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PROGRAM OF WASHINGTON SESSIONS 



Wednesday, September 7, at 9 p. m. 



Informal reception at Hubbard Me- 

 morial Hall, Sixteenth and M streets 

 northwest (No. 1 on map), by the Na- 

 tional Geographic Society, to meet the 

 delegates and members and associate 

 members of the Eighth International 

 Geographic Congress. 



The object of this informal pre-Con- 

 gress reception is to afford delegates, 

 members, and associates an opportunity 

 to become acquainted prior to the formal 

 opening of the Congress. 



Thursday, September S 



Morning, 10 o'clock. — Formal open- 

 ing of Congress at the George Wash- 

 ington (Columbian) University Hall, 

 Fifteenth and H streets northwest. (No. 

 4 on map.) 



Afternoon, 2 p. m. — Visits to scien- 

 tific bureaus, under the guidance of 

 reception committees selected by the 

 respective directors. 



Evening, 10 to 12. — Reception at the 

 U. S. Naval Observatory by the Super- 

 intendent of the Observatory, Rear 

 Admiral C. M. Chester, U. S. N. Ar- 

 rangements have been made for the ex- 

 change of an international telegraphic 

 time signal and message. 



Friday, September 9 



Morning, 10 o'clock — General ses- 

 sion, devoted especially to governmental 

 surveys. 



Afternoon, 2 o'clock — Sectional meet- 

 ings:— 



Section A. Physiography of the land. 



Section F. Bio-geography. 



Section H. Geodesy and geographic 

 technology. 



When Section F shall adjourn, on 

 the completion of its work, it will be 

 followed, in the same room, by Section 

 C — Glaciers. 



When Section H shall adjourn, it 

 will be followed, in the same room, by 

 Section E — Meteorology and terrestrial 

 magnetism. 



5 o'clock — Reception by Mrs Gardi- 

 ner Greene Hubbard at "Twin Oaks." 



Evening, 8 o'clock — Lecture by Mr 

 Charles M. Pepper, "The Bolivian 

 Andes." 



Saturday, September 10 



Morning, 10 o'clock — Sectional meet- 

 ings as above. 



Afternoon, 2 o'clock — Sectional meet- 

 ings, continued. 



Evening, 8 o'clock — Reception by 

 President and Mrs Peary at the New 

 Willard. 



Sunday, September 11 



Members so desiring will have the 

 opportunity of spending a few hours on 

 an excursion boat, passing Mount Ver- 

 non and other points of geographic in- 

 terest on the lower Potomac. 



At 7 o'clock the Congress will take a 

 Pennsylvania Railway train at the Sixth 

 Street station, arriving in Philadelphia 

 at ro p. m. 



Titles of papers and the order in 

 which they will be read will appear in 

 the daily program. 



