Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-30
ALBUQUERQUE IS HOST
OF MANY EMINENT
Sc|ENTlslN
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Twentieth Winter Sess. g Of
American Geological S$S
Ciety in Session at !
University.
WISCONSIN MAN is
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Numerous Interesting Papers Read
.-Annual Dinner Occurs Tonight
at Alvarddo--Thirty Delegates
Were Represented at
Opening Session.

Prof. c. r. Van Hise, president of
the University of Wisconsin. and re-
tiring president of the Geological
Society OF Aanerica, delivered his
annual address this afternoon at the
twentieth winter meeting of the So
ciety which is being held In Hadley
Science Hall at the University of
New Mexico.
The subject of President Van
Hises address was '"fhe Problem of
the Pre-Cambrian." 1t was a gener-
al discussion of the character of the
deposits named in the title--oldest
rocks of the continent-with dis
cussion of the classification and
names to be applied to different
subjects of the groups.
Samuel Calvin. of the University
of Iowa, Iowa City, Ia, was elected
president to succeed President c. r.
Van Hise. The vote which was TAX
en- before the meeting by mail, was
announced at this mornings session.
The following were elected officers:
samuel Calvin. Iowa City, Ia,
president.
George F. Becker, Washington, ID.
c., first vice president.
A. C. lawson, Berkley, Calf, sec
ond vice president.
Edmund Otis Hoyey. New York
CITY, secretary.
William Bullock Clark, Baltimore.
Joseph stanley-Brown, Cold
Spring Harbor. New York, editor.
III. p. Gushing, Cleveland, o.,
librarian.
H. B. Patton. Cleveland. O.. coun-
cilor.
Five papers were read at the ses-
sion this morning. A. G.. Lane, state
geologist of Michigan. read a paper
on Field Assay of Mine Waters"
Frank r. Van Horn. economic geol-
ogist of the Case School of Applied
Science. OF Cleveland. O., "The Oc-
currence of Proustlte at the Cali
fornia Mine Near Montezuma, Colo"
George d. Loudenback, of the
University OF California, read a pa
per on "The Chief Features of the
Stratigraphy and Structure of Mount
of Toronto (Can.) university, "Gla-
cial Periods and Their Bearing on
Geological Theories"
IL p. Gushing, of Western Re-
serve university, Cleveland, o., read
a paper on '"The Lower Portion of
the Paleozoic Section in Northwest
ern New York"
President william G.. Tight, of the
University of New Mexico, delivered
the address of welcome at the meet
ing of the society this morning,
which was responded to by James
were read.
The annual dinner of the society
will be held this evening at 1880
O'Clock at the Alvarado. President
Van Hise will preside and promi-
nent geologists will respond to
toasts. Tomorrow evening the Com
mercial club will give a reception to
the society.
More than thirty delegates were
present at the meeting today.
Among them were c. r. Van Hise.
president University of Wisconsin;
II. b. Patton, of School of Mines,
States geological survey, Washing
ton ID. c.; G. ID. Harris, professor
of paleontology, Ithaca. n. Y.
r. w. Brock, director of Canadian
geological survey, Ottawa, Can; All.
Purdue, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Ark; l, c. White, state
geologist. MorgantOwn, w. Va;
Frank r. Van Horn, Case School of
Applied sciences, Cleveland. o.
Alfred C. Lane, state geologist,
Michigan; II. M. Ami, Canadian geo.
illogical survey, ottawa, Can; j. $
Dillen, United States geological sur
serve university, Cleveland; A. p.
Coleman. Toronto CCan.) university;
r.. ID. George, state geologist, Dem
yer, Colo; Samuel Calvin, Universe
~ OF Iowa, Iowa City, Ia; w. c.
Tight, president University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque; John 10.
Wolff. professor of petrograpiiy,
Harvard; Arthur NJ Miller, Univer-
sity of Kentucky; f. o. Hovey, cur,
ator American Museum Of Natural
History, New York CITY