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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[Dec., 
Mineralogical and Geological Section. —The Section held four 
meetings this year, with about the usual average attendance. 
A communication was made by Dr. Florence Bascom on Kaolin, 
and other communications on various subjects by different members. 
At an additional meeting of the Section, in conjunction with the 
Academy, on March 23, Miss Mary M. Vaux made a communication 
on British Columbia Glaciers. 
There were five field excursions, with an average attendance of 
over fifteen. The parties visited: (1) The crystalline schists and 
limestones between Alton and Glen Hall, in Chester County; (2) 
The crystalline rocks and their minerals between Hockessin, Dela¬ 
ware, and Kennett Square, Chester County, Pa.; (3) The eastern 
graphite deposits of Chester County; (4) The crystalline rocks and 
their minerals on the East Branch of the Brandywine, below Down- 
ingtown, Chester County; (5) The gneiss and limestone near 
Kennett Square and Avondale, Chester County. 
The following officers of the Section have been elected for the 
year 1915: 
Director . Benjamin Smith Lyman. 
Vice-Director .F. J. Keeley. 
Recorder and Secretary S. L. Schumo. 
Treasurer William B. Davis. 
Conservator George Vaux, Jr. 
Respectfully submitted by order of the Section. 
Benjamin Smith Lyman, 
Director. 
Ornithological Section. —The Section has continued to take an 
active interest in the development of Ornithology at the Academy. 
The Pennsylvania Audubon Society and Delaware Valley Ornitho¬ 
logical Club have been encouraged to hold their meetings at the 
Academy, and many persons interested in bird study have thus 
been brought into closer relation with it. 
At the annual meeting of the Section the following officers were 
chosen for the ensuing year: 
Director .Spencer Trotter. 
Vice-Director George Spencer Morris. 
Recorder .Stewardson Brown. 
Secretary .William A. Shryock. 
Treasurer and Conservator Witmer Stone. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Witmer Stone, 
Conservator. 
