GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
January 14, 1959
The 794th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, January 14, at 8:00 pm, President Joseph
W. Greig presiding.
The minutes of the 793rd meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following:
Jesse W. Whitlow, Thomas E. Mullens,
Alfred Taylor, Mineral Deposits Branch, USGS; Harlan R. Bergouist,
Richard G. Ray, Wenonah E. Bergauist, William R.
Hemphill, James P. Minard, Alaskan Geol. Branch,
USGS; Istevan Ferenczi, Military Geology Branch, USGS; Anne Sangree, American Geological Institute; Harlan Roepke, Diane Hubbard, Carolyn Fix, Carl Justice, Leonard
Wilson, Richard Raymond, Ruth Miller, Anita Epstein, William W. Chamberlain, Paleont. and. Stratigraphy Branch, USGS; Edwin Herman,
Department of Geology, U.S. Nat. Museum; Edward R. Brentzel,
Peter Popenoe, Kenneth G. Books, Louis Peselnick,
George A. Galat, Francis X. Angellotti,
Geophysics Branch, USGS; Blair Jones, Quality of Water Branch, USGS; George O.
Bachman, Alfred D. Zapp, Fuels Branch, USGS; W. C. Swadley, Geochemistry & Petrology Branch, USGS; George
W. Wetherill, Dept. Terrestrial Magnetism; Carol Ann
Smith, Geologic Names Committee, USGS.
After a momentary interruption by the huckstering W. T. Pecora, the Secretary read announcements concerning:
l) The selection of Meyer Rubin to receive one of the 1958
Washington Academy of Sciences Awards for Scientific Achievement in the
Physical Sciences, and;
2) The extension of the Charter Enrollment Period of the
Society's group insurance for one month.
The President informed the Society of the death of Dr. Samuel Zerfoss.
Vice-President Louis C. Conant
introduced Dr. and Mrs. Sulta Popal. Dr. Popal is
President of the Department of Mines and Director of the Geological Survey of
Afghanistan.
An unknown informant announced the formation of a RESA group
in
The regular meeting followed:
Dean S. Carder-- March 5-7, 1958 eruptions of Manam Volcano off the north coast of
Wallace de Witt, Jr. and George W. Colton-- Stratigraphy of
the Upper Devonian rocks in the Finger Lakes District of New York.
George W. Colton-- Sedimentary structures in some Upper
Devonian rocks in western
Attendance: 149
The meeting adjourned at 9:38 pm.
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
January 28, 1959
The 795th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, January 28, 8:09 pm, President Joseph W. Greig presiding.
The minutes of the 794th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following: Jack B. Epstein, James H. Jolly, Janice Z. Jolly, Mineral Deposits
Branch, USGS; Malcolm Ross, Frances Gilbert, Robert Fournier, Nelson Bickling, Norland Hagen, Robert
Bowen, Geochemistry & Petrology Branch, USGS; William W. Doyel, Foreign hydrology Section, Water Resources Division,
USGS; Marcia Lakeman, Geological Society of America;
Ronald Seeger [either GSA or NBS]; Lewis T. Milliken,
National Bureau of Standards.
The Secretary called to the attention of the Society to
certain inaccuracies in the minutes of previous meetings. Unfortunately no
action was taken. Fortunately, an unkind motion by David Stewart was ruled out
of order by the President.
Mr. Bremsteller announced that the
Society had achieved 51% enrollment in the hospitalization insurance plan and
that the underwriting clauses were thereby waived.
The regular meeting followed:
Martin F. Kane-- Gravity study of the Rowe-Mora Basin, New
Mexico. Discussed by Greig.
Eugene S. Simpson-- A ground water mechanism for the
deposition of glacial till. Discussed by Hack, Stewart (twice), White, Barton,
Rubin, Benson, and Denny.
Germaine A. Joplin-- The origin of the calc-alkaline rocks.
Discussed by Greig, Carder and Rubey
(who shook his head).
Attendance: 136
The meeting adjourned at 9:52 pm.
