Makch 24, 1916] 



SCIENCE 



421 



Afternoon of April 6, at the New National 



Auditorium, Washington, D. 0. Begin- 

 ning at 2:S0 p.m. 



Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Commissioner of the United 

 States Bureau of Fisheries : ' ' The Bureau of Fish- 

 eries and its Relation to the United States Coast 

 and' Geodetic Survey. ' ' 



Dr. Louis A. Bauer, Director of the Department 

 of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of 

 Washington: "The Work Done by the United 

 States Coast and Geodetic iSurvey in the Field of 

 Terrestrial Magnetism. ' ' 



Dr. iS. W. Stratton, Director of the United States 

 Bureau of Standards : ' ' The Bureau of (Standards, 

 and its Relation to the United States Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey." 



Rear Admiral J. E. Pillsbury (Retired), United 

 States Navy: "Ocean Currents and Deep Sea Ex- 

 plorations of the United States Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey. ' ' 



Dr. George Otis Smith, Director of the United 

 States Geological iSurvey : ' ' The United States Geo- 

 logical Survey and its Relation to the United 

 States Coast and Geodetic Survey." 



Evening of April 5, at the New National Audi- 

 torium, Washington, D. 0. Beginning 

 at 8:00 p.m. 



Hon. J. Hampton iMoore, Member of the United 

 States House of Representatives: "The United 

 States Coast and Geodetic Survey's Part in the De- 

 velopment of Commerce. ' ' 



Brigadier General W. M. Black, Chief of Corps 

 of Engineers, United States Army: "The United 

 States Corps of Engineers and its Relation to the 

 United iStates Coast and Geodetic Survey. ' ' 



Hon. George R. Putnam, Commissioner of the 

 United States Bureau of Lighthouses : ' ' The Light- 

 house Service and its Relation to the United States 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey. ' ' 



Mr. George Washington Littlehales, Hydro- 

 graphic Engineerj United States Hydrographic 

 Office : ' ' Hydrography and Charts with Special Ref- 

 erence to the Work of the United States Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey." 



Afternoon of April 6, at the New National 

 Auditorium, Washington, D. 0. Begin- 

 ning at 2:00 p.m. 

 Professor William Henry Burger, Professor of 



Civil Engineering, Northwestern University : ' ' The 



Contribution of the United States Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey to Geodesy. ' ' 



. Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright (Retired), 

 United States Navy: "The Civil War Record of 

 the United iStates Coast and Geodetic Survey, and 

 What the Survey is Doing towards Preparedness." 



Dr. Otto Hilgard Tittmann, President of the Na- 

 tional Geographic Society: "The International 

 Work of the United iStates Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey. ' ' 



Dr. Charles Lane Poor, Professor of Celestial 

 Mechanics, Columbia University: "Oceanic Tides 

 with Special Reference to the Work of the United 

 States Coast and Geodetic Survey. ' ' 



Dr. Douglas Wilson Johnson, Associate Professor 

 of Geology, Columbia University: "The Contribu- 

 tion of the United States Coast and Geodetic Sur- 

 vey to Physical Geography." 



Evening of April 6, Banquet at the New Wil- 

 lard, Washington, D. 0. Beginning 

 at 8:00 p.m. 

 SpeaTcers: The President of the United 

 States, The Minister of Switzerland, The Sec- 

 retary of the JSTavy, The Secretary of Com- 

 merce, Dr. Thomas Corwin Mendenhall. The 

 first superintendent, Professor Hassler, was a 

 native of Switzerland. Doctor Mendenhall is 

 the oldest living ex-superintendent. 



Exhibit of the United States Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey at the New National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C. Wednesday, April 5, 

 1916. Open 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. and 

 Thursday, April 6, 1916. Open 

 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

 This exhibit will consist of surveying instru- 

 ments and appliances, pictures of surveying 

 operations and equipment; charts and other 

 publications of the bureau. As far as possible 

 the earliest instruments and appliances which 

 were used by this biireau will be exhibited be- 

 side those now in use. The earliest maps and 

 charts of the United States which can be ob- 

 tained will be shown for comparison with the 

 present charts issued by the bureau. 



The superintendents of the Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey and the periods during which 

 they served are as follows: 



