Addresses from Sister Societies 301 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 



Mr. President: 



The Geological Society of America contained in 1904 

 259 Fellows representing the active established Geologists 

 of the United States. At present in its nineteenth year 

 it may well be regarded as the mouth-piece of geological 

 Science in this Country. I am requested by its President, 

 Prof. Russell, to express to the American Philosophical 

 Society the active and sympathetic interest taken by the 

 Geological Society of America, both in the ceremonies 

 which have for their object the perpetuation of the mem- 

 ory of one who was perhaps the greatest man this Con- 

 tinent has produced, and also in the venerable sister 

 Society which encloses within her realm not only all 

 Sciences, but all arts and all humanities. 



The Geological Society of America, like that of Bel- 

 gium and Mexico, exhibits its cordial feeling in no per- 

 functory way towards this creation of Franklin's far 

 sighted sagacity; for Rogers and Lesley, and Leidy, and 

 Cope, all members of the American Philosophical So- 

 ciety, have made it necessary for the geologists of the 

 world to scan the pages of its Proceedings and Trans- 

 actions in order to keep abreast of the Science. The 

 Geological Society of America, though yet in its teens, 