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
February 11, 1959
The 796th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, February at 8:00 pm, President Joseph W. Greig presiding.
The minutes of the 795th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following: John Marble, Geochemistry & Petrology Branch, USGS; Lawrence C.
Craig and Maxine L. Heyl, Mineral Deposits Branch,
USGS; William J. Sando
and Alan M. Rubin, Paleont. & Stratigraphy Br.,
USGS; Donald R. Nichols, Military Geology Branch, USGS; Maurice H. Pease, Jr.
and Reginald P. Briggs, General Geology Brunch, USGS; George H. Davis and
Philip E. LaMoreaux, Ground Water Branch, USGS; T. E.
A. van Hylckama, Water Resources Division, USGS;
David O. Karraker and H. V. Reeves, Jr., National
Park Service .
The Secretary read an announcement concerning the next meeting
of the Washington Academy of Sciences on February 19, at which time the speaker
was to be the retiring president of the Academy, Dr. A. T. McPherson.
There were no informal communications.
The regular meeting followed:
T.C. Hoering and P. L. Parker--
Abundance of chlorine isotopes in nature. Discussed by Cloud, D. White, Rubin,
and Skinner.
Robert B. Neuman-- Sedimentation in
the Ocoee Series,
Stanislaw Dzulynski-- Evolution of
the Carpathian Geosyncline during the Oligocene.
Discussed by Gates, Rubey, Guild, Johnson, and D.
White.
Attendance: 143
The meeting adjourned at 9:40 pm.
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
February 25, 1959
The 797th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, February 25, at 8:00 pm, President Joseph
W. Greig presiding.
The minutes of the 796th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following: Keith B. Ketner, Dwight F. Crowder, John
C. Antweiler, Irvine J. Witkind,
George E. Prichard, Edwin R. Landis, Donald Elston,
Sherwood B. Frezon, Harold J. Hyden.
E. A. Merewether, Boyd R. Haley, Willis H. Nelson, Arthur P. Pierce, Frank C. Canney, Edwin V. Post, Harold E. Malde,
George L. Snyder, Tom G. Lovering, Robert M. Hernon, Fred H. Day, Robert C. Prill,
Paul K. Sims, Frank S. Simmons, Dorothy Lockner
Ferguson, Andrew F. Shride, Calvin C. Bromfield, John F. Murphy, Jacob E. Gair,
Garland B. Gott, C. Gilbert Bowles, Ellen Markward, and Robert W. Schnabel -- all of the U. S.
Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado; and Omar J. Loeltz,
Water Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey.
The President explained, after a question by Mr. Cloud, that
these Corresponding Members did, indeed, pay yearly dues but that a study by
the Financial Committee of the Society had revealed that they were barely
paying their way.
Mr. Woodring asked if there were any
plans for celebrating the 800th meeting of the Society. Lohman
suggested that martinis be served instead of beer, and Bradley was heard to
request that “Wendell be allowed to sing."
Henry Faul presented an informal
communication-- "On carbonitites" and other
seemingly related subjects. His paper was discussed by Greig
and Pecora.
The regular meeting followed:
W. Gary Ernst-- Glaucophane
stability and the glaucophane schist problem.
Discussed by Zen, Greig, and Cloud.
E-an Zen-- Mineral assemblages in slate in western
John C. Reed, Jr. and Bruce H. Bryant-- Lower Cambrian and
Late Precambrian rocks in the
Attendance: 127
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 pm.
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
March 11, 1959
The 798th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, March 11, at 8:02 pm, President Joseph W.
Greig presiding.
The minutes of the 797th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of 92
persons, 10 of whom are Active members, the rest being Corresponding members. A
list of these 92 names was posted at the rear of the hall for examination by
interested persons.
Mr. Pecora asked if this great
increase in membership would mean that the dues were going to be lowered. President
Greig explained that it would not.
There were no informal communications.
The regular meeting followed:
Emily Jager-- Age measurements on
some Alpine and pre-Alpine micas.
