MINUTES. xxiii 



Stated Meeting October y, ip2i. 

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



Prof. Herman V. Ames, a newly elected member, subscribed the 

 laws and was admitted into the Society. 



A letter accepting membership was received from Dr. Lawrence 

 J. Henderson. 



The decease was announced of 

 Henry Piatt Gushing, Ph.D., at Cleveland, on April 22, 1921, 



set. 61. 

 Edward B. Rosa Sc.D., Ph.D., at Washington, D. C, on Afay 



17, 1921, set. 60. 

 Joseph C. Fraley, at Philadelphia, on May 18, 192 1, set. y^. 

 Morris Jastrow, Jr., M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., at Jenkintown, Pa., 



on June 22, 1921, set. 60. 

 Hiram M. Hiller, M.D., at Chester, Pa., on August 9, 1921, set. 



54. 

 Henry Pettit, at Island Heights, N. J., on August ii^ 1921, set. 



79- 

 Joel Asaph Allen, Ph.D., at New York, on August 29, 1921, set. 



83. 



Henry Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S., at Bushey, Herts, England, 

 on Sept. 6. 1921, ast. 89. 

 By unanimous vote the Laws were amended and adopted as a 

 substitute for the existing Laws and Rules of administration. 



Stated Meeting November 4, 1921. 

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



Mr. J. Bertram Lippincott, a newly elected member, subscribed 

 the Laws and was admitted into the Society. 



Communications for the Magellanic Premium were received 

 and referred to a Special Committee for consideration and report. 



President Scott read a paper on " The Isthmus of Panama and 

 Its Influence on the Animals of North and South America," which 

 was discussed by Doctors Harshberger, Snyder, Mr. Fisher and 

 Prof. Scott. 



