PEOCEEDINGS. XXIII 



SATURDAY LECTURES, 1887. 



The sixth course of Saturday Lectures was begun March 12, 

 1SS7, under the auspices of the Biological, Philosophical, and 

 Anthropological Societies. The lectures were delivered in the 

 lecture hall of the National Museum, eight being given on Sat- 

 urday afternoons, and four on Wednesday evenings with the aid 

 of the stereopticon. The programme was as follows : 



March 12: Gen. A. W. Greely, U. S. A. Animals of the' Arctic Region. 



March ig : Capt. C. E. Dutton, U. S. A. Earthquakes. 



March 2j : Mr. W. J. McGee. The Charleston Earthquake. (Evening 

 lecture.) 



March 26: Prof. Otis T. Mason. The Natural Historv of Human Arts. 



April 2 : Dr. B. E. Fernow. Our Forestry Problem. 



April 6: Mr. Thomas Wilson. Pre-historic Man in Europe. (Even- 

 ing lecture.) 



April lb: Dr. Edward M. Hartwell. The Aims and Eftects of 

 Physical Training. 



April 20: Dr. Frank Baker. Facial Expression. (Evening lecture.) 



April 2j: Miss H. C. DeS. Abbott. The Chemistry of the Higher 

 and Lower Plants. 



April jo: Prof. Harrison Allen. Rights and Lefts. 



May 4: Prof S. P. Langley. Sunlight and the Earth's Atmosphere. 

 (Evening lecture.) 



May 7 : Dr. J. H. Bryan. The Mechanism of the Human Voice. 



BAIRD MEMORIAL MEETING. 



January 11, 18S8, a meeting commemorative of the life and 

 scientific work of Prof. Spencer Fullerton Baird was held in the, 

 lectui'e hall of the Columbian University, under the joint auspices 

 of the Anthropological, Biological, and Philosophical Societies of 

 XVashington. A very large number of persons was in attendance. 

 Mr. Garrick Mallery, President of the Philosophical Society, pre- 

 sided, and the following addresses were delivered : 



Relations between Professor Baird and the Partici- 

 pating Societies, by Mr. Garrick Mallery. 



Professor Baird as Administrator, by Mr. William B. 

 Taylor, of the Smithsonian Institution. 