Discussed by Tilton and Pecora.
William Back-- Calcium carbonate saturation in ground water.
Discussed by Lohman, D. White, Simpson, and Carlston.
Helen Foster-- Mt. Fuji, Japan, and its deposits of volcanic
ash. Discussed by Faul, Guild, Pecora,
and Kinkel.
For reasons known only to those few hardy souls who stayed on
after the meeting, in a valiant effort to dispose of the liquid refreshments,
the Petrology Club now finds itself eternally indebted to its sister Society.
Attendance: 98
The meeting adjourned at 9:25 pm.
Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
Membership list appended.
March 11, 1959
The following have been elected to membership in the Society:
T. C. O'Callaghan, American Geological Institute; Donald E.
Walcott, Ernest E. Glick
Stephen P. Kanizay, U. S. Geological
Survey, Denver; Richard A. Robie, Geophysics Branch,
U. S. Geological Survey; Thomas M. Kehn, Fuels
Branch, USGS; Harold W. Sundelius, Military Geology
Branch, USGS; Atwood S. Barwick, George Washington
University; and the following, all from Water Resources Division, U. S.
Geological Survey: Edward S. Davidson, Leopold A. Heindl,
J. V. B. Wells, Albert G. Fiedler, Raymond B. Vice, John W. Harshbarger,
William C. Rasmussen, James R. Randolph, Irwin Remson,
Benton M. Wilmoth, Frank A. Watkins, Jr., Joseph S. Rosenshein, Rueben J. Vig, Donald
G. Jordan, James D. Hunn, Hallard
B. Kinnison, G. E. Hendrickson, E. A. Bell, W. E.
Price, W . K. Kulp, Richard A. Young, Alfonso Wilson,
Robert E. Fish, Floyd F. LeFever, Russell E. Curtis,
Emil W. Beckman, David B. Anderson, Herman D. Brice, Thomas G. Johnson, Hugh C.
Creasman, Duncan C. Murrow,
Adolph Summerlin, Mary R. Armstrong, Alvin R.
Leonard, Carl E. Steele, Harry H. Tanaka, Harry M. Peek, Dale J. Nyman, Leon A.
Wiard, Wilbur L. Heckler, Donald G. Metzger, William Kam, A. A. Garrett, B. L. Foxworthy, K. L. Walters, C. E .
Price, M. J. Grolier, G. D. Holmberg, Edward B. Rice, Ray Bentall,
George H. Taylor, H. T. Hopkins, D. V. Whitesides,
Nathaniel M. Perlmutter, Edward J. Pluhowski, Richard M. Sawyer, George C. Taylor, Jr., E.
Ronald Lubke, Julian Soren,
Warren E. Teasdale, Edgar G. Barron, William D. Borghese,
Harry A. Carlson, Richard E. Hedges, Orison H. Jeffers, E. L. Hendricks, Angelo
Dalcerro, Medford T. Thomson, Marvin J. Slaughter, M.
Jane Killion, Bruno V. Salotto,
William D. Silvey, Darrell E. Sloan, Nathan L.
Hawley, George Porterfield, Verne L. Gamble, Cully A. Dunnam,
Robert D. Busch, Arthur A. Thorn, Carl Pollard, Eugene Brown, R. W. Carter, G.
N. Mesnier, Walter R. Murphy, Jr.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
March 25, 1959
The 799th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, March 25, at 8:05 pm, President Joseph W.
Greig presiding.
The minutes of the 798th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary nnounced the election
to membership of 89 persons, 3 of whom are Active members, the rest being
Corresponding members. A list of these names, in addition to those 92 persons
elected to membership at the last meeting, was posted at the rear of the hail
for the amazement of the membership.
The Secretary read an announcement concerning the presentation
of the
There were no informal communications.
The regular meeting followed:
Robert B. Guillou-- Project ARMS (Aerial
Radiological Monitoring Survey) - an important contribution to geology. Discussed by Guild, Kinkel,
Tilton, Dutro, and Lohman.
