THE 



GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 



NEW SERIES. DECADE VI. VOL. V 



No. XII.— DECEMBER, 1919. 



EDITOEIAL ITOTES. 



ALTHOUGH the situation with regard to the future of the 

 Geological Magazine is still somewhat critical, it is satisfactory 

 to be able to state that the worst anticipations have not been 

 realized. At one time it was feared that the present number would 

 have to be the last, but we are glad to be able to announce that it is 

 proposed to carry on, for the present at any rate, in the hope of 

 better times to come. But it cannot be too strongly emphasized 

 that the future rests with our subscribers. Many promises of active 

 support have already been secured, and the outlook is more 

 promising than it was a few months ago. "While still maintaining 

 all the old features and the general traditions of the Magazine, 

 every attempt will be made to move with the times and to give due 

 weight to new developments. Geology has now become a science of 

 the widest practical importance in all parts of the world: some of 

 the apparently most abstruse and theoretical investigations of late 

 years were primarily undertaken to subserve economic purposes and 

 have proved to yield results of the highest value and importance in 

 technical practice of all kinds. Unfortunately this fact is little 

 realized in this country, and it is the duty of all modern geologists 

 to keep in touch with such new developments wherever they are to 

 be found, whether in America, Scandinavia, or Germany. Geology 

 is necessarily an international science ; it will be our desire and 

 hope so far as in us lies to assist in making known its latest develop- 

 ments, of whatever nature they may be. Above all we shall endeavour 

 to avoid that insidious blight of parochialism and narrowness of 

 interest which has at times threatened to manifest itself in British 

 geology, especially in isolated provincial circles, and to accommodate 

 ourselves to the widening spirit of the times in which we live. 

 Although our circulation is not large, it is wide : we have many 

 contributors beyond the seas, and one of the pleasantest features of 

 the Editorship is the opportunity that it gives for friendly personal 

 communications with these distant workers on subjects connected 

 with geology in all its branches. 



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At the Anniversary Meeting of the Mineralogical Society, held on 

 November 4, the following Officers and Members of Council 

 were elected: President, Sir William P. Beale, Bart., K.C.; Vice- 

 Presidents, Professor H. L. Bowman, Mr. A. Hutchinson ; 

 Treasurer, Dr. J. W.Evans, F.B..S. ; General Secretary, Dr. G.T. Prior, 

 F.R.S.; Foreign Secretary, Professor W. W. Watts, F.R.S. ; Editor 



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