PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND AFFILIATED 



SOCIETIES 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The 118th meeting of the Academy, the twentieth Annual Meeting, 

 was held in the Assembly Room of the Cosmos Club the evening of 

 Tuesday, January 8, 1918, with President W. H. Holmes in the chair. 

 The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and approved. 



The Corresponding Secretary, Dr. R. B. Sosman, elected by the 

 Board of Managers in September, 1917, to fill the unexpired term of Dr. 

 F. E. Wright, on account of the latter's continued absence from the 

 city while engaged upon war work, reported that on January 1, 1918, 

 the membership consisted of 6 honorary members, 4 patrons, and 470 

 members, one of whom was a life member. The total membership was 

 480, of whom 283 reside in or near the District of Columbia. During 

 the year 1917 the Academy has lost b}^ death: William Bullock 

 Clark, July 27, 1917; Richard Bryant Dole, January 21, 1917; 

 Arnold Hague, May 13, 1917. Reference was made also to the dis- 

 tribution of a new edition of the "red book," the Directory of the 

 Washington Academy of Sciences and affiliated Societies, in Jul3^ 



The Recording Secretary reported that four public lectures had been 

 held during the past year, including the three on Heredity, as reported 

 upon in the Journal of the Academy for January 4, 1918. 



In the absence of the Treasurer, Mr. William Bow^ie, his report was 

 read b}" the Secretary. The report showed a balance of $850.93 on 

 January 1, 1917, receipts totaling $6442.69 during the year (including 

 the payment of a note for $2000,) disbursements totaling $4308.81 (in- 

 cluding the purchase of a Liberty Loan Bond for $500), and a balance 

 on December 31, 1917, of $2984.81. The Auditing Committee, con- 

 sisting of Messrs. E. F. Mueller, H. G. Ferguson, and H. D. Gibbs, 

 reported that the report of the Treasurer agreed in all respects with the 

 accounts and with the securities on deposit. 



Dr. N. E. Dorset read the report of the Board of Editors. 



The report of the tellers, Messrs. J. F. Meyer, H. E. jMerwin, and 

 R. B. SosMAN, was read by the Corresponding Secretary. The tellers 

 reported that the mail ballot had resulted in the election of the following 

 officers for 1918: President, L. J. Briggs; Corresponding Secretary, 

 R. B. Sosman; Recording Secretary, William R. Maxon; Treasurer, 

 William Bow^ie; Non-resident Vice-Presidents, T. A. Jaggar, Jr., and 

 B. L. Robinson; Members of Board of Managers, Class of 1921, T. H. 

 Kearney and A, O. Spencer. 



The following resident Vice-Presidents, nominated by the affiliated 

 societies, were then elected: Anthrojjological Society, John R. Swan- 

 ton; Archaeological Society, Ales Hrplicka; Biological Society, J. N. 

 Rose; Botanical Society, T. H. Kearney; Chemical Society, Frede- 



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