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Mr. John W. Titcomb : I would like to ask whether 

 there are any persons here who have papers of their own. 

 It seems to me they should have the first chance to present 

 them. 



President : The committee on program has given me 

 these six papers, and had before it a large number of papers, 

 which are here on the table, but I believe not one of the 

 authors of the papers which are here is now present. There 

 are, however, papers by Mr. Seymour Bower, Mr. John E. 

 Gunckel and Mr. Frank N. Clark, but the committee passed 

 on those papers, consulted with the authors, and I am told 

 these gentlemen are not quite ready for presentation. For 

 that reason we go on to the first paper by an absent member. 



Mr. Titcomb : Aly only object was to give those who 

 are here an opportunity to read their papers first. 



President: I would like to ask Mr. Seymour Bower, if 

 he is present, whether there is a question box? 



Mr. Seymour Bower: There was a question handed to 

 the committee, and I turned it over to Mr. Stevenson. 



Mr. Meehan : There were four questions. 



Mr. Stevenson : The committee thought there might 1)e 

 a number of questions in the question box, and that it would 

 l)e better to defer the matter. 



REPORT OF the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



President : I will call for the report of the executive 

 committee, Mr. Meehan, chairman. 



^Ir. W. E. Meehan : The unanimous report of the execu- 

 tive committee is as follows: 



The executive committee has the honor of making the following re- 

 port of its work during the year. 



Early in the present year your chairman received word from the 

 president, Dr. Bean, and Dr. Henshall, that there was some difficulty 

 in making suitable arrangements for holding the annual meeting of the 

 Society in the Yellowstone Park. It was suggested, under the circum- 

 stances, that the committee designate another meeting place. A vote of 

 the committee indicated a majority for Toledo. The president. Dr. 

 Bean, and the secretary, Mr. Peabody, were notified of the change and 

 preparations made for holding a meeting at Toledo, Ohio. 



