GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
January 13,
1965
The
865th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, January 13, at 8:00 p.m. with President George Cohee presiding.
President
Cohee opened the meeting by giving a short address
on, the State of the Little Great Society. He announced that the Program
committee chairman for this year is Phil Bethke, the
Finance Committee chairman is Pete Toulmin, and that Jane Wallace has been
presented a gift in recognition of her years of faithful service as treasurer.
The
President announced the deaths of Arthur Spencer and Clyde Ross.
Two
visitors, Martin Lister from
The
minutes of the 864th meeting were read and approved. The secretary then
announced the election to membership of the following: Ebrahim
Shekarchi, U.S. Bureau of Mines and Arlo W. Gambell, James H. Irwin,
Gerald Meyer, Norman Hatch, James J. Papike, and
Philip M. Blacet all of the U.S.G.S.
An
informal communication on the preparation of slides was given by Ken Lohman. After apologizing for his first slide, he informed
us that the Society has a sheet of instructions on slide preparation. These are
available from the secretary. Ken also
showed us a slide manual available from the AAPG for $1.25.
The
regular program followed:
Arlo W. Gambell - "Rainfall composition and its relation to
stream composition in
Dwight
L. Schmidt - "Stratigraphy and structure of the
Gordon E. Andreason and Isidore Zietz, presented by Zietz -"Automatic plotting and contouring of earth
science data illustrated by applications to geophysics". Discussed by the chair, Heflin, and
Harbour.
Izzy
introduced the society to automation, taking 30 of his alloted
20 minutes to show us how 16 hours worth of work can be done in 2 seconds. It will be a sad day when our speakers are
automated.
Attendance:
109 (at least 2 of whom were members of the Washington Society of Engineers who
arrived at the wrong meeting room and sat through the entire show without realizing
their mistake. They commented that the papers were different, but enjoyable.)
The
meeting adjourned at 9:40.
C.
Ervin Brown,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON.SECRETARY'S REPORT
January 27,
1965
The
866th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, January 27, at 8:03 p.m. with vice-President
Philip Guild presiding.
The
minutes of the 865th meeting were read and applauded. The secretary then
announced the election to membership of the following: Miss Wilna
N. Brown, Miss Priscilla Mount, and Robert B. Mixon -
all of the U. S. Geological Survey and Larry H. Heflin of Burns and
McDonnell Engineering Co.
A
memorial to Arthur Spencer was presented by Wilmot Bradley.
The
regular program followed:
Herbert R. Shaw - "The viscosity of granite magma
- a sticky question”, discussed by Robertson, Roedder, Barton, Toulmin,
McKelvey, and Martin.
James
P. Owens and James P. Minard, presented by Owens -
"Tectonism and sedimentation in the northern
Atlantic Coastal Plain" discussed by Henbest,
Newman, and Cox. After the discussion, vice-President Guild introduced Jim Minard, the working- member of this team, to the society.
Norman
Herz, John Reynolds, and Umberto Cordani,
presented by Herz, - "Tholeiitic
and alkalic volcanism in
Attendance:
170
The
meeting was adjourned at 9:50.
C.
Ervin Brown,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
February 10,
1965
The
867th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, February 10 at 8:03 p.m. with
President Cohee presiding.
President
Cohee opened the meeting with the following
announcements:
The
Washington Academy of Sciences will hold a meeting on Thursday February 18 in
the J. W. Powell Auditorium; GSW members are urged to attend.
A
proposed new by-law was read. This by-law will be voted on at the next regular
meeting. The new by-law is necessary in order to obtain tax exempt status with
the Internal Revenue Service.
The
council has voted to affiliate with the AAPG. Among the advantages of this
affiliation is that our members can take advantage of that organization's
inexpensive life insurance program.
Bremsteller
strikes again! ! [note from
Ed: Bremsteller was the insurance agent who got GSW
into the insurance business]
Mr.
John Masters of the Pakistan Geological Survey was introduced to the Society.
The
minutes of the 866th meeting were read and the secretary announced the election
to membership of the following: Dr. Ian Campbell, California State Geologist,
Catherine Campbell, and Aleta M. Leiber,
U.S.G.S., and John R. Carpenter, U, S. Naval Oceanographic Office.
The
regular program followed:
K. O. Emery and Bruce Martin, presented by
Martin - "
D. John Cederstrom -
"Hydrology of Northeastern Brazil" briefly discussed by Skinner.
The
previous record for going overtime this year was 10 minutes, held by Isidore Zietz. John beat this record by 7 minutes as he led
us from one watering hole to another over 8600 kilometers of delightfully
different northeast Brazil.
