San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14
Eight Major Lectures Will
Be Given on Ameri-
can Statesmen.
STUDY CONSTITUTION
Out Of Town Speakers Will
Also Address Men,
bership.

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make formal announcement of their
program for season 1923-1924, run
ming from October to May. There will
be eight major lectures during the
season, together with motion picture
presentations of the Great American
Craftsmanship series; exemplifying
the lives of Washington, Hamilton,
Franklin, jefferson, Webster and Lin
| coln."
The series will be given under the
joint auspices of the Academy of Arts
and Sciences and the Army ~ and
will be screened in the auditorium of
the Army ~" which has a seating
capacity of 500 or more. TbS series
reflects the political. social and
economic status of the people of the
colonial period; the attitude of the
government of Great Britain towards
the colonies. and the political and
commercial influences. which led up
TO the Declaration of Independence
and the making of the American Con-
stitution. The bill of rights and the
principles of civil and religious lib
/ erty are well defined in the pic
lures.
Along with the craftsmanship series,
which will be given at nights, there
will be a continuation of joint lunch
con meetings with other clubs, TO hear
the reading and discussion of the Sc
ries of papers by leading United
States senators from the Western
states on the international court of
justice. These papers are Of notable
interest because the newly elected III
coming senators from the Western
states. have the balance of power and
will dominate the Senate. The major
~ regular program of lectures will
be given in the auditorium of the
Chamber of Commerce, and are as
follows:
John Marshall and the American
Constitution" by Carter ]. Lynch,
October %; THE Democratic Expert
meIt in America" by George NJ. May
er, November > "State Taxes of Tex
as" by John Il. Darlington. Novem-
Der 16; Life Of Benjamin Frank
lin." tmotion pictures). November %
The Bad College Risk. p" by DIR. Paul
w. Horn, president of the Southwest
ern University. December 3; discus
sion by John H.. Beckett .Jr., of the
paper by United States Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge on the international
Court of Justice" December 10; Life
of Daniel Webster Emotion pic
tures), December IA: "The Founda-
tons of Civil and Religious Liberty"
by DIR. Matthew Schumacher. presi-
dent of st. Edwards College, Austin,
Tex. December u.
There will be no meeting during the
holidays. The new year will be start
cd with lecture on cooperative
Democracy" by Henry L. Dielman.
January 10; "sfe of Thomas Jeffer-
SON. (motion pictures). January IS;
Life of Abraham Lincoln" (motiou
ricturesD, February S; THE Begin
Kings of Life: the Physical Basis of
Life of all Plants and Animals" (mo-
lion pictures). February IS; Life of
George Washington. Emotion pic
'ures). February ID: "Reading and
Literature" Arthur a. Harris, Febru-
airy 20.
Lecture on Wildflowers.
The following lectures will be deliv-
cred from March through June:
"Evangeline," by LongfeIlow. (mo-
tl'h piNAuitSI' march . lCHf hl
Wakefield" by Oliver Goldsmith. (mo-
ton pictures), March 81; Fifty Mas
terpieces of Sculpture, (medieval
period, April 4; FIFTY Masterpieces
Of SCULPTURE" (modern period). April
Is; Cliff Dwellers in France: Evolu-
ton Of the Pigmies. Emotion pic
tures). April %: discussion by DR..
Frederick A. Piper of "The social
causes of degeneration from the stand
point of the science of anthropology.
by Marie Montessuri. May 1 "Ameri-
can Wildflowers." (motion pictures)
May o: "The Roses of Romance.
tmotion pictures). May 1G; "Ele-
Dhant Seal Hunting" Emotion pic
turs), May 50: wild Animals and
Their Young (mOtion pictures),
June >; Psychology. Its Place in
Life" Samuel II. Smith. president of
the San Antonio Psychological So
ciety, date to be announced later.