Paul Barton and P.M. Bethke--
Distribution of minor elements between coexisting sulfides. Discussed by Greig,
Griscom, Kinkel, Pommer and D. White.
Robert S. Sigafoos—Botanical
evidence of floods and flood-plain deposition.
Discussed by Wolman, Tracey and Pommer.
Attendance: 97
The meeting adjourned at 9:32 pm.
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
Membership list appended.
March 25, 1959
The following were elected to membership in the Society:
Howard D. Gower and Merle C. Israelsky, Fuels Branch,
U. S. Geological Survey; Robert A. Lawrence, Mineral Deposits Branch, U. S.
Geological Survey; D. Hoye Eargle
and Montgomery Higgins, Geophysics Branch, USGS; Paul F. Clarke, George Washington University;
Charles N. Brown, Iowa Geological Survey; and the following people from Water
Resources Div., U.S. Geological Survey: Floyd R. Twenter;
John H. Abrahams, Sidney R. Ash, Wilbur C. Balance, Elmer H. Baltz, Jr., Utley N. Benge, Louis
J. Bjorklund, Fred E. Busch,
William D. E. Cardwell, James B. Cooper, Edward R. Cox, Leon
V. Davis, Gene C. Doty, Merton J. Grogin, John S.
Havens, William E. Hale, James W. Hood, Ernest Lendenmann,
Bruce W. Maxwell, Ward S. Motts, Walter A. Mourant,
Reed W. Mower, William D. Purtymun, John R. Rapp,
Harold O. Reeder, Frank B. Titus, Fred D. Trauger,
James E. Weir, Jr., Sam W. West, Isaac J. Winograd,
Franklin C. Craig, Allen G. Hely, Thomas E. Dillard,
Harry D. Wilson, Jr., John A. Baker, Henry N. Halberg,
O. Milton Hackett, Henry G. Healy, Edward A. Sammel,
John E. McCall, Justin A. Bettendorf, Stephen Hladio,
B. L. McDonald, S. C. Moore, J. F. Patterson, Charles O. Ming, Melvin R.
Williams, R. J. Longfield, R. E. Myers, E. C. Pogge, H. H. Schwab, V. R. Bennion,
W. L. Steinhilber, Ernest S. Denison, Eric D. Bresee, Adrian H. Williams, Kenneth H. Fowler, Fred Kunkel,
Lee C. Dutcher, John S. Bader, Ronald W. Page, Allen Sinnott, John W. Wark, John R.
George, Trigg Twichell, James W. Rabon,
Charles A. Appel, Harold E. Gill, Leo A. Jablonski, Solbmon M. Lang,
Edward C. Rhodehamel, Jack C. Rosenau,
Paul R. Seaber, Robert L. Wait, Vaux
Owen, Jr., Joseph Winford Lang, Ernest H. Boswell,
George W. Whetstone, Paul G. Drake, Thomas F. Beckers,
Russel F. Flint, G. M. Hogenson.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
April 8, 1959
The 800th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, April 8, at 8:00 p.m., President Joseph
W. Greig presiding.
The minutes of the 799th meeting were read and approved.
President Greig announced that the
13th Annual D. C. Science Fair will be held in McDonough Gymnasium,
The Secretary read an invitation to the Society members to
attend a meeting of the Geology Club of American University on April 10 at
which Dr. Willard Libby will speak on "Atomic Energy and Geology." He
also announced that the master insurance policy is being changed to include
benefits past age 70 and until age 23 for dependent children.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following: Robert F. Yerkes, Fuels Branch, U.S.
Geological Survey; Herman H. Thomas, Geochemistry
& Petrology Branch, USGS; Ralph C. Heath, Frederick K. Mack, Roger M.
Wailer, Water Resources Division, USGS.
There were no informal communications.
The regular program followed:
Hugh D. Miser -- Our Society -- retrospect and prophecy.
Sidney P. Clark, Jr. -- Estimates of temperature in the outer
mantle. Discussed by Byerly, Shneiderov,
Friedman, Rubey, and Roedder.
