RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 811 



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the Academy : — 



Edward Weston, of Newark, N. J., to be a Fellow in Class I., 

 Section 2 (Physics). 



James Walter -Goldthwait, of Hanover, N. H., to be a Fellow 

 in Class II., Section 1 (Geology, Mineralogy and Physics of the 

 Globe). 



Thomas Wayland Vaughan, of Washington, D. C, to be a 

 Fellow in Class II., Section 1. 



Joseph Augustine Cushman, of Sharon, to be a Fellow in Class 

 II., Section 3 (Zoology and Physiology). 



The following communications were presented : 



Professor F. C. Shattuck, "On the Development of Medical 

 Science." 



Professor W. E. Story, "On Big Numbers." 



The meeting then adjourned. 



One thousand and sixty-second Meeting. 



February 14, 1917. — Stated Meeting 



The Academy met at its House. 



The President in the Chair. 



There were thirty-one J'ellows present. 



The following letters were presented by the Corresponding 

 Secretary : — from Isaiah Bowman, T. W. Vaughan and J. A. 

 Cushman, accepting Fellowship. 



On recommendation of the Council, it was 



Voted, To increase the subscription for the Union List of Periodi- 

 cals from fifty ($50) dollars to seventy-five ($75) dollars. 



The following communication was presented: 



Professor W. T. Bovie, "The Effect of Rays on Protoplasm." 



The meeting then adjourned. 



One thousand and sixty-third Meeting. 



March 14, 1917. — Stated Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 

 The President in the Chair. 



