lb PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Feb., 



February 18. 

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



Forty-nine persons present. 



Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith spoke of the mineralogists and chemists 

 associated with the early history of the Academy. (No abstract.) 



George L. Harrison, Jr., was elected a member of the Council 

 to serve one year, and Roswell C. Williams, Jr., to serve two years. 



W. Judson Coxey was elected a member. 

 The following was ordered to be printed: 



