vi MINUTES. 



Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Princeton, N. J. 



" Some Oceanographical Results of the Canadian Arctic Ex- 

 pedition, 1913-1918," by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, A.B., Com- 

 mander of Canadian Arctic Expedition. (Introduced by 

 Mr. Henry G. Bryant.) (By title.) 



" Evolution and Mystery in the Discovery of America," by 

 Edwin Swift Balch, A.B., of Philadelphia. 



" Benjamin Franklin's Art as Applied to Books for Elementary 

 Teaching," by Charles R. Lanman, Ph.D., LL.D., Prof, of 

 Sanskrit, Harvard Universtiy. (By title.) 



" The Energy Loss of Young Women during Light Household 

 Muscular Activities," by Francis G. Benedict, Ph.D., Sc.D., 

 Director of Nutrition Laboratory (Boston) of Carnegie In- 

 stitution of Washington, and Alice Johnson. 



" The Relative Contribution of the Staple Commodities to the 

 National Food Consumption," by Raymond Pearl, Ph.D., 

 Professor of Biometrics, School of Hygiene and Public 

 Health, Johns Hopkins University. 



" Hygiene and Sanitation as Improvised in the Zone of Opera- 

 tions during the Great War," by Bailey K. Ashford, M.D., 

 Sc.D., Surgeon U. S. Army. (Introduced by Dr. W. W. 

 Keen.) Discussed by Prof. Osborn. 



" Bloodless Removal of Foreign Bodies from the Lungs through 

 the Mouth by Bronchoscopy," by Chevalier Jackson, M.D., 

 Attending Laryngologist, Jefferson Medical College, Phila- 

 delphia. (Introduced by Dr. W. W. Keen.) Discussed by 

 Dr. Keen. 



Friday, April 2j, ipig. 



Executive Session, p.jo o'clock 



Proceedings of the Officers and Council was submitted. 



Morning Session, 10 o'clock. 



William B. Scott, D.Sc, LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



The following papers were presented : 

 " The New Discoveries of Extinct Animals in the West Indies 

 and their Bearing on the Geological History of the Antilles," 



