Hayden Memorial Geological Fund. 



Mrs. Emma W. Haydeu has given to the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia in trust the sum of $2,500, to be known 

 as the Hayden Memorial Geological Fund, in commemoration of 

 her husband, the late Prof. Ferdinand Y. Hayden, M.D., LL.P. 

 According to the terms of the trust, a bronze medal and the 

 balance of the interest arising from the fund are to be awarded 

 annually for the best publication, exploration, discovery or 

 research in the sciences of geology and paleontology, or in such 

 particular branches thereof as may be designated. The award 

 and all matters connected therewith are to be determined by a 

 committee to be selected in an appropriate manner Ijy the Acad- 

 emy. The recognition is not confined to American naturalists. 



