Ahdrad oj Minutes. xv 



General John Eaton read a paper on " The Relations which 

 may or should exist between the National Geographic Society 

 and geographic Instruction." Printed in this volume, pjj. 105-107 . 



Major J W. Powell, Director of the United States Geological 

 Survey, spoke on the " Study of Geography." Printed in this 

 volume, pp. 107-109. 



Colonel F. W. Parker, Principal of the Cook County Normal 

 School, read a paper on " The Relations of Geography to His- 

 tory." Printed in this volume, pp. 125-131. 



Captain Magnus Andersen read a paper on " Norway and the 

 Vikings." Printed in this volume, pp. 132- 1S6. 



Afternoon session. 



The Conference was resumed at 3 p ni. Attendance, 200. 



Professor W. B.. Powell, Superintendent of Public Schools, 

 Washington, D. C, read a paper entitled " Geographic Instruc- 

 tion u\ the Public Schools." Printed in this volume, pp. 137-153. 



Professor T. C- Chamberlin gave an address on " The Relations 

 of Geology to Physiography in our educational System." Printed 

 in this volume, pp. 154--160. 



Professor William Libbey, Junior, delegate from the American 

 Geographical Society of New York, read a paper on '' The Rela- 

 tions of the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current." Printed 

 in this volume, pf). 161-166. 



Mr F. H. Newell, Secretary of the National Geographic So- 

 ciet}^, read a paper on " The arid Regions of the United States." 

 Printed in this volume, pp. 167-172. 



Evening session. 



At 8 p m the conference was resumed. President Hubbard in 

 the chair. Attendance, 500. 



General A. W. Greely delivered an address entitled "■ Inter- 

 national polar Expeditions." 



At 9:30 p m the C-bnt'erence adjourned, to meet next morning 

 at the monastery of La Rabida, in the Columbian Exposition 

 grounds, Jackson park, and afterward to continue the session at 

 11a m in Recital Hall. 



Morning session, July 28. 



From 9 to 11 o'clock a m Mr W. E. Curtis, chief of the Latin- 

 American department, and Captain John G. Bourke, United 



