The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-28
THE CIVIC CENTRE LECTURES.
Topics and Speakers for the Various
Cour.es Announced


The Civic Centre of Washington. which
is organized for the promotion OF public
good in the municipal. sanitary, eduea-
tional. Industrial and charitable depart
ments of the city. in corporation with
the Board OF School Trustees at the Cen
trail High School has arranged to give
the following lectures during the season
of 1900. Lectures comprising the Social
Science Course will be ON Tuesday nights
at 8 o'clock. and will begin January so.
Course l Will be on municipal govern
ment and is in charge OF +. Dane Durand.
Phi. d.. assistant professor of finance and
administration in the Leland Stanford. Jr.
University. and will consist of the follow
ing themes: The Growth OF Cities aud
Their General Functions" January 80;
Municipal MonopOlies and Franchises. 3"
February 6; State Control and Municipal
Home Rule" February t3: The Proper
Organization OF the City Government
February 20; Municipal Corruption and
Municipal Reform. February -.
The second course. in charge OF VI. l..
Jacobsen. Of the Treasury Bureau of Sta
tistics. viii treat on social history of
Europe. and comprises the following
themes. Europe Before the Revolution,
March G; Social Results OF the Reyolu-
ton March 10; The Reaction" March
20: National Unity" March %; Social
ism and Social Movements" April 3.
The third course will treat on the evolu
ton of industry. and comprises the fol-
lowing discussions: THE Economic Devel
oprnent of Society" by Charles p. NELL.
Phi H.. April 10; Agriculture, by l.. G.
Powers. chief statistician in the Census
Office. In charge OF division of agriculture.
April II; Manufactures. by Carroll H.
Wright, L. D.. United States Commits
siOner of Labor, April 81; Transports
tion." by II. 7. Newcomb, LII. NJ, chief
OF the division of agriculture in the Cen
sus Office, May /; Industrial Combinations
and Trusts by II. T. Newcomb. May s;
The Relation OF the Modern Industrial
System to Intellectual Development" by
Carroll ID. Wright May 10.
The Natural Science Courses will be held
on Thursday nights at S O'Clock. and will
begin on February 1. The first course.
biology-the adoption of plants and ami
mails to their environments. consists of
five themes. which are as follows: Light
Relations in Plants" by DR.. John NJ Coul-
ter. OF the University of Chicago, February
1: Adaptation of Plants to Arid Regions. -
by F. V. Coville. chief OF division OF
botany. Department OF Agriculture Feb
ruary \: Some Interesting Features of
Insect Lire. by III L. " tibNdTu, Dt-
p1rtment of Agriculture. February L.:
" Adaptation to Environment in Birds" by
DIR. 7. S. Palmer, biological survey. March
l; adaptation to Environment in Mann
mails" by Vernon Bailey. biological sur
vey. March S. The second course is on
geology modelling forces and com
prises four lectures: Volcanoes and Earth
by ]. S. Diller, OF the Geo
logical Survey, March 16; Oceans and
Their Products" by W McGee. Bureau
Of American Ethnology. March 90; Fro
sion." by C. X. Gilbert, of the Geological
Survey. March 90; The Grand Canyon of
the Colorado" by Major j. W. Powell |
Chief of the Bureau OF American Eth
nology. April 5.
DIR. F. H. Newell is chairman of She |
department OF the Civic Cen |
tire; DIR. George NJ. KOber, chairman Of |
the public health department; Mrs. ALA |
B. Foster. chairman OF the committee on |
school of the department Of education: |
Prof. L. \. Fay. chairman of the commit
lee on education Of the blind. deaf. and |
feeble minded: Miss Josephine 4. Clark, |
chairman of the committee on libraries.
The above lectures will be given under |
the university extension movement. and |
ire under the auspices of the Civic Centre
" this city.