ai bon, 
WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Officers Enitors of Journal F 
PRESIDENT, L. O. HOWARD WILLIAM R. MAXON 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY NATIONAL MUSEUM 
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, F. E. WRIGHT EDSON S. BASTIN 
GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
RECORDING SECRETARY, W. J. HUMPHREYS Cc. W. KANOLT 
WEATHER BUREAU 
TREASURER, WILLIAM BOWIE 
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 
BUREAU OF STANDARDS 
WASHINGTON, D. C., 
January 13, 1917. 
Dr. W. H. Holmes, 
National Museum, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir: 
I have the honor to inform you that 
at the Annual Meeting of the Washington Academy 
of Sciences held on January 11, 1917 you were 
unanimously elected President of the Academy for 
the year 1917. 
Respectfully yours, 
fed ba Wiehe 
Corresponding Secretary. 
