RECORDS OF MEETINGS 377 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINEEALOGY. 



-i November, 1912. 



Section met at 8 :45 p. m., Vice-President Woodman presiding, 23 

 members and visitors being present. 



In the absence of Secretary Berkey, Dr. Hovey was elected Secretary 

 pro tern. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Section were read and 

 approved. 



On motion duly made and seconded, Professor J. E. Woodman was 

 nominated chairman of the Section and Vice-President of the Academy 

 for the year 1913. 



Professor Berkey expressed the earnest wish that he be relieved of 

 the secretaryship which he had held five years. The Section acquiesced 

 in the request and passed a most cordial vote of thanks to him for his 

 long, faithful and efficient services, which have contributed so much to 

 the success of the Section. Professor C. T. Kirk of the Normal College 

 of the City of New York, was then nominated Secretary of the Section 

 for 1913 and unanimously elected. 



The chairman then appointed Professor J. F. Kemp, Dr. George F. 

 Kunz and Dr. E. 0. Hovey to serve with himself as a committee, in 

 response to a request of the Council, to consider the condition of the 

 Section and to make recommendations for its future work, this Com- 

 mittee to report to the Council. 



The Secretary prp tern then read a letter from E. B. Earle of the 

 Department of Geology, New York University, asking for a grant of 

 $200 to assist him in carrying on research work on the origin and 

 history of certain types of interbedded iron ores. On motion, this 

 application was approved and referred to the Committee on Grants 

 from Eesearch Funds for consideration. 



The following programme was then offered: 



F. S. Hintze, The Fossils and Horizon of the Drift 



Pebbles. 

 Marjorie O'Connell, Present Opinions on the Habits of the 



EURYPTERIDS. 



A. W. Grabau, Was there a Former Goat Island at Niagara 



Glen? 



Mr. Hintze's paper was discussed by Professor A. W. Grabau, Pro- 

 fessor J. F. Kemp, Mr. B. E. Dodge and Professor D. S. Martin. 

 Miss O'Connell's paper was discussed by Professor Grabau. 



