The evening times., 1896-12-29
MOTHER EARTH THEIR PET.
Members of the Geological societ.

Members of the Geological Society
of America in Meeting.
Earth's formations will be treated in
! every possible light which science and dis
covery have turned upon the subject
| during the next three days at the meeting
| of the Geological Society OF America, which
| opened this morning in the lecture room OF
the National Museum.
Tie society has a membership Of 233
| Annually, the last one being held in Phila-
delphia. Business was begun at the pres
ent session at $50 O'Clock this morning,
| when the executive council met at willard $
| Hotel for the transaction OF the preliminary
| affairs OF the present meeting.
The council made the selection, OF a list
| society later in tie day, and also recon-
mended that the rules be so amended as to
make the editor'of the society's annual
book containing the records Of proceedings
as well as rulptext OF the papers read
at each meeting. an ex-officio member OF
the council.
at 10 O'Clock at the National Museum. with
| President Joseph LcConte, of Berkeley,
| Cal, in the chair and more than hundred
members present. including all the Officers
| OF the organization. An address ofwelcom:
was delivered by Mr.. Charles ID. waicott.
director "f the United States Geological
| Survey, extending the hospitaIit y or thecity
| to the members Of the society. to which ap-
propriatc response was made by Prof. Le-
| Conte.
yhe report OF the council was then read
W. h its recommend The report : uf
| the various officers Were also presented,
| showing the death OF three Fellows and
the last mcen z, a. well as the distribn'
ton OF some 500 copies of the Bulletin,
the official orgl n OF The society. The treas
urer's report showed the sum OF $500 To
the credit of the organizatio- al which
has been placed at interest
The election Of officers and the selection
then proceeded with and resulted as foi
lows:
President Edw ard orron, Columbus, Ohio;
frs, vice president. J. J stevenson. New
York city: second vice president. h. X
Emerson. Amherst. Mass: treasurer, l.
c. White. Morgau,Uwu, W Va: editor. J.
cillors. j. 5. Diller Washington, d, C. and
w. Il. Scott. Princeton, y. J.
4 ballot was then taken upon candidates.
for membership, resulting with the follow
ing election 81 fellows: Rufus Matiier Bagg,
\. b., Phi H.. OF Baltimore. assistant III
geology at Johns Hopkins University and
assistant geologist on Maryland geological
survey. Erwin Hinckley Barbour, A. b.
ph. H., Lincoln. Neh.. professor Of geology
III the University of Nebraska, and acting
State gcoiogis,: Samuel Walker B.ver, b.
s. PHI H., Amcs, Iowa, professor nf geol
ogy, Iowa Agricultural College; Arthur
l.. Coleman, IN. H.. Toronto, Canada, pro
fes-or "f geology. Toronto University. and
aeologist ofahureau OF nirses OF ontario:
Henry Stewart Cane, \. h., Pb. D., Wash
inctnu, u. C.. assistant geoosist, United
States Geological Survey; John Bonsall POr-
ter, f. NJ, PHI. d.. Montreal, Canada, pro
fessor OF mining in AIcGin University. and
Arthur Coe Spcpcer. h. $. Ph- u, Wash
States Geological survey. Colorado division.
The remainder of ahe morning hour was
devoted to the reading Of memorials Of
the three deceased members Of the society,
Robert Hay, by R. r. Hill; Charles wach-
smuth, by Samuel Calvin: n. ]. GirouN.
by K W. Els, anu 10 the reading Of scien-
uirc papers by various members
This evening session will be held at
Columbian University at $50, at which
President lie Conte will deliver his an
uuaI address, his subject being The
Different Kinds of Earth Crust Movements
and Their Causes which Will occupy the
time of the entire session.
Announcement was made at the meeting
this morning that the Cosmos Club had ex-
tended he hospitality of its rooms to mem
bers of the society, and also that the an
nual banquet of the Fellows will take
place at the Raleigh Hotel tomorrow even
ing at 80 O'Clock The biologists will be
in session for three days. during which time
forty-nine scientific papers will be pre-
sented.
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