96 HAUPT — THE MISSISSIPPI RIVEK PROBLEM. [Feb. 19, 1904. 



It is therefore desired to direct particular attention to the neces- 

 sity of providing suitable dumping sites for the mud carried sea- 

 ward by the river in times of flood, where it may be deposited 

 beyond the banks of the stream without injury, through or over 

 suitable weirs, and be retained by impounding dikes in the low 

 swampy regions to their advantage. 



The question is similar in its general features and effects to that 

 prevailing at the inlets along alluvial coasts, where it was the 

 practice to attempt the removal of the bars by jetties in pairs, sup- 

 plemented by dredging ; but which method has not been able to 

 meet fully the demands of modern vessels, so that recourse is now 

 being had to the control of the heavier earthy materials which 

 compose these obstructions, in such manner as to protect the 

 channels from their encroachments and cause the single concave 

 jetty to construct and maintain much greater depths than exist in a 

 state of nature. 



Stated Meeting, March 18, 1904. 

 President Smith in the Chair. 



A letter was read from the Marquis de Nadaillac accepting 

 his appointment as the Society's representative at the cele- 

 bration of the Centenary of the Societe Nationale des 

 Antiquaires de France. 



The decease was announced of AVilliam Marriott Canby, 

 of Wilmington, Del., on March 10, 1904, set. 73. 



Prof. Felix E. Schelling read a paper on '^ The Academic 

 Drama in the Age of Elizabeth and James. '^ 



