GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
OF
Secretary's
Report
January 8,
1958
The
782nd meeting of the Society was held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club,
Wednesday evening, January 8, at 8:00 p.m., President Carle H. Dane presiding.
The
minutes of the 781st meeting were read and approved.
The
election to active membership of B. Carter Hearn of the Geological Survey was
announced.
The
Council decision to continue the past practice of cash awards for the best
papers was announced.
The
President announced the deaths of two members, George H. Garrey and Louis M.
Prindle.
It
was revealed that the Council decided not to attempt an enumeration of our
vice-presidents this year in the customary, coin-flipping manner, so that in
the event of the loss of "our revered president" the Society would be
faced with this difficult task.
The
action of the Council in approving, ex post facto, the further deferment of
last year's Presidential address to "sometime next fall" was
announced. Our incumbent President candidly expressed his hope that this custom
might be continued until he had had an opportunity to get out of town.
The
report of an ad hic committee appointed by the President to study the perennial
beer problem, raised at the last Annual Meeting and from time to time
previously, was read by Mr. Kinney, Chairman. Other members were Duncan and
Pecora. Pecora, who professed to know nothing of the work of this committee,
complimented the committee on a fine report.
J.
B. Mertie, Jr., read an informal communication entitled "A monazite lode
in
The
regular program followed:
Harry
Klemic, A. V, Heyl, A. R. Taylor, and Jerome Stone-- Rare earth deposit at the
Scrub Oaks mine, Morris County, New Jersey.
Discussed by Johnston, Murata, Paul, and Milton.
Isidore
Zietz, G. E. Andreasen and Arthur Grantz — Aeromagnetic study of
Attendance:
90
The
meeting adjourned at 9:32 p.m.
Philip
W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary’s Report
January 22, 1958
The 783rd meeting of the Society was held in the Assembly Hall
of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, January 22, at 8:00 p.m., President
Carle H. Dane presiding.
The minutes of the 782d meeting were read and approved.
The election to active membership of the following was
announced: Richard J. Meinert, Jr., Corps of
Engineers, U. S. Army; Henry Bell III, U. S. Geological Survey; Grace C. Keroher, U. S. Geological Survey; Sandra Whalen, U. S.
Geological Survey.
Messrs. Stewart, Rubin, Friedman, Murata, Paul and Adler very
informally communicated to the Society the sighting, at 7:22 p.m. (barely 45
minutes previously), of Sputnik II. In
spite of various discrepancies in their stories, possibly caused by the
rigorous conditioning undergone by most members of the expedition, there was
general agreement that credit for the discovery belonged to Meyer Rubin, who
was looking in the wrong place. Mason commented that, inasmuch as the satellite
passed directly overhead, Rubin was obviously flat on his back.
Ellis Yochelson reviewed and
recommended a recently translated science fiction book by a Russian vertebrate
paleontologist.
Robert C. Stephenson announced three new publications of the
American Geological Institute:
Directory of Geologic Materials in
Earth for the Layman
Shall I study geological sciences?
The last named was recommended by the speaker to those in the
audience that might be interested in making a career of geology.
The regular program followed:
D. M. Kinney, W. J. Hail, Jr., and A. D. Zapp--Latest
Cretaceous and earliest Tertiary rocks between Castlegate
and Green River, Utah.
W. L. Newman, A. T. Miesch, and E.
M. Shoemaker--Chemical composition as a guide to the size of sandstone type
uranium deposits, Colorado Plateau. Discussed by Friedman, Fleischer, Murata, Byerly,
and Mason.
Charles Milton, Mary E. Mrose, and E. C. T. Chao--Recent
developments on the mineralogy of the
Attendance: 108.
The meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m.
Philip W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary s Report
February 12, 1958
The 784th meeting of the Society was held in the Assembly Hall
of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, February 12, at 8:00 p.m., President
Carle L Dane presiding.
The minutes of the 783d meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to active membership of
J. Bruce Fisher, Bureau of Ships, Department of the
Navy.
