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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



Wednesday, 7.30 p. m., December 13 — Annual 

 Banquet. 



Friday, 8.15 p. in., December 17 — "The Un- 

 tamed Girdle of Palestine." Mr Ellsworth 

 Huntington, of Yale University. A two weeks' 

 expedition on the Dead Sea with a canvas 

 boat, a trip to the famous Rock City of Petra, 

 by way of the desolate Ghor, and an excursion 

 to the little-known Negen, south of Beersheba. 

 Illustrated. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., January 7 — "Manchuria; 

 the Antung Mukden Railway; the funeral of 

 the late Empress Dowager, November 9, 1909." 

 Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, author of "China — the 

 Long Lived Empire," "Jinrikisha Days in 

 Japan," etc. Illustrated. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., January 14 — Annual meet- 

 ing. Address by Mr John Barrett, Director 

 International Bureau of American Republics. 

 Illustrated. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., January 21 — "The Life of 

 the Nest; Studies of the Nesting Habit of 

 Birds." Frank M. Chapman, author of "Camps 

 and Cruises of an Ornithologist," "Bird Studies 

 with a Camera," etc. Illustrated. 



Friday, 8.IS p. m., January 28 — "The Otto- 

 man Empire." Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester, 

 U. S. Navy. From June, 1908, to May, 1909, 

 inclusive, Admiral Chester lived in Constanti- 

 nople or was traveling throughout Asia Minor. 

 He was thus a witness of the revoluton and of 

 the beginning of the new era in Turkey. Illus- 

 trated. 



Friday, 8.15 p. m., February 4 — "Mountaineer- 

 ing in a New Switzerland." Professor Charles 

 E. Fa}', 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- 

 sen, 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. Illustrated. 



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

 of Alaska; an Account of the National Geo- 

 graphic Society Expedition to Alaska in 1909." 

 Professor Lawrence F. Martin, of the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin, and, with Professor Ralph 

 S. Tarr, of Cornell University, leader of the 

 Society's Expedition. Illustrated. 



Friday, 8.1$ p. m., February 25 — "The Panama 

 Canal." It is hoped that official duties will per- 

 mit Colonel George W. Goethals, Chief 

 Engineer of the Panama Canal, to accept the 

 invitation of the National Geographic Society 

 to address the Association on this subject. 



Friday, 8.15 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, 8.13 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 "lazy germ." 



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

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

 Reclamation Service. The wonderful agricul- 

 tural development of the West since the work 

 of irrigation was started by the Government 

 and private enterprise. Illustrated and moving 

 pictures. 



Friday, 8.13 p. 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 Fish- 

 eries of Ceylon." Dr Hugh M. Smith, Deputy 

 Commissioner, U. S. Burieau of Fisheries. 

 Illustrated. 



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

 South Pole." Lieutenant E. H. Shackleton. 

 Illustrated. 



