Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-02-12
FOR UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
LECTURES AT ST. JOHNS COL
LEGE DURING LENT.
The First Lecture VIII Be Given NeNi
Monday BY Prof {. $. Alden.
Of Naval Academy.

Follow ing an old custom there " III
be course of University Extension
lectures at -. Johns College during
Lent. These lectures are all very
interesting and highly instructive
and most helpful TO students and
others.
The first lecture viii be given on
next Monday, February is, by Prof.
c. ). Alden, United States Naval
Academy. Prof. Alden's subject viii
be -William Tell, and Viii be IL
lustratod with stereopticon views. The
following is the syllabus: The mar
ratiye of pilgrimage 10 the made
country about Lake Lucerne, that
tradition has made sacred To the
Swiss national hero, Rutli, where
the thirty three patriots banded to-
gether for the liberation of Switzer-
land; Burglen, where Tell was born
Altdorf. where he shot the apple OF
his boys head Tellsplatte, where he
escaped from the tyrant Gessler; kuss-
nacht where he shot Gessler. The
core of the lecture, Schiller's drama,
william Tell. Elements of truth in
the legend, and the more comprehen-
sive truth as il is treated by the poet.
The second lecture of the course
will be on Tuesday, February 26, by
the Rev. Curtis Lee Laws, ID. D.,
whose subject will be London and
Excursions Thercfrom. = The sylla-
bus of this lecture is: With the aid
OF exquisite dissolving views we shall
EXPLORE its labyrinths of streets visit
historic palaces. castles and churches !;
drive in its splendid parks and drift
i'm its mighty river. The excursions
from London include visits TO Ok
ford. with its beautiful old colleges I;
Stratford. with the history Of Shakes
peare; Windsor Castle, the royal pal
ace; Edinburgh, the Athens of the
North. A
DR.. Laws will also deliver the
third lecture of the course on the sub
ject Paris and Napoleon Pictur
esque Career syllabus Exquisite
dissolving views illustrating the
reigns of the Bourbon Kings; tfe
terrible Revolution; the rise, pro-
gress, supremacy and fall of Napo-
leon Bonaparte, and the later history
of the beautiful city. Portraits of
Napoleon. His early Struggles his
Victories; Josephine. The courtship !;
marriage; the Coronation; famous
war pictures; the divorce from jose
phine, Malmaison; Empress Marie
Louisa: the little King of Rome; the
downward course; returning from
Elba: at Waterloo /; at st. Helena; in
the glorious tomb beside the Seine.
Paris, the Queen City of the
World''-The Place de la Concorde !;
the Tuileries; the Place de la Car
rousel: the Louvre; its splendid cart
galleries and rare treasures; the
Champs lelysees: Luxembourg Pal
ace; the Arch of Triumph the Boule-
ward; Bois de Boulogne the Eiffel
Tower; the Church of the Madeleine; (;
the Place Vendome; the Bastile; the
Pantheon the Grand Opera House
Notre Dame Cathedral; the Seine
and its bridges; the Trocadero Pal
ace; street scenes; Sainte Chapelle;
Hotel de Vile: Palais Royal; the
Bourse; Jardin des Plantes.
Z Lecture Nv will be on March IL by
Mr.. John f.. Howard, of Boston,
Mass. Subject Julius Caesar. F"
Syllabus Recital of the most dra-
matte passages of the tragedy of
Shakespeare. Admission TO this lee
ture is limited to those only who have
subscribed for it.
Lecture V will be on Tuesdy, March
l2, by Rev. Curtis Lee laws, ID. D.,
Baltimore, Md. Subject, The Noun
famous Lakes and Cities of Switzer-
land" Syllabus visit ''the land
Of the sky by the aid of the superb
views and eloquent descriptions of
this lecture may be poor substitute
for the actual journey, bnt it will prove
to be a delightful experience. Rugged
mountains and placid lakes; peasant
girls in the Alps; Rigi Kuhn; railway
and locomotives; Rigi Kuhn Hotel ,
Mount Biatus and Lucrene from Rigi
Bilatus and Lake Lucerne; panorama
Of .Interlaken and the Junfrau; the
snow on Junggfrau; Mer de Glace and
Chamonix; tourists crossing Mer de
Glace; crevasses and ice pyramids !;
Chamonix and Mt. Blanc; climbing
Mt. Blanc; diligence; the Matter
horn; pyramid OF the -Matterhorn the
Simplon.