Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-20
Sc TOM THOMPSON
MAKES ADDRESS
IN Il PALACIO
Famous Naturalist and Boy
Scout Leader Appeals to
Citizens to Preserve Quaint
Beauty of Ancient City,
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ably never before heard quite such
lecture as given IL last evening by
Earnest Seton Thompson al the Pal
ace Of the Governors Those who
heard him, and they crowded the as
scmhy room out To tho pavement, win
never forget IT, for IL combined ideal
ism and hard common sense. wit.
+ humor and pathos and that ndefina-
/ bic something men cali magnetism.
T 1t enthused toys and girls as welt as
their elders and they combined TO give
/ the speaker an ovation that must have
done his heart good.
JohnR McFie called the meeting
to order Federal Judge William H..
+ Pope introduced the speaker. review
ing his achievements and his work.
I Fourfold great he called him. great as
an author, as an artist as lecturer
and as leader Of boys Judge Pope
was heartily greeted and applauded
his recovery from long and weary i'll
ness being source VI special gratifi-
cation to his many friends this being
the first time that he has presided
this year at amy of the summer
school events.
MI Seton, in his opening remarks.
appealed to Santa Feans to preserve
the individuality ana the charm of
this city lie advised the comforting
of powers on the Santa Fe Chamber
of Commerce to forbid the erection 90
any Improvement that did not con-
form to Santa Zee architecture and the
plans that the city should have draft
ed by a skilled architect who had
made city planning his specially Tie
cited the historic episode of Baron
Hausman, who presented to Napoleon
d plan for the rebuilding of Paris, the
cutting of wide boulevards across
thickly settled business and residence
districts Magnificent" replied Ma
polcon, "hut who will pay for all
this?" THE visitors" replied the
baron And the visitors paid Paris
many times the millions it took to
make Paris the most beautiful city IN
TO- world
First Wrote IN New Mexico
Mi Seton referred to the fact that
the first successful books he had writ
ten the books which gave him fam'
/ and the means to do his work were
written in New Mexico near Clayton
He spoke in glowing terms of thu
=, beauty the attraotiyeness Of the state
, which find their elimination In SAINT
= Pc. Here he said, three ideal
! have met, three nationalities hav'
o fused one, the northerner, who's
=, ideal is material success, the peOpl
p who pushed up from the south, who's
ideals are heroism and aestheticlsm
4 and the people whom they united e
crush the Indian, whose ideal Is tn
Joy Of life. 1t was the latter ideal h'
glorfied. He spoke with disdain o
the ideal that exalts as the main reas
on for being good the fear Of going I,
hell, that prepares man for dealt
rather than life, that minimizes thu
body as the habitat of the soul Mr.
Seton then explained the underlying
ideals of the boy scout movement
how it is not the creation of any on
: man or group Of men, but an answer
to universal demand for manly
boys, for men who can make gooC
under any and all circumstances anC
environment
Boys Are Inspired,
He inspired the boys with stories
of boy scout life ina his camp al
! Greenwich, Conn, he told of the prac
"a. he
? prevail In the camp He brought
tears to the eyes of some with stories
hire told of the courage and herolsn
Of boys who were weak physically buI
who were brave because Of the pre-
= ocpts of tho boy scouts. In conclusion
J he told OF q wonderful tale Of the
. Minnesota woods of Ojibways and
, Winnebagos. in which he initiated
4 with "A perfection that was inspired
y the calls Of the wild animals Of the
, Minnesota forests The audience wa'
| GREATNESS az the climax came and
3 then broke out in applause that lasted
several minutes.
Reception Follows Lecture,
A reception followed The boy
scouts. under Assistant Scoutmaster
John r McFic, were the first to
shake hands with their chief They
had gone before the lecture to greet
him and escort him into the Id Palace
and they had hung closely upon every
word he said Lemonade and cake
we're served in the Puye room. MI
Seton was visibly Impressed when
Informed Miss Simmons of the public
library. that his books were among
its treasures and that such volumes
as The Biography Of the Grizzly
Bear" "Lobo Rag and Vixen 'Kfag
land Johnny Bear, Lives of the
Hunted. !" THE Birchbark Roll AMI
NAL Heroes Biography Of silver
Fox" Rolf in the Woods, Wild An
Ilmal Play for Children. The tran
oe the sandhnI Stag, Natural History
Of the Ten Commandments The
Arctic Pralries, etc, are enjoyed by
boys and girls as well as their par
ents, here in New Mexico, where they
were first conceived and partially
written.
There remains but one more lecture
upon the program " the summer
school this month, but that Will be Of
Intense local interest. II will be given
by Tef@pleton Johnson, the famous
architect and city planner, and VIII
have TO do with "New-Old Santa Pc,
Il plan to make this most beautiful
city in the world.
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