GENERAL PROGRAM OF THE EIGHTH 



INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 



CONGRESS 



Washington, D. C, Thursday, September 8, 1904 



THE Eighth International Geo- 

 graphic Congress will differ 

 from all previous Congresses, 

 in that sessions will be held in several 

 cities instead of one, as heretofore. 



The times and places of convening 

 are as follows : 



Wednesday, September 7. — Informal re- 

 ception at Hubbard Memorial Hall 

 by National Geographic Society. 



Thursday September 8. — Formal open- 

 ing of Congress at 10 o'clock. 



Friday, September 9. — General and Sec- 

 tional Meetings. 



Saturday, September 10. — General and 

 Sectional Meetings. 



Sunday, September 11. — Field Meeting 

 on Potomac River, followed by trip 

 to Philadelphia, train leaving at 

 7 p. m. 



Monday, September 12. — Meeting under 

 auspices of Geographical Society 

 of Philadelphia. 



Tuesday, September 13. — Sessions in 

 New York under auspices of Amer- 

 ican Geographical Society. 



Wednzsday September 14. — Sessions in 

 New York under auspices of Amer- 

 ican Geographical Society. 



Thursday, September 15. — Field Meet- 

 ing on Hudson River. 



Friday, September 16. — Field Meeting, 

 Niagara Falls. 



Saturday, September 17. — Sessions in 

 Chicago under auspices of Geo- 

 graphic Society of Chicago. 



Sunday, September 18. — Field Meeting. 



Monday, September 19, to Wednesday, 

 September 21.— Meetings in St 

 Louis in conjunction with Congress 

 of Arts and Sciences. 



For the information of the members 

 of the Congress visiting Washington 

 and not acquainted with the city, a map 

 of that portion of the city containing the 

 places of special interest is printed on 

 preceding page. 



The accompanying information will 

 also be of use to the visitors : 



HEADQUARTERS 



Until September 7 the office of the 

 Congress will be in Hubbard Memorial 

 Hall (the home of the National Geo- 

 graphic Society), corner Sixteenth and 

 M streets northwest, Washington, D.C. 

 (No. 1 on map) . On Wednesday morn- 

 ing, September 7, the records will be 

 transferred to the Ebbitt House (No. 9 

 on map), Fourteenth and F streets 

 northwest. This hotel will remain 

 the headquarters during the sta} T of 

 the Congress in Washington, and the 

 secretaries will be in constant attend- 

 ance for registering members, supplying 

 badges, furnishing information, etc. 



The headquarters can be reached by 

 street cars, which run from the depots 

 to the Ebbitt House. 



On September 12 an office for regis- 

 tration will be opened in the head- 

 quarters of the Geographical Society of 

 Philadelphia, 1520 Chestnut street, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pennsylvania. 



On the morning of the 13th an office 

 for registration will be opened in New 

 York, at the American Geographical 

 Society building, 15 West Eighty-first 

 street, which will be the headquarters 

 of the Congress during its stay in New 

 York. 



On September 17 a registration officf 

 will be opened in Cobb Hall of theUni 

 versify of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 



