622 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK MEETING 



The first paper on ilie program was read by title : 



PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF SIR WILLIAM E. LOGAN 

 BY ROBERT BELL 



[Abstract] 



In his day Logan was one of the most prominent geologists, not only of 

 America, but of the world, being well known in Europe. In the present stren- 

 uous times, new men come rapidly upon the stage, and although this great 

 geologist has been dead only about thirty years, his name is not familiar to the 

 younger generation. While the above mentioned paper deals largely with 

 instructive personal incidents and amusing anecdotes, it serves to illustrate 

 the evolution of the geology of eastern North America and the growth of the 

 Geological Survey of Canada. 



Logan having pursued scrupulously honorable methods in scientific matters 

 as in everything else, his example was an inspiration to all who were asso- 

 ciated with him. His desire to give credit to his assistants for their share in 

 the work secured for him enthusiastic followers, among whom wei'e Murray, 

 Hunt, Billings, and others. His painstaking methods and wonderful powers 

 of observation and reasoning show, in the light of our present knowledge, his 

 marvelous insight as to the relations of the various series of rocks to one an- 

 other, and his classification and nomenclature of sixty-odd years ago, when 

 geology itself was in its infancy, were adopted two years ago as the best pos- 

 sible, by the International Committee on the Lake Superior rocks. 



Logan's life and times are so full of interest to all geologists that it is be- 

 lieved this short sketch at first hand by one who, was so intimately associated 

 with him is worth preserving. 



This was followed by 



A LOWER HURONIAN ICE AGE 

 BY A. P. COLEMAN" 



The discussion which follo^\Td was participated in by W. G. Miller, 

 R. D. Salisbury, A. C. Lane, E. Bell, F. G. Clapp, and the author. The 

 paper has been published in full in the American Journal of Science, 

 volume xxiii, 1907, pages 187—192. 



The next two papers were read by title : 



GLACIATION OF MANHATTAN ISLAND, NEW YORK 

 BY ALEXIS A. JULIEN 



GLACIAL EROSION IN THE NORTEFIORD 

 BY MARK S. W. JEFFERSON 



This paper has been printed as pages 413—426 of this volume. 



