NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. 



All announcements of the Society are published regularly in the National 

 Geographic Magazine. 



THE ANNUAL RECEPTION. The Board of Managers has deemed it advisable, in 

 view of the proposed excursion to Norfolk, Virginia, on May 27-28, to substitute for the 

 formal Annual Reception an informal meeting of the Society, at which eclipse phenom- 

 ena and methods of observation will be discussed by well-known astronomers. The 

 meeting will be held at National Rifles' Armory Thursday, May 3, at 8 P. IVl. 



SHORT DISTANCE EXCURSION, SATURDAY, MAY 12 . Persons taking part 

 in this excursion will proceed by electric cars to Anacostia and thence on foot to the top 

 of Good Hope Hill, thence to Fort Stanton and Congress Heights, returning on the 

 electric cars from the latter point. The party will rendezvous at the east end of 

 Anacostia Bridge at 2 P. M. 



An account of the physical development of the District of Columbia region, all the 

 prominent featuies of which can be viewed from Fort Stanton, will be given, and atten- 

 tion wall also be devoted to the historical features. Special invitations for this excursion 

 will be extended to teachers of physical geography in the public schools of this city. 

 There will be no expenses except for car-fare. Onniibuses will be on hand for the ac- 

 commodation of those who do not care to walk up Good Hope Hill. 



SHORT DISTANCE EXCURSION, SATURDAY, MAY 26 . This excursion will 

 be a trip to Bladensburg and return. Persons intending to join the excursion will ren- 

 dezvous at the corner of 15th and G Streets at 1.30 P. M. This trip promises to be of 

 special interest, in view of the historic associations connected with the early history of 

 Bladensburg and vicinity. Attention will be given to the botany, geology, and espe- 

 cially the historj' of the region visited. The expense will be twentj- cents for the round 

 trip. 



In case of rain on any of the dates above named, the excursions will be postponed 

 until the succeeding Saturday. 



THE ANNUAL FIELD MEETING 



of the Xation.\l Geographic Society has been arranged so that the members of the 

 Society may have an opj)ortunity to observe the total eclipse of the sun Avhicli takes 

 place on Monday, May 28. As the center of the belt of totality will pass near 

 Norfolk, Virginia, the board of managers of the Society have made a conditional contract 

 with the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company for an excursion to that city and 

 vicinity. The party will leave Washington by the Norfolk & Washington steamer at 

 7 o'clock P. M., Sunday, May 27. Returning, leave Norfolk at 6 o'clock Monday afternoon, 

 reaching Washington on Tuesday morning in time for breakfast at home. 



The total duration of the eclipse will be 2 hours, 34 minutes, and 6 seconds, of which 

 1 minute and 28 .seconds will be total. The eclipse will be entirely over at ]0:15.(> A. M., 

 and from tliat hour until 6 o'clock the steamer will be at the disposal of tlie pai-ty for a 

 cruise around the harbor and visits to the many points of interest around Norfolk, such 

 as the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Newport News, Fortress Monroe, the Indian Industrial 

 School at Hampton, etc. 



The cost of the round-trip ticket (including transportation and three meals on boat 



