402 ANNALS A/.'ir yoh'K ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



ticular interest and were followed by a social hour, witii refreshments, 

 in one of the exhibition halls of the Museum. 



The first was held under the auspices of the Section of Biolog}' on the 

 evening of 12 January, when a "Conference on the Piltdown Skull and 

 the Origin of Man" was participated in by Professor Henry Fairfield 

 Osborn, Dr. J. Leon Williams, Professor R. Broom and Dr. W. K. Greg- 

 ory. The second was held on 16 February^ under the auspices of the 

 Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry, when Professor H. T. 

 Barnes, of McGill University, lectured upon "The Physical Effects Pro- 

 duced by Icebergs in the jSTorth Atlantic." The third meeting was held 

 on the evening of 23 March, under the auspices of the Section of An- 

 thropology and Psychology; Professor Hiram Bingham, of Yale Uni- 

 versity, delivered a lecture on "Recent Exploration in the Land of the 

 Incas." The fourth, held on 2 November, was under the auspices of the 

 Section of Geology and Mineralogy, and Professor Reginald R. Daly 

 lectured upon "Problems of A^olcanic Action." 



In addition to these general meetings of the Academy, one public lec- 

 ture was given to the members of the Academy and the Affiliated Socie- 

 ties and their friends on 30 April by Dr. L. A. Bauer, Director of the 

 Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at Washington. The' title was 

 "Following the Compass." 



At the present time the membership of the Academy is 497, which 

 includes 478^ Active Members (of whom 19 are Associate Members, 124 

 Fellows, 98 Life Members and 10 Patrons) and 19 Non-resident Mem- 

 bers. There have been 11 deaths during the year, 22 resignations have 

 become effective and three nam)Ds have been dropped from the roll. One 

 member has been discontinued temporarily at her own request. Fifty- 

 four new members have been elected during the year, one of whom failed 

 to qualify and five of whom commuted their annual dues by a single pay- 

 ment of $100 each. One patron has been elected. Two names have been 

 transferred to the life membership list on account of twenty-five years' 

 payment of annual dues. Pour associate members have taken up active 

 membership. As the membership of the Academy a year ago was 481, 

 there has been a net gain of 16 during the year 1914. Record is made 

 with regret of tlic loss by doafh of fhr folldwing active and associate 

 members : 



Albert S. Bickmore, Active Member since 1873. 

 Samuel H. Bishop, Active Member since 1907. 

 Henrv W. Boettger, Active Member since 1905. 



1 Including :!8 members-elect who have not yet paid their first annual dues. 