T. C. Phemister -- Nature of the
contact of Temiskaming and Grenville
geological provinces in northern
Attendance: 162.
The meeting adjourned at 9:55 p.m.
P. W. Guild
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
April 22, 1959
The 801st meeting of, the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, April 22, 1959 at 8 pm, President J. W. Greig, presiding.
The minutes of the 800th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary read a memorandum to the President from A. L.
Bush announcing the winners of the D.C. Science Fair Awards. Mr. Bush recommended that Michael Newton of
Western High receive a special commendation from the Society for his exhibit
comparing the Miocene ecology of two formations at Scientist's Cliffs,
The Secretary announced that, in spite of persistent rumors of
unpreparedness, the 1959 Pick and Hammer Show
"Folly the Leader, or the Unassembled Team Approach" would be given
on Saturday, April 25, at 8:15 pm, in the Washington and Lee High School
Auditorium.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of the
following: Spurgeon C. Crosby, Paleont. and Strat. Branch, U.S.G.S.; Armen W.
Helz, Geochem. and Petrol. Branch, USGS; Kwang-Yuan Lee, Military Geology Branch, USGS; Helen L. Nace, Fuels Branch, USGS;
There were no informal communications.
The regular program followed:
Alan E. Peckham-- Preliminary
investigations of underground waste disposal near
Brian Skinner-- System ZnS-MnS-FeS;
effect of manganese on the sphalerite geothermometer. Discussed by Kullerud.
A. W. Quinn and W. A. Oliver, Jr.-- Geology of the
Attendance: 125
The meeting adjourned at 9:38 pm.
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
Secretary's Report
October 14, 1959
The 802nd meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium; Wednesday evening, October 14, 1959 at 8:12 pm, President J.
W. Greig, presiding.
The minutes of the 801st meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced a meeting of the Pick and Hammer Club,
to be held in the dining room of the Roger Smith Hotel, Wednesday, October 21st
at 4:30 pm.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of 89
persons (69 at the September 24th special meeting of the Council and 20 at the
October 14th regular meeting of the Council).
W. D. Johnston introduced C. Y. Lee of the Economic Commission
of Asia and the
There were no informal communications.
The regular program followed:
Harry W. Smedes -- Structural
interpretation of western
L. Thomas Aldrich -- Mineral ages in the metamorphic rocks of
Iron and Dickinson Counties, Michigan. Discussed by Greig
and Roedder.
Marian Ksiazkiewicz -- Sedimentation
and tectonics in the Carpathians. Discussed by Cloud.
Attendance: 146
The meeting adjourned at 9:40 pm.
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
Membership list appended.
The following have been elected to membership in the Society:
G. Donald Eberlein, Arthur Grantz,
Edward M. MacKevett, William W. Patton, Jr., C. L.
Sainsbury, Bond Taber, Alden R. Tagg, Alaskan Br., U.
S. Geological Survey; James F. Pepper, Parke D. Snavely,
Jack E. Schoellhamer, Toni Dana, Fuels Branch, USGS;
Gordon W. Greene, Arthur H. Lachenbruch, B. V.
Marshall, Clarence H. Sandberg, Geophysics Br., USGS; Donald E. Lee, G&P
Branch, USGS; Frank C. Armstrong, Richard W. Bayley,
Alfred H. Chidester, Lorin
D. Clark, Thomas W. Dibblee, Jr., Robert A. Gulbrandsen, N. King Huber, Wayne E. Hall, William P.
Irwin, Beth M. Madsen, Shirley A. Manchester, Henry C. Rainy, III, Charles D.
