RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 813 



One thousand and sixty-fourth Meeting. 



April U, 1917. — Stated Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 



The President in the Chair. 



There were twenty-six Fellows and two guests present : 



The following letters were presented by the Corresponding 

 Secretary: — from J. W. Goldthwait, accepting election to the 

 Academy; from A. S. Hardy, declining Fellowship. 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the recepit of three 

 biographical notices: James Clarke White and Sir Thomas 

 Lauder Brunton, b}' F. C. Shattuck; Cleveland Abbe, by R. 

 DeC. Ward. 



The following communication was presented : 



Professor W. J. V. Osterhout, "The Relation of Life-processes 

 to the Permeability of Protoplasm." 



The meeting then adjourned. 



One thousand and sixty-flfth Meeting. 



May 9, 1917. — Annual Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 



The President in the Chair. 



There were thirty-four Fellows present. 



The Corresponding Secretary presented a letter from J. L. 

 Bremer, accepting Fellowship. The following biographical no- 

 tices were also presented: William Watson, by C. R. Cross; D. L 

 Mendeleeff, by G. S. Forbes. 



The following report of the Council was presented : — 



Since the last report of the Council, there have been reported the 

 deaths of seven Fellows: Emory McClintock, Eugene Waldemar 

 Hilgard, Josiah Royce, Cleveland Abbe, Percival Lowell, Charles 

 Pomeroy Parker, Edward Dyer Peters; and of five Foreign Hono- 

 rary Members: Arthur Auwers, Elie Metchnikoff, Sir Victor A. H. 

 Horsley, wSir Thomas Lauder Brunton, Arthur Sampson Napier. 



Seventeen Fellows have been elected, of which number one has 

 declined Fellowship, one has not yet accepted. Dr. Alexis Carrel 

 elected in 1914, has not yet accepted. 



