6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CHICAGO MEETING 



Advancement of Science. In affiliation with the Geological Society, the 

 Paleontological Society convened in its Twelfth Annual Meeting, the 

 Mineralogical Society of America held its First Annual Meeting, and 

 the Society of Economic Geologists held its First Annual Meeting. All 

 the business and scientific sessions and the annual subscription smoker 

 were held ill the rooms of Eosenwald Hall by invitation of the Depart- 

 ment of Geology of the University of Chicago. The annual subscription 

 dinner took place at the Chicago Beach Hotel. 



The first general session of the meeting was called to order at 9.50 

 o'clock a. m., Tuesday, December 28, 1920, by President I. C. White, and 

 the Secretary was called on for the report of the Council. This was sub- 

 mitted in printed form, as follows : 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



To the Geological Society of America, in thirty -third annual meeting 

 assembled: 



The regular annual meeting of the Council was held at Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts, in connection with the meeting of the Society, December 29-31, 

 1919. A special meeting was held in Washington, April 25, 1920. 



The details of administration for the thirty-second year of the exist- 

 ence of the Society are given in the following reports of the officers : 



Secretary's Report 



To the Cour$cil of the Geological Society of America: 



The Secretary's annual report for the year ending November 30, 1920, 

 is as follows : 



Meetings. — The proceedings of the annual general meeting of the 

 Society, held at Boston, Massachusetts, December 29-31, 1919, have been 

 recorded in volume 31, pages 1-196, of the Bulletin, and of the Paleonto- 

 logical Society, pages 197-232, of the same volume. • 



Membership. — During the past year the Society has lost one Fellow by 

 death — Joseph P. Iddings. The names of the fifteen Fellows elected at 

 the Boston meeting, and who qualified, have been added to the printed 

 list. The present enrollment of the Society is 419. Thirty-five candi- 

 dates for Fellowship are before the Society for election and several appli- 

 cations are under consideration by the Council. 



