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before their respective sections. These have been grouped under 
the hours of 2.30, 3.30, and 4.30, thus making it possible for a mem- 
ber to be present at three of the addresses. In the evening Dr. 
Gibbs will deliver his address as retiring president; this will be fol- 
lowed by a reception given by the Local Committee to the members 
and guests of the association. 
Tuesday, August 23. This day will be given to meetings of the 
sections, from 10 A.M. At the close of the afternoon session there 
will be an excursion to Longwood Hotel, Middlesex Fells. In the 
evening Dr. Thomas Dwight, at the Harvard Medical School, will 
lecture on “The variation in human bones, with illustrations from 
the collection of the Medical School.” 
Wednesday, August 24. On this day the association will be the 
guest of the Essex Institute in Salem. In the morning members 
will leave Boston by train or steamboat for the Salem Willows, where 
a fish chowder will be served. In the afternoon visits will be made 
to places of historic and scientific interest. Several other excursions 
are planned for this day. In the evening illustrated lectures on 
the Boston Park System and Metropolitan Water Supply will be given 
in Huntington Hall. 
Thursday, August 25. This day and evening will be given to 
meetings of sections. Late in the afternoon there will be an 
excursion through the parks to the Arnold Arboretum, with refresh- 
ments at Franklin Park. At 9 p.m. the Committee will meet to elect 
the officers and to determine the place of meeting for the next year. 
Friday, August 26. By invitation of the President and Fellows, 
the association will be the guest of Harvard University. At 10.30 
and at 11.30 the officers of the scientific departments of Harvard 
will give brief addresses explanatory of their respective departments. 
At noon luncheon will be served in Memorial Hall. The afternoon 
will be given to visiting the several departments of the University 
and places of historic interest in Cambridge. At 6 P.M. tea in the 
Hemenway Gymnasium. At 8 p.m. President Eliot will deliver an 
address in Sanders Theater. 
Saturday, August 27. Concluding General Session at 10 A.M., 
followed by meetings of the sections. In the afternoon there will 
be excursions to the Riverside Recreation Grounds, Wellesley 
College, and by boats on the Charles to Norumbega Tower ; also to 
Lexington and Concord. In the evening the sections will hold their 
Closing sessions, 
Monday, August 29. Excursions to the White Mountains, Plymouth, 
