BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 

 Vol. 7, pp. 1-16 November ii, 1895 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH SUMMER MEETING, HELD 

 AT SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, AUGUST 27 AND 28, 

 1895 



Herman Le Roy Fairchild, Secretary 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Session of Tuesday, August 27 1 



Election of Fellows = 1 



Champlain glacial epoch [abstract] ; by C. H. Hitchcock 2 



Geology of old Hampshire county, in Massachusetts [abstract] ; by Ji. K. 



Emerson 5 



Session of Wednesday, August 28 7 



Bearing of physiography on uniformitarianism [abstract] ; by W. M. 



Davis 8 



Marthas Vineyard Cretaceous plants [abstract] ; by Arthur Hollick 12 



Titaniferous iron ores of the Adirondacks [abstract] ; by J. F. Kemp. . . 15 



Register of the Springfield meeting 16 



Session of Tuesday, August 27 



The Society convened at 10 o'clock a. m. in the lecture-roora in the Art 

 Museum of the City Library Association, the President, Professor N. S. 

 Shaler, in the chair. After calling the meeting to order the President 

 introduced the Librarian of the City Library Association, Reverend 

 William Rice, D. D., who made a brief address of welcome. The Presi- 

 dent responded to this address, and then announced the death of two 

 Fellows, James D. Dana and Henry R. Nason. 



ELECTION OF FELLOWS 



The Secretary announced the result of the balloting for Fellows, as 

 canvassed by the Council, as follows : 



Fellows Elected 



Samuel Prentiss Baldwin, A. B., Cleveland, Ohio. Lawyer. 

 Oliver Cummings Farrington, B. S., Ph. D., Chicago, Illinois. In charge of De- 

 partment of Geology, Field Columbian Museum. 



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