Evening star., 1939-11-05
Geographic Society
Lecture Season
To Open Nov. II
Dr.. Matthew w. StirIinq
To Be First Speaker at
Constitution Hall

CONSTITUTION toll
Nations stricken by war, remote
lands where bombs have never
fallen, achievements of exploration
and science, all will be described
during the lecture season of the
National Geographic Society which
opens In Constitution Hall Novem-
ber II.
DR.. Matthew w. Stirling, chief of
the Bureau of Ethnology, who led
a Smithsonian Institution National
Geographic Society expedition to the
jungles of southeastern Mexico, will
be the first lecturer in the series.
He will tell of finding the oldest
dated work of man so far discovered
in the New World and unearthing
evidence of ancient culture in hith-
erto unsuspected regions.
The accomplishments of indus
trial science will be featured at the
lecture on November "a when Eu-
gene L. Foss conducts a series of
experiments, including the frying of
an egg on a cold" stove, in q minia-
ture research laboratory Of General
Motors Corp. set up on the stage Of
Constitution Hall.
Illustrated Talk on Poland.
Julien Bryan, the only foreign cor
respondent and photographer in
Warsaw during the German siege,
will illustrate his lecture on Decem-
Der l with pictures showing Poland
before and after" Mr.. Bryan, a
world traveller, journeyed through
Poland taking motion pictures be-
fore the outbreak of the war. He
returned to Warsaw on the eve Of
the German bombardment.
Writing of the story he photo
graphed, Mr.. Bryan said:
Il was with the French Army at
Verdun in 1918 where soldiers were
fighting soldiers. But in Poland!
Women. children, the helpless old
were -machine-gunned from
the air as they worked harmlessly
In their potato fields"
Burton Holmes, veteran traveller
who spent last summer in Finland,
will picture the little republic which
now is engaged in critical negoti-
ations with Russia. His lecture, on
December s, is entitled "Ennght-
ened Finland"
Lecture on Asia.
The effects of war on both China
and Japan, as seen from q neutral
viewpoint, will be illustrated by
motion pictures taken by A. T. Hull,
jr., Paramount News cameraman,
during his long stay in the Orient.
Mr. Hull's lecture, Il Covered Asia" :"
will be heard December Is.
England's transition from peace to
war will be described by Capt. c. w.
R. Knight on February 9, 1910, with
motion pictures illustrating the
Transformation of public parks into
bombproof shelters, the enlistment
Of all civilians in home defense, the
evacuation of children from London
slums to the country and similar
emergency measures. .e-
In contrast to the lectures on war
and the effects of war, there will
be talks on South American life,
on the "sequestered kingdom" Of far
OF Nepal, on the Grand Canyon,
the Arctic and the Yellowstone.
Program Announced.
The complete program follows:
November 17-Dr. Matthew W.
Stirling, "Mayan Expedition"
November 24-"Modern Wonders
Of Science" Eugene L. Foss.
December 1-"Poland-Before and
After" Julien Bryan.
December 8-"Enlightened Fin
land" Burton Holmes.
December 15-"I Covered Asia" )"
A. T. Hull. jr.
January 5-"The Arctic In Color" !"
Capt. Robert E. Bartlett.
January 12-"South American
Medley" Luis Marden.
January 19-"Danger Is My Busi-
ness" Capt. John D. Craig.
January 26-"Singapore, Cross
roads of Asia" Carveth Wells.
February 2-"Down the Grand
Canyon in a Rubber Boat" Amos
Burg.
February 9-"England Carries
On" Capt. c. w. r. Knight.
March 1-"Nepal, the Sequestered
Kingdom" Armand Denis and Leila
Roosevelt.
March 8-"Where Falls the Yell
lowstone," Alfred M. Bailey.
March 22-"Stalking Birds With
Color Camera" Arthur A. Allen.
April 5-"Insect Monsters in
Color" Brayton Eddy.
Open dates-February 16 and %;
March IS and 20.