Septembee 6, 1901.] 



SCIENCE. 



355 



In this house, the home of 



Dr. EBENEZER EMMONS 



the first formal efforts were made, in 



1838 and 1839, toward the organization of the 



ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOLOGISTS 



the parent body of the 



American Association for the Advancement of 



Science 



by "whose authority this tablet is erected 



1901 



field work and making drawings and sketches. Mr. 

 Conrad, the paleontologist, was also present. I recol- 

 lect that the board of geologists then authorized Mr. 

 Vanuxem to open correspondence with others for 

 the purpose of effecting an organization. 



COMMITTEE ON GRANTS. 



The following grants are recommended : 



1. To Committee on Quantitative Study of Biolog- 

 ical Variation, $100. 



2. To Committee on Relation of Plants to Climate, 



The committee further reports that the cost of this 

 tablet will constitute no claim upon the treasury of 

 the Association, but will be borne individually by one 

 of its members, Dr. T. Guilford Smith. 



John M. Clakke, 

 C. H. Hitchcock, 

 J. McK. Cattell, 

 W J McGee. 



A. Statement dictated to John M. Clarke, by Pro- 

 fessor James Hall, August 24, 1896. 



The organization of a body of American Geolo- 

 gists was proposed by the four geologists at Dr. 

 Emmons' house at the corner of Hudson ave- 

 nue and High street. It was during the fall of 

 1838. Vanuxem was asked to see or communicate 

 with the Rogerses concerning it, but nothing came of 

 it that year. The next year we reiterated our pur- 

 pose as the intention was to get some means of com- 

 paring our results with those of other geologists in 

 other States, especially in Pennsylvania. This meet- 

 ing was held at Dr. Emmous' house, the four geolo- 

 gists being present and perhaps also Conrad. Ebe- 

 nezer Emmons, Jr., was also there. We then decided 

 to communicate again with the Rogerses and others 

 for the end already suggested and to organize a So- 

 ciety of Geologists for this especial purpose. "We 

 wanted to compare our results with those of others 

 and make up our nomenclature, and we had to do it 

 soon, as we were required to publish. As a result of 

 this unanimously expressed purpose a meeting was 

 called for April, 1840, in Philadelphia. I was present 

 then but not at the second Philadelphia meeting in 

 1841, as that year I was off in May and June with 

 D. D. Owen on a flat boat sailing down the Ohio, 

 sleeping on a box and collecting fossils all along from 

 Louisville to New Harmony. As far as Rogers was 

 concerned the meeting came to naught. He was not 

 ready with his results and gave them only at the 

 third meeting at Boston in 1842. It was here that 

 the Naturalists proposed to join us and we agreed 

 thereto, but the Boston meeting was called as the 

 meeting of tht? Association of American Geologists 

 and in the course of that meeting the name was 

 changed to that of Association of American Geolo- 

 gists and Naturalists. 



B. Statement dictated to John M. Clarke by 

 Ebenezer Emmons, Jr. , February, 1900. 



I was present at the meeting of the four geolo- 

 gists at my father's house, in 1838. I was then 

 about 16 years old, and had assisted my father in his 



3. To Committee on Anthropometric Measure- 

 ments, $50. 



4. To Committee on Determination of Atomic 

 Weight of Thorium, $50. 



[Signed] E. S. Woodwaed, 



Chairman. 



The report of the treasurer and the fi- 

 nancial statement of the permanent secre- 

 tary were as follows : 



REPORT OP THE TREASURER. 



In compliance with Article 15 of the Constitution, 

 and by direction of the Council, I have the honor to 

 submit the following report, showing receipts, dis- 

 bursements, and disposition of funds of the Associa- 

 tion for the year ending December 31, 1900. 



Receipts have come into the keeping of the Treas- 

 urer from four sources, namely : First, from com- 

 mutations of fees of life-members of the Association ; 

 secondly, from excess of receipts over expenditures of 

 the Permanent Secretary ; thirdly, from a contri- 

 bution to the Association by Mrs. Phoebe Thorne, of 

 New York City ; and fourthly, from interest on funds 

 deposited in savings banks. The aggregate of these 

 receipts is $1,805.07. 



Disbursements made in accordance with the direc- 

 tions of the Council amount to $283.00. 



The total amount of funds of the Association de- 

 posited in banks and subject to the order of the 

 Treasurer, December 31, 1900, is $10,189.18. 



The details of receipts, disbursements, and disposi- 

 tion of funds are shown in the following itemized 

 statement. 



Dated June 1, 1901. 



THE TREASURER IN ACCOUNT WITH THE 

 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD- 

 VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



1900. Dr. 



Jan. 1, to balance from last account $ 8667.11 



Oct. 20, to amount received from L. O. 

 Howard for 5 life-membership 

 commutations 250.00 