Rinehart, Eugene M. Shoemaker, Harold K. Stager, Hal G. Stephens, Donald B. Tatlock, Edwin W. Tooker, Charles
M. Tschanz, George W. Walker, Charles R. Willden, Min. Dep. Br., USGS; David B. Doan and F. Raymond Fosberg, Mil.. Geol. Br., USGS; Robert Henry Dale, Warren
G. Hodson, George S. Hilton, Eugene R. Hampton,
Benjamin E. Lofgren, Robert H. Meade, Jr., Maurice E. Reese, Thomas A. Simpson,
Wilbur Stuart, Charles W. Lane, Joe L. Poole, Herbert E. Skibitzke,
Kenneth O. Wahl, Perry R. Wood, Charles J. Robinove,
John H. Feth, Ground Water Br., U. S. Geological
Survey; John L. Ebling, Surface Water Br., U. S.
Geological Survey; William L. Lamar, Charles E. Roberson , H. Collins
Whitehead, Qual. Water Br., U. S. Geological Survey;
Marie H. Sachet, National Science Foundation; Richard Cifelli,
U. S. National Museum; Kenneth O. Emery, Univ. Southern California; Merritt B.
Smith and Loyd L. Young, Cons. Div., USGS; Elwyn C. Moore, Admin. Div., USGS; Howard G. O'Connor,
Kansas Geological Survey; Donald J. Frendzel, Bureau
of Mines; Pierre Parker, Parker Mining Co.; Siegfried Muessig,
U. S. Borax and Chemical Corp.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
Secretary's Report
October 28, 1959
The 803rd meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, October 28, 1959 at 8:05 pm, President I.
A Greig, presiding.
The minutes of the 802nd meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced that the IDRA was planning a charter plane
or planes for the International Geological Congress next August. Interested persons can get additional
information from the Association's representative.
The following were elected to membership in the Society: Peter
Trexler, Alaskan Branch, USGS; Keith Norlin, Fuels Branch, USGS; Carl H. Stensland,
Military Geol. Br., USGS; George Becraft and Charles
L. Jones, Mineral Deposits Br., USGS; W. D. E. Cardwell and Robert L. Cushman,
Ground Water Br., USGS; Nicholas Hotten, III, U. S.
National Museum; Mort D. Turner, National Science Foundation.
An urgent plea for informal communications was issued by the
Secretary.
D. B. Stewart announced a second session of the Petrology Club
field trip into the Baltimore metamorphics.
There were no informal communications.
The regular program followed.
Allison R. Palmer – Early Late Cambrian stratigraphy of the
United States. Discussed by Greig, Skinner and Faul.
David B. Doan -- Some eustatic sea
levels of the Western Pacific. Discussed by Nace,
Ladd and Tracey.
H. A. Tourtelot, L. G. Schultz, and
J. R. Gill -- Chemical and mineralogical composition of the Pierre shale in
South Dakota and adjacent states. Discussed by Skinner, Lovering,
Pommer, Rubey, Zen, and Altschuler.
Attendance: 142
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 pm.
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
October 14, 1959
The following were elected to membership in the Society: Roy
L. Griggs, Philip T. Hayes, Ross B. Johnson, Alexander A. Wanek,
Fuels Branch, U. S. Geological Survey;
J. Fred Smith, Jr., Gen. Geol. Br., USGS; John Rosholt, Samuel
S. Goldich, Herbert R. Shaw, G. & P. Br., USGS;
William Thordarson, Min. Deposits Br., USGS;
Frederick Collier, Maxcia F. Newell, Richard A.
Robison, Tully M. Robison, Dwight W. Taylor, Leonard A. Wilson, F. Stearns MacNeil, George W. Andrews, P. & S. Br., USGS; Vincent
C. Kelley, University of New Mexico; Philip K. Webb and Jack MacCormac, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
Secretary's Report
November 11, 1959
The 804th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, November 11, 1959 at 8:03 pm, President
J. W. Greig, presiding.
The minutes of the 803rd meeting were read and approved.
The President read sections of the By-laws pertinent to the
election of new officers to the Society.
