MEMOIR OF W. S. YEATES 619 



College, Virginia, in 1878, receiving the degree of B. A., and that of 

 M. A. in 1881. Soon after graduation he accepted a position with the 

 United States Fish Commission, and in the winter of 1880-1881 became 

 assistant in mineralogy to Dr George W. Hawes, then recently appointed 

 Curator of Geology in the newly created Department of Geology in the 

 National Museum at Washington. After Doctor Hawes' death, in 1883, 

 Mr Yeates remained in charge of the mineral collections, as Assistant 

 Curator and Acting Curator until May of 1893, when he resigned to 

 assume the position of State Geologist as above noted. During 1884- 

 1893 he also held the position of Professor of Mineralogy and Geology in 

 what was then the Corcoran Scientific School of Columbian (now George 

 Washington) University. 



Mr Yeates 7 position in scientific circles, as may be readily inferred 

 from the above, was that of administrative officer, rather than original 

 investigator. He was, however, an enthusiastic collector of minerals and 

 thoroughly imbued with the museum idea, a quality first developed dur- 

 ing his period of service in Washington, and subsequently matured in 

 connection with the State Survey. Indeed, his taste and judgment in the 

 selection of specimens and their installation for exhibition was perhaps 

 his strongest characteristic, and the exhibits illustrating the resources of 

 Georgia, made under his direction at Buffalo, Saint Louis, and other of 

 the great expositions of recent years, were in these respects not excelled 

 and rarely equaled by those of any other state. The Geological Museum 

 now in Atlanta is wholly of his conception and execution and a worthy 

 monument to his aptitude along these lines. 



For the reasons above noted, few papers containing the results of 

 original investigations bear Mr Yeates 7 name. Under his administration 

 a series of preliminary reports have been issued, covering the subjects of 

 building stone, manganese, phosphates, ochres, coal, gold, and other 

 economic deposits, as well as water-power and underground waters of the 

 state. 



Mr Yeates was married in 1884 to Julia Ward Moore, of North Caro- 

 lina, who, with two sons, survives him. He was a member, in addition to 

 the Geological Society of America, of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 

 and the Philosophical and Geological societies of Washington. 



After presentation of the memorials of the deceased Fellows the regular 

 program of papers was taken up as follows : 



The first paper read was 



