Geological Society of
Secretary's report
January 9, 1952
The 707th meeting of the Geological.Society of Washington was
held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club on January 9, 1952, at 8:00 P.M.,
President Josiah Bridge presiding.
The minutes of the 706th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to active membership of
the following: Howard Jaffe and Richard Erd, Geochemistry & Petrology
Branch, Geological Surrey; Ray Zimian, George Ugrenic, and S. Roth, Bureau of
Standards; Lt. Robert Fitzpatrick, U.S.N.R., Field Project Branch, Earth
Science Division, Office of Naval Research.
The Secretary announced also that 18 members had been dropped
for non-payment of dues.
Harry A. Tourtelot, Chairman, John H. Eric, Arthur J. Boucot,
and Raymond E. Miller.
Rollin E. Stevens read a memorial to R. K. Bailey.
Chalmer L. Cooper introduced J. V. Howell,
A. S. Romer; Classification of animals. Discussed by Henbest, Cooper, Blackwelder,
and Goldman
Felix Chayes; The common names of granite. Discussed by Mertie,
W. P. Woodring; Stratigraphic classification and
nomenclature. Discussed by
Attendance 202.
The meeting adjourned 10:01 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
January 24, 1952
The 708th meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was
held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club on January 24, 1952, at 8:00 P.M.,
President Josiah Bridge presiding.
The minutes of the 707th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to active membership of
the following: Mike Hamilton, Federal Power Commission, Hurley Wright Bldg.,
Wash., D.C.; Nicholas Shreders, Charles R. Lewis, Maurice J. Terman, Thomas J.
Eckert, John P. D'Agostino, Albert N.
Bove, Paula A. Franchina, Mario A. Conti, all Military Geology Branch,
U.S.G.S., Wash., D.C.
The Secretary announced also that 1 of the 18 members dropped
at the Council meeting of January 9 for non-payment of dues had been
reinstated.
Mr. Pecora introduced a former well-known active member of the
society travelling under the guise of a distinguished visitor—Prof. Edward N.
Goddard, now of the
Mr. Lohman announced a meeting of the Pick and Hammer Club to
be held January 31st in the Chantilly Room of the Hamilton Hotel, and explained
that a 25 cent fee would be exacted from each attending member and held in
escrow until a $100 minimum bar guarantee had been met. [handwritten note: “The fee subsequently was
returned! P.A.”]
The regular program followed:
R.B. Neuman; The Great Smokey thrust fault in the vicinity of
the Great Smokey Mountains, Tennessee.
Discussed by Pecora, Thayer, Barnard, Cloud, Miller, Kupfer, Baker,
Lasky, and Bridge.
J. B. Mertie; New discoveries of monazite in southeastern
states. Discussed by
Maurice Deul; An outlander looks at problems of coal
petrography. Discussed by Milton and
Stadnichenko.
Attendance 124.
The meeting adjourned at 9:52 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
February 13, 1952
The 709th meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was held
in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, February 13, at
8:00 P.M., Vice-President Donald H. Dow presiding.
The minutes of the 708th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to membership of: Jane
Reger, Lennart A. Anderson, David F. Barnes, Lucy E. Birdsall , Robert W. Johnson, Jr., Raymond E. Miller,
James W. Rutland, all U. S. Geological Survey.
Harry S. Ladd read a memorial to T. Wayland Vaughn.
The regular program followed:
T. E. Eakin; Reconnaissance of ground water problems in
R. F. Black; Petrofabrics study of ground ice. Discussed by Bradley, H. I. Smith, Robinson,
Pecora, Denny, Peltier, Mertie, and Lohman.
R. J. Dunham;
Attendance 128
The meeting adjourned at 9:50 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
February 27, 1952
The 710th meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was
held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, February 27,
1952, at 8:00 P.M., President Josiah Bridge, presiding.
The minutes of the 709th meeting were read, amended on the
basis of a picayunish objection from Second Vice President Dow, and approved.
P. E. Cloud gave an informal communication on the "Age of
man in the western Pacific.” Discussed by Ingerson.
The regular program followed:
V. E. McKelvey, L. R. Page, R. P. Fischer, and A. P. Butler,
Jr. (read by
L.B. Leopold; Downstream change of velocity in rivers
Discussed by Peltier,
Gilbert Corwin; Tectonic and petrologic position of the
Attendance 159.
