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the afternoons will be a series of special studies at the Exposition, con
ducted by experts, who will point out exhibits bearing on topics of par
ticular interest and will explain the lessons to be derived from them.
Sunday, August 15th, will be Indian Missions Day, when a presenta
tion of religious work among Indians will be made in various churches,
and a mass meeting will probably be held.
The American Indian Association and the Indian Rights Association
have given assurances of their co-operation to insure the success of the
Congress.
TOPICS FOR INDIAN SERVICE WORKERS
The Office of Indian Affairs has announced the topics to be considered
by the conference of Indian School Workers. The keynote will be given
in the discussion of "Education for Efficiency" at the opening session.
"Indians State and Federal Responsibility" is a topic in which the
entire Congress will undoubtedly take a keen interest, and it is ex
pected to bring out a strong presentation of the problems to be solved,
with due consideration of exceptional conditions such as are found in
some parts of California. Attention will also be given to the problem
of the suppression of the liquor traffic among Indians.
Other topics for special consideration by the Indian Service workers
are:
"Indian School Extension Work; The Library and the School; The
Library and the Home; The Library and the Community."
"Housing in Relation to Health and Spread of Disease; Practical
Points in Applied Sanitation. A In the School, B In the Home;
Mouth Hygiene; Improvement of Indian Homes."
"Agricultural Education; Boys and Girls' Clubs; Canning Demonstra
tion." "Vocational Education and its Application to Indians."
OTHER IMPORTANT MEETINGS
The Congress and Conference will be a part of a great series of over
800 meetings to be held in and near San Francisco during the Exposi
tion. The first week in August has been called the Scientific Period, for it
will be signalized by a great summer meeting of the American Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco and at the Uni
versity of California in Berkeley on the east shore of San Francisco bay
and at Leland Stanford, Jr. University, thirty miles south of San Fran
cisco. In connection with this gathering, there will be separate meet
ings of fifteen national scientific organizations.
A world's Bible Congress will be held in San Francisco, August 13,
and the American Social Hygiene Association will hold a special