Report of the President. 



Lectures to the Teachers of the Public Schools 

 by Prof. Albert S. Bickmore. 

 Spring Course, i8qg. 

 Jan. 21, 28. — Newfoundland and Labrador. 

 Feb. 4, 11. — Gulf and River of St. Lawrence. 



" 18, 25. — Lakes Ontario and Erie. 

 Mar. 4, 11. — Lakes Huron and Superior. 

 " 18, 25. — Central California — San Francisco and Yosemite Valley. 



Autumn Course, i8gg. 



Oct. 14, 21. — The Philippines — Manila and the Tagals. 



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 -*t ' y — The Philippines — The Visayans and Sulus. 



" 11, 18. — The Hawaiian Islands — Honolulu. 



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Dec 2 \ — ^ e ^- awauan Islands — Hawaii. 

 " 9, 16. — Southwestern Alaska and Klondike. 

 Holiday Course, i8gg. 

 New Year's Day. — Jamaica and Porto Rico. 

 Washington's Birthday. — Russia — St. Petersburg and Moscow. 

 Thanksgiving Day. — The Philippines — Luzon and Manila. 

 Christmas. — The Philippines — The Visayans and Sulus. 



Membership Course — Prof. Albert S. Bickmore. 

 Spring Cotirse. 

 Feb. 16. — Newfoundland and Labrador. 



" 23. — Gulf and River of St. Lawrence. 

 Mar. 2. — The Great Lakes. 



9. — Central California — San Francisco and Yosemite Valley. 



Autum n Co urse. 

 Dec. 7. — The Philippines — Manila and the Tagals. 

 14. — The Philippines — The Visayans and Sulus. 

 21. — The Hawaiian Islands — Honolulu. 

 " 28. — The Hawaiian Islands — Kilauea and Haleakala. 



Columbia University Course. 



-The Geography and Geology of the Great 



Lakes 



-The Geodesy and Hydrography of the 



Great Lakes 



-The Climatology and Commerce of the 



Great Lakes 



-Boiling and Freezing Prof. M. I. Pupin. 



-The Transmission of Light in Crystals Prof. Alfred J. Moses. 



11. — The Characters of Minerals in Rock Sections. . Dr. Lea Mel. Luquer. 

 iS. — The Methods Employed in the Investigation of Minerals, Especially 

 Their Application to the Identification of Species. 



Prof. S. L. Penfield. 



" 25. — Testing Minerals Prof. Alfred J. Moses. 



Mar. 4. — The Newer Gold Regions of the West. Cripple Creek, Col.; Mer- 

 cur, Utah ; The Black Hills, S. D.; The Yukon Basin. 



Prof. J. F. Kemp. 



Mar. 11. — Gold and Silver Mines of Montana Mr. Walter H. Weed. 



18. — Clay and Its Uses Dr. Heinrich Ries. 



" 25. — The Geology of Petroleum Dr. David T. Day. 



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Prof. R. S. Woodward. 



