The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-04-26
DR.. VOSBURG CLOSES
LECTURE SERIES HERE

Dr. George B. Vosburg of Denver
closed his series of stereopticon lee.
ture-travelogues at the First Metho
dist church here Wednesday night
and LEFT n few hours later for Salida
where he will begin their repetition
this evening. DIR. Vosburgh is max
ing a tour of the southern and west
ern portions of the state in behalf of
the University of Denver and is de-
livering in all of their more import
ant towns these masterful addresses
for the purpose of stimulating inter
est in foreign travel. in higher educa-
ents.
The spacious auditorium of the
church was filled to it's capacity on
Wednesday night by an interested
throng of people in spite of the wind
storm without TO listen to his dis
course and witness the magnificent
pictures that accompanied ii. His lee
ture was on 1.-The Tyrolese Alps and
Hungary" and was. in many respects.
the most delightful of the lot. There
are few mountain ranges in the
world that combine so much of gran
deur and scenic beauty as the Tyro-
lese Alps and nowhere in Europe is
there a people whose customs, habits,
religious reverence and civilization
appeal more strongly to Americans
than the Hungarians. altho just now
We are technically at war with them.
DR.. Vosburgh has travelled extensive
ly in this beautiful country and is
familiar with its physical character
istics and the charm and hospitality
of it's inhabitants. Hungary" said
DIR. Vosburgh, sis an intergal part
of the Austro- Hungary monarchy and
contains about 125.OO0 square miles
Of territory: being about equal in area
to Austria: the other division of the
empire. The Austrians and Hungar-
ians have the same emperor, the same
army and navy. the same diplomatic
and consular service, but there the
similarity ends. The Hungarians are
descendants of the Huns. race of
former nomadic people who migrated
from the plains of central Asia a
thousand years ago and overran a
large portion of northern Europe. The
Austrians are of Germanic, or luton
ic, origin"
After showing upon the screen
many beautiful scenes in the Tyro-
lese Alps and of the rural life of the
Hungarian people, DR.. Vosburgh pic
tured the splendid city of Budapest.
the capital of the country. with its
magnificent bridges. palaces, govern
ment buildings. hospitals. theatres,
schools and Institutions OF science
and art. Budapest. he said. was a
modern city in all essentials. In ma
terial achievement. in business. ar
chitecture. in fact. in every element
of commercial and intellectual pro-
gress it was modern and up to date.
Its population is in excess of one
million and it is as aspiring and am
bilious as Berlin or Petrograd. Chi
cago or New York.
All four of the lectures given by
DR.. Vosburgh attracted great public
attention and were given a patronage
that was creditable to the artistic
taste of the community and to the
high character OF the speaker and
tn eeducational value of his subjects.
The lectures were an intellectual
treat that those who heard them will
not soon forget. They left an i'm.
preston on the community that was
helpful, inspiring and educational.
At the conclusion of DIR. vosburgh's
address Wednesday night resolutions
of appreciation and thanks to him fol
bringing these great educational and
entertaining lectures to the people oi
Canon City without cost were read BY
c. A. Linkins and enthusiastically
adopted by the audience. One copy
of these resolutions of praise anc
commendation was presented to DIR
Vosburgh. another was sent to tn,
University of Denver.