ANNALS 



CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



VOLUME VII. NO. 2. 



Editorial Notes. 



The Geological Society of America, the Paleontological Society, 

 and the American Association of Geographers held their Annual 

 Meetings during Convocation Week, Dec. 27-31, 1910, as guests of 

 the Institute. The meetings were well attended and brought together 

 many of the leading geologists and paleontologists of the country. 

 Resolutions thanking the Trustees and Officers of the Institute for 

 the courtesies disjjlayed upon this occasion were adopted by the vari- 

 ous societies, and many letters were received by the Director of the 

 Museum in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee of Arrange- 

 ments expressing the pleasure and satisfaction of those who were in 

 attendance. 



One of the gentlemen in attendance upon these meetings spent 

 most of the time in the library of the Museum, and at the close of his 

 stay he remarked to the librarian, "It is seldom I have such an oppor- 

 tunity to consult such a collection of books as you have here, and I 

 have utilized every moment in examining these works, many of which 

 I have longed for years to see." The thirst for knowledge is as keen 

 as any other thirst, and it is a satisfaction to know that it is in our 

 power to some extent to meet it. To be able to "give a cup of cold 

 water" from the fountain of truth is as blessed as to be able to slake 

 the thirst of a traveller in the desert. 



The members of the Geological and Paleontological Societies 

 expressed great and continued interest in the collections of the Mu- 



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