LIHKAHY 



NEW YORK 

 BUTANKJAL 



RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 



One thousand one hundred and sixteenth Meeting. 



October 11, 1922. — Stated Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House at 8.15 P.M. 



The President in the Chair. 



There were thirty-five Fellows present. 



The Minutes of the Annual Meeting, of May 10, 1922, were 

 read and approved. 



Letters were presented by the Corresponding Secretary: — 

 from W. S. Adams, Nathan Banks, T. M. Carpenter, Edward 

 Channing, Stanley Cobb, Gano Dunn, J. L. Goodale, E. C. 

 Kemble, George LaPiana, R. W. Lovett, William McDougall, 

 A. K. Porter, A. C. Redfield, A. F. Rogers, P. J. Sachs, R. C. 

 Tolman, W. H. Weston, Jr. and C. H. C. Wright, accepting Fellow- 

 ship; from T. C. Allbutt, A. S. Eddington, Emmanuel de Margerie 

 and Henri Pirenne, accepting Foreign Honorary Membership ; 

 from Thomas A. Edison declining election. 



The President announced the deaths of the following Fellows : — 

 Alexander Graham Bell, Class I., Section 2; Harold Clarence 

 Ernst, Class II., Section 4; Henry Marion Howe, Class I., Section 

 4; Edward Hall Nichols, Class II., Section 4; Alexander Smith, 

 Class L, Section 3; Williston Walker, Class III., Section 1. 



The Corresponding Secretary presented the following biographi- 

 cal notices: — Julius von Hann, by R. deC. Ward; William 

 Pfeffer, by D. H. Campbell; Seth Carlo Chandler, by E. S. King; 

 Edward Hall Nichols, by E. H. Bradford. 



On the recommendation of the Council, it was 



Voted, To make a supplementary appropriation of $300 from 

 the income of the General Fund, for the expenses of the Library. 



The following communications were presented: — 



Worthington C. P'ord, "A Map of Virginia," with lantern 

 slide illustrations. 



