Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Volume - 31, Year - 1952.

TABLE OF CONTENTS  

AUTHOR NAME  

PAGE

Minutes of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting  

  

5

List of Papers Presented at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting  

  

12

Minutes of the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Junior Academy of Science  

  

15

Problem Solving with Pure Tone Stimuli.  

R. G. Poland, H. V. Cobb, R. T. Davis  

18

Dilution and Exposure-Time of Powder Samples for Optimum X-ray Root-Stem Transition in Mirabilis Nyctaginea.  

Ward L. Miller  

21

Diffraction Patterns with Copper Radiation. (Preliminary Report).  

Edmunds M. Pogainis and Edwin H. Shaw, Jr.  

24

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Philosophies of Teaching and Teaching Problems.  

E. R. Binnewies  

31

Some Observations on Insecticide Tolerances in House Flies.  

Wm. M. Rogoff  

36

A Key to the Families of Flowering Plants and the Genera and Species which are in Bloom During the Spring in Southeastern South Dakota.  

John M. Winter and Clara K. Winter  

41

The Description of the No-Tail Breed of Sheep Following Forty Years of Breeding.  

R. M. Jordan  

103

Artesian Conditions of Southeastern South Dakota.  

R. C. Barkley  

105

Studies on Rates of Deterioration for Standard Carbohydrate Solutions.  

Arthur W. Devor, John R. Stamer and N. W. Gullickson  

108

Polarographic Studies of Certain Unsaturated Acids.  

A. Glenn Nerheim and C. R. Estee  

111

A Survey of the Microflora Obtained by Flushing the Normal Bovine Uterus.  

Johannah J. Wulf and Arthur E. Dracy  

116

The Shift in pH and its Effect on Growth Rate Values of Corn Seedling Roots.  

Donovan C. Wachlin  

123

Solutions of the Meier Pendulum Problem as a Function of the Method of Problem Presentation.  

H. V. Cobb and S. H. Brenneise  

138

Pod Dehiscence in Astragalus Canadensis L. (Abstract).  

David J. Holden  

143

A Chart for the Application of Electronic Theory of Organic Chemistry to Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions.  

George P. Scott  

147

Growth of Spirillum serpens in Synthetic Media.  

Paul Distad and Adaline N. Mather  

155

Some Characteristics of the Hatching Enzyme in the Eggs of Melanoplus Differentialis (Thomas).  

J. Hervey Shutts  

158

Growth and Toxin Production by Clostridium botulinum in the Presence of Sulfhydryl Compounds. (Abstract).  

Dean Guenther and Adaline N. Mather  

164

Studies on the Effect of High Carbohydrate Concentration on the Sulfonated Alpha-Napthol Carbohydrate Reaction.  

Arthur W. Devor, Robert N. Pengra and Edmund Graham  

165

Oxidative Activity of Cell-free Extracts from Bacteria. (Abstract).  

Edward B. Wylie and Adaline N. Mather  

169

Competitive Behavior Between Inbred Strains of Mice.  

H. D. Doner, Carl Inman and R. T. Davis  

172

Running Speed of Rats as a Function of Auditory Stimuli.  

R. G. Poland, E. A. Helstrom and R. T. Davis  

177

The Riboflavin Content of Some South Dakota Barleys.  

George Gastler and Andrew Halverson  

182

The Effects of Ionic Action and Osmotic Pressure up on the Fresh-water Rotifer, Philodina roseola. (Abstract).  

Donald Kurvink and O. M. Lofthus  

184

Amino Acids of Wheat Plants and Kernels as Determined by Starch Column Chromotography.  

Frances Moyer  and E. I. Whitehead  

185

Microfossils of the Niobrara Formation.  

E. J. Bolin  

190

Studies with Selenium 75 I. Selenium Uptake by Wheat Plants as Determined by Measurements of Radioactivity and A.O.A.C. Method of Selenium Analysis.  

Ronald R. Johnson and E. I. Whitehead  

194 

Use of 4,5-Benztropolone in Detecting Sodium.  

Gordon E. Williams, David B. Camp and George P. Scott  

199

Utilization of Carotene and Vitamin A by Rats Deficient in Essential Fatty Acids.  

Andrew Halverson and Alvin L. Moxon  

203

Effect of Trace Minerals and Urea Upon Losses of Carotene in Feed Supplements.  

L. D. Kamstra, A. W.Halverson and L. B. Embry  

208

Archaeological Investigations of the Scalp and Ellis Creek Sites. (Abstract).  

Wesley R. Hurt, Jr.  

212

Cerebral Blood Flow Studies.  

Lawrence Savage and W. L. Hard  

214

The Electro-optic Effect in Monoclinic Crystals.  

Spencer Macy  

216

The Measurement of Index of Refraction by Use of the Interferometer.  

George Eakins, William Hoffman and Melvin Rice  

219

Operant Responses of Inbred Strains of Mice Before and During Water Deprivation.  

Warren G. Lehan, Davis A. Krochock and Roger T. Davis  

221

The Polarographic Determination of Reaction Rates.  

R. E. Anderson and C. R. Estee  

225

The Dielectric Constants of a Series of Selected Organic Compounds.  

Donald Witt and C. R. Estee  

229

The Experimental Determination of Equivalent Conductances.  

W. Pierce Smith and C. R. Estee  

237

Measuring Capacitance in Transient Circuits. (Abstract).  

Elliot Miller and Leland Granberg  

244

Thyroid Effects on Vitamin Metabolism in the Rat. (Preliminary Report).  

George Stidworthy and Robert H. King  

248

Conservative Forces and the Differential Equation.  

Gilbert E. Schaefer and G. Don Alkire  

266