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  JOURNAL 
  OF 
  THE 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES 
  VOL. 
  12, 
  NO, 
  11 
  

  

  vote 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  to 
  call 
  the 
  society 
  the 
  "Baird 
  Club." 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  K. 
  Fisher 
  

   was 
  elected 
  president, 
  Ned 
  Hollister, 
  vice-president, 
  and 
  B. 
  H. 
  Swales, 
  

   secretary. 
  

  

  The 
  Archives 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  have 
  been 
  enriched 
  

   through 
  a 
  gift 
  from 
  W. 
  B. 
  Cabot, 
  of 
  Boston, 
  of 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  about 
  3,700 
  

   Algonquian 
  names 
  with 
  their 
  variations 
  in 
  spelling. 
  These 
  names 
  for 
  the 
  

   most 
  part 
  are 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  Lithgow's 
  Algonquian 
  dictionary. 
  

  

  The 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Petrologists' 
  Club 
  at 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  H. 
  G. 
  Ferguson 
  on 
  

   February 
  14 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  a 
  discussion 
  of 
  West 
  Indian 
  petrology. 
  W. 
  S. 
  

   BuRBANK 
  and 
  H. 
  S. 
  Washington 
  discussed 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  Haiti 
  : 
  F. 
  H. 
  Moffit, 
  

   those 
  of 
  Cuba; 
  and 
  C. 
  P. 
  Ross, 
  those 
  of 
  Santo 
  Domingo. 
  H. 
  S. 
  Washing- 
  

   ton 
  described 
  the 
  chemical 
  and 
  physical 
  properties 
  of 
  some 
  Central 
  American 
  

   jades 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  archeological 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  petrological 
  interest. 
  

  

  A 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Pick 
  and 
  Hammer 
  Club 
  was 
  held 
  on 
  Saturday, 
  March 
  25, 
  

   at 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  program: 
  J. 
  S. 
  Brown: 
  Unusual 
  

   springs 
  in 
  the 
  Republic 
  of 
  Haiti; 
  F. 
  W. 
  Clark 
  : 
  The 
  composition 
  of 
  surface 
  

   waters 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  _areal 
  geology 
  and 
  climate, 
  and 
  the 
  

   interpretation 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  factors 
  from 
  water 
  analyses. 
  

  

  S. 
  R. 
  Capper, 
  geologist 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  has 
  been 
  fur- 
  

   loughed 
  for 
  a 
  year 
  to 
  do 
  commercial 
  work 
  abroad 
  for 
  an 
  American 
  company. 
  

  

  William 
  T. 
  Carrigan, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  senior 
  assistants 
  in 
  the 
  Nautical 
  Almanac 
  

   Office, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Naval 
  Observatory, 
  died 
  at 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  on 
  January 
  20, 
  

   1922. 
  He 
  assisted 
  in 
  the 
  research 
  work 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Prof. 
  Simon 
  

   Newcomb, 
  and 
  published 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  papers 
  on 
  astronomy. 
  

  

  Charles 
  Henry 
  Davis, 
  2nd, 
  Rear 
  Admiral, 
  retired, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Navy, 
  twice 
  

   Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Naval 
  Observatory, 
  died 
  at 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  27, 
  1921. 
  He 
  graduated 
  from 
  the 
  Naval 
  Academy 
  in 
  1S64, 
  and 
  from 
  1875 
  

   till 
  1885 
  was 
  engaged 
  principally 
  in 
  astronomical 
  work, 
  at 
  first 
  in 
  the 
  Naval 
  

   Observatory 
  at 
  Washington, 
  in 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Chronometers, 
  and 
  then 
  

   in 
  expeditions 
  for 
  the 
  determination 
  of 
  longitudes 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   marine 
  cables. 
  His 
  publications 
  refer 
  chiefly 
  to 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  such 
  work 
  in 
  

   various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  George 
  R. 
  Davis, 
  Topographic 
  Engineer 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Division 
  

   of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  died 
  on 
  March 
  31, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  G. 
  Gerdine 
  has 
  

   been 
  put 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  that 
  division, 
  including 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  Miss 
  Frances 
  Densore, 
  collaborator 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  

   Ethnology 
  in 
  Indian 
  music, 
  has 
  collected 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  winter 
  101 
  Yuma, 
  

   40 
  Cocopa, 
  and 
  10 
  Mohave 
  songs 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  other 
  important 
  musical 
  

   material. 
  Among 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  novelties 
  are 
  remarkable 
  observations 
  

   on 
  a 
  "Memorial," 
  or 
  cremation 
  ceremony 
  held 
  annually 
  by 
  the 
  Mohaves 
  

   over 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  died 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Neil 
  M. 
  Judd, 
  Curator 
  of 
  American 
  Archeology, 
  left 
  for 
  New 
  Mexico 
  

   on 
  May 
  1 
  to 
  resume 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  vSociety's 
  Pueblo 
  

   Bonito 
  Expedition. 
  During 
  Mr. 
  Judd's 
  absence 
  John 
  L. 
  Baer 
  will 
  again 
  

   serve 
  as 
  Acting 
  Curator 
  of 
  American 
  Archeology. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  William 
  M. 
  Mann 
  has 
  returned 
  from 
  his 
  South 
  American 
  trip, 
  in 
  

   which 
  he 
  was 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Mulford 
  Biological 
  Exploration 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   Amazon 
  for 
  several 
  months. 
  He 
  brought 
  back 
  over 
  a 
  hundred 
  live 
  animals 
  

   and 
  extensive 
  collections 
  of 
  many 
  kinds, 
  especially 
  of 
  insects. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Glenn 
  S. 
  Smith 
  has 
  been 
  assigned 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  

   Division 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  He 
  will 
  also 
  retain 
  supervision 
  of 
  

   the 
  Division 
  of 
  West 
  Indian 
  Surveys. 
  

  

  