. The terms of these trustees were to expire, for the most part, two per year beginning In 1918. The Arkansas general assembly (41st) was then in session. Mr. Lewis read a tentative bill for an Act to Create and Incorporate the Arkansas Academy of Sciences and, on motion, the tentative Act was adopted as the constitution of the body then assembled. The above proposed bill was rejected by the general assembly on its constitu- tionality, holding that Sec. of Art of the Constitution of 1874 would render such an act void if passed unless the Academy were willing that the state should exercise dominant control. Mr. Lewis took the point of view that the Academy should be free from any political connections and had rejected the state's right to exercise control. He, therefore, withdrew the bill and Incorporated the Academy by an act of the Pulaski Circuit Court. The Academy was incorporated under the name "Arkansas Academy of Sciences". The Academy accepted Mr. Lewis' report at an adjourned meeting, January 22, 1917.
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