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THE MUSEUM. 



for the first time. Dr. William Rice, 

 secretary of the Library Association of 

 Springfield gave a cordial address of 

 welcome. Memorial mention was 



made of Profs. James D. Dana and 

 Henry B. Nason, fellows of the Socie- 

 ty who have died since the last meet- 

 ing; and biographic sketches commem- 

 orative of their work will be presented 

 at the winter meeting. Eleven new 

 fellows were announced as elected by 

 the recent vote of the Society, name- 

 ly, S. Prentiss Baldwin, Cleveland, 

 Ohio O., C. Farrington, Chicago, 111., 

 G. P. Grimsley, Columbus, Ohio, F. 

 P, Gulliver, Norwich, Conn., J. B. 

 Hatcher, Princeton, N. J., Edward B. 

 Mathews, Baltimore, Md., John C. 

 Msrriam, Berkeley, Cal., H. B. C. 

 Nitze, Baltimore, Md. , F. L. Ran- 

 some, Berkeley, Cal., Charles Schu- 

 chert, Washington, D. C. , and Joseph 

 A. Taff, Washington, D. C. Phila- 

 delphia is to be the place of the next 

 meeting, during the Christmas holi- 

 days. 



Previous to this session, an excursion 

 of a week's duration was taken, be- 

 ginning at Pittsfield, Mass., and pass- 

 ing Hinsdale, Great Barrington, Mt. 

 Washington, Mt. Race, Bear Moun- 

 tain, Salisbury, Canaan, Middlefield, 

 Chester, Greenfield, Turner's Falls 

 and Bernardston, all in Massachusetts, 

 to South Vernon, Vt., under the lead- 

 ership of Profs. B. K^. Emerson and 

 W. H. Hobbs. Sixteen fellows and 

 invited friends participated in this 

 most enjoyable observation and study 

 of the metamorphic rocks and Triassic 

 area of western Massachusetts and the 

 Connecticut valley, namely, George 

 H. Barton, Boston. Mass., Miss Flor- 

 ence Bascom, Bryn Mawr, Pa., A. C. 

 Boyden, Bridgewater, Mass. , W. B, 



Clark, Baltimore, Md., Miss Charlotte 

 F. Emerson, Amherst, Mass., O. C. 

 Farrington, Chicago, III., C. H. Hitch- 

 cock, Hanover, N. H., F. J. H. Mer- 

 rill, Albany, N. Y., William Orr, Jr., 

 Springfield, Mass., Chas. Palache, 

 Berkeley, Cal., Joseph H. Perry, 

 Worcester, Mass., William North 

 Rice, Middleton, Conn., Miss Smith, 

 Framingham, Mass., C. R. Van Hise, 

 Madison, Wis., Lewis G. Westgate, 

 Evanston, 111., and Albert A. Wright, 

 Oberlin, Ohio. The party traveled, 

 as convenience dictated, by railroad, 

 by livery carriages, and much afoot, 

 to the localities where the contracts of 

 different rock formations, faults and 

 dynamic metamorphism could be best 

 seen. The rich and varying develop- 

 ment of secondary minerals along the 

 lines of contact and disturbance was 

 beautifully illustrated. The weather 

 was perfect the whole time, with cool 

 nights and mostly mild and clear days, 

 having neither rain nor excessive heat. 

 Admiration of the visiting geologists 

 was freely expressed for the large area 

 of complex crystalline rocks which 

 during the past several years Prof. 

 Emerson has mapped in detail for the 

 U. S. Geological Survey, going afoot 

 over all parts of a tract of about 5,000 

 square miles. — The American Geolo- 

 gist. 



