BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 

 Vol. 29, pp. 1-118, PLs. 1-8 March 31, 1918 



raOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OE 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, HELD AT 

 SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, DECEMBER 27, 28, AND 29, 1917. 



Edmun'd Otis Hovey, Secretary 



CONTENTS 



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Session of Thursday, December 27 4 



Report of the Council 4 



Secretary's report 5 



Treasurer's report 7 



Editor's report 1) 



Election of Auditing Committee 11 



Election of officers 11 



Election of Fellows 12 



Necrology 12 



v/ Memorial of Amos P. Brown (with bibliography) ; by R. A. F. Pen- 

 rose, Jr l.'i 



//^Memorial of D. D. Cairnes (with bibliography) ; by Charles Camsell. . 17 

 j/Memorial of William Bullock Clark (with bibliography) ; by John M. 



Clarke 21 



/Memorial of Charles W. Drysdale (with bibliography) ; by J. Austen 



y Bancroft 29 



^ Memorial of Arnold Hague (with bibliography) ; by Joseph P. Iddings. 35 

 >>' Memorial of Robert H. T.oughridge (with bibliography) ; by Eugene 



, A. Smith 48 



*^ Memorial of Albert Homer Purdue (with bibliography) ; by George H. 



Ashley 55 



^ Memorial of Henry M. Seely (with bibliography) ; by George H. 



Perkins 65 



Report of Committee on Photography 69 



Announcement from Committee on the Geological Map of Brazil 69 



Titles and abstracts of papers presented before the morning session 



and discussions thereon 69 



Report of the Geology Committee of the National Research Coun- 

 cil [abstract] ; by John M. Clarke, Chairman 69 



Postglacial uplift of northeastern America [abstract and discus- 

 sion] ; by Herman L. Fairchild 70 



Paleogeography of Missouri [abstract]: by E. I>. P.raiison 71 



Titles and abstracts of papers presented before the afternoon session 



and discussions thereon 71 



I — Bull. Gkol. Soc. Am., Vol. 20, 1017 (1) 



