Hayden Memorial Geological Fund. 



Mrs. Emma W. Hay den has given to the Academy of Xaturnl 

 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 

 annuall}" for the best ^:>ublication, exploration, discovery or 

 research in the sciences of geology and paleontologj', or in such 

 particular branches thereof as maj^ be designated. The award 

 and all matters connected therewith are to be determined by a 

 committee to be selected in an appropriate manner by the Acad 

 emv. The recoo-nition is not confined to American naturalists. 



