362 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



(This paper is published in full in the "Journal of Educational Psy- 

 chology/' March, 1914.) 



The Section tlicii adjourned. R. H. Tx)Wie, 



Secretary. 

 BUSINESS MEETING 



2 MAKCfi, 1914* 



The Academy met at 8 :15 p. m. at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, President George F. Kunz presiding. 



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



The following candidate for active membership in the .\cademy was 

 duly elected : 



Harvey Desehere, 50 Church Street. 



The Recording Secretary reported the transferal of T. C. Brown from 

 the associate membership to the active membership list; and the follow- 

 ing death : 



Mrs. C. T. Olmsted, Active Member of the Academy since 1907, died 

 21 January, 1914. 



The Recording Secretary stated to the Academy that progress was 

 being made on the Porto Rico Survey and read the report made to the 

 Committee by Professor H. E. Crampton of his reconnaissance visit to 

 the Island, 27 December, 1913^ to ;U January. 1911. 

 The Academy then adjourned. 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY 



2 March, 1914 



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

 Berkey presiding. 



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

 The following programme was then offered: 



Francis M. Van Tuyl, Tin*: Okigtx of Dolomites. 



Douglas W. Johnson, The Stability of the Atlantic Coast. 



Summary of Paper 



Mr. Van Tuyl summarized l)riclly the existing theories of the origin 

 of dolomite and pointed out that the experimental evidence was at present 