At 9:35 P.M. the meeting adjourned.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
March 12, 1952
The 711th meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was
held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, March 12, 1952
at 8:00 P.M., President Josiah Bridge, presiding.
The minutes of the 710th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to active membership of:
Melvin E. Hanes, Geological Survey.
The regular program followed:
Z. S. Altshuler and Evelyn Cisney; The carbonate-apatite
problem. Discussed by McKelvey, Rubey,
Williams, S. Hendricks.
H. E. LeGrande; Solution depressions in diorite,
M. I. Goldman; Petrography of bauxite surrounding a core of
kaolinitized nepheline syenite in
Attendance 109, counting 3 late arrivals and ignoring 2 early
departures.
The meeting adjourned 9:39 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary’s report
March 26, 1952
The 712th meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was
held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, March 26,
1952, at 8:00 P.M., President Josiah Bridge presiding.
The minutes of the 711th meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to active membership of
the following: Robert E. Thaden ,
Robert A. Schnabel, Mary Clair Lingenfelter, Angus McPhillips, Francis A.
McKeown, Shirley S. Houser, Frederick N. Houser, Robert D. Trace, all of Trace
Elements, USGS, Wash., D.C.; Louis C. Peltier and Robert Forbes, Office of the
Quartermaster General, U.S. Army; Thomas A. Gwynn - Federal Power Commission,
Hurley Wright Bldg., Washington, D.C.
The President announced:
1) The 10th Annual Science Show being held at
2) Appeal of the District of Columbia Council of Engineering
and Architectural Societies, and the Washington Academy of Science, for aid of
individual members of the Society in promoting a program to encourage high
school students to train for careers in engineering and science.
3) Availability of pamphlet, of the A.G..
Mr. W. D. Johns ton, Jr. introduced, Mr. GEORGE ARONIS,
Geologist, Ministry of. National Economy, Athens, Greece and Mr. ALBERTO ERICHSEN,
Consulting Geologist, National Department for Production of Minerals, Brazil.
The regular program followed:
L. C. Craig; The Morrison formation of the Colorado Plateau
region; Discussed by C .B. Read, McKnight, Reeside, Brown, Pecora, Grunig, Baker,
Pierce.
F. W. Cater, Jr.; Structural development of
L. S. Hilpert; Exploration for carnotite deposits on the
Colorado Plateau. Discussed by
Attendance 169
The meeting adjourned at 9:56 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
April 9, 1952
The 713th meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was
held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos
Club, Wednesday evening, April 9, 1952, at 8:00 P.M., President Josiah Bridge,
presiding.
The minutes of the 712th
meeting were read and approved.
The Secretary announced the election to active membership of
the following:
Cynthia C. Gilbert, Allan B. Griggs, Hal T. Morris, Mary Jane
Ebner, Ned E. Nelson, all U.S.G.S., Washington, D.C, Mineral Deposits Branch
Mr. W. D. Johnston, Jr. introduced: S. N. Sen Gupta and M. N.
Rao, Geophysicists, Geological Survey of India, Calcutta; Jose Mas Vall and
Ramou Perez Mena, Geologists, Geological Survey of Venezuela, Ministry of Mines
and Hydrocarbons; Dr. Charles Pichamuthu, Director of the Mysore Geological
Department, Bangalore, India.
The regular program followed; after a few minutes of pleasing
uncertainty as to who would be the first speaker:
George Gryc; Recent developments in petroleum exploration
program in northern
J. T. Dutro, Jr.; Remarks on the Paleozoic stratigraphy of
northern
T. G. Payne; A buried submarine canyon and. oil-bearing ridge
of the Arctic Cretaceous continental shelf,
Attendance 123
The meeting adjourned at 9:27 P.M.
Paul.Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
April 23, 1952
The 714th meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was
held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, April 23,
1952, at 8:00 P.M., President Josiah Bridge presiding.
The minutes of the 713th meeting were read and approved.
The President announced a special meeting of the Society to be
held Thursday, May 8, at 5:00 P.M. in the auditorium of the Interior
Department, for the purpose of hearing Dr. M. King Hubbert’s paper, “Entrapment
of petroleum under hydrodynamic conditions," without beer!
