RECORDS OF MEETINGS 431 



The minutes of the last business meeting were read and approved. 

 The following candidates for membership in the Academy, recom- 

 mended by Council, were duly elected : 



Active Membership 

 Lee M. Hurd, 15 East 48th Street. 



Associate Membership 

 E. S. Knappen, Columbia University. 



The Acting Eecording Secretary reported the following deaths : 



James Geikie, Honorary Member of the Academy since 1901, 

 Sir David Gill, Honorary Member of the Academy since 1898. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Henry E. Cramptox^ 



Acting Recording Secrrianj. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AXD MIKEEALOGY 



1 ]^ovember, 1915 



Section met at 8:20 p. m.. Vice-President Charles P. Berkey presiding. 

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

 The following programme was then ofPered : 



W.D.Matthew, Xew Fossil Proboscidea. 

 Ida H. Ogilvie, Field Observatioxs ox tlie Iowax Problem. 

 F. K. Morris, Geology of the Camp Columbia Eegiox. 



S. H. Knight, Field Eesearches ox the Eed Beds of South- 



easterx Wyomixg. 



D. R. Semmes, Field A¥ork ix the Sax Juax District, Porto 



Eico. 



E. T. Hodge, Field Studies ix the Coamo-Guayama Eegiox, 



Porto Eico. 

 Chester A. Reeds, Fossil Collectixg ix Porto Eico. 



Summary of Papers 



Dr. Matthew described some new fossil Proboscidea discovered by 

 Professor Barbour of the University of Nebraska. With the aid of lan- 

 tern slides, Dr. IMatthew showed a number of Professor Barbour's speci- 



