Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1936, Page 20

A2 = GEOGRAPHIC GROUP PLANS LECTURES Wide Range of Subjects to Be Covered in 1936-7 Series. Bubjects ranging from war-torn Bpain and its Nazi and Fascist neigh- bors to the quiet, colonial Williams- burg, Va., and from jungle explora~ tions into Borneo and British Guiana to a flying trip across the Pacific will be covered in a schedule of 19 lectures under auspices of the National Geo- graphic Society during the 1936-7 season. The series will begin November 13 with a description by Lowell Thomas, noted radio and newsreel commenta- tor of the confict in Palestine. There will be 19 lectures in all, continuing until April 2. All lectures will be given in Constitution Hall and will be ac- companied by motion pictures and colored lantern slides. Several old favorites of the soclety’s lecture platform will be back with new new and timely material, it was an- nounced. Burton Holmes will describe “The Magic of Mexico.” Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, recently returned from an extended expedition into the jungles of Borneo, will tell of en- counters with tree-climbing fish, snakes which dive from high trees, oysters that grow on trees, and the capture of a 300-pound gorilla. Dr. Maynard Owen Williams of the so- ciety’s foreign staff, will report his personal observations of the great Paris strike and of the general elec- tions in France this year. Miss Hollister to Appear. A newcomer to the program is Miss Gloria Hollister, an associate of Dr. William Beebe of the New York Zoo- logical Society. She has explored the depths of the sea in the bathysphere, i “The Avenue"=7th, 8th and D Sts THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1936, but her lecture will deal with an ex- pedition which she led into the un- known jungles of British Guiana this year. She brought back and will show motion pictures of unmapped water- falls, a golden anteater, specimens of the rare hoatzin bird, a rainbow tanager and a tiny golden frog that makes its home in cactus. One of the unfamiliar parts of the world will be descrived by Laura Boulton in a lecture on “Angola, the New Gateway to Africa.” She will tell of driver ants that march shoulder-to- shoulder, jaws extended, through ranks of soldier ants, and will show motion pictures of little known lite, including an unusual series of Africa termites. William Burke Miller of the Na- tional Broadcasting Co. will give his impressions of one of the first trans- Pacific flights made by the giant clipper flying boats of Pan-American Airways. Sidney Shurcliff will de- scribe the restoration of historic, Wil- liamburg. Dr. H. C. Bryant will de- scribe’ this country’s eastern national parks and Wendell Chapman will show new pictures of wild animal life in the Rockies. Voyage to be Described. Alan J. Villiers, owner of one of the last full-rigged ships afloat, will tell of part of his recent voysge around the world, The program was announced by the society as follows: Priday, November 13—“Conflict in Palestine,” by Lowell Thomas. Friday, November 20—“By Clipper Across The Pacific,” by William Burke Miller. Friday, November 27—"“My Journey to Forbidden Lhasa,” by C. Suydam Cutting. Friday, December 4 — “Treasure Hunting in Modern Maya Land,” by Dr. Sylvanus Griswold Morley. Friday, December 11—*“Vacation in Spain—in1936!" by Robert Neville, Friday, December 18—“The Magic of Mexico,” by Burton Holmes. Friday, January 8—“Wild Life in Old World England,” by Capt. C. W. R. Knight. Friday, January 15—“Exploring the Jnn(holkflfllhm by Gloria Pfldly January 22—“North About, in the Square-Rigger ‘Joseph Con- rad,’” by Alan J. Villiers. Friday, January 20—“In France Today,” by Dr. Maynard 'Owen Williams. Priday, February 5—“Camera Hunt- ing in Borneo,” by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson. Friday, February 12—“Germany in World News” (speaker announced February 19— (announced Friday, February 26—“Seeing Mod- ern Italy” (speaker announced later). Priday, Mareh 5—"Angola, the New Gateway to Africa,” by Laura Boulton. Friday, March 12—“The Royal Thames,” by Capt. John Noel. Friday, March 19—“Our Eastern Playgrounds,” by Dr. H.'C. Bryant. Friday, March 26—"“Restoring’ Wil- liamsburg, Virginia's Colonial Capi- tal,” by Sidney Shurcliff. Friday, April 2 — “With Wild Animals in the Rockies,” by Wendell Chapman. CHICAGO FIRM TO PAY LABOR SECURITY SHARE Adopts Policy of Paying Both Company and Employe Shares of Wage Tax. Special Dispateh to The Star. OHICAGO, Ill, November 6.—The| this Mills Novelty Co. has decided on a policy of paying both the company's and employes’ portions of the new Federal wage tax which becomes ef- fective January 1, 1937, under the social security act, President Fred L. Mills announced yesterday. The decision affects 2,600 employes in the three plants and 40 branches of the concern. e 20,000 Disappear Yearly. ‘Twenty thousand Britons walk out of their homes every year and disap- pear, a police report states. FOLGER LIBRARY PLANS CELEBRATION TUESDAY Director Announces Commemora- tion of Publication of First Folio of Shakespeare. Dr. Joseph Quincy Adams, director, announced & commemo- ration .of the publication of the first folio of Shakespeare, to be held at the Folger Shakespeare Library Tuesday awnm‘ November 17. ‘The occasion is the 313th anniver- sary of the printing of the earliest compilation of Shakespeare’s plays, edited by John Heminge and Henry Condell and printed by Willlam and Isaac Jaggard. Dr. Adams said that Dr. A. 8. W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia bibliophile, will be the principal speaker at the celebration, and copies of the first folio are to be on display in the li- brary gallery. Admission to the commemoration will be by invitation only. 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