Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, Volume - 35, Year - 1956.

TABLE OF CONTENTS  

AUTHOR NAME  

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Address of Welcome to Forty-First Annual Meeting of the South Dakota Academy of Science: President I. D. Weeks, University of South Dakota  

29

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: The Role of the Liberal Arts College in the Training of Scientists.  

Dr. Frank W. Jobes  

30

ACADEMY LECTURE: Evolution and the Cancer Problem.  

Dr. Van R.Potter  

33

Pseudo-ichnites from the Minnelusa Sandstone of Western South Dakota.  

J. R. Macdonald  

35

Pheasant Ovary Inactivation By X-Radiation.  

Raymond J. Greb  

38

Analcite in Lignite.  

Roger Rozendal  

39

Utilization by Some Early American Psychologists of the Principle of Evolution.  

Alvin F. Nelson  

42

A Research Approach in First Year Chemistry Courses.  

George P. Scott  

45

A Microchemical Modification of the McCarthy and Sullivan Method for the Determination of Methionine.  

Emilia R. Joson and Harlan L. Klug  

48

A Survey of Selected Methods of Arsenic Analysis in Biological Materials and a Proposed Modification of the Evans-Bandemer Method.  

Howard N. Beers and Harlan L. Klug  

61

The Unit Cell Dimensions of Uric Acid.  

Russell C. Waters and Edwin H. Shaw, Jr.  

83

Comparative Studies on Plasma Protein Bound Iodine.  

Frances O. Kelsey, Alvin Gullock, and H. J. Clausen  

86

Carp Meal As A Supplementary Source of Protein in a Broiler Ration.  

A. W. Adams and C. W. Carlson  

87

Assay of Alfalfa-containing Food Supplements for Estrogenic Activity.  

Cleon Schultz and Frances O. Kelsey  

91

The Viscosities of Pentanol-Acetic Acid Mixtures and Their Relationship to Other Mixtures.  

John A. Froemke  

94

The Value of Riboflavin, Pantothenic Acid and Niacin in Rations for Growing Pigs.  

Richard C. Wahlstrom  

97

Daily Variation in Dry-Matter Excretion by Steers and Lambs.  

L. E. DuBose and L. B. Embry  

101

The Effect of 2,4-D Spray on the Nitrate Content of Sugar Beets and Mustard Plants.  

E. I. Whitehead, Jerry Kersten, and Dennis Jacobsen  

106

A History of the Botanical Exploration of South Dakota.  

Sister Alma Hartung  

111

Fumaria officinalis L. Reported as New for South Dakota.  

Jerome J. Tichy  

116

Morphology of Stamens and Staminodia of Echinocystis lobata.  

Engracia Arguelles  

118

Investigations of the Effects of Colcliicine on Two Varieties of Sorghum.  

G. F. Atkinson, J. G. Ross, and C.J. Franzke  

122

The Alkaloids of Zygadenus gramineus.  

Theodore L. Reid and Arthur G. Smith  

124

A Morphological and Histological Description of a Cestode Removed from the Small Intestine of a Short Tailed Shrew, Blarina brevicauda.  

Sister M. Veronica Fasbender  

131

A Study of the Protein Quality and Toxicity of an Alkaline Extract of Alfalfa Meal Using Rats.  

Andrew Halverson and Curtis D. Fromke  

144

The Excretion of Ascorbic Acid in the Urine of Older Women Following Repeated Administration of Large Test Doses.  

Beth Alsup and Lida M. Burrill  

148

Per Cent of the Daily Urinary Output of Ascorbic Acid Excreted at Different Time Intervals During the Day By Older Women.  

Lida M. Burrill and Beth Alsup  

152

Prevention of Isotope Leaching in Autoradiography With Cobalt 60.  

John H. Fodden and John T. Barstow  

155

Quantitative X-Ray Spectrographic Determinations in Mineral Analysis.  

J. H. Cope  

158

Stress Distribution Due to Plastic Flow in Cylindrical Shells.  

Paul M. Stafford  

159

The Enigma of Friction.  

Charles A. Gukeisen  

178

An Effect of Reserpine on Growing Turkeys.  

C. W. Carlson  

186

Various Organic Arsenicals in the Prevention of Selenium Poisoning.  

Ericks Leitis, Ivan S. Palmer, and Oscar E. Olson  

189

Failure of Iron Oxide to Protect Against Selenium Poisoning.  

Ericks Leitis and Oscar E. Olson  

193

A Pre-Wisconsin Glacial Till at Richland, South Dakota.  

M. J. Tipton  

196

Preliminary Lithologic Discrimination of Glacial Tills in South Dakota.  

Robert E. Stevenson  

197

Ornithology in South Dakota before Audubon.  

Herbert Krause  

198

Progress Report on an Annotated Bibliography of South Dakota Ornithology 1794-1954.  

Herbert Krause  

202

On the Transport of the Common Amphipod, Hyalella azeteca, in South Dakota by the Mallard Duck.  

Willard Rosine  

203

Ecological Studies on a Strigeid Trematode at Oakwood Lakes, South Dakota.  

Ernest J. Higgins  

204

Breed Response Differences to Ovariectomy of the Chicken.  

Walter Morgan  

207

Morphological Effects of the Woolly Mutation on Feather Structure.  

Walter Swanson and Walter Morgan  

211

Position Discrimination Learning With Food and Non-food Reward by Monkeys.  

Norman W. Heimstra and Hiroshi Odoi  

215

Analysis of the Factors Involved in Oddity Performance of Monkeys.  

Hiroshi Odoi  

220

The Use of the Wisconsin General Test Apparatus With Children.  

John J. Romba  

225

A Survey of Potential Science Students in the University of South Dakota Area.  

Howard M. Thomas  

231