The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-01-11
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ENJOYED TRIP
TO NORTHLAND
Third Lecture In Daily Rec
ord's Sefses Held Friday
Nh Night.

The illustrated lecture OF DR.. VIII
IiaSag. Slocam, president Of Colorado
College. at the First Presbyterian
church Friday night on Norway.
Spitzbergen and the Frozen North"
was largely attended and was great
iy enjoyed by all present. The speak
er was introduced by Rev. DR.. T. P.
Stafford. pastor Of the First Baptist
congregation. who referred to the dis
tInguished services rendered TO the
state by DIR. Slocum as an educator
and to the prestige and reputation his
presidency OF Colorado College had
given that Institution throughout the
coAntry as a seat of learning.
DR.. SIocum's appearance on the
platform was greeted by a group of
the students and friends OF Colorado
College with the familiar yell OF that
itsiyston. which caused him to ex-
press ais appreciation by verbal ac-
knowIedgement. Tho cordiailty of DR..
slopxm's reception was highly graft
fyfhy and he stated that it was al
ways pleasing 10 him TO visit Canon
City. He said that the lecture he was
about to give would be pictorial
one and that he was going to let the
s;ereopticon do most OF the talking.
He started out with the information
that he loved the sea and that in COM
pany with Mrs Slocum and o party of
Engiish. German. French and Ameri-
caA tourists he spent recent sum-
mer's vacation cruising In the Arctic
regions, In the course Of which be
visited Norway. spitzbergen. and the
e,trnai ice Of the polar regions and
had fsrnd the experience very de-
iightffi one in all respects The party
left London on a steam yacht Of Brit
ish register and carried among It's
memHlss students. college profess
ors. pieasure-seckers and scientists
10 engage In original investigation.
The route OF travel pursued by the
party was indicated on a map thrown
on the screen by the stereopticon and
the "farthcrest north" reached during
the voyage was Ave hundred and sew
enty miles from the north pole. or one
thousand miles beyond the northern
coast OF Iceland.
A great number of views OF the
h1rwegian coast were shown. all of
them OF exceeding interest Many OF
IN valleys and fields opening upon
the North Atlantic ocean were depict
ed and their rugged beauty comment
ed on. He said that nowhere on the
earth's surface was the might and
majesty of Nature seen to better aj-
vantage than in the fiords OF Norway
and the photographs on the screen
seemed to bear out his statement The
water is OF unknown depth In these
f,ieyEs and the ocean going yacht on
which Dr. Slocum made his trip into
the far north was able TO steam more
than hundred miles into the interior
OF the country on some OF the larger
ones. although at times they were so
narrow that the vessel was unable to
turn about in them. The rocky. snow
covered heights rose in some places
thousands OF feet above the water.
reminding DR. siocum OF our own
Royal Gorge.
Bergen. the metropolis of Norway.
n yell as Hammerfest. the most
northerly town In Europe. were visit
ed and photographs secured OF their
distinguishing characteristics. A great
number and variety OF pictures of
Norway and the polsr regions wore
projected from the stereopticon upon
thc screen back Of the speaker under
the operation OF L. W. Feiter and an
excellent idea was given OF the
totoyraphy and desolation of that
par OF the world. The coloring of the
sea is wonderful and the fascination
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