PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND AFFILIATED 



SOCIETIES 



THE WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The 104th meeting of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the 

 17th annual meeting, was held in the lecture room of the Cosmos Club, 

 the evening of January 13, 1916, with Vice-President W. S. Eichel- 

 berger in the chair and about 75 persons present. 



The Corresponding Secretary reported a total membership of 486, 179 

 nonresident, 297 resident, 1 life, 6 honorary, and 4 patrons (1 of whom is 

 also a regular member) . This is a net gain of 72 over the membership 

 at the time of the last preceding annual meeting. During the year 

 the Academy lost by death several of its most noted members : Charles 

 E. Bessey, Lincoln, Nebraska; Karl E. Guthe, Ann Arbor, Michigan; 

 Joseph H. Holmes, Washington, D. C; Morris Longstreet, Cam- 

 bridge, Massachusetts; F. W. Putnam, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 

 Frank A. Sherman, Hanover, New Hampshire; Geo. M. Sternberg, 

 Washington, D. C; and Mrs. Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



The Recording Secretary reported the previous annual meeting and 

 the 7 subsequent meetings at which scientific papers were presented. 



The report of the Treasurer, confirmed by the report of the auditors, 

 showed : 



Cash balance, January 1, 1915 $1,597.31 



Total receipts during 1915 3,991.31 



$5,588.62 



Disbursements, 1915 $3,560.55 



Investments, 1915 500.00 



Balance, December 31, 1915 1,528.07 



$5,588.62 



The Academy's total investments are: $13,090.00. 



The following were elected officers for the ensuing year: President, 

 L. O. Howard; Corresponding Secretary, F. E. Wright; Recording 

 Secretary, W. J. Humphreys; Treasurer, William Bowie; Vice- 

 Presidents, representing the: Anthropological Society, J. Walter 

 Fewkes; Archeological Society, Mitchell Carroll; Biological 

 Society, W. P. Hay; Botanical Society, R. H. True; Chemical Society, 

 R. B. Sosman; Electrical Engineers Society, C. B. Mirick; Engineers 

 Society, J. C. Hoyt; Entomological Society, W. D. Hunter; Foresters 

 Society, Geo. B. Sudworth; Geographical Society, O. H. Tittmann; 



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