The Secretary read the list of candidates, suggested by the
Nominating Committee, composed of Mary E. Mrose, Garald G. Parker, and W. W. Rubey,
Chairman. The following were nominated:
For President - Harry S. Ladd
For First Vice-president - Luna B. Leopold
For Second Vice-president - Walter S. White
For Secretary (two-year term) - John T. Hack
For Treasuerer - Margaret Cooper
For Councillors-at-large (two-year
terms) - Philip-H. Abelsof, Dean S. Carder, and S.
Warren Hobbs
For Vice-president of the Washington Academy of Sciences -
Carle H. Dane
The following were elected to membership in the Society: James
A. Pitkin, Geophysics Br., USGS; Francis S. Riley,
David D. Harris, Richard G. Godfrey, C. C. Cranston, John E. Marquez, Water Resources
Div., USGS; John Duane, Federal Power Commission; Wolfgang E. Elston and J. Paul Fitzsimmons, University of New Mexico.
There were no informal communications.
The regular program followed:
Donald R. Nichols and Lynn A. Yehle
- Mud volcanoes in the Copper River Basin, Alaska - Discussed by Foster.
Alice D. Weeks -- The role of diagenesis
of sandstone-type uranium deposits. Discussed by Greig,
Roedder, Guild, Doan, Pommer, and Barton.
Gordon G. Lill -- The Moho deep drilling project. Discussed by Duane (3 times),
Guild, Faul, and an unidentified gentleman.
Attendance - 134
The meeting adjourned at 9:35 pm.
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
Secretary's Report
December 9, 1959
The 805th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley
Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, December 9, at 8:00 pm, President J.W. Greig presiding.
The minutes of the 804th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced that the next meeting of the Petrologists' Club would be held Tuesday, December 15, at 8
pm at the Geophysical Laboratory.
The following were elected to membership in the Society:
E-an Zen, Geophysics Branch, U.S. Geological Survey; Philip M.
Bethke, G & P Branch, USGS; Marian Werner,
Geologic Div., USGS; Joe N. Robles, Water Resources Div., USGS; M. Porter Kier,
U.S. National Museum; P. R. Keller and L. R. Tramel,
Federal Power Commission; George H. Keller and J. Randolph Kean,
Navy Hydrographic Office; Lois M. Dane, American Geological Institute; Vernon
J. Hurst, Georgia Dept. Mines, Mining, and Geology; Mary Devereux Carter,
Alfred F. Dibbs, Dirgham Salahi, Andrew S. Stancioff,
Peter J. Wasilewski, George Washington Univ.
President Greig announced the death
of W. H. Hass on November 30, 1959.
Vice-president Anderson took the chair and introduced Joe Greig for his Presidential Address. Charlie expressed
apparent appreciation that Joe had been such a conscientious President and had
not missed a single scientific meeting or Council session. He gave the
impression that this had left little for the Vice-presidents to do during the
year. This erroneous idea was corrected
by Greig in the opening remarks of his Address. Joe pointed out that Charlie had served as
Chairman, and Louis Conant as member, of the
Committee on Insurance.
The Presidential Address followed: J.W. Greig--
Development of phase equilibrium studies in the interest of petrology.
Following long-standing custom, there was no discussion of the President's
message.
Attendance: 184
The meeting adjourned at 9:05 pm.
Thomas Dutro, Jr.
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
67th Annual Meeting
December 9, 1959
The 67th Annual Meeting of the Society was held in the John
Wesley Powell Auditorium, Wednesday evening, December 9, at 9:20 pm, President
J. W. Greig, presiding.
The minutes of the 66th Annual Meeting were read and approved.
The annual report of the Secretaries for 1959 was read and
approved.
The annual report of the Treasurer was presented by Helen
Worthington (nee Weissenborn). Helen assured the Society that all was in
order, financially, and that the cash balance on hand as of December 7 was
$1036.58. This represents an increase of
$481.85 over last year, thanks mainly to our new, insurance-oriented members.
The Auditing Committee, Joe Fahey, chairman, assured the
Society that the books are in excellent shape and that the securities in the
safe-deposit box do indeed bear the numbers and values indicated.
The Treasurer's and Auditing Committee's reports were
unanimously accepted although little, if anything, had been said about beer.
