NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY PRO- 

 GRAM OF LECTURES AND MEETINGS 



1 he Popular Course consistino^ of thirteen lectures will be delivered in the National 

 Rifles Armory, G street between Ninth and Tenth streets northwest, on Friday evenings at 

 8 o'clock, commencing November 8 and alternating with the Technical Meetings which will 

 be held in the Assembly Hall of Cosmos Club. Experience has shown that it is unwise to 

 arrange lectures too far in advance, as points of geographic interest shift rapidly ; hence only 

 the following dates have been definitely assigned : 



November 8. — The Twelfth Census .... Honorable Frederick H. Wines 



Assistant Director of the Census 



As a practical sociologist. Dr. Wines has given special attention to the classes and move- 

 ments of our population as ascertained by the Census Office, and his lecture will form the first 

 public presentation of interesting facts and conclusions reached during the past year. 



Novembjr 22. — -The Interior of Borneo Prof. A. C. Haddon 



Oxford, England 

 The natives of Borneo were the object of study of an expedition dispatched to the island 

 from England in 1898-1899. As leader of this expedition, Prof. Haddon obtained much 

 interesting information about the peoples and country of the little-known interior. 



Decembzr 6. — ^Peary's Progress Toward the Pole .... HERBERT L. Bridgman 



Vice-President Arctic Club of America 



Mr. Bridgman will describe the lands nearest to the Pole discovered by Peary in his recent arc- 

 tic campaign. Peary is now beginning his fourth consecutive winter in the land of snow and ice. 



December 20. — The Trans-Siberian Railway Honorable E. J. Hii,i, 



As a member of importanb committees in the House of Representatives, Mr. Hill has taken 

 a practical interest in the extension of American influence, and has just returned from th e 

 Orient over the Trans-Siberian railway. His journey gave opportunities for observations of 

 much interest, which will receive first announcement through the' Society. 



January 3.— The new Mexico Honorable John W. Foster 



Ex-Secretary of State 



General Foster was U. S. Minister to Mexico during the years 1873-1880, when the republic 

 was just starting on that phenomenal career of development which raised it to a prominent 

 position among nations and placed its president among the world's great leaders. Twenty years 

 later (in 1901) he revisited the country as its guest ; and his observations and impressions will 

 form the theme of his lecture. 



January 17.— American Progress and Prospects in the Philippines. General A. W. GreeIvY 



Chief Signal Ofiacer, U. S. Army 



General Greely is on his way home from an extended tour among the Philippine Islands. 

 As an example of American progress in the Philippines, it maybe stated that 6,000 miles of 

 telegraph lines and cables have been put up in these islands by the U. S. Signal Corps in the 

 three years since the capture of Manila. Telegraph and cable connections are now complete 

 between the northern coast of Luzon and Jolo, 1,000 miles to the south. 



