PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND AFFILIATED 



SOCIETIES 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The 16th annual meeting of the Washington Academy of Sciences was 

 held at the Cosmos Club, January 15, 1914, with President Tittmann 

 in the chair. The following were elected officers for the ensuing 

 year: President, David White; Corresponding Secretary, George K. 

 Burgess; Recording Secretary, W. J. Humphreys; Treasurer, E. W. Vab,- 

 KER[ y ice-Presidents, Representing the Anthropological Society: F. W. 

 Hodge; Botanical Society: F. L. Lewton; Entomological Society: A. 

 L. Quaintance; Electrical Engineers Society: E. B. Rosa; Foresters 

 Society: W. B. Greeley; Historical Society: J. D. Morgan; Biolog- 

 ical Society: PaulBartsch; Chemical Society: M. X. Sullivan; Engi- 

 neers Society: G. W. Littlehales; Philadelphia Society: L. A. Fisch- 

 er; Geological Society: F. L. Ransome; Archaeological Society: 

 Mitchell Carroll; N on-Resident Vice-Presidents, Ira Remsen and J. 

 M. Coulter; Managers, Class of 1917, A. H. Brooks and L. 0. 

 Howard. 



The report of the Corresponding Secretarj^ showed the total member- 

 ship as 369, an increase of 14 during the past year, and that the Academy 

 has lost by death the following: Dr. J. R. Eastman, the first President of 

 the Academy; Prof. Alexander Macfarlane; Dr. Robert Fletcher; Gen. 

 C. W. Raymond. 



The Treasurer's report showed the total receipts $4805.69, disburse- 

 ments $3657.82, cash on hand $1147.87, investments $12,090. 



The report of the Auditing Committee was also received. 



The following were elected to resident membership: Erwin F. Smith, 

 L. H. Dewev, W. W. Stockberger, Haven Metcalf, Bert S. Butler, Monroe 

 Hopkins, W. R. Blair, C. W. Burrows, W. Blum, J. T. Kellev, Jr., Paul 

 JyFox, Dr. W. W. Randall, J. F. Mitchell, W. Salant, A. Seidell, C. S. 

 Hudson, W. N. Berg, G. E. Patrick, R. O. E. Davis, Percy H. Walker, 

 W. W. Skinner, W. H. Waggaman, H. C. Gore, Rene de M. Taveau. 



President-elect White then took the chair and President Tittmann 

 delivered an address on ''Our Northern Boundaries" (this Journal 4, 

 37, 1914). 



George K. Burgess, Corresponding Secretary. 



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