70 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [ DEO. "16, 
STATED MEETING. 
December 16th, 1895. 
The Academy met with Vice-President STEVENSON in the 
chair; about twenty-five (25) persons present. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 
The Secretary read a petition signed by Nicholas Murray But- 
ler, E. D. Perry, A. V. Williams Jackson, J. R. Wheeler, Thomas 
R. Price, William H. Carpenter, Henry Alfred Todd and H. T. 
Peck, expressing their willingness and desire to be elected to 
membership in the Academy, with a view to forming a Section 
to deal primarily with scientific investigations in the fields of 
philosophy and philology. The petition was referred to the 
Council, with the understanding that it involved the nomination 
of the signers to resident membership in the Academy, under 
the conditions stated. The petition was accompanied by a letter 
from the President of the Academy, endorsing it. 
The Section of Geology and Mineralogy then organized. 
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The first paper was by H. P. Cushing, ‘‘ Notes on the Areal 
Geology of Glacier Bay, Alaska.” In the absence of the author 
it was read by the Secretary. The paper is printed on an earlier 
page of this volume, having been read while in press. It was 
discussed by J. J. Stevenson, who alluded to his own observa- 
tions in the same region. 
The second paper was by Heinrich Ries, ‘‘The Geology of 
Orange county, New York.” Mr. Ries described the results of 
his field work, performed under the direction of the State Geolo- 
gist, Prof. James Hall, the preceding summer. His remarks 
were illustrated by numerous lantern slides. The paper was 
discussed by the Secretary. 
The third paper of the evening was by T.G. White, on “ The 
Faunas of the Upper Ordovician Strata at Trenton Falls, New 
York.” The paper is printed below. 
The last paper that had been announced for the evening, by 
