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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
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The published edition of the Journal remains 500. 
Ten members and four correspondents have been elected. The 
deaths of fourteen members and six correspondents have been an- 
nounced. Seven members have resigned as follows: Julia S. Robins, 
Ferdinand Philips, Henry Beates, Jr., James K. Clarke, William T. 
Shoemaker, F. S. Manderson and Ralph W. Seiss. 
Mr. Effingham B. Morris was appointed by the Council, October 30, 
a member of the Committee on Finance, to fill the vacancy caused by 
the death of General Isaac J. Wistar. 
The Hayden Memorial Geological Award was, on the recommenda- 
tion of the Council and the special committee, unanimously voted to 
Charles Doolittle Walcott, LL.D., November 7, in recognition of the 
value of his individual contributions to geological science and the 
efficiency of his service as Director of the United States Geological 
Survey. The official notice of the award was duly forwarded to Dr. 
Walcott, but the substantial token cannot be delivered immediately, 
as the remodelling of the medal with an improved portrait and 
design has been confided to a reliable artist who is now engaged upon 
the work. It is confidently hoped that the result will be much more 
satisfactory than the medal heretofore conferred. 
My thanks are due to those associated with me on the Publication 
Committee, and especially to the President, for the kindest help and 
cooperation during a prolonged and trying illness in the spring. 
Edward J. Nolan, 
Recording Secretary. 
REPORT OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 
By custom and as a result of the plan upon which the Academy is 
organized, the bulk of its correspondence is now conducted by the 
several departments directly concerned. The duties of the Corres- 
ponding Secretary have been thereby lightened until the correspond- 
ence remaining under his charge is nearly limited to formal and routine 
matters. The most important duty retained by this office is the 
custody of the records of correspondents. In connection with this an 
effort is being made to keep in touch with the distinguished scientists 
whom it has been this Academy’s privelege to honor. 
