Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings - Volume 12 1958

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science Volume 12 Article 1 1958 Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings Volume 12 1958 Academy Editors Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas Recommended Citation Editors, Academy (1958) "Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings - Volume 12 1958," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 12 , Article 1. Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol12/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 , . Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 12 [1958], Art. 1 *m»iw • 'A' • • • SE Um© y XII Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1958 • 1958 1 ) Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 12 [1958], Art. 1 EDITORIAL BOARD William K. Noyce, Editor Alice L. Letsch, Managing Editor Elizabeth Brinkley Joseph P. Fulton Charles Hamilton Carl E. Hoffman Dwight M. Moore Keith S. Peterson E. A. Provine J. W. Sears Correspondence should be addressed as follows: Manuscripts: William K. Noyce, Editor University of Arkansas Fayetteville Subscriptions and Exchanges: L. F. Bailey, Secretary University of Arkansas Fayetteville OF «W«K UHWERSHUBRMW Price: Three Dollars http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol12/iss1/1 2 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 12 [1958], Art. 1 ARKANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Founded 1917 proceedings VOLUME XII 1958 UMVi Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1958 3 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 12 [1958], Art. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Minutes of 42nd Annual Meeting 1 . Program New Records Flora, IV the Arkansas Dwight M. Moore . for 3 9 Comparison of Growth Rates of Game Fish in Lake Catherine, Lake Hamilton, and Lake Ouachita, Arkansas. Andrew H. Hulsey and James H. Stevenson ...... 17 Geology of a Portion of Prairie Township, Washington County, Arkansas. Kern C. Jackson and Ross H. Pohlo 31 William G. D. Worthington : United States Special Agent, 1817-1819. John C. Pine 43 The Leadership Principle of the National Socialist State. Murray Abend 52 The Semi-Conducting Properties of Gray Tin as a Laboratory Introduction to Solid State Physics. Glenn F. Powers, Gene E. Louallen and Robert M. Rickett 59 The Synthetic Fiber Industry Stury in Industrial Location Leonard D. Goranson 66 Instructions for Contributors the Proceedings http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol12/iss1/1 -A to 77 4 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 12 [1958], Art. 1 ARKANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE - Forty— second Annual Meeting University of Arkansas Medioal Center Little Rock, Arkansas April 25-26, 1958 OFFICERS J. R. Mundie Carl E. Hoffman Lowell F. Bailey President President-Elect Secretary-Treasurer PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRivIAN Dr. Carl D. Douglas Medioal Center University of Arkansas MINUTES The first business meeting was called to order by President J. R. Mundie at 11:05 a.m., April 25, with 4 7 members present. The secretary's report was presented and accepted as written. Ad hoo committees were appointed to report the next morning. Executive Committee recommendations for changes in the Constitution and By-laws were accepted as follows: 1. Article VI Change "Transactions" to "Pro- ceedings." 2. By-law *] Change to read: "Expenditures an order signed by the exceeding $5° President before can be made." 3. By-law 9 Change to read: "The fiscal year and year shall begin January land end December 31» - Add "and a Collegiate Aoademy 4. By-law 13 of Science." 5. Add By-law 15 The Aoademy shall sponsor require payment membership w the State Soienoe Fair. It was voted to limit associate membership to graduate students and to increase the annual dues from $1.00 to $1.50 for this type of membership. Undergraduates may hold membership in the Collegiate Aoademy. Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1958 1 5 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 12 [1958], Art. 1 ARKANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE A discussion of the proposed plan of the State Department of Education to use agriculture and home economics teachers for science classes led to the appointment by the president of a committee to report back the following day on a proposed position for the Aoademy to take on this matter. The Committee consisted of I.A. Wills, Ruth Armstrong, T. J. Burgess, I. T. Beach, and Robert Siegfried. The meeting adjourned at noon. The seoond business meeting "was called to order by J. R. Mundie at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Forty mem- bers were present. The treasurer reported all debts paid and a balance of $1,204.90. The balance after publication of the next issue of the Proceedings was estimated at approximately $500. Institutional memberships totaling $520 were reported for the following institutions: University of Arkansas, Arkansas Polytechnic, Hendrix College, Harding College, Ouaohita Baptist College, and Arkansas College. The Audit Committee (D. M. Moore, J. W. Sears, W. C. Munn) approved the Treasurer's Report. Following the reoommendation of the Committee on the meeting place for 1959 (Truman MoEver, R. H. Austin, I. T. Beach), the invitation of John Brown University, made by I. A. Wills, was aooepted. The Resolutions Committee (L. B. Ham and S. J. Fields) report was submitted and aooepted. Dr. Neal D. Buffaloe, Arkansas State Teachers College, was elected as President-eleot for the coming year. Dr. W. K. Noyce, Editor of the Proceedings, reported the following recommendations of the Editorial Board: 1. That in order to be published in the Proceedings, the manuscripts of papers presentedat this meeting must be in the hands of the editor not later than June 1, 1958* 2« That beginning in 1959» and continuing in subsequent years, manuscripts of papers to be published must be turned in to the seotion ohairman at the time of the sectional meetings when the papers are presented. 3. That the present policy of not publishing abstraots be continued. 4. That the Aoademy Secretary's report be published in the Proceedings inan abridged form to include the essential items of business. These recommendations were accepted unanimously. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol12/iss1/1 2 6 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 12 [1958], Art. 1 ARKANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Mr. Lyndal York reported the desire of the Collegiate Section to become a separate Aoademy of He reported 45 members for the current Scienoe. year. The Collegiate Academy (...truncated)