592 PROCEEDINGS OF THE PHILADELPHIA MEETING 



Session of the Cordilleran Section, Friday, December 30, 1904 



The sixth annual meeting of the Cordilleran Section of the Society 

 was called to order at 10.30 a m, December 30, 1904, in South Hall, 

 Berkeley. 



The chairman of the section, Professor E. W. Hilgard, presided. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : W. G. Tight, 

 Chairman; George D. Louderback, Councillor; Andrew C. Lawson, 

 Secretary. 



The Committee on Resolutions submitted the following resolution, 

 which was adopted and ordered spread upon the minutes : 



The Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America desires to express 

 and record its grief at the loss by death of one of its most active members, Professor 

 Wilbur C. Knight, of Laramie, Wyoming. In his untiring energy, his wide scien- 

 tific interests, and in his fine cooperative spirit he was a notable figure in the small 

 band of geologists at work in the Cordilleran region of North America. His death, 

 in the prime of life, is a great loss to geological science and to tfce fellowship of 

 the Society. 



The following papers were then read and discussed : 



MOST PRIMITIVE TYPE OF ICHTHYOSAURIAN LIMB 

 BY JOHN C. MERRIAM 



Published as Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of 

 California, volume 4, number 2. 



RELATIONSHIPS OF ARCTOTHERIUM 

 BY JOHN C. MERRIAM 



NEW SHEEP-LIKE FORM FROM THE SAMWEL CA VE 

 BY E. L. FURLONG* 



Published as Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of 

 California, volume 4, number 8. 



The Section then adjourned for luncheon. 



At 2 p m the session was resumed and the following papers were 

 read: 



STUDY OF THE STRA TIQRAPHY AND STR UCTURE OF THE MO UNT DIABLO RANGE 



BY F. M. ANDERSON 



Published in the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 

 third series, Geology, volume 2, number 2, pp. 156-244. 



* Introduced by John C Merriam. 



