Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-08
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY LECTURES.
Opening of the Popular Course Will
Take Place TOMOrrOW.


The opening lecture in the popular
course to be given under the auspices of
the National Geographic Society will be
delivered by Gen. A. w. Greedy. at the
First Congregational Church, 10Th and G
streets, at o'clock tomorrow evening. The
subject will be Recent Geographic Pro-
gress, With Special Reference to Explora-
tons in the Arctic Regions and Africa"
The popular course of lectures will lie de-
livered in this church OH alternate Friday
evenings beginning tomorrow evening, and
the technical meetings in the hall of the
Cosmos Club or alternate Friday evenings,
beginning October 16.
The program for the two courses refer
red to. and covering the months of DC
tober November and December, is as fol-
lows: October 8, Recent Geographic Pro-
gress. With Special Reference Explora-
tons In the arctic Regions AMI Africa"
General A. w. Greedy, chief signal officer,
United States army; October 16 THE
Valley" Mr.. F. v. Coville of the Depart
ment of Agriculture: October 23, The
Geography of the Southern Peninsula of
the United States" Rev. John n. MacGon-
lyle Of St Augustine, Fla; october 30, ..The
San Francisco Forest" DR.. 3. E. Fernow,
chief of the forestry division, Department
of Agriculture; November g. Special
Weather Conditions; Winter Rains; Cold
Waves: West Indian Hurricanes; lorna
does; Hot Waves" (weather Maps illus
trating typical conditions will be distrib-
uted) Willis L.. Moore, chief of the weather
bureau; November 49, The Negro Republic
of Africa ard Its Homes, From Personal
Observation" Mr.. George c. French; No
vember NJ. Egypt AMI Her Lost Provinces
With an Account of the British Expedition
to Dongola and Khartoum," Col. Charles
Chaille-Long, late of the general staff of
the Egyptian army and chief of staff to
General Gordon Pasha. governor general
of Egyptian Soudan; November u. The
Utilization of the Vacant Public Lands"
Judge Emory F. Best, assistant commits
sioner of the general land office; December
4, "A Winter Voyage Through The Straits
Of Magellan Admiral R. w. Meade, U. S.
navy; December II, Maps of the Disputed
Venezuelan Boundary" Mr.. Marc.ls Baker
Of the U. S. geological survey; December
IL. 1.-The Geography Of Battle. as Illus
trated by the Battle of Cedar Creek. Oc-
tober 10. 1864; Sheridans Ride, and Other
Incidents, by an Eye Witness" Major
Henry E. Alvord.
The technical date that falls on Deem
Der Is, and the popular date. January /,
will be omitted from the program. For the
i remainder of the season, January to May,
special programs will be issued and an
ncuncemeEts made in the monthly maya
zine.
The usual course OF Monday afternoon
lectures during Lent will be held this sea-
son. probably in Metzerott's new theater,
beginning March l. from 4:3O TO $40 pm.
The course will take for its general theme
the effects Of geographic ervir onment in
developing the civilization of the world,
as illustrated by the continuous evolution
Of civilization in certain typical countries
and cities: Babylonia, Syria, Tyre and
Sidon, Greece, Rome Constantinople, Ven
ice, Genoa, and America. Among the
speakers who have already agreed to as
sist in this course are Prof. Paul Haupt of
Johns Hopkins, Prof. Benz. 1. Wheeler of
Cornell, Rev. DR.. Alex. Mackay-Smith of
Washington, D. c., and Prof. Edwin A.
| Grosvenor of Amherst formerly of Roberts
College, Constantine ple).