The President informed the Society of the death of Fred H. Moffit.
An informal communication by Pres Cloud on the mode of
locomotion of upper Cambrian trilobites failed to convince all members present,
although "it seemed perfectly obvious to the speaker” that they moved
sideways.
The regular program followed:
Ralph L. Miller--Faulting in the
southern
David M. Raup--The effect of
environment on echinoid morphology. Discussed by Peck, Cloud, Abelson,
Wagner, Stewart, Sohn, and Lovering.
Brig. R. A. Bagnold--Correlation
between wind and sand dune directions in the light of present day conditions. Discussed by Johnston, Neuman, Gilluly, and Leopold.
Attendance: 158.
The meeting adjourned at 9:44 p.m.
Philip W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary s Report
February 26, 1958
The 785th meeting of the Society was held in the Assembly Hall
of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, February 26, at 8:00 p.m.,
Vice-President Lloyd G. Henbest presiding.
The minutes of the 784th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to active membership of
the following: Paul E. Klopsteg, National Science
Foundation; Harris B. Stewart, Coast and Geodetic Survey; Clyde S. Conover, U.
S. Geological Survey; John E. Johnston, U. S. Geological Survey; Elmer D.
Patterson, U. S. Geological Survey.
Announcement was made of a TV program on crystals to be given
by Ed Roedder at 8:00 a.m. on March 15.
Vice-President Henbest introduced
Dr. Camacho of
An informal communication by Wendell Woodring
on specialization of geologic terminology as exemplified by a passage from a
recent petrologic paper on
Henry Faul showed by means of a
press dispatch from
Pres Cloud returned to the fray with a sequel to his effort of
the previous meeting. Several objections were raised by members of the Geochemistry
and Petrology Branch, and we may yet have a "trilobite trilogy" if
Pres persists.
The regular program followed:
John C. Reed., Jr.--Crystalline rocks of the Potomac River
Gorge near Washington, D. C. Discussed by Woodring,
Mason, Pecora, Milton, Thayer, and Murata.
F. G. Houtermans--Effects of cosmic
radiation in meteorites and the Earth's atmosphere. Discussed
by Tilton, Roedder, Pecora, Faul,
and Rubin.
Attendance: 132
The meeting adjourned at 9:48 p.m.
Philip W. Guild
Secretary.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
March 12, 1958
The 786th meeting of the Society was held in the Assembly Hall
of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, March 12, at 8:00 p.m., President Carle
H. Dane presiding.
The minutes of the 785th meeting were read and approved, with
a small correction by a shy person.
The Secretary announced the election to active membership of
the following:
John M. Good, National Park Service; John H. Adamson, Erwin S.
Asselstine, Henry C. Barksdale, Albert N. Cameron, Charles W. Carlston, Dagfin J. Cederstrom , Warren
W. Hastings, Water Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey; Helen L.
Foster, Military Geology Branch, U. S. Geological Survey; Gordon H. Wood, Junius A. Van Lieu, Kenneth J. Englund,
Fuels Branch, U. S. Geological Survey.
A Memorial to Fred H. Moffit was
presented by John B. Mertie.
The regular program followed:
U. S. Geological Survey investigations at the
E. B. Eckel
and C. B. Read--Geological phase.
W. H. Diment
and Others--Geophysical phase. Discussed by Wetherill,
Dane, James, Smith, Ernst, Morey, Thayer, and Guild.
Attendance: 175
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
P. W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
March 26, 1958
The 787th meeting of the Society was held in the Assembly Hall
of the Cosmos, Wednesday evening, March 26, at 8:00 p.m., President Carle H.
Dane presiding.
The minutes of the 786th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following: Raymond S. Shrode, Geologist, B&O Railroad; John Guy Ferris, Brian J. Skinner,
Benjamin Weiss, U. S. Geological Survey.
The regular program followed:
M. Gordon Wolman and Lucien M. Brush, Jr. (presented by Mr.
Brush) - Laboratory study of equilibrium channel shape in noncohesive
material. Discussed by
Cloud, Pecora, McGuinness,
Dane, Peck, and Faul.
