384 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Prof. Jesse E. Hyde, School of Mining, Kingston, Ontario. 



Prof. D. W. Johnson, Columbia University, New York. 



Dr. A. B. Pacini, 275 West 140th Street, New York. 



Mr. V. Stefansson, American Museum of Natural History, New York. 



Dr. F. Lyman Wells, McLean Hospital, Waverley, Massachusetts. 



The Academy then proceeded to the election of officers for the 3 r ear 

 1912. The ballots prepared by the Council in accordance with the By- 

 laws were distributed. On motion it was unanimously voted that Dr. 

 Stevenson cast one ballot for the entire list nominated by the Council. 

 This was done and they were declared elected, more than the requisite 

 number of members and fellows entitled to vote being present : 



President, Emerson McMillin. - 



Vice-Presidents, J. Edmund Woodman (Section of Geology and 

 Mineralogy), W. D. Matthew (Section of Biology), Charles Lane 

 Poor (Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry), W. P. Montague 

 (Section of Anthropology and Psychology). 



Corresponding Secretary, Henry E. Crampton. 



Eecording Secretary, Edmund Otis Hovey. 



Treasurer, Henry L. Doherty. 



Librarian, Ealph W. Tower. 



Editor, Edmund Otis Hovey. 

 - Councilors (to serve 3 years), Frederic A. Lucas, E. S. Woodworth. 



Finance Committee, Emerson McMillin, Frederic S. Lee, G. F. 

 Kunz. 



At the close of the elections, Mr. Emerson McMillin gave his address 

 as retiring President, in which, after reviewing the present condition 

 of the Academy as derived from conference with a large number of the 

 men who have long been active in carrying on its various lines of work, 

 he made several recommendations regarding plans which might be 

 adopted for enlarging the usefulness and interest of the organization and 

 its meetings. 



Mr. V. Stefansson then gave a most interesting summary account 

 of the expedition which he and Dr. E. M. Anderson made along the 

 Arctic coast of western North America, from Point Barrow to Corona- 

 tion Gulf during the years 1908-1912 inclusive. At the close of his 

 lecture, Mr. Stefansson outlined the plans of the second expedition which 

 he is now organizing for geographical and ethnological work on Victoria, 

 Banks and Prince Patricks Islands in the years 1913-1916 inclusive, and 

 indicated the manner in which his expedition and the Crocker Land 

 Expedition will supplement each other's work. . 



The Academy then adjourned. Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Recording Secretary. 