The President announced that no amendments to the Constitution
had been submitted to the Council. No
new business was brought up from the floor, despite prodding from the President
regarding the beer situation.
The report of the Awards Committee, consisting of K. L. Lohman, chairman, W. S. White, B. J. Skinner, and C. S.
Denny was presented by Ken Lohman. Ken expressed appreciation for the fine
programs arranged by Doug Kinney (sic) and the program committee. (Doug later corrected Ken-- the outstanding
programs were actually the result of Don White's fine work as program
chairman.)
First prize of $20 was awarded to W. Gary Ernst (introduced as
Gary Grant!) for his paper: "Glaucophane
stability and the glaucophane schist problem."
The smiling author was present to receive the check and the well-earned
applause of the Society.
Second prize of $10 was awarded to J.C. Reed, Jr. and Bruce H.
Bryant for their paper: "Lower Cambrian and Late Precambrian rocks in the
Grandfather Mountain window, North Carolina."
Three Honorable Mention awards were given to: R.S. Sigafoos for his most enjoyable talk on "Botanical
evidence of floods and flood-plain deposition"; Eugene Simpson for his
controversial "A ground-water mechanism for the deposition of glacial
till"; and Emily Japer for her paper "Age measurements on some Alpine
and pre-Alpine micas."
Lohman stated that he had intended to talk
about good and bad slides, but that the slides he had prepared as good ones had
turned out so badly that he had changed his mind. Ken promised to give an
informal communication on the slide problem in the near future.
The Sleeping Bear cup was awarded by Josh Tracey, Chairman of
the committee which also included Harry Ladd and Jim Balsley.
Josh carried the cup to the podium in a paper bag which he alluded to as
"... lunch, because the report will be such a long one." After
considerable fumbling with the light switch on the speaker's stand, Josh sought
help from Joe Greig who clearly was more conversant
with the theory of chain-pull-type switches. Josh apologized for his appearance
as Chairman, insisting that it was all a mistake that had taken place when he
stopped into the Men's Room during the Committee meeting. The problem this
year, in contrast to the good old days, was a dearth of, not an abundance of,
candidates for the Award. Josh pointed out that the Committee had set up only
one qualification this year-- that "an idea was presented that would turn
the Society's thoughts towards the future." The forward-looking
recipient, a man whose informal remarks had been of “uniformly sustained excellence", has
been a consistent critic of geologists, over the years. This
geologist-turned-geochronologist clinched the award with his recent comment on
Gordon Lill's Moho talk. “Why
is it that scientists don’t know where they are going to get there but they
seem to know exactly how much it will cost?” * The blushing Henry Faul humbly accepted the cup with the now familiar words:
"I am speechless." No one really believed him.
The meeting then turned to the election of officers for 1960.
The President indicated that a single slate had been nominated and that no
other candidates had been proposed to the Council, as provided for in the
By-Laws. He then called for nominations from the floor. Art Baker tried to
obstruct due process of the By-Laws by moving that nominations be closed, but
President Greig persisted and asked for nominations
for each office in turn. There being none, it was moved by Lohman,
seconded by Bradley, and passed by a thunderous voice vote 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 - Harry S.
Ladd
1st Vice-President - Luna B. Leopold
2nd Vice-President - Walter S. White
Secretary (two-year term) - John T. Hack
Treasurer - Margaret Cooper
Members at Large of the Council (two-year terms) - Philip H. Abelson, Dean S. Carder, S. Warren Hobbs
Vice-President, Washington Academy of Sciences—Carle H. Dane
Attendance: 125
The meeting adjourned at 9:55 pm.
J. Thomas Dutro, Jr.,
Secretary
*Henry Faul has kindly supplied an
exact copy of his award-winning remarks:
"I am prompted to comment about a distressing aspect of
some projects in modern science: We don't know what we are going to do, We
don't know how we are going to do it, and we don't know where we are going to
do it. But we know EXACTLY how much it is going to cost "