The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-07
NEWS IN BRIEF
A Budget of Interesting Item. Gathered
by a Caucasian Representative

.\1,>nn Ter Non Humboldt. ""c Is the
VERDI creates; nlt:;. wa, always Il stu
lent. uiNuv~ al Investigator. always 4
.Irc,v~~ W,.r'>rr. He ,;}c:. Simply and
rir:Iy-N,rI:;:2 ~. tt ~.'cir.: and away
from cr,,y,i~ except on the rare uCtn-
ii IL when necessity ~vcmc:. demand
it. The quality - the man was well
mirrurr,I in lis magnificent lppk>-al}
that he did wa, on the scale # grand
cur. His books were too hi5h-pr1ccd
" the average reader bit on the request
IT free, popular lectures for the people,
80 eve fDrc>aW the result Of the adj
lrc>>c~ I he course was 50 successful
Tint i, extended itself into >iNty-One
lectures, and covered period Of over
ten years, time No udiult1nnCc was
t:?lr9cd. free tickets being gwen ont 10
apo lrnl,>. Very >"nN after" the first
>'t,;.1rc (; traffic sprung ~ III these irccj
tickets, and they SCARED As high As three
dollars each. / hen the strong hand OF
the government stepped III, the tickets
were cancelled. and the public Wcrcad-
mttcd to the lectures without ceremony.
Boxes, however. were set apart tor roy
atty and foreign visitors. some Of whom
came from F.ng]arI Belgium. SWltzcr-
land and France The size IF these au-
dicnccs was limited simply by the capac-
itv OF the a1ciIuri,1n-tht attendance
Z; t;t-,t being about 1000; later larger
hall WA, secured and the attendance ran
as high as 1000 persons at each address.
The subjects were as follows:
The lectures on the History Of Sci
enCe.
Two on Reasons Why we Should
Study Science.
Four on the Crust Of the Earth, and
the Nature If \o1canvr, and E,arth-
!uHllc,.
Two on the firm Of Earth Surface
r"'i he Elevation Of the Continents.
Five on Physical Geography.
SiNtcv; nu Astronomy.
Five OH the Nature Of Heat and Mag
nv ~m
rrtr on the Distribution OF Natter
"rrc on the Gc grAply Of Animals.
Four Oh Races uf Men.
Every good thing begins as something
Il 1,n
non people became scientific lectures
f,r educated people, These >i<ty-onc
popular and Tree lectures make up the
gigantic work known as H,mboldt's
Cu>n,
In lis tribute to Humboldt. Robert
!Hgtr,rlI says: His life was pure. his
aims lofty, his learning varied and pro-
found, and his achievements vast. Hum
;,olUt adopted none Of the soul-shrink-
ing creeds of his day; he wasted none
Of his time in the stupidities. inanities
and contradictions of theological meta
physics; he did not endeavor to har-
monte the astronomy and geology of a
barbarous people with the science Of
the nineteenth century. Never, for one
moment. did he abandon the sublime
standard of truth: he investigated, he
studied, he thought, he separated the
gold from the iross in the crucible of
his BRAIN He was never found on his
knees before the altar of superstition He
stood erect. by the tranquil column of
reason He was an adnirer, lover, an
adorer of Nature, and at the age of co.
bowed by the weight of nearly CEN
fury. covered with the insignia of honor,
loved by nation, respected by world,
with kings for his servants, he laid his
weary head upon her bosom-upon the
bosom of the universal Mother-and
with her loving arms about him sank into
that slumber which we cali death. His
tory added another name to the starry
scroll of the immortals. The world is |
his monument; upon the eternal granite
of her hills he inscribed his name, and
there upon everlasting stone his genius
wrote this, the sublimest of truths The
universe is governed by w"-Elbert
Hubbard.