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March 14, 1916 



The meeting of March 14, 1916, was held at Schermerhorn Hall, 

 (\)luml)ia University, at 8:15 P.M. President Harper presiderl. 

 F'orty ])ersons were present. 



The program of the evening consisted of an illustrated lecture 



on "Reef-building and Land-forming Algae," by Dr. Marshall 



A. Howe. Reference was made to the recent increase of interest 



in the lime-secreting algae in connection with an increasing 



recognition of their geological importance. Photographs were 



exhibited showing habit, structure, and habitats of various types 



of calcareous algae, with special reference to the living species 



of the West Indian region. In addition, photographs illustrating 



habit and structure of certain fossil Lithothamnieae of the 



Panama Canal Zone and of the Leeward Islands were shown. 



The main facts and opinions as to the geological significance of 



the algae have been summarized by the speaker in a paper on 



"The Building of 'Coral' Reefs," which was published in Science 



in May, 1912, 



Adjournment followed. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 



NEWS ITEMS 



Dr. E. D. Ball, director of the experiment station and school 

 of agriculture of the Utah Agricultural College has resigned, to 

 take effect at the end of the present year. Dr. Ball plans to go 

 back into entomological work. Dr. F. S. Harris, professor of 

 agronomy, has been elected director of the experiment station, 

 and Dr. G. R. Hill, professor of botany and plant pathology, 

 director of the school of agriculture. 



Thomas Jonathan Burrill, LL.D., Ph.D., etc., connected with 

 the LTniversity of Illinois since 1868, died on Friday, April 14, 

 in Urbana, Illinois, in his seventh-eighth year. He was born in 

 Pittsfield, Mass., and, after being graduated from the Illinois 

 State Normal University in 1865, later received honorary degrees 

 from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. 

 Professor Burrill was formerly professor of natural history-, 

 botany, and horticulture at the University of Illinois, from which 



