MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES 27 



The lectures of the People's Course are open free to the public and 

 no tickets are required for admittance, except in the case of children, 

 who will be admitted only on presentation of the ticket of a Member 

 of the Museum. The doors are open at 7:30 o'clock and close when 

 the lectures begin. 



The programme of the third course of the Public Lectures will be 

 issued by the City Board of Education in February. 



MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



The meetings of the various societies that make the Museum 

 their home will be continued until May. Papers on technical and 

 general scientific subjects are read at these meetings. The papers 

 and discussions are often of popular character and are always of 

 considerable general interest. The public is invited to attend the 

 meetings, and Members of the Museum will be provided with pro- 

 grammes on making request of the Director. 



The New York Academy of Sciences holds its meetings on Monday 

 evenings at 8:15 o'clock, as follows: 



January 8. — Business meeting and section of Geology and 

 Mineralogy. 



January 15. — Section of Biology. 



January 22. — Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry. 



January 29. — Section of Anthropology and Psychology. 



For the remainder of the season the Academy will hold its meet- 

 ings in the following order: 



First Mondays. — ^Business meetings and section of Geology and 

 Mineralogy. 



Second Mondays. — Section of Biology. 



Third Mondays. — Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry. 



Fourth Mondays. — Section of Anthropology and Psychology. 



On Tuesday evenings and at other times as announced by the 

 Secretary meetings are held 'by the New York Linnean Society, the 

 New York Mineralogical Club and the New York Entomological 

 Society. 



