4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SAINT LOUIS MEETING 



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Field relations of litchfieldite and soda-syenite of Litchfield, Maine 

 [abstract] ; by Reginald A. Daly 99 



Adirondack anorthosite [abstract and discussion] ; by William J. 

 Miner 99 



Petrology of rutile-bearing rocks [abstract] ; by Thomas Leonard 

 Watson .• 100 



Internal structures of igneous rocks [abstract and discussion] ; 

 by Frank F. Grout 100 



Two-phase convection in igneous magmas [abstract and discus- 

 sion] ; by Frank F. Grout 101 



Hydrous silicate melts [abstract] ; by N. L. Bowen and G. W. 

 Morey 102 



Significance of glass-making processes to the petrologist [ab- 

 stract] ; by N. L. Bowen 102 



Types of North American Paleozoic oolites [abstract] ; by Francis 

 M. Van Tuyl and Harold F. Crooks 102 



Siliceous oolites in shale [abstract] ; by W. A. Tarr 10.1 



Inorganic production of oolitic structures [abstract and discus- 

 sion] ; by W. H. Bucher 103 



Glauconite in dolomite and limestone of Missouri [abstract] ; by 

 W. A. Tarr 104 



Discovery of fluorite in the Ordovician limestones of Wisconsin 

 [abstract and discussion] ; by Rufus Mather Bagg 104 



Occvirrence of a large tourmaline in Alabama pegmatite [ab- 

 ^ stract] ; by Frank R. Van Horn 104 



Cause of the absence of water in dry sandstone beds [abstract] ; 



by Roswell H. Johnson 105 



Vote of thanks 106 



Register of the Saint Louis meeting, 1917 106 



Officers, Correspondents, and Fellows of the Geological Society of America. 107 



Session of Thursday, December 27 



The first general session of tlie Society was called to order at 9.40 

 o'clock a. m., Thursday, December 27, at the Planters' Hotel, Saint 

 Louis, Missouri, by President Frank D. Adams. 



The rei:)ort of the Council for the year ending November 30, 1917, was 

 presented as follows: 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



To fJie Geological Society of Ant erica, in iJiirfiefh annual meeting assem- 

 bled: 

 The regular annual meeting of the Council was held at Albany, N. Y., 

 m connection with the meeting of tlie Society, December 27-29, 1916. 

 A special meeting was held at Xew York, X. Y., February 21, 1917. 