J. T. Hack--The relation of manganese to surficial
deposits in the Shenandoah Valley,
Earl Ingerson--The
Attendance: 114.
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m.
P. W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
April 9, 1958
The 788th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, April 9, at 8:00
p.m., President Carle H. Dane presiding.
The minutes of the 787th meeting were read and approved.
The President announced that the Society has contributed $125
to the Joint Board on Science Education in the Greater Washington Area, which
among other things promotes and supports the Science Fairs. Ed Roedder has been
appointed to act as a judge of exhibits in the field of Earth Sciences on April
19.
There were no informal communications.
The regular program followed:
G. W. Wetherill,
G. R. Tilton and G. L. Davis--Age of the
David Landen--New developments in photogrammetric measurements for geologists. Discussed by Friedman.
Vincent C. Kelley--Structure and
fracture systems of the Colorado Plateau. Discussed by Dane.
Attendance: 120.
The meeting adjourned at 9:52 p.m.
P. W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
April 23, 1958
The 789th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, April 23, at 8:00
p.m., President Carle H. Dane presiding.
The minutes of the 788th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of Lester
H. Durloo Jr., U. S.Army, Corps of Engineers.
The President informed the Society that the Council is
investigating various plans for making group rates on major medical and income
maintenance insurance available to the members. A definite proposal will be
presented in the fall.
Ed Roedder reported on the Science Fair held in
L. T. Aldrich informally communicated the seismic detection in
the
The regular program followed:
Gordon E. Andreasen, Isidore Zietz and Arthur Grantz--Structural interpretation of aeromagnetic data
observed in the Copper River Basin, Alaska, presented by Mr. Andreasen.
Z. S. Altschuler
and E. J. Young--Relations between Tertiary sedimentation and structural
history in west central
Richard H. Jahns
and C. Wayne Burnham--Preliminary experimental evidence on pegmatite
crystallization, presented by Dr. Jahns.
Discussed by Orville, Stewart, Friedman, Roedder,
Thurston, Fleischer, and Johnston.
Attendance: 122
The meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m.
P. W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
October 8, 1958
The 790th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, Oct. 8, at 8:00 p.m., President Carle H.
Dane presiding.
The minutes of the 789th meeting were read and approved after
some comment on and explanation of the new name of our meeting place.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following: Paul B. Whitney Oil & Gas Division, Dept. of Interior; Glenn F.
Brown, Richmond F. Brown, Rodney Hart, Roy O. Jackson, Robert W. Maclay, Carol N. Metcalf, A. E. Peckham,
Frances G. Thompson, Eugene S. Simpson, Water Resources Division, U. S. G. S.;
Marion J. Bergin, George W. Colton, Wallace deWitt,
Jr., Leonard D. Harris, John W. Huddle, Henry L. Smith, Robert J. Trevethan, Arthur C. Meisinger,
Fuels Branch, U. S. Geological Survey;
Peter Toulmin, G&P
The Secretary announced that at a Special Meeting of the
Council on July 11, 1958, C. L. McGuinness was
elected to the Council to replace Hal James, and Sergius
Mamay to replace Fred Cater.
The President informed the Society of the death of John B. Reeside.
Announcement was made by the President of the Council's
decision to make available to the members of the Society a program of group
health insurance. The investigations leading up to this decision were reviewed;
the major features of the plan were outlined briefly; and eligibility to
participate was defined. The active members, numbering 439, will be circularized
by the insurance agent in the near future; it is believed that corresponding
members will be given an opportunity to participate somewhat later. The
President invited questions on this program from the floor, but apparently had
satisfied any existing curiosity as no discussion was forthcoming.
There were no informal communications.
The regular program followed:
The deferred presidential address of W. D. Johnston,
Jr.--Outside Interior or the Geological Survey's part in foreign technical
assistance, 1940-1958.
Attendance: 124.
