NOTES ON THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL 

 CONGRESS HELD IN STOCKHOLM, AUGUST 18-25, 1910 



By Horace V. Winchell, Dec. 6, 1910. 



To this convention of geologists was accorded the patronage of 

 His Majesty the King, Gustav V. The Honorary Presidency was 

 held by His Highness Prince Royal Gustavus Adolphus, himself a 

 scientist of repute, and a most accomplished linguist. His opening 

 address, delivered in English to a polyglot audience, was as masterly, 

 polished and in every way worthy a performance as if composed and 

 presented by an American College President. The Executive Com- 

 mittee contained several members of the Swedish cabinet; and the 

 Prime Minister also delivered an address, opening the discussion on 

 the Iron Ore Resources of the World. The president of the Con- 

 gress was Baron Gerard De Geer, Professor of Geology at the Uni- 

 versity of Stockholm, and a celebrated glacial geologist. The able 

 and efficient secretary was Prof. J. G. Andersson, Director of the 

 Geological Survey of Sweden. For nearly a year his entire time had 

 been devoted to the task of providing the program and the entertain- 

 ment for the large number of foreign members expected. The mag- 

 nitude of such an undertaking may be partially comprehended when I 

 tell you that there were about eight hundred enrolled and that more 

 than two hundred anu fifty took part in one or more of the excursions 

 which began a month before the opening of the Congress and were 

 still in progress for nearly a month after its close. The arrange- 

 ments were complete to the last detail; and the executive ability of 

 the Swedes compelled the admiration of every visitor to the Congress. 

 The membership of the convention was truly cosmopolitan, as 

 may be seen by the following table of members enrolled before the 

 day of opening: 



Algeria 3 



Germany 161 



Argentine 2 



Australia 2 



Austro-Hungary ,. 64 



Brazil 1 



Bulgaria 2 



Canada 6 



China 1 



Denmark 22 



Egypt 3 



Spain 9 



United States 63 



France r,:; 



Great Britain 44 



India 1 



Italy 30 



Japan 6 



