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Mr. Fohs gave a comprehensive description of fluorspar occurrences in 
Kentucky and explained the evidence bearing upon their origin. The 
paper was based on extensive personal knowledge of the subject and was 
very instructive. 
The Section then adjourned. 
Charles P. Berkey, 
Secretary. 
ADJOURNED BUSINESS MEETING. 
November 8, 1909. 
The Academy met at 8:15 p. m. at the American Museum of Natural 
History, Vice-President Chapman presiding in the absence of President Cox. 
The minutes of the meetings of October 4 and November 1 were read 
and approved. 
The following candidates for Membership, recommended by the Council, 
were duly elected: 
Active Membership: 
T. Quincy Brown, Morristown, N. J., 
George H. Girty, Washington, D. C., 
E. J. Thatcher, Jr., Teachers’ College, 
J. Edmund Woodman, New York University, 
Associate Active Membership: 
Clarence N. Fenner, Paterson, N. J., 
Julius M. Johnson, 101 West 130th Street, 
Victor Ziegler, Columbia University. 
On motion the matter of memorials of Messrs. Newcomb, Johnson and 
Reade, whose deaths were reported at the October meeting of the Academy, 
were referred to the Committee on Resolutions for action. 
The Recording Secretary reported the death of John H. Caswell, an 
Active Member of the Academy since 1S69, and referred briefly to Mr. 
Caswell’s early activity in the Academy and his long and valuable services 
as a member of the Finance Committee. 
The Academy then adjourned. 
Edmund Otis Hovey, 
Recording Secretary. 
