March, 1914.] 
Meeting of Biological Club. 
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MEETING OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB. 
Orton Hall, November 3, 1913. 
The meeting was called to order by the President, Mr. Stover, 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and corrected. 
The following persons were elected to membership: Lawrence W. 
Durrell, Gustav A. Meckstroth, Carl J. Drake, Frank H. Lathrop. 
In the absence of a report from the nominating committee it 
was moved and seconded that the nominations for the officers for 
the ensuing year be made from the floor. Those nominated were: 
W. J. Kostir, for president, Clara G. Mark for vice-president and 
Blanche McAvoy for secretary. 
The Secretary was instructed to cast a vote for these persons. 
Air. Kostir took the chair and introduced the speaker, Air. 
Stover, who gave the presidential address on the Present Aspects 
Phytopathology. 
The meeting adjourned at 9:10. 
Blanche W. AIcAvoy, Secretary. 
Orton Hall, December 8, 1913. 
The meeting was called to order promptly at seven-thirty by 
Mr. Kostir. The meeting was well attended, there being a few 
more than one hundred present. The minutes of the previous 
meeting were read and approved. 
Benj. H. Repp, Dan G. Tear, and Alary Blanche Howe were 
elected to membership. 
Prof, Griggs had the first paper of the evening, It was a 
record of his trip to Alaska and was entitled “The eruption of 
Katmi, an Alaskan Volcano, and its Effect on the Vegetation.” 
Katmi is on the peninsula and erupped on June 6, 1912. So far 
as is known there were no warning eruptions. The noise was 
heard 750 miles and the steam from the volcano was seen for 100 
miles. At Ivodiac which is 100 miles away the ashes fell to the 
depth of one foot and the darkness lasted for sixty hours. There 
was approximately 4.9 cubic miles of material thrown up. Great 
quantities of pumice were floating on the water. Soon after the 
eruption it rained and the lava became mud which washed down 
off the mountains and hills and filled up the valleys and covered 
the houses. To illustrate the effect of all this on the vegetation 
he showed pictures of places, that he had taken similar to 
the region around Katmi. The pictures showed great meadows 
and forests and quantities of flowers. The pictures taken around 
