ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS OF THE ACADEMY AND 



AFFILIATED SOCIETIES 



Tuesday, December 6. The Botanical Society, at the Cosmos Club, at 8 p.m. 

 Program : 

 Wilson Popenoe: Hunting new plants for American horticulture in the highlands of 



Central and South America. 

 L. C. C. Krieger: A sketch of the history of mycological illustrations [higher Funagi). 



Tuesday, December 6. The Anthropological Society, at the National Mu- 

 seum, at 4:45 p.m. Program: 

 Ales Hrdlicka: How the earth was peopled. 



Wednesday, December 7. The Society of Engineers. 



Thursday, December 8. The Chemical Society. 



Saturday, December 10. The Biological Society. 



Tuesday, December 13. The Institute of Electrical Engineers. 



Wednesday, December 14. The Geological Society, at the Cosmos Club, 

 at 8 p.m. 



Thursday, December 15. The Academy, at the Cosmos Club, at 8:15 p.m. 

 Program : 

 Wm. E. Sapford: The food plants of America. 



Saturday, December 17. The Philosophical Society, at the Cosmos Club, 

 at 8: 15 p.m. 



OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS 



Friday, December 16, at 3:30 p.m., a public lecture at the Bureau of .Stand- 

 ards: Prof. Cavalier: J^es industries ckimiques en France pendant la 

 Guerre. 



PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED SINCE THE PRECEDING ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL^ 



Wednesday, November 9. The Geological Society, at the Cosmos Club, at 8 p.m. Pro- 

 gram: Pentti Eskola: Metamorphic limestone as a geological thermometer. O. E. 

 Meinzer: An outline of hydrology. 



Wednesday, November 16. The Society of Engineers, at the Cosmos Club, at 8:15 p.m. 

 Program: Thomas RiGGS, Jr. : The problems of Alaska. 



Thursday, December 1. The Entomological Society, at the National Museum, at 8 p.m. 

 Program: Election of officers. S. Hadwen: On Oestridae. 



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