Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-05-27

from general roar Of amusement OF
execratlon. The chairman was on his
feet Tapping both his hands and bleat-
ing excltedly. Professor Challenger
personal -views-later, were the solid
peaks above his clouds Of inaudlble
mutter. The interrupter bowed, smiled
strolSed his beard and reapsed into his
chair Wadron, very flushed and war
like, continued his observations. Now
and then as he made an assertion he
shot yenomOus glance at his OppO-
nent, who seemed to be sumbering
deeply, with the same broad, happy
smile upon his face.
At last the lecture came to an end.
| am inclined to think that it was a
premature one, as the peroration was
hurried and disconnected The thread
Of the argument had been rudely
broken, and the audience was restless
and eXpectant, Waldron sat down,
and after n chirrup from the chairman
Professor Challenger rose and advanc-
ed to the edge Of the platform In
the interests Of my paper l took down
his speech verbatim,
ladies and gentlemen he began
amid sustained interruption from the
back. 81 beg pardon-ladies, gentle,
men and children. ! must apologize.
had inadvertently omitted consid-
cradle section of this audience" CTu-
mult, during which the professor stood
with one hand raised and his enor-
nous head nodding sympathetically as
If he We're bestowing Il pontldcal bless
ing upon the crowd) 81 have been
selected to move Il vote Of thanks to
Mr. Waldron for the very picturesque
and imaginative address to which we
have Just listened There are points
in 1t with which | disagree, and it has
been my duty to indicate them as they
arose, but none the less Mr.. Waldron
has accomplished his object well, that
object being to give a simple and in
terestlng account of what he concelyes
to have been the history of our planet.
Popular lectures are the easiest to lis
ten to, but Mr. Wadron' (here he
beamed and blinked at the lectvrer
"wlll excuse me when say that they
are necessarily both superficial and
misleading since they have to be grad
ed to the comprehension Of an ignorant
audience" Qronical cheerlng) Pop.
ular lecturers are in their nature para,
sltic," (Angry gesture Of protest from
Mr. Waldron) "They exploit for fame
or cash the work which has been done
by their INDECENT and unknown breth.
rem. One smallest new fact obtained
in the laboratory one brick built into
the temple Of science, far outweighs
any secondhand exposition which
passes an idle hour, but can leave no
useful result behind it. put forward
this obvious reflection. not out Of any
desire TO dlsparage Mr. Waldron in
particular but that you may not lose
your sense of proportion aud mistake
the acolyte for the high priest" cat
this point Mr.. Waldron whispered to
the chairman, who half rose and said
something severely to his water ca
Nfel but enough OF thisw cloud
and prolonged cheers)
let me pass to some subject Of
wider interest What is the particular
point upon which |. as an original in
yestlgator have challenged our lectur
er's accuracy? 1t is upon the perma.
nence Of certain types Of animal life
upon the earth, do not speak upon
this subject as an amateur nor, l may
add, as a popular lecturer but / speak
as one whose scientific conscience
compels him to adhere closely to facts
when say that Mr.. Waldron is very
wrong IN supposlng that because he
has never himself seen so called pre-
historic animal therefore these crea.