200 PROCEEDINGS OF THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



The Council voted that the dues of the members in the mihtary service 

 of the United States abroad should be remitted during this period. The 

 Council also voted approval of the issuance of a war record card to the 

 members, so that their activities may be preserved in the records of the 

 Society. 



The nomination of Dr. T. Way land Yaughan as representative of the 

 Society in the National Eesearch Council for the year ending May 1, 

 1920, was approved by the Council. At the Council meeting just con- 

 cluded, the nomination of Dr. Yaughan to the same position for the 

 three-year period ending May 1, 1923, was recommended. 



Membership. — During the year the Society has lost four of its members 

 by death : Mr. C. A. Waring, of the State Mining Bureau of California, 

 well known in the field of invertebrate paleontology of the Pacific coast; 

 Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe, vertebrate paleontologist of the Canadian 

 Geological Survey; Dr. Joseph Barrell, eminent geologist and teacher, of 

 Yale University, and Mr. Yictor Lyon, city engineer of Jeffersonville, 

 Indiana, and long an energetic collector and student of fossils in the 

 celebrated Falls of the Ohio area. 



One member has resigned during the year and ten new members are 

 under consideration for election. At the election just concluded two of 

 our members became Fellows of the Geological Society of America. The 

 result of these various changes leaves the total number of members at 

 the end of 1919 as 194. 



Pacific Coast Section. — The ninth annual meeting of the Pacific Coast 

 Section of the Paleontological Society was held at Pasadena, California, 

 June 20, 1919, in conjunction with the Cordilleran Section of the Geo- 

 logical Society of America and the Seismological Society of America, 

 with Prof. G. D. Lauderback as presiding officer. During the presenta- 

 tion of the papers on geology and paleontolog}^ Prof. B. L. Clark presided. 



The following officers for the section were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, John C. Merriam. 

 Vice-President, Earl L. Packard. 

 Secretary, Chester Stock. 



Several papers on paleontology were presented, and following the pro- 

 gram the members made an excursion to the asphalt deposits at Eancho 

 La Brea, and later the Museum at Los Angeles was visited. 



The minutes of this section are printed on pages 231 to 232 of this 

 Bulletin. 



Eespectfully submitted, E. S. Bassler, 



Secretary. 

 Washington, D. C, December 30, 1919. 



