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shales of Wyoming," Professor E. F. Schramm; 

 "Eecent oil developments in California," Botiert 

 B. Moran; "Some geological problems in oil and 

 gas recovery in Kentucky," W. E. Jillson; "Prob- 

 ability of oil and gas in Montana," Professor J. 

 P. Eowe. Prior to adjournment a vote of thanks 

 ■was extended to the retiring president, Dr. I. C. 

 White, and to the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and 

 the Southwestern Geological Society, for courtesies 

 during the convention. Invitations for the next 

 annual meeting have been received from San Fran- 

 cisco, New York, St. Louis and Oklahoma City, and 

 will be considered by the executive committee. 

 The proceedings of the convention will be published 

 as Volume IV. of the bulletin of the association. 



The following officers were elected for the com- 

 ing year: President, Wallace E. Pratt, chief geol- 

 ogist. Humble Oil Company, Fort Worth, Texas; 

 Vioe-president, Alex. W. McCoy, consulting geol- 

 ogist, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Secretary-Treasurer, 

 Charles E. Decker, associate professor, University 

 of Oklahoma, Norman (reelected) ; Editor, Ray- 

 mond C. Moore, state geologist of Kansas, Uni- 

 versity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR 

 THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 

 THE COUNCIL 



The meeting was called to order by the presi- 

 dent at 5 P.M., on April 26, 1920, in the Board 

 Eoom of the Cosmos Club, and Dr. Howard was 

 elected chairman for the meeting. The following 

 members were present: Cattell, Fairchild, Howard, 

 Humphreys, Livingston, MacDougal, Osborn and 

 Ward. Mr. Woodward, the treasurer, attended the 

 first part of the meeting. 



1. Grants. — A resolution was passed to the ef- 

 fect that appropriations made to the Grants Com- 

 mittee shall be limited to the calendar year for 

 which made. At the end of that year they auto- 

 matically revert to the Treasury. (The executive 

 committee may, of course, take special action be- 

 fore the end of the year, in cases where reversions 

 would occur. For the year 1920 the amount of one 

 grant made in 1919 and not withdrawn had been 

 added to the 1920 appropriation of the grants 

 committee, making this appropriation $4,500 in- 

 stead of $4,000.) 



2. Life Memberships. — A recommendation of the 

 treasurer was adopted, to the effect that the treas- 

 urer is to pay to the permanent secretary three 

 dollars each year for each life-membership requir- 



ing a subscription to the journal. (This special 

 action was called for by the fact that the income 

 from the fifty-doHar life-memberships is not suffi- 

 cient to pay for the journal at the present rate.) 

 At the beginning of the treasurer's fiscal year, the 

 permanent secretary is to inform the treasurer in 

 regard to the number of subscriptions to the 

 journal to be thus cared for. 



3. Eemission of Dues in Arrears. — A resolution 

 was passed to the effect that all members whose 

 accounts show arrearage in dues for the years 

 1917-1919 (3 years), 1918-1919 (2 years), and 

 1919 (1 year), be rei/iistated as if back dues had 

 been paid in full, providing they pay the annual 

 dues for 1920 before the end of the present fiscal 

 year. (This action was taien on account of war 

 conditions.) 



4. Moratoriv/ni for Members Residing in Con- 

 tinental Europe. — ^A resolution was passed to the 

 effect that members residing in continental Eu- 

 rope may retain membership and receive the jour- 

 nal on account for three years (1920, 1921 and 

 1922) if specifically requested. (The preceding 

 resolution of course also applies in these cases.) 



5. Tm-onto Meeting {19S1-19SS). — The perma- 

 nent secretary was instructed to accept with ap- 

 preciation the invitation of the University of To- 

 ron/to and of the Roya.1 Canadian Institute and that 

 he notify the secretaries of sections, of divisions 

 and of affiliated societies to the effect that the an- 

 nual meeting for 1921-1922 will be held at the 

 ChTdstmas season in Toronto. 



The meeting was adjourned at 6 o'clock, to con- 

 vene again at 7 in the private dining room of the 

 Cosmos Club. 



The adjourned meeting was called to order by 

 President Howard. The following members were 

 present: Cattell, Fairchild, Howard, Humphreys, 

 Livingston, MacDougal, Noyes, Osborn and Ward. 



6. Science News Service. — Mr. MacDougal pre- 

 sented a report on the organization of the Science 

 Nevps Service, supported by Mr. E. W. Scripps. 



7. Bepresentatives for Conference xoitli Science 

 News Service. — At the request of the Science News 

 Service a committee was appointed, which con- 

 sisted of Messrs. Cattell, Humphreys and George T. 

 Moore, to confer with three representatives of the 

 National Academy and three representatives of the 

 National Research Council, and with representa- 

 tives of the Science News Service, in the organiza- 

 tion and operation of that service. 



8. Minutes of Last Meeting. — The minutes of 

 the last meeting were read and approved. 



9. Action of Committee during Interim,. — Mr. 



