758 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Charles Ladd Norton, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow in 

 Class I, Section 2 (Physics). 



George Washington Pierce, of Cambridge, to be a Resident 

 Fellow in Class I, Section 2 (Physics). 



Gregory Paul Baxter, of Cambridge, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class I, Section 3 (Chemistry). 



The following communications were given : 



" Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters." By Professor S. 

 I. Bailey. 



" The Eastern Escarpment of the Mexican Plateau." By 

 Professor W. M. Davis. 



The following paper was presented by title : 



Contribution from the Research Laboratory of Physical 

 Chemistry. — No. 15. "On the Density, Conductivity, and 

 Viscosity of Fused Electrolytes." By H. M. Goodwin and R. 

 D. Mailey. 



