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lions would of itself be ten times the 

 value of all the cost of attaining the Pole. 



President Roosevelt, for nearly four 

 centuries the world dreamed of the union 

 of the Atlantic and the Pacific. You have 

 planted the Stars and Stripes at Panama 

 and insured the realization of that dream. 

 For over three centuries the world has 

 dreamed of solving the mystery of the 

 north. 



Tonight the Stars and Stripes stand 

 nearest to that mystery, pointing and 

 beckoning. God willing, I hope that 

 your administration may yet see those 

 Stars and Stripes planted at the Pole 

 itself. For between these two great 

 logical cosmic boundaries, Panama to the 

 south and the North Pole to the north, 

 lies the heritage and the future of that 

 giant whose destinies you guide today, 

 the United States of America. 



The committee of arrangements for the 

 dinner consisted of 



Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Chairman ; O. P. 

 Austin, Alexander Graham Bell, Charles 

 J. Bell, W. J. Boardman, Colby M. Ches- 

 ter, F. V. Coville, William Crozier, Henry 

 F. Blount, William E. Curtis, George 

 Dewey, John Joy Edson, David Fair- 

 child, Melville W. Fuller, Henry Gannett, 

 J. Howard Gore, John W. Foster, Ed- 

 ward Everett Hale, A. J. Henry, Arnold 

 Hague, John B. Henderson, Jr., Ru- 

 dolph Kauffmann, Martin A. Knapp, C. 

 Hart Merriam, Willis L. Moore, Simon 

 Newcomb, Theodore W. Noyes, Gifford 

 Pinchot, Marvin F. Scaife, Miss Eliza R. 

 Scidmore, O. H. Tittmann, John M. 

 Wilson. 



MEMBERS AND GUESTS PRESENT 



Commander Robert E. Peary, U. S. Navy 



The Secretary of the Navy, Hon. Charles J. 

 Bonaparte 



The Italian Ambassador 



The President of the National Geographic 

 Society and Mrs Willis L. Moore 



The Japanese Ambassador 



The Secretary of Agriculture 



The Minister of Bolivia and Madame Cald- 

 eron 



The Minister of Switzerland 



Representative and Mrs Kittredge Haskins, 

 of Vermont 



Dr Frederick A. Cook 



Mr Emory R. Johnson, President Geographi- 

 cal Society of Philadelphia, and Mrs Johnson 



Mrs Hobson 



Commander and Mrs Key 



The counselor of the Japanese Embassy and 

 Madame Miyaoka 



The Minister of Colombia and Madame 

 Cortes 



The Minister of Norway and Madame 

 Hauge 



The Minister of Ecuador and Madame Carbo 



The Charge d' Affaires of Spain 



Mr Frederick Courtland Penfield, formerly 

 Minister to Egypt 



Mrs George Kennan 



Mr and Mrs Tilden 



Dr Theodore LeBoutillier, Secretary of Geo- 

 graphical Society of Philadelphia 



Dr Anita Newcomb McGee 



Judge Martin A. Knapp, President Interstate 

 Commerce Commission 



Judge- Clark, of the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission 



Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, and Mrs 

 Grosvenor 



General George M. Sternberg 



Mr and Mrs Herbert Wadsworth 



Mr and Mrs Hennen Jennings 



The Bishop of Washington 



Mrs James W. Pinchot 



Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, and Mrs 

 Hopkins 



Mr and Mrs Shainwald, of New York city 



Representative Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, and 

 Mrs Dalzell 



Monsignor O'Connell, President of Catholic 

 University of America 



Mr and Mrs Theodore W. Noyes 



Mr. Archibald Hopkins 



Senator Warren, of Wyoming 



Dr and Mrs Alexander Graham Bell 



Mr Edward Everett Hale 



Prof. Simon Newcomb 



Admiral Bradford 



Mr Nicholas Luquer 



Mr W. C. Whitemore 



Mr James Lowndes 



Mr W. R. Tuckerman 



Mr Nathaniel Wilson 



Mr Byron Andrews 



Mr W. A. DeCaindry 



Gen. John O'Connell 



Representative Lamar, of Florida, and Mrs 

 Lamar 



Representative Scott, of Kansas 



Admiral Winfield Scott Schley and Mrs 

 Schley 



Mr W. J. Boardman 



Mr John A. Kasson 



Dr Z. T. Sowers 



Commissioner H. L. West 



Miss Hale 



Judge Thomas H. Anderson and Mrs An- 

 derson 