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 p. m.
P. W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
October 22, 1958
The 791st meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, October 22, at 8:00 p.m., President Carle
H.. Dane. presiding.
The minutes of the 790th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following: William M. Briggs, Jr., P.&S. Branch,
U.S.G.S.; Eleanor J. Crosby and Martha J. Toulmin, Geologic Names Committee,
U.S.G.S.
The Secretary informed the Society that a few copies of the
April issue of the Journal of the Washington Academy of Science, containing the
proceedings for 1957, are still available. He also asked that all abstracts of
talks presented this year be submitted by December 10.
The President introduced a visitor, Dr. Emily Yaeger of
There were no informal communications.
The regular meeting followed:
Adrian Richards--Eruption of Capelinhos
Volcano,
Irving Friedman--Deuterium and the age of Arctic sea ice. Discussed by White, Balsley, Thurston, Joesting, and Skinner.
D. Foster Hewett--Deposits of the
manganese oxides. Discussed by Gilluly,
Johnston, and Fleischer.
Attendance: 160.
The meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
P. W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
November 12, 1958
The 792d meeting of the Society was held jointly with the Paleontological Society of Washington in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, November 12, at 8:00 p.m., Vice-President
Alice Allen presiding.
The minutes of the 791st meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following: James F. Tazelaar, Army Corps of
Engineers; Dayle Baldauf,
Engineering Department, U. S. Array; Philip F. Fix, Military Geology Branch,
U.S.G.S.; Phyllis F. Foreman, Military Geology Branch, U.S.G.S.; Yetta Levinsky, Geologic
Division, U.S.G.S.; William B. Roberts, III, Geologic Division, U.S.G.S.; Amos
M. White, Mineral Deposits Branch, U.S.G.S.; William D. Long, G&P Branch,
U.S.G.S.
There were no informal communications.
Vice-President Allen, after reviewing the history of joint
meetings with the Paleontologists, introduced Ellis Yochelson,
who in turn introduced the speaker, Alfred S. Romer.
Prof. Romer's talk, which
commemorated the Darwin-Wallace Centennial, was entitled "Rocks, fossils,
and
Attendance: 178.
The meeting adjourned at 9:17 p.m.
P. W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
December 10, 1958
The 793d meeting of the Society was. held
in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, December 10, at 8:00
p.m., Vice-President Lloyd Henbest presiding.
The minutes of the 792d meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following:
Francisco Antonio Parada, Geological
Service of Columbia; Linn Hoover and Sophie Drakoulis,
Fuels Branch, U.S.G.S.; Paul C. Bateman, Mary Lou Conant,
James G. Moore, Donald W. Peterson, G. I. Smith, Mineral Deposits Branch,
U.S.G.S. Menlo Park California; Graham Chinner,
Werner F. Schreyer, Allan C. Turnock, David R. Wones, Geophysical Laboratories, 2801 Upton Street, N.W.,
Washington, D. C.; Robert W. Johnson, Geophysics Branch, U.S.G.S.; George B. Magin, Jr., Water Resources Branch, U.S.G.S.; Thelma Hill
and Anne Hetzel, Geologic Division, U.S.G.S.; Joseph
J. Tregoning, G&P Branch, U.S.G.S.; J. Alexander Heslin, Jr., John D. Glassaway, Celine W. Merrill, Ronny Hemmerick,
Earl G. Hoover, Frank M. Giordano, Geology students, George Washington
University.
The preparation of a new membership list, dated November 1,
1958, was announced. Copies are available upon request.
The Secretary read a communication from the AGI announcing a
new pamphlet on "The member societies of the American Geological
Institute."
There were no informal communications.
The Presidential address followed: Carle H. Dane--The
Attendance: 138.
The meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
P. W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
66th Annual Meeting
December 10, 1958
The 66th Annual Meeting of the Society was held in the John
Wesley Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, December 10, at 9:42 p.m.,
President Carle H. Dane presiding.
The minutes of the 65th Annual Meeting were read and approved.
