PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1903. 



January 6. 



Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Twenty-one persons present. 



The Council reported that the following Standing Committees had 

 been appointed to serve during the ensuing year : 



On Library. — Dr. C. N. Peirce, Thomas A. Robinson, Henry C. 

 Chapman, M.D., Charles Schaeffer, M.D., and George Vaux, Jr. 



On Publications. — Henry Skinner, M.D., Henry A, Pilsbry, Sc.D., 

 Phihp P. Calvert, Ph.D., Witmer Stone, and Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 



On Instruction and Lectures. — Benjamin Smith Lyman, Thomas 

 H. Montgomery, Ph.D., Henry A. Pilsbry, Sc.D., Charles Morris, and 

 PhiUp P. Calvert, Ph.D. 



On Finance. — Isaac J. Wistar, Wilham Sellers, John Cadwalader, 

 Edwin S. Dixon, and the Treasurer. 



Council's Committee on By-Laws. — Isaac J. Wistar, Theodore D. 

 Rand, Arthur Erwin Brown, and Thomas H. Fenton, M.D. 



The President is, ex-officio, a member of all Standing Committees. 



Mr. George Vaux, Jr., was appointed the Solicitor of the Academy. 



