RECORDS OF MEETINGS 353 



Associate Membership 



Miss Euth Eaeder, Barnard College. 

 The Eecording Secretary then reported the following deaths : 



Henry W. Boettger, Active Member since 1905, died 13 January, 

 1914, 



Dwight A. Jones, Active Member since 1905, died 7 December, 1913, 



David L. Pettigrew, Active Member since 1896, died 19 January, 

 1914, 



George Taylor, Active Member since 1907, died 20 September, 1913. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Edmund Otis Hovet, 



Eecording Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINEEALOGY 



2 February, 1914 



Section was called to order at 8:15 p. m., Vice-President Charles P. 

 Berkey presiding. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Section were read and approved. 

 The following scientific programme was then offered : 



Henryk Arctowski, A Study of the Changes in the Distribution 



OF Temperature in Europe and North Amer- 

 ica During the Years 1900-1909. 



Charles P. Berkey, Origin of Some Complex Structures or the 



Ancient Gneiss of New York: Igneous Con- 

 tacts AND Transitions. 



Summary of Papers 



Dr. Arctowski 's paper has been published as pages 39-113 of Volume 

 XXIV of the "Annals." 



Dr. Berkey : The following items cover the chief modifications and re- 

 statements discussed: 



The Sedimentary Series: 



1). The fundamental formations, including the Fordham gneiss, were 

 originally a simple sedimentary series. 



2). There is nowhere in the region any evidence of an older basement. 



3). The relation between the Manhattan schist and the Inwood limestone 

 is essentially a conformable transition showing considerable oscil- 

 lation and local variation. 



