PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



HELD AT PHILADELPHIA 

 FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE 



Vol. XL VII January-April, 1908. No. 188. 



Stated Meeting January j, iqo8. 

 Treasurer Jayne in the Chair. 



The decease of the following members was announced : 



Dr. Coleman Sellers, at Philadelphia, on December 28, 1907, 

 set. 80. 



Prof. Thomas Day Seymour, at New Haven, on December 31, 

 1907, ast. 59. 



The judges of the annual election of officers and councillors held 

 on this day, between the hours of two and five in the afternoon, 

 reported that the following named persons were elected, according 

 to the laws, regulations and ordinances of the Society, to be the 

 officers for the ensuing year. 



President: 



^ William W. Keen. 



Vice-Presidents: 

 George F. Barker, William B. Scott, Simon Newcomb. 



Secretaries: 



L Minis Hays, James W. Holland, 



Arthur W. Goodspeed, Amos P. Brown. 



