ABSTRACTS OF THE MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF PHILADELPHIA 



1922 



January 17. 



The President, John Cadwalader, A. M.,LL.D., in the Chair. 



Twenty-six persons present. 



The deaths of William West Frazier, and Mrs. Amelia D. Hock- 

 ley, members, were announced. 



Mr. Henry W. Fowler made a communication entitled: "Fishes 

 of the Southern Alleghanies" (No abstract). 



The Council reported the appointment by the President of the 

 following Committees for 1923: On Finance, — Effingham B. Morris, 

 Chairman, George L. Harrison, Jr., Walter Horstmann, Morgan 

 Hebard, and George Vaux, Jr. On Publications, — Henry Skinner, 

 Chairman, Witmer Stone, Henry A. Pilsbry, William J. Fox, and 

 Milton J. Greenman. On Library, — Henry Tucker, Frank J. 

 Keeley, T. Chalkley Palmer, Witmer Stone, Chairman, and Spencer 

 Trotter. On Instruction, — Henry Skinner, Chairman, Charles 

 Morris, George Spencer Morris, Henry A. Pilsbry, and James A. G. 

 Rehn. And the following Special Committees: On Policy, — 

 Edwin G. Conklin, Chairman, Richard A. F. Penrose, Jr., Milton 

 J. Greenman, J. Percy Moore.. George Vaux, Jr., G. E. de Schwein- 

 itz, Witmer Stone, Effingham B. Morris and George L. Harrison, 

 Jr. On Hayden Memorial Medal Award, — Richard A. F. Penrose, 

 Jr., Chairman, Edgar T. Wherry, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Charles 

 D. Walcott, and John M. Clarke. On By-Laws, — Spencer Trotter, 

 Chairman, Charles B. Penrose, and Walter Horstmann. On Nomin- 

 ation of Correspondents, — Henry Skinner, Chairman, Witmer 

 Stone, and J. Percy Moore. 



Mrs. Samuel F. Houston, Mrs. Matilda C. Markoe, Mrs. Harry 

 F. West, Mrs. S. P. Wetherill, Jr., Miss Helen Brooks Shriver, 

 Roland L. Taylor and Henry S. Williams, were elected members. 

 Levi W. Mengel, Associate Member. George Vaux [X], and Henry 

 James Vaux, Junior Members. 



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