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tion at Chicago, an exposition that celebrated contemporaneously 

 the discovery of America and the birth of modern geograpb}^. 

 Again, at the meeting of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, at Toronto, this Society upheld the dignity of 

 our country by a series of geographic papers that won the gener- 

 ous praise of European scientists. Conjointly with other Ameri- 

 can societies, it played a conspicuous part in the proceedings of 

 the International Geographic Congress in London in 1895. On 

 this last occasion, it may be added, it excited attention by the 

 presence of women as delegates, thus emphasizing our broad 

 spirit of indiscrimination in advancing science by the coopera- 

 tion of all willing workers and promoters. The Lenten lectures 

 of 1898, Mr Hubbard's last plan of work, will do patriotic service 

 by bringing to our members an appreciation of the advantages 

 and a pride in the evolution of the great and varied sections that 

 constitute the American Union. 



On educational lines the Society has striven, not with the 

 greatest success, it must be said, to stimulate proper geographic 

 instruction in schools and universities. It has also added to 

 geographic literature a series of monographs, written by eminent 

 specialists, which have elicited praise from foreign scientists 

 that must bear good fruit in their use by American teachers. 

 Our regular winter course of lectures, by eminent specialists and 

 on timely topics, exceed in number, variety, and utility those 

 furnished by any other geographic society in the world. 



In science this Society has done important work, if only in 

 forming under governmental auspices a Board on Geographic 

 Names. In our technical meetings have been presented and dis- 

 cussed papers of great value, and the influence of many of these 

 papers has been extended by their publication in The National 

 Geographic Magazine. 



Among other important work should be noted the encourage- 

 ment of exploration in Alaska, the establishment of The Na- 

 tional Geographic Magazine, now in its ninth year, and the 

 instituting of geographic field days. 



Finally, we have a right to ask, Could any organization in the 

 first ten years of its existence more fully carry out its initial 

 plan than has this Society? In deserving and winning this 

 success no other member did so much as did Mr Hubbard. 

 Dealing with a Board of Managers composed of able but positive 

 men, it was Mr Hubbard's strength that he was receptive, con- 

 ciliatory, and practical. Many a seemingly hopeless idea he 



