Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-30
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.
Interesting Program Announced for
January.


January.
The meeting of the National Geographic
Society last Friday evening at Cosmos Club,
President Hubbard in the chair, was de-
voted to papers on marine photography.
Mr.. Herbert G. den of the coast survey
spoke on coast photography and its uses,
and Mr.. G. w. Littlehales of the hydro
graphic Office explained why the sea Is salt,
showing that it has been so from the time
OF its origin, and that its saltncs5 has a
most important effect upon ocean currents
temperatures and life. and hence even upon
the early distribution of plants and ami
mails. including man.
Several amendments to the bylaws were
adopted by the society and many new rnem-
bers elected by the board of managers,
among whom were: Mr.. Vim. NJ. Aiken,
architect of the Treasury Department.;
Chef Engineer G. W. Baird, U. S. N; Col.
j. w. Barlow, U. 8. A; Ensign l.. c. Bar
toilette, Il. S. NJ: Mr.. Pickering Dodge
capt. NJ. E. Goodsell, U. S. NJ. c.; J. B.
Harlow of the civil service commission; Mr..
Robert s. Hatcher, Capt. Louis Kenpff, u
S. N; Miss Grace Denis Litchfield, Miss c.
l.. Mayo. Jos. S. Miller, commissioner of
internal revenue; Rev. Dr. w. H. Milburn,
Major G. G. Reid, U. S. NJ. c.; Capt. Geo.
G. Remey. U. s. N. Mr. Geo. R. Simpson of
the patent office; o. P Tucker and Major
Wm Waterbury,, U. S. A.
An interesting statement regarding the
membership of this young and strong So
ciety has recently been compiled by the
secretary, Lieut.. Everett Haylen which
shows that the total membership is now
l,23I, of whom 967 ara active (res:den).
The list of honorary members includes the
President OF the United States The list of
active rembers includes the Vice Presi-
dent of the United States twenty-five mem
oers OF the diplomatic corps, one member
of the United States Supreme Court two
cabinet officers, six Senators, five members
OF the House of Representatives, the sec
rotary or the Smithsonian Institution, the
president Of the Catholic University of
America, Columbian, Georgetown and Johns
Hopkins universities, and the folio vIng ar
ranged In numerical order according to
membership:
Cosmos Club, ia; faculties of colleges and
schools, 80; Loyal Legion ID. C. comm and
eIy), 10; geological survey, 63; physicians,
~; Sons of the American Revolution 10:
navy, OK; board Of trade Sc: lawyers, SO;
army, 40; coast and geodetic survey, 80;
Agricultural Department, including weatn-
er bureau, 81; clergy, "A; the press, ID; civil
service commission, II; Smithsonian Irsti-
tuition, including bureau of ethnology, IL;
nydrographic office, 8; weather bureau q;
haVai observatory, 3; national museum, s.
1t is announced that the technical meet
ing OF January 10 will be held in MetZcrott
Hall and will be devoted to a paper hy Mr.
Wm. Eleroy Curtis. the organizer and first
director of the bureau of American repub-
fcs, on "Venezuela: Her Government, Peo-
pie and Boundary" with lantern slide IL
lustra tons The board of managers have
decided, in view of the general interest in
the subject, to authorize the sale of a lin
tied number of tickets to this lecture for 30
cents each, at MctZero.ts music store, the
number being necessarily limited in order
not to crowd the members themselves,
whose season tickets admit two to all the
lectures.
The complete program for January is as
follows, all the meetings to be held in Met
zerott Hall: January 3. The Geographic De-
ve.opment of Universities, DIR. D. Z. Gill
man, president of Johns Hopkins Univers-
ity; January 10, Venezuela: Her Govern
ment. People and Boundary, VIM. Eleroy
Curtis; January II, Explorations in the Far
North, Civil Engineer Robert E. Peary, u
5. navy; January "A, joint meeting with
the American Forestry Association; intro
ductory address by ]. Sterling Morton, Sec
rotary of Agriculture, followed by addresses
by other authorities on American forestry;
January 81, The Geography, People and Re-
sources of Costa Rica, Gen. Richard Villa
franco, commissioner general to the Attain
ia exposition.