Last
paper by: Wilmot H. Bradley - "Vertical Density Currents" - discussed
by Sohn; Guild, Shaw, Henbest,
McKelvey, Barton, Bates, Altschuler, and the chair.
Attendance
was 160.
The
meeting adjourned at 10:05.
C.
Ervin Brown,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
February 24,
1965
The 868th meeting of the society was held in
the John Wesley Powell Auditorium, Wednesday February 24 at 8:00 PM with
president Cohee presiding.
The
minutes of the 867th meeting were read and approved.
President
Cohee then read a proposed new by-law needed to allow
us to have tax exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service. The by-law was
voted on and passed unanimously.
The
secretary announced the election to membership of
President
Cohee announced the death of Theodore Chapin.
The
regular program followed:
Thor
H. Kiilsgaard - "Silver" discussed by
Guild, Henbest, Weiss, Cohee
Ellis
L. Yochelson - "Some Early Mollusks?"
discussed by Guild, McKelvey, Cohee, Gordon
Peter
M. Bell - "Experimental Geology of Kyanite Sillimanite, and Andalusite"
discussed by Robertson, Fleischer, Zen, Pecora, Barton,
Boyd, Clarke, Shaw, and Toulmin
Attendance:
105
The
meeting adjourned at 9:35
C.
Ervin Brown, S
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
March 10,
1965
The
869th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday, March 10, 1965 at 8:00 p.m. with President Cohee
presiding
The
minutes of the 868th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of Arthur R. Fleetwood, James V.
Piani, J. Richard Jadamec,
Douglas W. Edsall all from the Geoscience
Branch, National Oceanographic Data Center; Glenn G. Bartle
of AID, State Department; and H. Galt Siegrist of the
Glidden Paint Company.
A
visitor, Kojiono of the Japanese Geological Survey,
was introduced to the Society.
Two
informal communications were presented. The first was by John Reinemund who displayed the new geological map of
The
second communication was by Wendell Woodring who gave
an account of the first conference of the Geological Society of America
Central, which he recently attended in
The
regular program followed:
John
W. Allingham, "Aeromagnetic Anomalies in
southeastern Missouri Mining District" discussed by John Brown, Sato, Kiilsgaard, Roseboom, Dutro, and Herz.
Robert
C. Vorhis, "Hydroseisms"
discussed by an unidentified gentleman sitting between Bob Weeks and Phil Bethke, Shaw, a voice behind Doug Kinney, White, Gabelman, Nace, Allingham, Petrie, and the chair.
Edwin
Roedder, "Bouncing Bubbles, or Who put the pep in
Mother Nature's Pop?" The discussion that followed was mainly in the form
of wisecracks by Barton, Toulmin, and a voice from the audience. Guild had a
serious comment, the chair a semi-serious remark, and Herb Shaw added a final
touché by accusing the speaker of playing with toys. Ringmaster Roedder's trained bubble circus not only had bubble dancers
but also included bubbly champagne music by a whiskey tenor.
Attendance:
109.
The
meeting adjourned at 10:05 p.m.
C.
Ervin Brown
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
March 24,
1965
The
870th-meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday, March 24, 1965, at 8:00 PM with president Cohee
presiding.
The
president announced that the Society was represented at the regional science
fair finals at
The
minutes of the 869th meeting were read and approved.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of Charles H. Maxwell of the U.
S. Geological Survey.
Two
informal communications were presented. The first was by Harry Smedes who presented an experimental geologic map of the
The
second communication was by Leonard Fernow who discussed
the prospects of geologic teaching at the
Three
visitors were introduced to the Society by Ebrahim Shekarchi. They are: Drs. Topkaya
of
The
regular program followed:
Harold
Masursky, "Lunar Geology - Terrestrial Analogues
and Spacecraft Observations" discussed by Gerhari,
Wright, Tanner, Guild, Warren and a gentleman sitting beside Josh Tracey.
John
R. Carpenter, "The Influence of Structural Deformation on Some Aspects of Metaraorphic Differentiation" discussed by White, Blacet, Cordell, Guild, Barton, and Jones.
H.
Richard Blank, "Geophysical Investigation of Calderas in
Attendance
was 176.
The
meeting adjourned at 10:15 PM.
C.
Ervin Brown,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
April 14,
1965
The
871st meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday, April 14, 1965, at 8:00 p.m. with President Cohee
presiding.
