Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
COURSES OF MEETINGS By Ma
TIoNAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.
Problems of Interest to Be Discussed
Popular Lectures and Themes
to Be Elaborated.

The National Geograp hic Society has ar
ranged for three courses of meetings dur
ing the season of 19O2-19O3. which will in
c!ude popular lectures, technical meetings
and Lenten lectures. These courses have
been carefully planned to include problems
of a geographic character which are of In
terest to the general public In the popular
course addre sses will be given on the geo.
graphic distribution and mining OF hard
and soft coal, Mr.. Peary's work IN the
Arctics during the past four years, the ST.
Pierre disaster, Columbia and the 18TH
milan canal, commercial expansion or Ar
gentina and the Macedonian question.
Later in the season especially timely SUBJ
jects will be introduced
The board has decided to continue the
technical meetings this season because OF
the great amount of interest shown in the
work last year. The course embraces dis
cussion Of scientific questions of interest
to those engaged in technical work. The
afternoon, or Lenten, course has not as yet
been fully arranged.
Series of Popular Lectures.
The popua& course will be delivered in the
National Rifles armory, G street between
9th and 10th streets northwest, Friday
evenings, at o'c.ock, commencing Novem-
Der IA and alternating with the technical
meetings, which will be held in the assem-
bly, hall of Cosmos Club until the new home
of the society on 10th and NJ streets is COM
pleted. The following dates and subjects
have been definitely assigned:
November 1.-THE Coal Resources of the
United States by DR.. David T. Day. chief
division of mineral resources, United States
geological survey. Qllustrated) DR.. Day
will discuss the geographical distribution
of soft and hard coal in the United States,
the methods of mining. and the manner In
which the output is distributed throughout
the country.
November Explorations in the Arc
tics, 1S3S-19O2," by Commander Robert E.
Peary, U. S. N. Qlustrated) Mr.. Peary
will describe his arctic work of the last
four years, during which he gained the
most northerly known land and the high
est point yet reached on the western hemi-
sphere.
December 2-"Argentina-Presen and
Future by E. L. Corthell, c. E. illus
trated) Mr.. Corthell for the past two years
has been consulting engineer of the minis
try of public works in Argentina, and has
thus had an exceptional opportunity to
study the recent remarkable development
and the tremendous possibilities Of this vast
South American republic.
January 9-"The Turk and His Rebellious
Subjects" by Mr.. William E. Curtis. Gl-
lustrated) The restless and heterogeneous
people of Macedonia and of the sultan's
European provinces will be the subject Of
an interesting address by Mr. Curtis
January 23-''The Tragedy of Saint
Pierre" by Mr.. George KEENAN,. Qllus-
trated)
Provisional arrangements have also been
made for lectures on Colombia and the
Isthmian Canal; America Before the Ad-
vent of Man. the Geographic Distribution
of Insanity in the United States; Russia of
Today (by Paul du Chaillu), and a lecture
by Mr.. John Muir.
Discussions of Technical Topics.
of ha for
presentation of technical papers and discus
sion will be held Friday evenings, at 8
o'clock, commencing November I, and al
ternating with the popular lectures. AS the
new home of the society will not be COM
pleted before January Is, 1903, these meet
ings will be held for the present in the as
sembly hall of the Cosmos Club The course
has been planned to form a series on the
geographic work of the great scientific bu-
reaus of the government Mr.. Richard L.
Goode. chairman of the committee on tech
nical meetings, announces the following
program: November I, Some of the Ad-
ministratve and Industrial Problems of
Porto Rico VIM. F. Willoughby, treasurer
of Porto Rico; November n, The Work of
the United States Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey,' o. II. Tittmann, superintendent U. S.
coast and geodetic survey; December 5,
THE Work of the United States Weather
Bureau" DR.. Willis l.. Moore, chief U. S.
weather bureau; December 10, THE United
States Signal Corps Gen. A. w Greedy,
chief signal officer, L. 8. A.
At later meetings the geogra phic work of
the photographic office of the Navy Depart
ment. of the experiment stations of the
Agricultural Department, Of the census of
flee. of the naval observatory, of the geo.
logical survey and of the Library of Con-
gress. will be discussed.
The Lenten course of five lectures will be
delivered in Columbia Theater, on F street
near Twelfth, at 420 o'clock, Wednesday
afternoons of February IL, IS, 25 and March
4, IL. The subject of this course and the
speakers assigned for the special topics
cannot now be announced.
The headquarters of the society will con-
tinue to be rooms 107-10S Corcoran building
Washington D. c., until the new home Of
the society. on the southwest corner of 10th
and NJ streets, is completed. All commune
cations to the secretary should be sent there
to insure prompt attention, as there is al
ways present an officer of the society from
$50 am to pm. to transact business
Any information concerning lectures or
other matters pertaining to the society can
be obtained by telephone-can number
main All.