xiv Ndtioiial (leoiirdpliic iMcu/dzliic. 



June 2, 1893. , ■ 8Sd ineeting. 



Meeting held in the Assenibl_y Hull of the Cosmos Club. 

 Vice-President Ha3aien in the chair. Attendance, 75. 



The following amendment to the By-laws, proposed b}^ Gen- 

 eral A. W. Greely, was read and adopted: 



In article IV, last paragraph, change last sentence to read : 

 " Five members of the Board of Managers shall constitute a quo- 

 rum at regular meetings and nine members at special meetings." 



Lieutenant W. H. Beehler, United States Navy, read a paper 

 on the Solarometer. « 



Mr Robert T. Hill read a paper on the geography of Texas. 



JVIr Henry Gannett read a paper descriptive of the discovery 

 and exploration of the Yellowstone National Park. 



Jnyie 28, 1898. Special meeting. 



About 200 members and guests enjoyed the hospitality of 

 President Hubbard at a garden party, from 6 to 10 o'clock p m, 

 at his summer house. Twin Oaks, West Washington. 



T 7 r,'" .,io yon > ( International Geoqraphic Conference held at 

 July 2/-28, 189o. ■ ^, . i j.i a • -p n. o • * 



•^ ' ( Chicago under the Auspices of the bocietij. 



Morning session, July 27. 



The Conference was opened at 10 a m in the hall of Washing- 

 ton, Art Institute building, on Michigan avenue. Honorable 

 Gardiner G. Hubbard, President of the National Geographic 

 Society, in the chair. Attendance, 400. 



General John Eaton, fornierly United States Connnissioner of 

 Education, introduced President Hubbard, who read a paper on 

 " The Relations of Air and Water to Temperature and life." 

 Printed in this volume, p'p. 112-124. 



Honorable John Abercrombie, delegate from the Royal Scot- 

 tish Geographical Society, spoke briefly on the general work of 

 his society. Printed in this volume, pp. 102-104- 



General A. W. Greely, chairman of the Committee on Awards 

 of Prizes of the National Geographic Society, made an announce- 

 ment of the progr.ess of his committee, 



Mme Regina Maiiey, from La Sociedade de Geographia cle 

 [jisboa, spoke briefly on the attitude of that society and of the 

 Portuguese people toward the Conference. 