Mr. Wing introduced Dr. Hisashi Kuno, Prof. of Petrography,
The regular program followed:
M. L. Brashears, Jr.; Ground water resources of
E. P. Henderson; Physical and chemical properties of our
simplest iron meteorites. Discussed by
McKelvey, F. Johnson, and Thompson.
George Phair; Radioactive porphyries and their bearing on
pitchblende deposition near Central City,
Attendance 76
The meeting adjourned at 9:35 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
May 8, 1952
A special meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was
held in the Interior Department auditorium, Thursday, May 8, l952, at 8:00
P.M., President Josiah Bridge presiding.
W. E. Wrather introduced the speaker, M. King. Hubbert, Chief
Consultant in general geology for the Shell Oil Company,
Mr. Hubbert's paper was discussed by Laskey, Sayre, Reeves,
Finley, Mackay, Miller, and Wrather.
Attendance - 150
The meeting adjourned 10:05 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
May 14, 1952
The 715th meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was held
in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club Wednesday evening, May 14, 1952, at
8:00 P.M., President Josiah Bridge presiding.
The minutes of the 714th meeting and the special meeting of
May 8 were read and approved.
The regular program followed:
R. B. Colton, R. M. Lindvall, and C. A. Appledorn; Direction
of glacial movement in northern
McKelvey.
P. E. Cloud, Jr.; Borderlands of the western Pacific. Discussed by McKelvey, Rubey,
S. H. Mamay; Paleobotanical significance of coal-ball
studies. Discussed by H. I. Smith,
Knechtel, Bucot2, Henbest , Goldman2, Pecora, Woodring,
Cloud, Buck, and Payne.
Attendance 101
The meeting adjourned 9:50 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
October 8, 1952
The 716th meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was
held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, for the first time at the new
location on Massachusetts Ave., Wednesday evening, October 8, 1952, at 8:00 P.
M., President Josiah Bridge, presiding.
The minutes of the 715th meeting were read and approved.
Mr. Currier announced the Second Annual Raspberry Festival of
the Pick and Hammer Club to be held Sat., Nov. 8 in the Press Club.
The regular program followed:
Douglas Ball - Geologic problems of underground gas
storage. Discussed by A. A. Baker,
Averitt, Sayer.
L. R. Stieff, T. W. Stern, and R. G. Milkey - a preliminary
determination of the age of some Colorado Plateau uranium ores by the lead-uranium
method - presented by T. W. Stern.
Discussed by Markle, Stieff, Sohn.
Max D. Crittenden - Geology of Wasatch Mountains east of
Attendance 187
The meeting adjourned at 10:00 P. M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
October 22, 1952
The 717th meeting of the Geological Society of Washington was held
in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, October 22, 1952 at
8:00 P.M.,
The minutes of the 716th meeting were read and approved.
The regular program followed:
F. H. Stewart - The petrology of the Permain.evaporates of
England. Discussed by Lindberg, Lang,
Fleischer, Murata, Fahey, H. I. Smith, Altschuler.
Attendance 97
The meeting adjourned at 9:40 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of
Secretary's report
November 26, 1952
The 718th meeting of the Society was held in the Cosmos Club
Assembly Hall on Wednesday evening, Nov. 26, 1952, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.,
President Bridge presiding.
The minutes of the 717th meeting were read and approved.
Because cards announcing the Nominations Committee's selections for offices
during the ensuing year were not ready for distribution, the list of
nominations was presented to the club orally by President Bridge, and on the
blackboard by the Secretary. Nominations
of the Committee are as follows:
President: Arthur A. Baker.
Vice President (2 to be elected): R. W. Brown, Margaret D,
Foster, C. B. Read, T. P. Thayer.
Vice President (Washington Academy of Sciences): A. Nelson
Sayre .
Secretary (one to be elected for 2-year term): Robert P. Bryson,
Jewell J. Glass.
Treasurer: Marie L. Lindberg.
Members-at-Large of the Council (3 to be elected): Theodore
Botinelly, Donald C. Duncan, Gilbert Espenshade, Frank Stead, George Switzer,
Hatten Yoder.
The Nominations Committee membership is as follows: David A.
Andrews, chair, Joseph. J. J. Fahey and Vincent E. McKelvey, mbr's.
The regular program followed:
E. H. Muller - Multiple glaciation in Alaska: a progress
report. Discussed by Mertie, Woodring, Hartsock, Pecora.
