PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND AFFILIATED 



SOCIETIES 



THE WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The 75th meeting, the 14th annual meeting, of the Washington Acad- 

 emy of Sciences was held at the Cosmos Club, 8 p.m. January 20, 1912, 

 with President F. W. Clarke in the chair, and forty-two members 

 present. The minutes of the previous annual meeting, and abstracts 

 from the minutes of all subsequent meetings were read and approved. 

 The reports of the officers and Auditing Committee were received. 

 The following were elected resident members: 

 Eugene Thomas Allen J. A. Le Clerc 



William Bowie William Gerry Morgan 



Charles John Brand John B. Nichols 



Edgar Brown Perley Oilman Nutting 



A. Hugh Bryan Carl S. Scofield 



Edgar Buckingham Homer Le Roy Shantz 



Guy N. Collins Cornelius Lott Shear 



Charles Albert Davis Philip S. Smith 



Edgar Curtis Franklin George Owen Squier 



Albert W. C. Herre Paul C. Standley 



William Francis Hillebrand William Alton Taylor 



The report on the ballot by mail for officers for 1912 showed the fol- 

 lowing elections: President, F. V. Coville. Non-resident Vice-Pres- 

 idents: T. C. Chamberlain, David Starr Jordan. Corresponding 

 Secretary: Arthur L. Day. Recording Secretary: W. J. Humphreys. 

 Treasurer: Alfred H. Brooks. Managers, Class of 1915: J. S. Diller, 

 David T. Day. 



The following were elected resident vice-presidents as nominated 

 by the affiliated societies: Anthropological Society: F. W. Hodge. 

 Archeological: Mitchell Carroll. Biological: E. W.Nelson. Botanical: 

 W. R. Maxon. Chemical: J. A. Le Clerc. Engineers: George W. 

 Littlehales. Entomological: L. O.Howard. Geographic : Henry Gan- 

 nett. Geological: David White. Historical: James Dudley Morgan. 

 Medical: John B. Nichols. 



It was moved by Dr. Briggs and seconded by Dr. Howard, that a vote 

 of thanks be extended to the retiring Corresponding Secretary, Dr. 

 Frank Baker, for his long and valuable services to the Academy. This 

 was unanimously carried by a rising vote. Dr. Baker made an appre- 

 ciative reply. 



A unanimous vote of thanks was also extended to the retiring Presi- 

 dent, Dr. F. W. Clarke. 



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