1906] 



MINUTES. 11 



" On a Possible Reversal of the Deep Sea Circulation and its 

 Effect on Geological Climates," by Prof. Thomas C. Chamberlin, 

 of Chicago, which was discussed by Professors Newcomb, Morris 

 Davis, Chamberlin and others. 



" Elementary Species in Agriculture," by Prof. Hugo deVries, 

 of Amsterdam, Holland, which was discussed by Professors Conk- 

 lin, Osborn and Dr. ]\lcDugal. 



'' An International Southern Observatory," by Prof. Edward C. 

 Pickering, of Cambridge, Mass., which was discussed by Professor 

 Michelson and Dr. Brashear. 



" The Figure and Stability of a Liquid Satellite," by Sir George 

 Darwin, K.C.B., F.R.S., of Cambridge, England. 



Executive Session — 12.^0 o'clock. 



The pending nominations for membership were read and spoken 

 to, and the Society proceeded to an election. 



Afternoon Session. 



The tellers of election reported that the following candidates had 

 been elected to membership : 

 Residents of the United States. 



Hon. Joseph Hodges Choate, LL.D., D.C.L. (Oxon.), New 

 York. 



Henry Herbert Donaldson, Ph.D., Philadelphia. 



Russell Duane, Philadelphia. 



David Linn Edsall, ]\I.D., Philadelphia. 



John W. Harshberger, Ph.D., Philadelphia. 



Charles S. Hastings, Ph.D., New Haven, Conn. 



William Francis Hillebrand, Ph.D. (Heidelberg), Washington. 



Charles Rockwell Lanman, LL.D., Cambridge, ]\Iass. 



Franklin Paine Mall, M.D., LL.D., Baltimore. 



Ernest Fox Nichols, D.Sc, New York City. 



Hon. Elihu Root, LL.D., Washington. 



Thomas Day Seymour, LL.D., New Haven, Conn. 



Edward Bradford Titchener, M.A., Oxford; Ph.D., Leipsic, 

 Ithaca, New York. 



Otto Hilgard Tittmann, Washington. 



