Evening star., 1924-04-01
Notable Guests to attend Dinner
Marking Editors 25th Anniversary
Gilbert Cr0srenOr's Ca
reer With Geographic
Society Spectacular.
Magazine Going to All
Corners of CIobe-4OO
Employees Here.

Trustees and editorial staff mem
hers of the National Geographic So
ciety will be guests at a buffet sup
per this evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, on 18th
street, in recognition of the twenty
fifth anniversary of Mr.. Grosvenor'S
direction of the National Geographic
Society and his editorship of the
Geographic Magazine.
Chief Justice William Howard Taft
of the United States Supreme Court,
a trustee of the society since 1917,
and John Barton Payne. the newest
member of the board. will be present.
Other Notable Guests.
Other trustees of the society who
comprise a distinguished group of
scientists statesmen and civic lead
crs, are: Charles ]. Bell. John Joy
Edison, David Fairchild, c. Hart Mer-
riam. O. P. Austin, George r. Putnam,
George Shiras, Sd, Col. r. Lester
Jones, Grant Squires Rear Admiral
Coville, Rudolph Kaufman, 5. n. ID.
North. John Oliver LaGorce. j. How
ard Gore, Maj. Gen. a. W. Greedy,
George Otis Smith, o. II. Tittmann,
Henry White. Stephen 7. Mather and
Mr.. Grosvenor.
The growth of the National Geographic
Society under Mr.. GroSvenoTs leader
ship, from a group of few hundred
Washington members with headquar-
ters in half a room in the old Corcoran
building, to the largest educational and
scientific society in the world and CO.
operative organization of 95O,OOo mem
berS is a romance of American acheSe-
ment
Members Everywhere.
Today there is not a. community of
100 or more people in the United
States or any nation in the world
with a postal system where there is
not one member of the National
Geographic Society. Its official or
gan, the National Geographic Maga-
zine, is carried to some of its read
erS by camel caravan and to others
on reindeer SledS.
Coming to Washington a quarter of
a century ago to take up the editing
of a magazine then in debt and with
out even funds for clerical hire, Mr..
GroSvenor Immediately put into eff
feet some ideas which were then revo-
lutionary in magazine publishing, for
which he now is acclaimed by editors
and scientists 5 IL pioneer. one or
these ideas was the presentation of
geographic facts by pictures when in
formation can be most adequately I'M
parted in that manner. Owing to his
demonstration of how pictures reveal,
better than description or definition
colorful peasant costume, a waterfall
or now-capped mountain, schools the
country over have adopted visual in
Struction methods in geography teach
ing,
Made Geography Interesting.
Mr. Grosvenor also is generally
accredited with being a pioneer in
humanized geography, taking geog-
raphy out of the realm of technical
physiography and viewing it from
the standpoint of the effect of geo.
graphic environment on the work
and play and all the daily activities
of men.
Statesmen of the United States and
Europe have eulogized MIR. Grosvenor
for his services in creating a friendly
feeling among nations, for. while the
National Geographic Society never
engages in any form of propaganda,
il has demonstrated that better
knowledge of our world neighbors
is the best means of promoting uni
verSal peace.
Under his leadership the National
Geographic Society has contributed