134 RECORDS 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 



May 20, 1 90 1. 

 Section met at 8:15 P. M., Dr. A. A. Julien presiding. 

 The minutes of the last meeting of Section were read and 

 approved. 



The following program was then offered : 

 William D. Matthew, Conditions of Deposition of the 

 Fossil Mammal Beds of the West. 



Richard E. Dodge, The Toroweap Valley in Arizona. 



Theodore G. White, 



Secretary. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



October 7, 1901. 



Academy met at 8:25 P. M., President Woodward presiding. 



The minutes of the last business meeting were read and 

 approved. 



The President, in welcoming the Academy to its new quarters, 

 and its new year's work, emphasized particularly the necessity 

 of increasing the number of our members, and suggested the 

 possibiHty of holding joint meetings of the several sections occa- 

 sionally, for the purposes of discussing subjects of mutual interest. 



The Secretary reported from the Council that a letter of con- 

 gratulation had been sent to Professor Rudolf Virchow, of Ber- 

 lin, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. 



Adjourned. Richard E. Dodge, 



Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND 

 CHEMISTRY. 



October 7, 1901. 



Section met at 8:15 P. M., Professor William Hallock presid- 

 ing. 



The minutes of the last meeting of Section were read and 

 approved. 



