154 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [aPR. 27, 
The second paper of the evening, was by C. H. Smyth, Jr., 
on “The Origin of the Tale Deposits near Gouverneur, N. Y.” 
The paper was read by Mr. L. M. Luquer in the absence of the 
writer, and it will appear in full in the School of Mines Quar- 
terly, for July, 1896. 
The third paper of the evening, was by H. P. Cushing, en- 
titled: “On the Existence of Pre-Cambrian and Post-Ordo- 
vician Trap Dykes in the Adirondacks.” The paper willappear 
subsequently in the TRANSACTIONS. 
The Academy then adjourned. 
J. F. Kemp, 
Secretary. 
STATED MEETING. 
April 27th, 1896. 
The Academy met with President Stevenson in the chair. 
About thirty persons present. No minutes were read, as it was 
the first meeting of a new section. 
Mr. Rush Taggart was nominated as resident member, and 
the nomination was referred to the Council. 
The Academy then proceeded to organize a section in Anthro- 
pology, Psychology and Philology. Prof. N. M. Butler was 
nominated for temporary chairman. 
Prof. F. H. Giddings was nominated and elected as permanent 
chairman, and Dr. Livingston Farrand was chosen secretary for 
the subsection of Anthropology and Psychology, and Prof. A. 
V. Williams Jackson, secretary of the subsection of Philology. 
It was resolved to have a meeting of the subsection of Anthro- 
pology and Psychology one month and of the subsection of 
Philology the next. The officers were elected for a term that 
will end at the annual meeting of the Academy. 
Prof. Giddings took the chair and the reading of the papers 
followed. 
The first paper was by F. H. Giddings, entitled “ A Plan for 