The
president announced the receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of a. 501C3
Tax Exemption Status for GSW. He also
announced that the Society was represented at the Washington, D. C., Annual Science
Fair held on April 10, 1965, by I. G. Sohn. In the name of the Society, Certificates of
Merit were awarded to three 7th Grade students for projects in Earth
Sciences. The president then read
"Definition of a geophysicist" contributed by Mike Fleischer and
taken from the Quarterly News Bulletin of the Geological Society of South
Africa (Vol. 7, No. 4, Oct. 1964, p. 41).
The
Acting-Secretary announced that the Council has found a duty for the Second
Vice President - in the absence of both Council and Meetings Secretaries the
Second Vice President may be permitted to read and take the minutes.
The
minutes of the 870th meeting were read and approved.
The
Acting-Secretary announced the election to membership of John F. Mink,
Consulting geologist, Ground water of
Two
visitors were introduced: Dr. James E. Sorauf,
E.
T. McKnight read a memorial to Clyde P. Ross in large part based on the
memorial prepared by B. F. Leonard and presented to the Colorado Scientific
Society.
David
P. Hill of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory presented an informal communication
on the U. S. Geological Survey's program on Seismology of the
The
regular program, Anatomy of the Continental Crust and Upper Mantle: A
Symposium, followed:
John H. Healy, "Introduction and Seismic
Evidence". Discussed
by Cohee, Schopf, Ward,
Benson, Davis, Bauer, Zen and Allingham.
Isidore Zietz, "Aeromagnetic Evidence". Discussed by
Skinner, Pecora, Zietz, Cohee.
Louis
C. Pakiser, "Synthesis of Geologic and
Geophysical Evidence: Summary and Conclusion". No discussion followed.
Attendance
was 162. The meeting adjourned at 10:10
p.m.
Douglas
M. Kinney
Second
Vice President
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
April 28,
1965
The
872nd meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, April 28, at 8:00 p.m. with vice-President
Philip Guild presiding.
Vice-president
Guild announced that our affiliation with the AAPG has been approved at the
annual meeting in
Pete
Toulmin announced the Pick and Hammer field trip to
The
secretary announced the election to membership of the following: Professors
Robert L. Ellison and Ernest H. Ern, Jr., Dept. of
Geology, University of Virginia; Professor Paul S. Bauer, American University,
and consultant to Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the
Subcommittee on Oceanography, House of Representatives; Brian Mason, U. S.
National Museum, and Carol Larman, U. S. Geological
Survey.
Informal
communications were given by Harold Kirkemo on the U.
S. Geological Survey's exhibit at the
The
regular program, a symposium on the Alaskan Earthquake of 1964, followed:
Thor
Karlstrom - "Regional Setting and Geologic
Effects in the Cook Inlet Area," discussed by Bergquist
and Guild.
Oscar
J. Ferrions - "Geologic Effects in the
R.
M. Waller - "Hydrologic Effects in south-central
During
this paper the electric pointer burned out. The following paper was given with
the aid of a 10-foot wiggly stick:
H.
W. Coulter - "Geologic Effects at
The
attendance was 174. Meeting adjourned for beer and the summer at 10:18.
C.
Ervin Brown,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
October 13,
1965
The
873rd meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, October 13, at 8:00 p.m. with president Cohee
presiding.
President
Cohee announced that W. T. Pecora
has agreed to be chairman of a Planning Committee for the 1971 GSA meeting, in
President
Cohee also announced that the Finance committee found
the Society solvent, but with numerous members with unpaid dues.
President
Cohee also announced the deaths of H.R. Joesting, R. M. Hernon, Carl
Fries, Jr., George Flint, Jr., L. F. Noble, William Hill, and M. I. Goldman.
The
following were introduced to the Society: Peter J. M. Ypma,
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of the following: James R.
Craig, M. Charles Gilbert, Stephen Richardson, Gerald K. Czamanske,
Louis McNay, James R. Jones, Mrs. Faith Payne, Prof.
Charles Summerson, H. W. Menard, Peter J. M. Ypma, and. Lt. Peter B. Stifel.
Memorials
to H. R. Joesting and Marcus I. Goldman were
presented Roland Henderson and Charles Milton, respectively.
Ellis
Yochelson aroused interest in the I.G.C. meeting to
be held in
The
regular program followed:
Allan
B. Tanner—Calculations of ground -water motion using radiocarbon flow
rates" - discussed by Jones, Harbour, and Sato.
Anthony
J. Naldrett—"The role of sulphurization
in the genesis of iron-nickel deposits of the Porcupine district,
A.
R. Palmer — "Regional relationships of the Cambrian of the
Cordilleran" - discussed by Martin, Gabelman,
Platt, Oliver, and the chair.
