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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Charles E. Fay, of Tufts College, formerly 

 President American Alpine Club. Illustrated 

 by personal experiences and views gathered 

 during sixteen seasons passed by the lecturer 

 in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., February 11 — "The Water- 

 ways of Empire." Mr Willis Fletcher John- 

 son, Associate Editor of New York Tribune. 

 An account of the part which rivers, canals, 

 and other narrow waterways have played in 

 the political and commercial history of the 

 world, and especially of this country. Illus- 

 trated. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., February 18 — "The 

 Glaciers of Alaska; an Account of the 

 National Geographic Society Expedition to 

 Alaska in 1909." Professor Lawrence F. Mar- 

 tin, of the University of Wisconsin, and, with 

 Professor Ralph S. Tarr, of Cornell Univer- 

 sity, leader of the Society's Expedition. Illus- 

 trated. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., February 25 — "The 

 Panama Canal." It is hoped that official duties 

 -will permit Colonel George W. Goethals, Chief 

 Engineer of the Panama Canal, to accept the 

 invitation of the National Geographic Society 

 to address the Asociation on this subject. 



Friday, 8.1$ p. m., March 4 — "Physical Prob- 

 lems of Our Country." Mr Gifford Pinchot, 

 Chief of the U. S. Forest Service. Illustrated. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., March 11 — "The Waste of 



Human Life and Resources in the Mining In- 

 dustry." Mr Joseph A. Holmes, of the U. S. 

 Geological Survey. Dr Holmes will tell of the 

 Government's efforts to stem the tide of fatali- 

 ties in which the United States leads the world 

 at a ratio of three to one and the Government's 

 efforts to devise ways of saving the great waste 

 not only of human life but of our coal, gas, 

 and other mineral' resources. Illustrated. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., March 18— "A New Era 

 for the South." Dr Charles W. Stiles. The 

 speaker will describe the methods by which 

 science and money hope to eradicate the hook- 

 worm or "lazygerm." 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., March 25 — "The Spirit 

 of the West." Mr C. J. Blanchard, of the U. 

 S. Reclamation Service. The wonderful agri- 

 cultural development of the West since the 

 work of irrigation was started by the Govern- 

 ment and private enterprise. Illustrated and 

 moving pictures. 



Friday, 8. 15 />. m., April 1 — "Patagonia to 

 Paraguay — or the Story of Argentine." Mrs 

 Harriet Chalmers Adams. Illustrated. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., April 8— "The Pearl 



Fisheries of Ceylon." Dr Hugh M. Smith, 



Deputy Commissioner, U. S. Bureau of Fish- 

 eries. Illustrated. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., April 15 — "Nearest the 

 South Pole." Lieutenant E. H. Shackleton. 

 Illustrated. 



