2 i PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW HAVEN MEETING 



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Session of Sunday, December 29 55 



James Dwight Dana Centenary 55 



Introductory remarks by Arthur T. Hadley 55 



Dana, the Man, by William North Rice 56 



Dana, the Teacher, by Edmund Otis Hovey 60 



Dana, the Geologist, by George P. Merrill 64 



Dana, the Zoologist, by John M. Clarke 68 



Session of Monday, December 30 69 



Report of Auditing Committee 69 



Titles of papers presented in general session and names of disputants . 70 

 Titles of papers presented before the first section and names of dis- 

 putants 70 



Titles of papers presented before the third section and names of dis- 

 putants .• 72 



Annual dinner 74 



Session of Tuesday, December 31 74 



Vote of thanks .• 75 



Titles of papers presented before the combined sections and names of 



disputants 75 



Register of the New Haven meeting, 1912 77 



Officers, correspondents, and Fellows of the Geological Society of America. 79 



Session of Saturday, December 28 



The first general session of the Society was called to order at 9.38 

 o'clock a. m., Saturday, December 28, at Lampson Hall, Yale University, 

 ~$ew Haven, Connecticut, by President Fairchild, who introduced Prof. 

 L. V. Pirsson, who in turn welcomed the visiting geologists in the name 

 of Yale University. 



After making certain announcements the Secretary presented in 

 printed form the annual report of the Council, as follows : 



REPORT OP THE COUNCIL 



To the Geological Society of America, in twenty-fifth annual meeting 

 assembled: 



The regular annual meeting of the Council was held at Washington, 

 D. C, in connection with the meeting of the Society, December 27 to 30, 

 1911. 



The details of administration for the twenty-fourth year of the exist- 

 ence of the Society are given in the following reports of the officers : 



