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September 21-Oetober 12 — Exhibition. 

 September 28-October 3 — Section meetings. 

 September 24-Oetober 9 — Special lectures (Wash- 

 ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and 

 Boston ) . 

 Special days at the exhibition: 



Monday, September 21, 8 p.m. — Formal opening. 

 Saturday, September 26 — Women's clubs and 



allied organizations. 

 Sunday, September 27 — Fraternal organizations. 

 Sunday, October 4 — Labor unions. 

 Tuesday, October 6 — Social and charity workers. 

 Thursday, October 8 — Religious organizations. 

 Saturday, October 10 — School children and 

 teachers. 

 Monday, September 28, 11 a.m. (Assembly Hall, 

 new National Museum) — Oflacial welcome of 

 delegates. 

 2:30 P.M. — Opening session of Sections I., II., 



III. and VI. 

 3:00 P.M. — Opening session of Section IV. (no 

 sessions of Sections V. and VII. on Monday ) . 

 8:00 P.M. (Assembly Hall) — Lecture by Dr. A. 

 A. Wladimiroff, of Russia, on " The Biology 

 of the Tubercle Bacillus." 

 8:30-11:00 P.M. — Reception to visitors at the 

 Corcoran Art Gallery. 

 Tuesday, September 29 — Opening sessions of Sec- 

 tions V. and VII. and sessions of other sec- 

 tions continued. 

 2:30 P.M. — Section meetings continued. 

 8:00 P.M. (Assembly Hall) — Lecture by Dr. 

 Arthur Newsholme, of London, Medical Officer 

 to the Local Government Board of England, 

 London, on " The Causes of the Past Decline 

 of Tuberculosis, and the Light thrown by 

 History on Preventive Measures for the Im- 

 mediate Future." 

 Wednesday, September 30-Saturday, October 3 — 



Section meetings continued. 

 September 30, 8:00 p.m. (Assembly Hall) — ^Lec- 

 ture by Dr. Maurice Letulle and M. Augustin 

 Rey, of Paris, on " La lutte centre la tuberou- 

 lose dans les grandes villes par I'habitation : 

 mSthodes seientifiques et modernes pour con- 

 struction " (The campaign against tuberculosis 

 in large cities by scientific methods in the con- 

 struction of habitations ) . Illustrated. 

 Thursday, October 1, 8:00 p.m. (Chamber of Com- 

 merce, corner of Twelfth and F Streets) — Dr. 

 R. W. Philip, of Edinburgh, has been invited 

 by the Chamber of Commerce of Washington to 

 deliver his Boston address, " The Anti-tuber- 



culosis Program; Coordination of Preventive 



Measures." 

 Friday, October 2, 2 : 30 p.m. — Reception by Presi- 

 dent Roosevelt to the delegates at the White 

 House. 



8:00 P.M. (new National Museum) — Lecture by 

 Professor N. Ph. Tendeloo, Leyden, Holland, 

 on " Collateral Tuberculosis Inflammation." 

 Saturday, October 3, 11:00 a.m. (Assembly Hall, 

 new National Museum) — General Session of 

 the Sections. 



8:00 p.m. (Assembly Hall, New National Mu- 

 seum) — Lecture by Professor Bernard Bang, 

 of Copenhagen, Denmark, on " Studies in 

 Tuberculosis in Domestic Animals and what 

 we may learn regarding Human Tubercu- 

 losis." 



ORGANIZATION OF A BIOLOGICAL BOARD 

 At the Chicago meeting of the board of 

 trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory 

 at Woods Hole, measures were taken to insti- 

 tute a central board composed of representa- 

 tives from all those stations engaged in marine 

 work. Through a committee composed of the 

 undersigned, a circular letter was addressed to 

 all those stations believed to be engaged in the 

 study of marine life. Eesponses were prompt 

 and expressed a cordial endorsement of the 

 plan. With one or two exceptions in which 

 the directors did not feel that the character 

 of the work would justify cooperation, all ex- 

 pressed their willingness to participate. 

 Since the list was completed, and the report 

 of the committee was ratiiied at the summer 

 meeting of the board of directors. Woods 

 Hole, one or two other stations have been 

 heard from as now in process of development. 

 It is contemplated that these and others, as 

 they may be organized, will take their places 

 on the board by invitation. The board as 

 now organized consists of the following: 

 Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole — Dr. 



F. R. Lillie, director, University of Chicago. 

 Biological Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, Long 

 Island, N. Y. — Professor Henry S. Pratt, Haver- 

 ford College, Haverford, Pa. 

 Biological Laboratory, Harpswell, Maine — ^Dr. J. 

 S. Kingsley, director. Tufts College, Medford, 

 Mass. Professor H. V. Neal, Galesburg, 111., 

 will act as substitute in the absence of Dr. 

 Kingsley. 



