PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Vol. V, pp. 99-187. [plate i] July 18, 1903. 



JOHN WESLEY POWELL. 



PROCEEDINGS OF A MEETING COMMEMORATIVE 

 OF HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES 



Held in Columbian University under the Auspices of 



THE Washington Academy of Sciences, 



February 16, 1903. 



CONTENTS. 



Remarks by Charles D. Walcott 99 



Powell as a Soldier ; address by David B. Henderson lOO 



Powell as an Explorer ; address by C. R. Van Hise 105 



Powell as a Geologist ; address by G. K. Gilbert 113 



Powell as an Anthropologist; address by W J McGee 118 



Powell as a Man ; address by S. P. Langley 127 



Committee on Arrangements 130 



Catalogue of Published Writings; by P. C Warman 131 



The President of the Academy, Mr. Charles D. Walcott, 

 said : 



We have come together tonight to honor the memory of John 

 Wesley Powell, soldier, teacher, explorer, geologist, anthropol- 

 ogist, organizer and administrator of institutions, and a broad- 

 minded, kindly natured man. He became distinguished both 

 as a direct, personal contributor to science and philosophy and 

 as a creator and administrator of organizations which have made 

 and will continue to make large contributions to knowledge ; 

 and it is yet too early to say in which of these lines his service 

 to mankind was the more valuable. Today the popular verdict 

 would be in favor of the latter, the results of which are known 

 of all men ; but there are those who believe that his personal 



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