Troy L. Péwé - Late Quaternary history in unglaciated central
Alaska. Discussed by Mertie, Sayre,
Tourtelot.
Joseph J. Fahey - Mineral sequences in the Green River
formation of southwestern Wyoming. Discussed by Bradley, Tourtelot, Dempsey,
Pecora, Hartsock, Woodring.
Attendance: 86
Meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
Garald G. Parker
Secretary
Geological Society of Washington
Secretary’s report
December 10, 1952
The 719th meeting of the Society was held in the Assembly Hall
of the Cosmos Club, Wednesday evening, December 10, 1952, Vice President,
Donald H. Dow, presiding.
The minutes of the 718th meeting were read and approved.
The regular program, followed:
Presidential address, Josiah Bridge— The Extent and
Significance of the Post Lower Ordovician Disconformity.
Attendance 112.
The meeting adjourned at 8:55 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary
Geological Society of Washington
60th Annual Meeting
December 10, 1952
The 60th. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of
Washington was held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club Wednesday, December
10, 1952, 9:10 P.M., President Josiah Bridge, presiding. About 85 members were
present.
The minutes of the 59th. annual meeting were read and
approved.
The annual report of the Secretaries for the year 1952 was
read and approved.
The annual report of the Treasurer was presented by the
Treasurer, Marie L. Lindburg. The report of the Auditing Committee, consisting
of T. D. Murphy (Chairman), Earl Ingerson, and A. R. Palmer was presented by
Mr. Murphy. Mr. Murphy stated that he
was shocked at the many sordid evidences of unscrupulous manipulation of the
records by the fiscal officers, which he was able to detect despite the
unaccountable fact that the records were correct. He gave the reluctant approval of the auditing
committee to the Treasurer's report.
The report of the Awards Committee, consisting of F. Shirer
(Chairman), A. A. Baker, and K. E. Lohman, was presented by Mr. Shirer, who
announced that the $25.00 prize for the best paper of the year had been won by
Mr. Robert J. Dunham for his paper on the Lake Classen area, Arbuckle Mts.,
Oklahoma, presented February 13, 1952.
Mr. Bridge announced the receipt of a small silver loving cup
from an anonymous donor to be presented annually for the best informal
communication, or best discussion presented during the year.
Mr. Ladd announced that he had seen the coffee pot, but
declined to say where it was, and was declared out-of-order.
The Society then proceeded with the election of officers for
the year 1953. President Bridge appointed Esther Aberdeen, Bob Davis and D. M.
Kinney as tellers.
The candidates selected by the Committee on Nominations were
presented and the election of the President was called to order. It was moved
by Mr. Woodring, and seconded by Mr. Ladd, that the nominations be closed. Motion carried. It was further moved by Mr. Woodring and
seconded by Mr. Van Valkenberg that the Secretary be instructed to cast a
unanimous ballot for Arthur A. Baker. Motion carried with one-dissenting vote,
which was declared out-of-order by President Bridge.
The election of the Vice-Presidents was called to order.
President Bridge explained that through oversight only one set of candidates
had been presented for the two offices of First and Second Vice-Presidents, and
that it was the decision of the council that the candidate receiving the
largest number of votes would be declared First Vice-President, and the
candidate with the second largest number of votes would be declared Second
Vice-President. R. W. Brown was elected First Vice-President, and T. P. Thayer
was elected Second Vice-President.
The election of a candidate to fill a 2-year term as secretary
was called to order. No nominations were
received from the floor. Mr. R. P. Bryson was elected.
The election of the Treasurer was called to order. It was moved
and seconded that nominations be closed. Motion carried. Mrs. Marie L. Lindberg
was elected.
The election of Members at Large of the Council was called to
order. No nominations were received from the floor. Theodore Botinelly, Donald
C. Duncan, and Hatten Yoder were elected.
Mr. Cannon requested a full account of the distribution of votes for
all nominees, and was presented with all the ballots thoroughly shuffled.
It was moved that nominations for Vice-President of the
Washington Academy of Science, representing the Geological Society of
Washington, be closed and that the Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous
ballot for A. Nelson Sayre. Motion
carried.
The meeting adjourned at 10:20 P.M.
Paul Averitt
Secretary