PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND AFFILIATED 



SOCIETIES 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The Board of Managers met on September 2, 1918. Mr. William 

 Bowie resigned as treasurer, on account of having been commissioned a 

 major in the Engineering Corps, U. S. A., and Mr. R. L. Faris, of the 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey, was elected treasurer for the remainder of 

 the year. A committee consisting of C. N. Fenner, C. N. Collins, 

 and J. A. Fleming was appointed to audit the accounts of the retiring 

 treasurer. Mr. E. W. Shaw was appointed chairman of the Commit- 

 tee on Meetings, succeeding Dr. Swann, who has left the city, and Dr. 

 C. W. Kanolt was made an additional member of the Committee. 



The following persons have become members of the Academy since 

 the last issue of the Journal: Dr. William Clinton Alden, U. S. 

 Geological Survey, Washington, D. C; Mr. Samuel Sanford, Bureau 

 of Mines, Washington, D. C. 



Robert B. Sosman, 



Corresponding Secretary. 



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