The National geographic magazine . -sion of Pennsylvania; $2,500 by theState Survey Commission of Maine ;$5,000 by the State Geologist of Mary-land, and $1,000 by the State Geologistof Alabama. The above amounts wrereall appropriations made by the statesmentioned for cooperation with the Geo-logical Survey. In addition, the statelegislature of Ohio appropriated $25,000to be available February 15, 1901, butno detailed mapping was commencedprior to the beginning of the usual fieldseason. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETYNOTES ISRAEL C. RUSSELL, Professor ofGeology in the University of Michi-gan, Ann A
The National geographic magazine . -sion of Pennsylvania; $2,500 by theState Survey Commission of Maine ;$5,000 by the State Geologist of Mary-land, and $1,000 by the State Geologistof Alabama. The above amounts wrereall appropriations made by the statesmentioned for cooperation with the Geo-logical Survey. In addition, the statelegislature of Ohio appropriated $25,000to be available February 15, 1901, butno detailed mapping was commencedprior to the beginning of the usual fieldseason. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETYNOTES ISRAEL C. RUSSELL, Professor ofGeology in the University of Michi-gan, Ann Arbor, has been elected amember of the Board of Managers of Geographic Notes 2 ig the National Geographic Society, to fillthe vacancy caused by the resignation ofProf. W. B. Powell. Professor Russellheaded the expeditions sent by the So-ciety some years ago to explore andascend Mount St. Elias. He is theauthor of Lakes of North America,Glaciers of North America, Vol-canoes of North America, and manypamphlets and government Dr. Israel C. Russell Member of the National Geographic SocietyExpedition to the West Indies Gen. A. W. Greely, U. S. Army, hasaccepted the chairmanship of the Com-mittee on the Eighth International Geo-graphical Congress, which will meet in1904, in Washington, under the auspicesof the National Geographic Greely represented the NationalGeographic Society and the UnitedStates Government at the GeographicalCongress at Berlin in 1899, and at theCongress in London in 1895. In addition to the three members of the National Geographic Society Expe-dition, Messrs. Russell, Hill, andBorch-grevink, there sailed on the Dixie forMartinique May 14 six other members ofthe National Geographic Society : Kennan, the noted traveler andauthor ; Dr. E. O. Hovey, of the Amer-ican Museum of Natural History ; A. Jaggar, of Harvard Univer-sity ; Mr. George C. Curtis, of Boston,the well-known maker of land models ;Mr. Robert Dunn, of New
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