The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
And Conditions of
Men To Be
Me- CHANCES GUESTS
Remarkable Series Of
Lectures Arranged For.

The Worcester County Mechanics
Association, through it's president,
James Logan, has just made announce
ment Of a series of Saturday night
industrial and scientific talks.
There will be eleven talks in the
series and the subjects and speakers
make it certain that it win be the most
instructive, interesting and practical
series ever attempted in this city. The
speakers are all practical men and rec
subjects. There is not a single theorist
in the lot. The subjects are each and
every one of vital interest.
The talks are, Of course, intended
primarily for the members, and We're
arranged with that object in view. In
cidentaly. it is expected that the Sc
ries-which will be free to all members
may swell the already large member
ship list TO q certain extent. Ii is Pres
ident Logans intention to invite to the
various talks. the body of men most
closely allied with the subject under
consideration.
urday evening will be given by Pres
ident Mendenhall of the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, and his topic
will be 'The available sources of pow
er, present and prospective" To this
lecture Will be invited all the members
of the various engineering societies of
the city, including the civil, mechani-
cal and stationary engineers.
The following week. January q. the
l<a1s mil ,O ~ ~
HolyolIe, who is looked upon as Cna
of the best Versed men in the manu-
facture of paper in this country. Mr..
Chaplin is comparatively young man,
but eminently successful. The exact
wording of his subject is Wood pup
and modern paper-making." The en-
ployes of the various envelope facto-
ries Of the city will be extended an In
vitation to be present at Mr.. Chapin's
lecture.
On January 2S Osborne Howes of
Boston, a well known insurance man
of that city, and an editorial writer
on the Boston Herald, will discuss the
topic, The line which separates us and
the interests which join us to Canada. ~
There is a very popular ignorance OH
the part of Americans regarding Can
ada and its boundaries. For instance,
we speak of going up to CANADA, and
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farther south than Worcester.
To the lecture of Louis Prang, on the
first Saturday evening in February,
there will be invited all the printers Of
the city. The subject will be "The de-
velopment of photography, and win be
treated by Mr.. Prang in an entertain
ING style. Mr.. Prang is president of
the art publishing company bearing his
name. and has done more than any
| of her tn T,1a To- :.
of art and artistic work within the
reach of the masses.
Feb. II, Hartley x. Greenleaf, at the
head of the cost department of the
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing
Com nany of this city, will be the speak
er, and he will talk upon THE neces-
sty of an efficient system for keeping
costs. This is a subject that will APP
peal most strongly to the members of
the clerical forces of the big manufac-
turing establishments of the city, and
they will be invited to attend.
On the following week the engineers
and firemen of the city will be the
guests of the association. The talk
that week will be given by Axel F.
Backlin, who for years has had charge
of the coal testing at the Washburn e
Ioen works. He will speak on the gen
eral subject of coal and it's uses under
the steam boiler.
On February 25, the printers will
again be the guests of the association.
This time they will be initiated into
the mysteries of the Mergenthaler
type-setting machine and the develop
ment of the process. The speaker will
be P T. Dodge, who is the president
of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company
of New York.
March 4, the date of Inauguration,
only there is no Inauguration this year,
will find e. B. Rabbit, captain of ord
nance United States army, Sandy
Hook proving grounds, New York, as
the speaker. He will cover the general
subject of explosives under the follow
ing sub-heads: 'Smokeless powder,
torpedoes etc.; 1.-THE chemistry of
explosives, including the theory of an
explosion; history-early and present;
care, preservation and USE" Those who
are engaged in the manufacture of fire
arms In this city will be invited and ii
is likely also that the commissioned
officers of the local militia will be CIV
en- seats down front"
Charles Fl. Morgan, president Of the
Morgan Construction Company of this
city will speak on the second Saturday
in March. He has announced as his
topic, what is being done at the pres
ent time and what may be done with
continuous rolling mills" Invitations
W III ne sent Tor the lecture TO all those
who are actively identified with thatI
branch Of the iron industry in this
city.
Electricity" or rather some phases
of that very broad subject, win be con-
sidered March 49, but at present Presi-
dent Logan is unable to announce the
speaker He had secured man who
is known throughout the country as al
foremost electrical engineer and au-
thority upon electricity. Just fewl
days ago, however. the gentleman sent
word to President Logan that pressure
of work would make it impossible forl
him to give the matter the thought and
atten. on required. Rather than speak
half-preparedly, he declined to escaped
half-preparedly, he declined to accept
the invitation, and some other speak, T. |
viii be secured.
The closing talk comes March %.
with George L. Brownel OF this city MS
s~ "'-o~ T''s subject VIII he "What
the mechanic has done for Worcester"
Those who have ever heard Mr.. |
Brownell speak know that he is sure to
say something interesting. and in that
own unique way of his.
WARRINGTON pnTrIfG cry