xiv MINUTES. [April 2s, 



Morning Session — lo o'clock. 

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



The following papers were read : 



"Primary Cambrian Manganese Deposits of Newfoundland," 

 by Nelson C. Dale, Fellow, Princeton University. (Intro- 

 duced by Prof. W. B. Scott.) 



" Geology of the Wabana Iron Ores of Newfoundland," by 

 Albert O. Hayes, Fellow, Princeton University. (Introduced 

 by Prof. W. B. Scott.) 



" Hewettite, Metahewettite and Pascoite, Hydrous Calcium 

 Vanadates," by W. F. Hillebrand, Ph.D., H. E. Alerwin and 

 Frederick E. Wright, Ph.D., of U. S. Geological Survey. 



"The Relations of Isostasy to a Zone of Weakness — the Asthe- 

 nosphere," by Joseph Barrell, Ph.D., Professor of Structural 

 Geology, Yale University. (Introduced by Prof. Charles 

 Schuchert.) 



" Evidence for a Pulsational Change of Climate in the Libyan 

 Desert," by William H. Hobbs, Ph.D., Professor of Geology, 

 University of Michigan. 



" The Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Rocky IMountain 

 Region," by F. H. Knowlton, U. S. Geological Survey. (In- 

 troduced by Prof. John ]\I. Clarke.) Discussed by Prof. W. 

 B. Scott. 



" The Geologic and Biologic Results of a Study of the Tertiary 

 Floras of Southeastern North America," by Edward W. 

 Berry, Associate Professor of Paleontology, Johns Hopkins 

 University. (Introduced by Prof. William B. Clarke.) Dis- 

 cussed by Prof. W. B. Scott. 



"On Multiple Treatment of One and the Same Story 'Motif,'" 

 by Maurice Bloomfield, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Sanskrit, 

 Johns Hopkins University. 



" Some Biblical Miracles," by Paul Haupt, Ph.D., LL.D., Pro- 

 fessor of Semitic Philology, Johns Hopkins University. 



" The Sumerian Pronunciation of the Name ' Ninib ' as the 

 Chief Deity of Umma," by Alfred T. Clay, Ph.D., Laffan 