The
attendance was 109; meeting adjourned at 10:05.
[signed Ralph E. Van Alstine]
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
October 27, 1965
The
874th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, October 27, at 8:00 p.m. with President Cohee
presiding.
The
minutes of the 873rd meeting were read and approved. The Secretary then
announced the election to membership of the following: John O'Farrell, Engineer
at Internal Revenue Service; Fred R. Siegel, Professor of Geochemistry at
Two
informal communications were given:
William
Benson reported on the NSF-supported drilling in the Hawaiian Arc. He titled
his talk "Geophysics tells all, or does it?"
Roy
Bailey reported on the recent eruption at Taal
Volcano in the Philippine Islands.
The
regular program followed:
William
G. Melson, "Metamorphism in the Mid -Atlantic Ridge" discussed by
Thayer, Waters, Zen.
Gerald K. Czamanske
"TiO2 Content of Pyroclastic Layers
from Cascade Volcanoes," discussed by the chair, Toulmin, Zen, Thayer, and
Waters.
At
this point in the meeting Judge Cohee, noting two
distinguished gentlemen sitting in the front row, began to reminisce about a
field trip through the myriad of volcanic rocks in our great Northwest. He
recalled an incident at the crack of dawn in the frontier town,
The
last paper was "Recent Developments in the study of Crustal
Structure" by T. Jefferson Smith and John S. Steinhart given by Smith
discussed by the chair.
Attendance
was 122. The meeting adjourned at 9:48
C.
Ervin Brown
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
November 10,
1965
The
875th meeting of the Society vas held, in John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, November 10, at 8:00 p.m. with President Cohee
presiding.
President
Cohee announced the date of the next and annual
meeting, December 8 and the slate of officers proposed by the Nominating
Committee:
President
— John T. Hack
First
Vice-President — Joshua I. Tracey
Second
Vice-President—M. Gordon Wohlman
Secretary
(Meetings) — Meyer Rubin
Treasurer—
Jane Wallace
Council
— Peter Bell, Roy A. Bailey, Lucien Platt
Delegate
to
The
following were introduced to the Society: Dr. Rokuro Morikawa,
President
Cohee announced the death of Robert G. Guillou in a helicopter accident.
The
minutes of the 874th meeting were read. President Cohee
suggested inclusion of Bill Pecora's summary remark
on the
The
Acting Secretary then announced the election to membership of the following: Henry
J. Gardner, Department of Defense; Jack W. Pierce and Charles W. Harper,
Smithsonian Institution; Thomas F. Phelan, U. S. National Museum; Edward D.
Andrus, Holland Engineering Co.
Altschuler
presented an informal communication on "Rare Earths in Phosphate," a
report analyzing the great potential resources of rare earths that become
available through the solution of apatite in production of superphosphate.
Isidore Zietz then
presented an interminable communication reporting on his recent trip to
The
regular program followed:
Richard
E. Grant--Permian Brachiopods of the
Howard A. Powers—U.S.G.S. Research Program at Hawaiian
Volcano Observatory. Discussed by Vorhis.
Edwin Roedder and John P. Creel—Fluid Inclusions from
Attendance 150. Meeting adjourned 9:45 p.m.
Douglas
M. Kinney
Acting
Secretary
GELOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
December 8,
1965
The
876th meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium,
Wednesday evening, December 8, at 8:00 p.m. with President Cohee
presiding.
President
Cohee introduced Prof. Leo Schubert from
Harry
Wilson was also introduced to the Society.
The
Secretary announced the election to membership of the following people: Dr.
Thomas F. Bates, Science Adviser to the Secretary of the Interior; Benjamin Adelstein and Hubert W. Norman, of the Securities and
Exchange Commission; Burton C. Becker of the Soil Conservation Service; and
Robert Douglas MacDougall and Earl E. Brabb of the U.
S. Geological Survey.
The
Secretary also announced that Dr. Howard Meyerhoff,
Chairman of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America,
wishes to remind us that the first meeting of the Northeastern Section will be
held at the
President
Cohee announced that due to the absence of the projectionist,
Doug Kinney would operate the projector. We have discovered another use for the
2nd Vice President!
The
President then turned the Chair over to Vice President Guild who introduced to
the Society our well-known out-going President George Cohee
who spoke on the "Geologic History of the
Attendance:
212
The
meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
C.
Ervin Brown,
Secretary
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
73rd Annual
Meeting December 8, 1965
The
73rd Annual Meeting of the Society was held in the John Wesley Powell
Auditorium, Wednesday evening, December 8, 1965 at 9:10 p.m., with President
George Cohee presiding.
