582 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



There were twenty-three Fellows present. 



The Minutes of the meeting of January 10, 1923, were read and 

 approved. 



The Corresponding Secretary reported the receipt of a bio- 

 graphical notice of William Stewart Halsted, by Harvey Gushing. 



On recommendation of the Council, it was 



Voted, To make a supplementary appropriation of $250 for the 

 current year from the General Fund, in accordance with the 

 action appointing Mrs. Holden, Assistant Librarian Emerita. 



It was unanimously 



Voted, To amend Paragraph 4 of the Standing Votes, so that it 

 now reads: — 



4. The Council, under such rules respecting nominations as it 

 may prescribe, may elect as Associates of the Academy a limited 

 number of men of mark in affairs or of distinguished service in the 

 community. 



Associates shall be entitled to the same privileges as Fellows, but 

 shall not have the right to vote. 



The admission fee and annual dues of Associates shall be the same 

 as those of Fellows residing within fifty miles of Boston. 



It was suggested that biographical notices in the cases of such 

 Associates would not be required. 



The President announced the death of Edward Emerson Bar- 

 nard, Fellow in Class I., Section 1. 



The following communications were presented: — 



George LaPiana, ''The Form of the Earth in the Middle Ages." 



Waldemar Lindgren, "Geological Fieldwork in Arizona, Mexico, 

 and South America," with lantern slide illustrations. 



One paper was presented by title : — 



"A Revision of the Atomic Weight of Silicon. The Analysis 

 of Silicon Tetrachloride and Tetra bromide," by Gregory P. 

 Baxter, Philip F. Weatherill and Edward W. Scripture, Jr., pre- 

 sented by G. P. Baxter. 



The meeting dissolved at 10.25 P.M. 



