ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS 19 



of the National Eesearch Council during the past year. The papers were 

 as follows : 



GENERAL STATEMENT ON THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEDIMENTA- 

 TION, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY, NATIONAL 

 RESEARCH COUNCIL 



BY T. WAYLAND VAUGHAN 



(Abstract) 



In opening the symposium on sedimentation it was stated tliat tlie present 

 discussion was a continuation of the one held last year, before the meeting of 

 the Society at Boston. As a development from the suggestions made at that 

 time, the chairmen of several subcommittees were appointed and the present 

 symposium consisted of the reports of these chairmen. 



It was also stated that there were at least two defects in the present or- 

 ganization of the work of the committee, and that it has hoped these might 

 soon be remedied. One of the defects is that there is not sufficiently close 

 affiliation with those primarily engaged in the study of soils, and the other is 

 that the relations are not so close as they should be with certain groups of 

 geologists, whose major efforts are devoted to economic work. 



The full reports of the subcommittees will form part of the report of the 

 chairman of the Committee on Sedimentation to the chairman of the Division 

 of Geology and Geography, National Research Council. Abstracts of the re- 

 ports are presented here. 



Presented in abstract from notes. 



STUDIES OF SEDIMENTATION IN THE UNIVERSITIES OF THE EASTERN PART 

 OF THE UNITED STATES 



BY E. S. MOORE 



(Adstract) 



A survey of the colleges and universities east of the Alleghany Mountains 

 shows that the problems of sedimentation have not been receiving the atten- 

 tion which they merit. It also shows that many institutions have not fully 

 recovered from the disturbing influences of the war, but they are gradually 

 taking up again those problems which are usually regarded as of more strictly 

 scientific than utilitarian importance. An excellent spirit of cooperation with 

 the National Research Council's work on sedimentation is manifested in re- 

 plies to requests for information regarding work under way, and it is expected 

 that the study of numerous problems in sedimentation will be undertaken 

 during the coming year, partly on the initiative of men already interested in 

 such problems and partly at the suggestion of the Committee on Sedimentation. 



Read from manuscript. 



