76 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE AXX ARBOR MEETING 



formality and simplicity of program, coupled with uniform good humor 

 of both speakers and listeners, combined to make the occasion both highly 

 enjoyable and a real recreation in the midst of three days of strenuous 

 scientific meetings. 



Responses to the call of the toastmaster were made by Prof. Emmanuel 

 de Margerie, Correspondent of the Society ; J. E. Spurr, for the Society 

 of Economic Geologists; E. T. Wherry, for the Mineralogical Society of 

 America; T. Wayland Vaughan, for the Paleontological Society; Walter 

 C. Mendenhall, for the United States Geological Survey ; Wilbur A. Nel- 

 son, for the Association of State Surveys, and by E. A. Daly, A. C. Law- 

 son, James F. Kemp, W. II. Hobbs, E. 0. Hove}', William North Rice, 

 and John M. Clarke. 



GREETINGS TO FOREIGN SOCIETIES 



By unanimous vote the Secretary was instructed to cable the cordial 

 greetings of the Society to the Geological Society of France, Professor 

 de Margerie being our honored guest, and to write cordial letters of greet- 

 ing -and good wishes to the Geological Society of South Africa, the Geo- 

 logical Society of China, which was organized only last autumn, and to 

 Sir T. Edgeworth David, of Australia. 



After the close of the dinner these instructions were carried out. 



RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION OF E. 0. IIOVEY. RETIRING SECRETARY 



This occasion was used also as an opportunity to express appreciation 

 of the faithful and efficient service of Dr. E. 0. Hovey, Secretary of the 

 Geological Society of America for sixteen years. Prof. James F. Kemp 

 made the address in presenting a beautiful silver loving cup to Dr. Hovey 

 as a token of the respect and good-will of the members of the Society. 



The following resolutions were then read and enthusiastically adopted : 



"At the present annual meeting Dr. Edmiuid Otis Hovey, Secretary of the 

 Society since December, 1906, is, at his own wish, retiring from office. The 

 undersigned committee has been appointed by President Schucliert to prepare 

 an appropriate icsolution and present it for action by the Society. 



"Dr. Hovey has held for sixteen years the responsible and exacting oftice 

 of Secretary. During all this time he has shown exceptional devotion and 

 unsparing fidelity in the discharge of the duties of his ofHce. Under his tenure 

 the Society has maintained the high ideals with which it started on its career 

 thirty-four years ago, and has done so in no small degree because of the influ- 

 ence and sound judgment of its Secretary. The publications have also held 

 true to the exalted standards now long established. 



"Dr. Hovey has witnessed during his oflScial life, and has shared in carrying 

 through, at least one important change in policy and organization — that relat- 



