RECORDS OF MEETINGS 301 



Associate Membership 



Miss Laura E. W. Benedict, Columbia University, 

 F. Berckhenuner, Columbia University. 



The Eecording Secretary reported the following death : 



Mr. Bradley Martin, Active Member since 1905, died 5 February, 

 1913. 



It was voted that a resolution of thanks be sent to Mr. Emerson Mc- 

 Millin for the contribution that had made possible the improvement of 

 the Academy meeting room. 

 The Academy then adjourned. 



E. 0. HOVEY, 

 Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY 

 3 November, 1913 



Section met at 8 :15 p. m., Vice-President J. E. Woodman presiding. 



Beading of the minutes of the last meeting of the Section was dis- 

 pensed with, but the routine business of the Section's November meeting, 

 the nomination of its officers for the ensuing year, was proceeded with. 

 The following nomination was approved for transmission to the Council. 



For Vice-President of the Academy and Chairman of the Section : 

 Dr. Charles P. Berkey, Columbia University. 



Dr. Albert B. Pacini, 147 Varick St., New York, was elected Secretary 

 for the year 1914. 



The following scientific programme was then offered : 



Professor Ellsworth Huntington, Changes of Climate During His- 

 torical Times. 



Summary of Paper 



Professor Huntington, of Yale University, gave this interesting lec- 

 ture as a resume of his studies on climatic conditions in Palestine, As- 

 syria, Turkestan, Egypt and the western United States. An interesting 

 graphic record of yearly rainfall for many centuries, obtained by section- 

 ing the giant redwood trees of the West and noting the comparative thick- 

 ness of the annual rings, was described. The lecture was profusely illus- 

 trated by excellent slides and was warmly received and applauded. 



