XATIOXAL GEOGEAPHlr MAGAZIXE 



THE TECHNICAL COURSE, 



delivered in the 



ASSEMBLY HALL OF COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY, FIFTEENTH AND H STREETS 



NORTHWEST, 



ou Friday evenings at S.15 o'clock. 



January 19. — The Black Hills of South Dakota . . . Mr N. H. Darton, 



U. S. Geological Survey. 

 February 2. — Explorations around the Arctic Circle . . Dr Frank Russei,!., 



Harvard University. 



February 16. — How Geographic Fuvironmeut has Shaped American History, 



Mr J. W. Redway, Geographer. 



March 2. — The Geographic Distribution of Seed Plants . Prof. John M. Coui^Ter, 



Chicago University. 



March 16.— The Roman Forum Prof. MiTCHelIv Carroi^l, 



Columbian University. 



March 30. — Subject not yet announced Dr Wm. M. Davis, 



Harvard University. 



* The Dykes of Holland Gerard H. MaTThes, 



U. S. Geological Survey. 

 *The Floods of the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys . H. C. Frankenfield, 



U. S. Weather Bureau. 



* The date to be announced later. 



THE LENTEN COURSE. 



The subject of this course is Thp: Growth of Nations, as illustrated by the geo- 

 graphic and social development of leading European nations. This course of six 

 lectures has been projected with the view of bringing out the elements of national 

 power, and emphasizing the importance of individual character and of natural con- 

 ditions in shaping national growth. The course will be complementary to that of last 

 season on "Tlie Growth of the United States." The lectures will be delivered in 



COLUMBIA THEATER, F STREET NEAR TWELFTH, 

 4.20 to 5.30 p. m., on Tuesday afternoons, during March and April. 



March 6. — The Netherlands ..... Professor J. Howard Gore, 



Columbian University. 

 (With a General Introduction by the President.) 



March 13. — France . Professor Jean C. P>kaco, 



V'assar College. 



March 21.* — Austria-Hungary ..... Professor Wif.mam Z. RiPl.KV, 



Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



March 27. — Germany ....... Professor John I/. IvwEi.i,, 



Howard University. 



April 3.— England Dr. Edwin D. Mead, 



Editor of the New England .Magazine. 



April ID. — Russia Professor P^inviN A. Grosvknok. 



.\niluTsl College. 



* I'rof. Ripley's lecture on Austria-Hungary will bo delivered on Wednesday, Marcli 21, at the usual 

 hour. 



