The Washington times., 1914-11-10
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
GIVES LECTURE LIST
Former President Is Scheduled
to Tell of His Visit to Pope
on March 26.

The winter lecture program of the
National Geographic Society will be in.
augurated next Friday afternoon at the
New Masonic Temple, when Prof. ].
Howard Gore will tell its members
about Belgium and Her People"
There will be twenty-one other lee
lures, and they will cover a wide range
Of subjects, with the latest authorita-
tive information concerning the coun-
tries and the peoples now engaged in
the great war in Europe.
Prof. Roland G. Usher will tell of the
strength and virtues Ok the German
people; George Kennan. the leading
authority on Russia, about the awaken
ing of that great empire; Z. NJ. New
man about Austria and Roy
G. Andrews about Japan. Former
President Taft will give an intimate pic
ture of his visit to the Pope.
The scale of prices of season tickets
has been changed this year owing to in
creased expenses. The afternoon lee
lures hereafter will be the same price
as the evening lectures-SS per season
subject to the seating capacity Of the
hall, is entitled to but one season
ticket, and a second one in the same
course If that be desired.
The Program In Full.
The program for the course is as
follows:
People" BY DR.. James Howard Gore,
professor emeritus of George WASH
ington University.
November 20-'Conquest Of the Great
Rose and Other Glaciers of India. BY
Mrs. F. Bullock Workman and DR..
~ LN Hunter
and Mrs. F. Bullock Workman are ex-
plorers of international reputation.
November 27-"The Strength and Nir-
tues of the German People and En-
pire' By Roland G. Usher. professor
of history in Washington University,
of ST. Louis, author of "Pan-German-
ism"
December 4-"France. Our Sister Re
pub ic. " The name Of this speaker
will be announced later.
December 11-"Sunny Italy. By B.
r. Baumgardt. Pompeii, City Of the
Venice the City of Dreams. and Rome.
the Eternal City, will be described and
pictured I'm colored slides.
December 1S-"The Fringe of Asia
BY Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams.
Mrs. Adams will take her audiences in
a pictorial journey down the east coast
Of Asia, from Japan TO China, visiting
Kiaochow, the scene of the recent
siege; thence down to Singapore. Bor-
neo, and British Malaga Illustrated
with colored lantern slides and motion
pictures.
sia." BY George Kennan, author and
traveller. illustrated with colored Ian
tern slides.
January 15-"England the Oldest Ma
ton of Europe The name Of this
speaker will be announced later.
p ahu I
Peoples" BY Rev. DR.. Charles Wood.
Mexico To Be Described.
January 2a-"Peoples, Places. and
Problems in Mexico" BY Prof. Leslie |
c. Wells, Of Clark College. Illustrated |
With colored lantern slides.
February 5-"The Balkans-Roumania, |
Servia. and Bulgaria" By DR.. Albert |
Bushnell Hart, professor of history in |
Harvard University, author of "Prac- |
teal Essays on American Government"
Obvious Orient" etc.
February 12-"The Confederation ot |
south Africa" BY Chase S. Osborn. |
formerly governor Of Michigan. author |
II The Andean Land Governor Os- |
BORN has recently returned from South |
Africa. Illustrated with colored lantern
slides.
February 1s-"Britain Beyond the
seas: Canada. Australia. New Zealand, |
md Other Colonies of the British EN- !
rire.'' The name of this speaker will be |
later.
February l9- Austria Hungary, the |
land of Contrasts" BY E. NJ. New
nan. Illustrated with colored slides |
ana motion pictures.
February 26-"Japan Today" Fly Roy |
y Andrews, Of the American Museum
Il Natural History, New York. Illustra- |
ed
Globe: An Account OF the Humanitar-
an Work of the International Health |
Commission, Founded BY John D. Rookie
teller" BY DIR. Wycliffe Rose, admins |
Tative secretary. illustrated.
March 12-"The Chinese Republic" BY !,
DR.. Frank J. GoodnOw, president OF |
Johns Hopkins University. legal advis-
= 10 the Chinese government 1s13-1s14.
illustrated.
The Flying Machine.
March 1s-"The Flying Machine in
Studies" by o. P. Austin. |
With colored lantern slides and motion /
pictures.
March 19-"Argentina and Chile; Com
PARSONS and Contrasts of the Tenn
Derate Americans by Bailey Willis, |
geologist to the minister Of |
public works Of Argentina. 1911-l913. !
Illustrated.
~ William II. Taft. former President |
# the United States illustrated with |
,olored lantern slides.
April 2-"Brazil," by Anthony FiaIa,
member Of the Roosevelt South Ameri-
AN eXped ton of l913-19l4 Illustrated |
With coiored lantern slides.
April 9-"The Romance of Reclama-
ion by c. J. Blanchard Illustrated
gith colCred lantern slides.
April lG--It is hoped that official en-
VIII permit Myron T. Her
ick. ambassador TO France, l9l2-1914. 10
ccept the invitation Of the society to
ddress the association during the
curse
There WIFI also be a lecture on "Hol-
and and Her People" by David J. Hill.
ormerly United States ambassador to
holland. The date of this lecture will
e announced later.
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