130 PROCEEDINGS OF THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



CAMBRIAX OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA 



Following this address, which was illustrated by lantern slides, Presi- 

 dent Walcott called the Paleontological Society to order, and announced 

 that on account of the general interest in the proposed symposium the 

 business meeting usually opening the Society^s sessions would be deferred 

 until the symposium had been completed. He then introduced H. F. 

 Osbom, who briefly outlined the purpose and scope of the symposium. 



The speakers and titles of their special subjects were as follows : 



SYMPOSIUM ON THE CLOSE OF THE CRETACEOUS AND OPENING OF EOCENE 

 TIME IN NORTH AMERICA 



H. F. Osborn: Introduction. 



F. H. Knowlton : Paleobotanic and j?eologic evidence. 



T. W. Stanton : Comparative geological evidence. 



At 5.30 the Society adjourned for the day. 



Wednesday evening the members took part in the annual dinner with 

 the Fellows of the Geological Society of America at Procter Hall. 



Session- of Thursday, January 1, 1914 



Thursday morning the Society met in general session at 9.30 o'clock, 

 with the completion of the symposium first on the program. 



COMPLETION OF SY2IP08IUM 



Barnum Brown : The Reptilian fauna of the Upper Cretaceous. 

 (Presented by H. F. Osborn.) 



William J. Sinclair: Geologic and Paleontologic evidence (Mam- 

 malian). 



W. D. Matthew : Discussion of the fauna of the Paleocene. 



Upon the completion of Doctor Matthew's paper a general discussion 

 of the subject was held, with remarks by Messrs. Schuchert, Stanton, 

 Knowlton, White, Lee, Broom, Osborn, and Matthew. 



At 11 a. m. Vice-President Williams took the chair and called for the 

 report of the Council as the first matter of business on the program. 



REPORT or THE COUNCIL 



To the Paleontological Society in Fifth Annual Meeting assemhled: 



Following the adjournment of the Society on December 31, 1912, the 

 regular annual meeting of the Council was held at Few Haven, Con- 



