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against the act pending in Congress proposing to grant the Hetch-Hetchy Valley in 

 the Yosemite National Park for water-storage purposes. Addresses by Prof. Henry 

 Fairfield Osborn, president of the Museum; Dr. George F. Kunz, president of the 

 Scenic Society, Mr. Robert Underwood Johnson, chairman of the National Commit- 

 tee; Dr. Douglas W. Johnson of Columbia University, and others will discuss the 

 economic, geological and scenic features of the question at issue. The picturesque 

 beauties of the Yosemite will be illustrated upon the screen. The importance of the 

 occasion is indicated by letters from ex-President Taft, Cardinal Gibbons, Presi- 

 dent-emeritus Eliot of Harvard University and other distinguished citizens in sym- 

 pathy with the meeting. 



On the evening of November 3, the section of Geology and Mineralogy of the 

 New York Academy of Sciences will entertain the members of the Academy and its 

 Affiliated Societies at a general meeting and reception to be held in the auditorium 

 and the adjoining Eskimo hall of the Museum. The speaker of the evening will be 

 Prof. Ellsworth Huntington of Yale University, who will discuss the problem of 

 climatic changes in the past, outlining and illustrating by lantern slides the evidence 

 as shown in his investigations in central and western Asia and in California and the 

 Southwest. This entertainment of the Academy in November by the Section of 

 Geology is the first of a series of four social evenings to continue through the winter 

 months. The further meetings will be under the auspices respectively of the Sec- 

 tions of Biology, Astronomy and Anthropology. 



Dr. Rudolf Wagner, who is about to undertake an investigation of the several 

 Spanish dialects in Mexico and to collect folklore from both the Indian and the 

 Spanish-speaking populations, recently visited the Museum, paying especial atten- 

 tion to the Mexican hall. 



. The National Association of Audubon Societies met at the Museum on 

 October 28, when the following officers were elected: Mr. William Dutcher, president; 

 Dr. T. S. Palmer, first vice-president; Dr. F. A. Lucas, second vice-president; T. 

 Gilbert Pearson, secretary; and Jonathan D wight, treasurer. In addition to these 

 members the following were elected to the Board of Directors: Dr. J. A. Allen, Dr. 

 George Bird Grinnell, Dr. Frank M. Chapman, Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, Mr. W. 

 W. Grant and Mr. Charles Sheldon. The report of the secretary showed that the 

 Society has expended more than $80,000 in bird protection during the last year. 

 Junior Audubon classes under the direction of the Association have been organized 

 and 52,000 members are enrolled. The Board of Directors at this meeting offered a 

 reward of $250 for the arrest and conviction of the man who shot John C. Reinbold, 

 game warden in Hackensack, New Jersey. One of the important features of the 

 Association's work during the past year has been its participation in arranging for the 

 Niobrara Reservation in Nebraska, where a herd of elks has been established. 



The fourth annual Teachers' Day of the American Museum of Natural History 

 will be held at the Museum on the afternoon of Saturday, November 8. There will 

 be brief addresses in the auditorium by Dr. John H. Finley, Commissioner of Educa- 

 tion of the State of New York and Dr. William H. Maxwell, Superintendent of the 

 Public Schools of New York City, after which the guests will visit the bird and 

 mammal halls and gather for an informal reception and afternoon tea in the north 

 bird hall. 



The American Ornithologists' Union will convene November 10 at the 

 Explorers' Club for the first meeting of its thirty-first annual congress. The pro- 

 gram of the three days of the Congress will include sessions for the presentation of 



