344 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The following candidates for active membership in the Academy, rec- 

 ommended by Council, were duly elected : 



Charles E. Sleight, Eamsay, New Jersey. 

 E. B. Earle, New York University. 



On motion, the following minute was unanimously adopted and or- 

 dered to be engrossed and transmitted to the family of the late Mr. 

 Charles F. Cox: 



The Academy suffers irreparable loss through the death, on 24 January, 1912, 

 of Mr. Charles Finney Cox. For thirty-six years an Active Member and 

 Fellow of the organization, his influence has been felt ffom the first in all 

 progressive movements of the Academy. He served the Academy diligently as 

 Curator, 1884, 1885; Councilor, 1891, 1892; Treasurer, 1893-1907; President, 

 1908, 1909. At the time of his death he was again acting as Treasurer. When 

 President he was active in the organization of the Academy's Darwin Cen- 

 tennial celebration, and he delivered a masterly address on Darwin at the 

 close of each of his two years of incumbency. 



Always the friend of investigation, he was one of the founders of the Scien- 

 tific Alliance of New York, the first association of the scattered organizations 

 that were striving independently to advance the interests of science in the city. 

 Some five years ago he was again active in establishing the closer affiliation 

 which now obtains among them. 



Mr. Cox's consuming interest outside of his daily duties in the railways of 

 the New York Central system was the study of the life and writings of Charles 

 Darwin. In its pursuit, he became a keen and devoted collector of Darwiniana, 

 and the portraits, first editions, manuscripts and other priceless memorials 

 which he brought together constitute a remarkably complete exhibit of Dar- 

 win's scientific work and influence upon the thought of the last fifty years. 

 Another of his avocations was microscopy, in which he was active for many 

 years, while his interest in botany was evidenced by his participation in the 

 founding of the New York Botanical Garden and in its management up to the 

 time of his decease. 



In character, Mr. Cox was a man of great simplicity and natural refinement. 

 He attracted, and held his friends with bonds of attachment that were 

 altogether exceptional in their strength. While he will be missed and mourned 

 by all who knew him, the sense of loss is peculiarly deep in the circle of the 

 New York Academy of Sciences. 



To his family the Academy extends its profound sympathy. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 

 5 February, 1912. 

 Section met at 8 :31 p. m., "Vice-President "Woodman presiding. 



