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Read Ebook: The National Geographic Magazine Vol. III. PP. 205-261 I-XXXV PL. 21 February 19 1892 by Various
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Meeting held in the Lecture Room of the National Museum. Attendance, 800.
About 80 members left Washington on special train June 3, arriving at 3 p.m. at Shendun, Virginia, where they were entertained by the Grottoes company. Weir cave was visited that afternoon, and in the evening a meeting was held in the hotel parlor, at which remarks were made by Mr. G. K. Gilbert, Reverend Dr. H. C. Hovey, Major H. E. Alvord, Captain Morton, General J. J. Reynolds, and Hon. J. Randolph Tucker. The next morning Major Hotchkiss entertained the company with a description of the resources of the Valley of Virginia, his remarks being illustrated by free-hand sketches. The Cave of the Fountain was then visited, and, after presenting a testimonial to Major Hotchkiss for the hospitality of the Grottoes company, the party left for Washington.
Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. President Hubbard in the chair. Attendance, 50.
Professor T. McKenney Hughes, professor of geology at Cambridge University, England, gave a sketch of geological problems and the larger questions of geology in England.
Messrs Powell, McGee, and Gilbert made remarks on the geologic subjects touched upon by Professor Hughes.
Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian University. President Hubbard in the chair. Attendance, 400.
Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 65.
The communication was discussed by Messrs Mendenhall, Douglas, and Vice-President Hayden.
Mr. E. E. Howell then exhibited and briefly described a relief model of the United States, constructed on the natural curvature, the vertical scale being three times that of the horizontal.
Remarks were made by Messrs Ogden, McGee, Johnson, Mendenhall, Howell, Hayden, and others.
Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian University.
Mr. William Eleroy Curtis delivered an address on "Portraits of Columbus." The lecturer exhibited copies of all Columbus' portraits extant, these having been prepared for the World's Columbian exposition.
Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian University. Vice-President Greely in the chair. Attendance, 400.
Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian University. Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 100.
Mr. F. H. Newell delivered an address on "Petroleum and natural gas." The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides made from photographs taken in the oil regions of the United States.
Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. Vice-President Greely in the chair.
The annual report of the Secretaries was presented, amended, and adopted.
The annual report of the Treasurer was presented and referred to an auditing committee consisting of Messrs P. H. Christie, Middleton Smith, and E. E. Haskell.
The annual election of officers for the year 1892 was then held, with the following result:
The following resolution was adopted:
Mr. Hayden gave notice of the following proposed amendment to the By-laws:
In article IV, instead of five vice-presidents, read six vice-presidents, and insert at the end of list of departments of geographic science, after geographic art, the words "commercial geography."
Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of the National Museum. President Hubbard in the chair. Attendance, 200.
Professor Benjamin Sharp of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made an address upon Peary and the western Greenland expedition. The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides from photographs taken on the expedition while along the shores of Greenland and at Peary's camp.
Meeting held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club. Vice-President Merriam in the chair. Attendance, 150.
Mr. W J McGee delivered an address on "The Eastern Sierra Madre of Mexico," his lecture being illustrated by lantern slides made from photographs taken in the vicinity of Monterey, Saltillo, Matehuala, Miquihuana, Doctor Arroyo, and the hacienda El Carmen. Professor R. T. Hill described the similarity of topographic features of that region to those of the Great Basin of the United States.
Meeting held in the Lecture Hall of Columbian University. Vice-President Hayden in the chair. Attendance, 100.
The President, Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard, delivered his annual address on the subject of "The Evolution of Transportation." Major J. W. Powell prefaced the President's address by brief introductory remarks.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.
GARDINER G. HUBBARD.
HERBERT G. OGDEN. EVERETT HAYDEN. A. W. GREELY. C. HART MERRIAM. HENRY GANNETT.
CHARLES J. BELL.
F. H. NEWELL. E. R. SCIDMORE.
MARCUS BAKER. W J MCGEE. HENRY F. BLOUNT. T. C. MENDENHALL. G. K. GILBERT. W. B. POWELL. JOHN HYDE. EDWIN WILLITS.
MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.
In cases where no city is given in the address, Washington, D. C., is to be understood.
ABERT, S. T., 722 Seventeenth Street.
ACKLEY, LIEUT. COMDR. S. M., U. S. N., Coast and Geodetic Survey.
ADDISON, A. D., 808 Seventeenth Street.
AHERN, JEREMIAH, U. S. Geological Survey, Los Angeles, Cal.
ALLEN, DR. J. A., American Museum Natural History, New York, N. Y.
ALTON, EDMUND, Wormley's Hotel.
ANDREWS, ENS. PHILIP, U. S. N., Navy Department.
APLIN, S. A., JR., Geological Survey.
BABB, CYRUS C., Geological Survey.
BABER, HON. GEORGE, 1416 K Street.
BALL, CHAS. B., 942 T Street.
BARKER, COMDR. ALBERT S., U. S. N., Navy Department.
BARTLE, R. F., 947 Virginia Avenue SW.
BAUER, LOUIS A., Coast and Geodetic Survey.
BEAMAN, W. M., Geological Survey.
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