The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-13
YALE PUBLIC LECTURES.
THE UNUSUAL INTEREST AND xT.
 IRACTIVENESS
Of tho Present Course-Soms of ii.
 Many Striking and Important Feat.S

Many Striking and Important Feat
 ures of the Course.
 The attention of the public is called to-
 the unusually interesting and attractive
 course of lectures to be given during the winter season under the auspices of the Yale Public Lectures and the New Haven University Extension
 This course numbers twenty-two lec-
 lures, and while it includes many of the
 most prominent lecturers and authori-s ties in the country, is given for the re-
 markedly low cost of two dollars for the course, or about nine cents lec-
 ture. Programmes and tickets for this course oan be obtained at the public li-
 brary.
 Among the special attractions Is Dr., Henry Van Dyke, who, on account of the present revival of interest in Byron, will lecture on that poet. Dr. Hillis, the famous literary lecturer and suc- cessor of Henry Ward Beecher and Ly- man Abbott as pastor of Plymouth church, will lecture on Rushin and Art.~ Dr. Washington Gladden. whose maga- zine articles have interested such large number of readers, will give one of his famous addresses on that rugged old character Thomas Carlyle. No person living is better qualified to diS-3 cuss the subject of Ancient and Modern Universities than President Hadley, of Yale
 The course presents also most le- markable programme of scientific lec-s lures Sheffield lectures) on subjects
  ty is vitally interested. The mosquito$ question in reference to the spread of contagious diseases is treated by the great authority on this subject, Dr. L.s .sSe o. Howard, of the United States Na- tional Museum of Washington. The subject of engineering feats in bridge will be treated by that ems inent expert and authority, Frank w. Skinner, who numbers among his tri- umphs the reconstruction of the Mag ara Suspension bridge, the bridges of the St. Paul and Northern Pacific Rail- road company and the large bridges across the Mississippi and St. Johns rivers.
 Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the famous ex plorer in both the Arctic and Antarctic < regions will give his thrilling expert z ances through the first Antarctic night The astonishing problems to be dealt with in the construction of systems of irrigation in the arid regions of theI west will be treated by Frederick HI Newell, the chief Photographer of the# United States Geological Survey. The # lecture of Professor Francis Fl. Herrick, s of Western Reserve University, on the s Wild Bird at Arms Length will appeal F 70 every one interested in bird life. No ,ne is better fitted to lecture on the'r cent wonderful progress in astronomy # than Dr. F. H. Chase, who has made himself famous by the discovery of a ,omet to which his name has been giv- m, as well as by his researches in con- { lection with the fixed stars and star lusters and the photography of rr1ete- as ITS. The practical relation of Niagara Falls in furnishing electric power will ,e discussed by that veteran lecturer, Professor Brewer. All of these scien- fife lectures will be profusely and beau- fully illustrated with the stereopticon
 The future of South Africa as dis # ussed by that world-renowned engi- eer John Hays Hammond, will appeal 0 every person in the community who as followed the Boer war from it's com MT Hammond's thrilling ersonal experiences as connected with he gold and diamond fields of South .frica, and in connection with the re- olt against the Boer government and he Jameson raid, will be remembered nd he should attract great number f listeners. Professor H. w. Farnam ill give descriptive lectures on two lost interesting specimens of govern lent in the story of San Marino an republic of Italy, and Gla- IS, q pure democracy in Switzerland. rofessor Tracy Peck, whose residence Rome as director of the American chool of Classics in that city, specially ts him for the subject, will give two interesting lectures on the oman Forum and the famous Roman comments and epitaphs. The lovers music he,ve a rare treat in store for lem in the four lectures of Edgar Still # ian Kelley, the noted composer and diversity Extension lecturer, on the lfiuence of Race and Religion on Mod n Music. The music of the various i'll be illustrated by vocal and instru- ental selections by Mrs Kelley. The New Haven public, we are sure, i'll show their appreciation of this re- course of literary, scientific nd musical attractions by giving it eir liberal patronage.