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Till, inciiilici-sliij) of ihc Miixmiiii Inr I lie year 1 '.M '> shows ;i net iiurease 

 of nincty-llircc oxer that of the prcctMhiit;' year. 



Public meetings of the New York A(a(hiiiy of Sciences and its Affiliated 

 Societies will lie held at the Museum aceonling' to the usual schedule. 

 Prograuunes of meetings are puhlished in the weekly Bulletin of the Academy. 



LECTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS 

 MEMBERS' COURSE 



The foUowinR locturos ilhist rated by stcroopticon will bo given during IMarch to Members 

 of tlie Museum and i)ersons holding complimentary tickets given them by Members. 

 Thursday evenings at 8: 1.5 o'clock. Doors oi)en at 7: 4.5. 



March 2 — INIk. D. E. GrObl, "Tibet ami the Himalayas." 



Mr. Griibl will pr(>sent the history of Buddhism in Tibet and the hierarchy of the Dalai 

 Lama. He will describe the life and ceremonies of the people and explain the significance of 

 the recent political changes in t\w Dalai Lama's realm. Mr. Oriibl obtained during his travels 

 some splendid pictures of the Himalayas and the borderlands of Tibet. 



March 9 — Mr. Frederick C. Hicks, "Glimpses of the Far East." 



During a trip of about .30.000 miles, Mr. Hicks procured much interesting and instructive 

 data on conditions in the Orient, as well as many photographs of the points visited. In his 

 lecture he will speak of Korea, of China and its fJreat Wall and of the vast country traversed 

 by the Siberian Railway. 



March 16 — ^Ir. Claude N. Bennett, "The Panama Canal — The Eighth Wonder 

 of the World." 

 Mr. Bemiett is the foimder and manager of the Congressional Information Bureau at 

 "Washington. He has recently spent a month in the Canal Zone and made a thorough study 

 of the Canal and the surroimding country. His lantern slides and moving pictures cover the 

 work which has been accomplished to the present time. 



IMarch 2.3 — Mr. Dougl.\s Wilson Johnson, " Physical Hist orv of t he ( irand Canon 

 District." 

 Given in codpenUion with the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society 



Mr. Johnson's lecture deals with the principal events in the physical history of that 

 portion of the Colorado plateau province lying in northern Arizona and southern Utah. 

 Especial attention is given to the effects of the physical history upon the scenery of the dis- 

 trict. Most of Mr. Johnson's lantern slides are of points not commonly visited by tourists. 



March 30 — Mr. Roy C. A.ndrews, "From Japan to the Dutch East Indies." 



In Xovember Mr. Andrews returned from a fifteen month's absence during which, on 

 board the L'nited States ship Albatro.ss, he visited Japan, Formosa and many of the islands 

 of the Dutch East Indies. He will illustrate his lecture with a very complete series of lantern 

 slides 



IdPILS' COURSE 



These lectures are open to the pupils of the public schools when accomijanied by their 

 teachers and to children of Members of the Museum on presentation of Membership tickets. 

 Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 o'clock. 



March '20 and .\i)nl 17 — Mr. Roy W. Miner, " I^arly Days in New \()rl<." 

 March 22 and .\i)ril l!) — Ma. Roy C. .\ndrews, "A Visit to the Orient." 

 JNIarcli 24 and .\pril 21 — Dr. Louis Hussakof, "Scenes from Pole to Pole." 