The annual report of the Secretaries for 1958 was read and
approved.
The annual report of the Treasurer was presented by Mary Mrose. After her experience of the previous year, Mary was
a good Scout and came Prepared—loaded for beer. A
minutely detailed breakdown by keg, bottle, can, brand, and price revealed that
Gunther cans were $5 a case. A voice from the audience cried, "You
can get it cheaper!" To a request
for "who recommended
The Auditing Committee, Bill Fischer, Chairman, and Mickey Carron reported that it had examined the Treasurer's
accounts and found them "eminently correct.” They confirmed that Mary does indeed have all
14 breakdowns.
The Treasurer's Report was unanimously and enthusiastically
accepted. The President commended Mary for her three-year stint as Treasurer,
and the members gave her a resounding ovation.
The report of the Awards Committee, consisting of J. T. Hack,
Chairman, Henry Faul, John Eric, C. L. McGuinness, and Ellis Yochelson
was presented by Henry Faul. First prize of $20 was awarded to G. W. Wetherill, G. R. Tilton and G. L. Davis for their paper
entitled "Age of the
Second prize of $10 was awarded to Isidore
Zietz, G. E. Andreasen, and
Arthur Grantz for their paper "Aeromagnetic
study of
The Sleeping Bear cup was awarded by Pres Cloud, Chairman of
the Committee which also included Gus Bozion and
Josh Tracey. Pres reviewed the criteria
for eligibility for this award, "presented for informal, even disorganized
discussion." He recollected that
James had, the year before, made amateur standing a prime requisite,
"thereby eliminating Pecora, Woodring,
Hunt, and others of this ilk."
James had included discussion made from either a standing or sitting
position, before, during, or after the talk, to the speaker or as an aside.
Cloud went even further, extending the criteria of eligibility to
"uttered or unuttered, or simply muttered, before or after, immediately
after and much after the meeting, at the back of the hall, in the Cosmos
Club, or at Fergies, etc." He discussed three obvious choices--himself,
the G&P team on satellite sighting, and "our beloved Director, whose
unuttered comments have been both informative and revealing." His
Committee would not go along on first choice, the G&P group was ruled out
as an obvious attempt on Pecora's part to get around
the loss of his amateur standing, and the Director was ruled out because of the
top of grade and pay raise adjustments.
This apparently left no candidates and an awkward situation--should the
Committee make no award or lower the standards? Upon reflection, a fourth
candidate was discovered, one who had by a simple remark, "not to me it
isn't," effectively stopped an effort
by Pres himself to convince the members
that the evidence for trilobite tracks and hence their mode of locomotion, was
"clear, conclusive, and obvious."
The recipient, Bill Bradley, said simply "I am speechless."
The President announced that no amendments to the Constitution
had been submitted to the Council. He
then reported that the insurance plan was now in force and introduced Mr. Bremsteller to the Society.
Bremsteller spoke briefly.
The President then called for any other new business. Yochelson urged that the Society take an active part in
educating the public on Earth Science and suggested formation of a Committee on
Public Service. This was referred to the new Council for consideration.
Sohn's motion that the Society shift to a
Fiscal Year so that the Annual Meeting would come at a warmer time was ruled
out of order as an amendment to the Constitution.
The Society then passed to election of officers for 1959. The President explained that a single slate
had been presented, and that no other candidates had been proposed by petition
to the Council, as provided for in the By-Laws. He asked if there were any
nominations from the floor. There being none, it was moved, seconded, and
passed that the Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for the
officers nominated by the committee.
The following officers and councilors were elected:
President: Joseph W. Greig
1st Vice-President: Charles A. Anderson
2d Vice-President: Louis C. Conant
Secretary: J. Thomas Dutro
Treasurer: Helen Weissenborn
Members at large of the Council (2-year terms) - Charles S.
Denny, John E. Johnson, Robert C. Stephenson
Vice-President,
Attendance: 106
The meeting adjourned at 10:33 p.m.
P. W Guild
Secretary