President
Cohee opened the meeting with an unprecedented
continuation of his own paper just given at the preceding 876th regular
meeting. His discussion was in answer to many questions during the intermission
the Jurassic red beds in
Loren
Stieff presented a "memorial" to William T.
Pecora who has ascended rapidly from the ground floor
of the
A
report by Bill Benson and Lloyd Henbest, a
self-appointed Gavel Committee, was surreptitiously given under the guise of an
informal communication.
The
burden of their report was that because of several severe violations of time
limits this year, a long-handled gavel was needed. They then presented to the
Society what appears to be a croquet mallet clad in the skin of a dead can of
Budweiser. Bill Benson's remark that we are now "sadder but wiser
(Budweiser)" is hardly worthy of being recorded in the minutes.
The
minutes of the 72nd meeting were read by the Secretary.
The
annual report of the Treasurer was delivered by Jane Wallace. Total receipts
from all sources plus 1964 cash balance, $2,496.49; total expenditures were
$2,388.38; the net cash balance as of December 7 is $103.11. The endowment fund
stands at $2,885.90 giving total net of $2,994.01 on December 7.
The
report of the Auditing Committee, consisting of Ed Roedder and Paul Barton, was
presented by Roedder. The committee
found the books in good shape although they were somewhat shocked when an
arbitrary sampling of entries revealed a check written by the Treasurer for the
purpose of a "Gift to the Treasurer." This prompted a very careful
study of the books and discovery that the committee’s suspicions were
groundless. The committee found that nearly 100 members are arrears in dues for
one year and 18 for two years. Ed suggested that "we might consider
stooping to extremism to rout out these undesirables in our midst, by publicly
refusing them beer." The committee
also noted that an antique coffee pot is missing from the Society's property.
The last recorded mention of it was at an annual meeting in 1952 when Harry
Ladd announced that he had seen the coffee pot but was ruled out of order when
he refused to say where it was. Ed presented the Society with a small inscribed
pot to serve pro tem until the antique pot shows up.
The
annual report of the Secretaries was read by Council Secretary Hanshaw.
The
report of the Award Committee was delivered by Walter S. White. White explained
the Brownie point scheme (for which he disclaimed
credit) used in grading the 12 papers that were seriously considered. The paper by T. Jefferson Smith and John S.
Steinhart "Recent Developments in the study of Crustal
Structure" was chosen as best of the year while second prize went to A. R.
(Pete) Palmer for his paper on "Regional relationships of the Cambrian of
the Cordilleran Region." Honorable mention went to Bill Bradley, and Ed
Roedder.
The
Great Dane award for the best informal communication was won by Roy Bailey for
his description of the eruption of Taal Volcano. Since the slides and data were provided by
Jim Moore it is hoped that
The
highly coveted Sleeping Bear Award was presented by Brian Skinner who said he
was the council-appointed jester representing an anonymous committee. He
explained that the rules governing the award are apparently nonexistent but the
intent is clear and twofold. Firstly, to pay recognition to some clever, possibly
ego-degrading, but definitely deflating and unassumingly honest action or
statement made at a general meeting. Secondly, to goodnaturedly verbally assasinate as many as possible daring the presentation of
the award. After Brian was through it was clear that he followed the
intention of the award quite well. The
committee did not have many bearish comments to work on, but listed a few made
both from the podium and the floor. Included were a very hesitant and confusing
comment by McKelvey, and a contrastingly quick reply by Herb Shaw. Also
considered was a well-timed guffaw by White, but when it was discovered this
was a result of a joke being whispered by his neighbor he was ruled out. A comment that Luna Leopold might have
rnade, if he had been here was also considered. But,
when all votes were cast the obvious choice for winner was "Bubbles"
Ed Roedder with his honest comment that “he was here to give a paper, not make
sense." Ed effervescently received
the cup and later was heard to say that he had been trying for many years to
win it."
At
this time President Cohee asked for a motion
approving all reports and was quickly informed by Woodring
that all reports did not need approval.
Bill Benson then moved that all reports needing approval be approved and
it was so ordered.
President
Cohee presented the slate of new officers. Ken Lohman moved that the nominations be closed. The motion was
seconded and passed unanimously.
The
new officers were called to the stage for presentation to the Society and our
new President, John Hack had a few remarks.
Outgoing
President Cohee presented President Hack with a gavel
as well as the mallet given by the Gavel Committee.
The
meeting adjourned at 9:55 p.m. Attendance was 212.
C.
Ervin Brown,
Secretary