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Arrangements have also been made for the following popular lectures, at dates to be 

 announced later : 



The Appalachian Forest Reserve ; Honorable James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. 



The Warship and its Work ; Rear-Admiral W. S. Schi^ey. 



Fifty Years of Immigration ; Honorable E- F. McSweEnEy, Asst. Com. Immigration. 



Cliff Dwellings of Mesa Verde ; Mrs. John Hays Hammond. 



Explorations in New York City ; Mr. Jacob A. RiiS. 



Finland ; Mr. GEORGE Kennan. 



Provisional arrangements have been made for lectures on Pacific Cables, Actual and Proposed r 

 Our Coming Oceanic Canal ; America Before the Advent of Man ; Chinese Problems ; Lands and. 

 Life in Ocean Depths ; Colombia ; Danish West Indies ; and Afghanistan — the Buffer State. 



Regttlat Meeting's of the Society for the reading of technical papers and discussions will be 

 held in the Assembly Hall of Cosmos Club on Friday evenings, at 8 o'clock, commencing 

 November i, and alternating with the Popular Lectures. 



November L — Symposium on the Growth and Prospects of the Society . Pres. Graham Bei.1/ 



Followed by Professor Heilprin and others. 



November 15.— The Lost Boundary of Texas Marcus Baker 



Cartographer, U. S. Geological Survey- 

 November 29.— The Best Isthmian Canal Route Arthur P. Davis 



Chief Hydrographer, Isthmian Canal Commission. 



December 13. — The Northwest Boundary : 



C. H. S1NC1.AXR E. C. Barnard Baii^ey Wilws 



U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey U. S. Geological Survey U. S. Geological Survey 



December 27. — Holiday vacation. 

 January 10. — Annual Meeting, Reports and Elections. 



The Lenten Coatse of five lectures will be delivered in Columbia Theater, F street 

 near Twelfth, at 4.20 o'clock, on Wednesday afternoons of March 5, 12, 19, and 26 and 

 April 2. As previously announced, the general subject of this course is "Problems of 

 the Pacific " the special topics being Japan, Hawaii and Polynesia, Australia and New 

 Zealand, Physical Features of the Great Oceanic Basin, and the Pacific as a Factor in World- 

 Growth. 



The program is not yet complete, but it may be confidently stated that each subject wilL 

 be treated in an authentic and interesting manner. _ 



