Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-15
NATIONAL ezoeaAPrtc spezrrr
Complete Program for Course of Popu-
lar and Scientific Lectures.

The program of the popular and technical
meetings of the National Geographic So
clety for 1866. with the dates of the vari-
Gus lectures has been completed The adj
dresses I'm the lecture course will be delfv-
cred in the National Rifles Armory. 800 G
street, at s O'Clock on Friday evenings of
the following dates:
November "a. THE Panama Canal by
James r. Mann, member of Congress from
Illinois: December s, What Shall be Done
with the Yosemite Valley?" by Mr. William
q. Curtis dllustratedl; the Yosemite valley
has been receded to the federal government
by act Of the California legislature, but has
not yet been formally accepted by Con-
gress. December Saturday, "A Military
Observer in Manchuria," by Major Joseph
Kuhn. L. S. A. illustrated: December o.
AN Attempt at an Interpretation of Jap
anese Character" by Eki Hioki, first sec
rotary OF the japanese legation; January .,
Russia and the Russian People by Mr..
Melville Z. Stone, general manager of the
Associated Press; January 0 CTuesday),
The Z!egler Polar Expedition of 1903
1905" by Messrs w. s. Champ, Anthony
Fiala and W. ]. Peters; January 10, Rail
way Rates" by Martin A. Knapp, presi-
dent of the Interstate commerce commits
sion; February 2, Austria Hungary" by
Edwin A GrosvenOr, LID, professor OF
international law in Amherst College au-
thor OF "Constantinople," Contemporary
History" etc; February 16. africa from
sea 10 center, Dy Mr. HERBERT IL. bTluB-
man illustrated; Africa in transition to-
day challenges the attention of the world
few intelligent Americans know to what
extent its possibilities have been developed
since Livingston's day, development that
in rapidity promises TO exceed that of
North America. February 23 The Per-
sonal Washington" by Mr.. w. w. ELS
worth of the Century Company Qllus-
tratedD; this IS not lecture In the ordinary
sense of the word, but il is an exhibition,
through the medium of the stereopticon.
OF the greatest collection of prints, manu-
scripts and letters referring to the personal
side OF Washington ever brought together
March .. Our Immigrants Where They
Come from, What They Are, and What
They Do After They Get Here, by f. +.
Sargent, United states commissioner gen
eral Of immigration illustrated; March 10,
Oriental Markets and Market Places
by o. p. Austin chief United States bureau
of statistics QllustratedJ: March 30 1t is
hoped that official business will permit the
Secretary of the Navy to address the So
Ciety on The American Navy; April 49,
The Regeneration Of Korea by Japan, by
Mr.. George KEENAN, illustrated.
Scientific meetings: The meetings of this
course will be held at the new home of the
society. Hubbard Memorial Hall 10th and
NJ streets, on Friday evenings of the follow
November II. Morocco" by Mr.. Ion Per-
dicaris: November % Saturday, The
Panama Canal" by Mr.. Bunau-Varilla;
December l. THE Development of the
Mineral Resources of Alaska, with Partic-
ular Reference to the Fairbanks and Nome
Regions" by Mr.. Alfred II. Brooks, chief
of the Alaskan division, United States geo.
logical survey; December Is, Surveying
Our Coasts and Harbors,' by o. II. Tit
mann. superintendent United States coast
and geodetic survey; December %, Prob
lens for Geographical Research" by Gen.
A. w. Greedy. L. s. A; THE Binding
Power of Road Material" by Mr. A. S.
Cushman; January -, annual meeting, re-
ports and elections; Progress in the Recla-
nation of the West" by Mr.. F. II. Newell
chief engineer reclamation service; Janu-
airy %, THE Carnegie Institution by
President r. S. woodward; February Q,
1.-THE Introduction of Foreign Plants" by
Mr.. David G. Fairchild, agricultural ex-
plorer United States Department of Agri-
culture; February "a Saturday, Hunting
with the Camera" by George Shiras, mem
Der of Congress from the third district OF
Pennsylvania; March Q, The United States
Bureau of the Census" by S. n. D. North;
March %, The Death valley" by Mr..
Robert H Chapman. United States geolog-
ical survey; April 6. The Total Eclipse of
the Sun. July, 1903 as Observed in Spain,
by Rear Admiral Colby NJ. Chester U.S.N.,
superintendent United States naval observ-
atory; April 20, The Protection of the
United States Against Invasion by Dis
ease" by DR.. Walter Wyman, surgeon gen
eral marine hospital service.