NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



PROCEEDINGS 



MEETINGS OE THE SOCIETY : 



November 1, 1901.— Vice-President McGee 

 in the chair. 



A paper by Dr. Angelo Heilprin, of Phila- 

 delphia, advocating the establishment of a 

 ' ' National Geographic Institvite ' ' at Washing- 

 ton, was read by the Secretary. The paper 

 was referred for consideration to a committee 

 consisting of Wm. H. Dall, A. J. Henry, and 

 R. U. Goode. Further notice of the paper 

 will be made later. 



Gilbert H. Grosvenor, A. M., gave a brief ad- 

 dress on the ' ' Geographic Societies of Europe 

 and America, ' ' more particularly of those on 

 the former continent The Vice-President in 

 an eloquent address explained why the study 

 of geography appeals to the intellect and heart 

 of men. 



November 15. — Vice-President McGee in the 

 chair. 



Dr. Marcus Baker read a paper on ' ' The 

 Ivost Boundary of Texas, ' ' an abstract of which 

 appears on page 430 of this Magazine. 



Lectures : 



November 8. — Vice-President McGee in the 

 chair. 



Dr. F. H. Wines, Assistant Director of the 

 Census, opened the course of lectures pre- 

 sented by the Society this season by an ad- 

 dress on "The Twelfth Census." Further 

 notice of this lecture will be made later. 



November 22. — Vice-President McGee in the 

 chair. 



Mr. Herbert L,. Bridgman, Vice-President of 

 the Arctic Club, gave an illustrated address on 

 " Peary's Work and Progress during the Past 

 Two Years. ' ' Mr. Bridgman exhibited a map 

 prepared by Peary as a result of his work in 

 1900, showing in detail the northern coast- 

 line of the Greenland Archipelago. The worn 

 character of the north coast, similar in char- 

 acter to the north coast of Grant Land, on the 

 other side of Robeson Channel, showed un- 

 mistakably that the northern sea was a vast 

 ocean, probably extending to the Pole itself. 

 The map will not be published until Mr. 

 Peary returns to the United States. 



ANNOUNCEMENTS 



PopuivAR Lectures : 



December 6. — "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 189S-1S99. As leader of this 

 expedition. Professor Haddon obtained much 

 interesting information about the peoples and 

 country of the little-known interior. 



December 20. — ' ' The Trans-Siberian Rail- 

 way ; " Hon. E. J. Hill. 



As a member of important committees in the 

 House of Representatives, Mr. Hill has taken 

 a practical interest in the extension of Amer- 

 ican influence, and has just returned from the 

 Orient over the Trans-Siberian Railway. His 

 journey gave opportunities for observations of 

 much interest, which will receive first an- 

 nouncement through the Society. 



January 3, 1902.— " The New Mexico;" 

 Hon. John W. Foster, ex-Secretarj^ of State. 



General Foster was United States minister to 

 Mexico during the 5?ears 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 Pros- 

 pects in the Philippines ; " C^en. A. W Greely, 

 Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army. 



General Greel}" has returned to America after 

 an extended tour among the Philippine Islands. 

 As an example of American progress in the 

 Philippines, it may be 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 com- 

 plete between the northern coast of Luzon and 

 Jolo, 1,000 miles to the south. 



Meetings of the Society : 



December 13, 1901.—' 'The Northwest Bound- 

 ary ; " C. H. Sinclair, U. S. Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey ; E. C. Barnard, U. S. Geological 

 Stirvey ; Bailey Willis, U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vey. 



December 27. — Holiday vacation. 



January 10, 1902. — Annual meeting, reports 

 and elections. 



