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REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING 
Joseph Barrell, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 
Gary Nathan Calkins, Columbia University, New York. 
Heber Doust Curtis, Lick Observatory, California. 
Gano Dunn, 43 Exchange Place, New York. 
Lawrence Joseph Henderson, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 
Reid Hunt, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. 
Treat Baldwin Johnson, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 
WiNTHROP John Vanleuven Osterhout, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 
Frederick Hanley Seares, Mt. Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, Cal. 
William Albert Setchell, University of California, Berkeley, Cal. 
George Owen Squier, Major General U. S. A., Washington, D. C. 
Augustus Trowbridge, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J. 
Oswald Veblen, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J. 
Ernest Julius Wilczynski, University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 
Edwin Bidwell Wilson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 
Two public lectures on the William Ellery Hale Foundation were given 
on April 28 and 29 by James Henry Breasted, of the University of Chicago, 
on the Origin of Civilization. 
Four public scientific sessions were held on April 28 and 29 at which the fol- 
lowing papers were presented: 
(Note : A dagger f indicates that the paper has been or shortly will be printed in these 
Proceedings; the numbers following the dagger are page references to this volume.) 
Alfred G. Mayor: The age of the fringing reef of Tutuila, American Samoa. 
Charles D. Walcott: Seaweeds and sponges of the Middle Cambrian. 
Robert G. Aitken : The spectra of the visual binary stars. 
George E. Hale, F. Ellerman, S. B. Nicholson and A. H. Joy: The magnetic polarity 
of sun spots. 
Walter S. Adams and A, H. Joy: The motions in space of some stars of high radial 
velocity, t 239-241. 
Walter S. Adams and G. Stromberg: The use of the spectroscopic method for deter- 
mining the parallaxes of the brighter stars, f 228-232. 
Adriaan van Maanen (introduced by George E. Hale): Evidence of stream-motion 
afforded by the faint stars in the Orion Nebula. f 225-228. 
Graham Lusk and H. V. Atkinson : The production of fat from protein after giving meat 
in large quantity to a dog.f 246-248. 
William S. Halsted: End-to-end anastomosis of the intestine — experimental study. 
Robert M. Yerkes (introduced by George E. Hale): Psychological examining in the 
United States Army. 
R. S. Lull (By title): Biographical Memoir of Samuel Wendell Williston. 
Frederick H. Seares (introduced by George E. Hale): Relation between color and 
luminosity for stars of the same spectral type.f 232-238. 
Frederick H. Seares, A. van Maanen, and F. Ellerman (introduced by George E. Hale) : 
Deviations of the sun's general magnetic field from that of a uniformly magnetized sphere.f 
242-246. 
W. W. Campbell: The solar corona. 
Herbert E. Gregory (introduced by W. M. Davis) : Plans for exploration of the Pacific. 
Francis G. Benedict, W. R. Miles, and Alice Johnson: The temperature of the 
human skin.f 218-222. 
