The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-26


1 y and mistake the acolyte for the
high priest" cat this point Mr.. Wal
dron whispered to the chairman,
who half rose and said something
severely to his water-carafe.) '-But
enough of thisy' loud and pro-
longed cheers) LET me pass to
some subject of wider interest. What
is the particular point upon which
I, as an original Investigator, have
challenged our lecturers accuracy? |
1t is upon the permanence Of GER
tain types Of animal life upon the
earth. do not speak upon this
subject as an amateur, nor, may
add, as popular lecturer, but L
speak as one whose scientific con-
science compels him to adhere close
ly to facts. when / say that Mr.. |
Waldron is very wrong in supposing |
because he has never himself seen o !
.so-called prehistoric animal. there
fore, these creatures no longer exist.
They are, ineed, as he has said. our
ancestors, but they are, il may use
the expression, our, contemporary an |
cestors, who can still be found with |
all their hideous and formidable |
characteristics II one has but the
energy and hardihood to seek their
haunts. Creatures which were sup
posed to be Jurassic, monsters who |
would hunt down and devour our larg |
est and fiercest mammals, still ex-
ist." Cries of "Boshr, Prove it!'
How do you known" "Question!D |
How do know. you ask me?
know because I have visited their |
secret haunts. I know because, l
have seen some Of them" Applause.
uproar and a voice, ''LiarpD Am
liar? VIII the person who called
me a liar kindly stand up that may
know him?" "a voice, Here he is,
sirr, and an inoffensive little per-
son in spectacles., struggling Wo-
lently, was held up among a group
Of students.) did you venture to
call me a liar?" Ono. sir, not
shouted the accused, and disappeared
like Jack-in-the-box) "If any
person in this hall dares to doubt my
veracity, shall be glad to have
few words with him after the lee
ture." C'Liarr) WHO said that?''
again the inoffensive one plung.
ing desperately, was elevated high
into the air. IF / come down
among you" General chorus OF
Come. love, GOMEZ" which inter
rupted the proceedings for some
moments, while the chairman, stand
ing up and waving both his arms,
seemed to be conducting the music.
The Professor, with his face flushed
his nostrils dilated and his beard
bristling, was now in a proper Ber-
serk moody Every great ,discov-
erer has been met with the same in.
credlility-the sure brand OF gen.
GRAFTON Of fools. When great facts
are laid before you, you have not
the intuition, the imagination which
would help you to understand them.
You can only throw mud at the
men who have risked their lives to
open new fields to science. You per-
secute the prophets! Calico, Oar
win and - prolonged cheer
ing and complete interruption.)
All this is from my hurried notes
taken at the time, which give little
notion Of the absolute chaos to
which the assembly had by this
time been reduced. so terrific YVES
the uproar that several ladies had
rose among the audience, tall,
thin, bitter man, with the withered,
aspect Of q theologian. He wished,
he said, to ask Professor Challen-
ger whether the results to which
he had alluded in his remarks had
been obtained during a journey to
! the headwaters Of the Amazon
made by him two years before.
Professor Challenger answered
that they had.
Mr.. Summerlee desired to know
how 1t was that Professor Challen-
ger claimed to have made discov-
cries in those regions which had
been overlooked by Wallace, Bates,
and other previous explorers of
established scientific repute.
Professor Challenger answered
that Mr.. Summerlee appeared to be
confusing the Amazon with the
Thames; that it was in reality
somewhat larger river; that Mr..
Summerlee might be interested to
know that with the Orinoco, which
already beaten a hurried retreat.
Grave and reverend seniors SEEM
ed to have caught the prevailing
spirit as badly as the student, and
I saw white-beareded men rising
and shaking their fists at the OBJ.
durate Professor. The whole great
audience seethed and sinmered
like a boiling pot. The Professor
took a step forward and raised
both his hands. There was some
thing so big and arresting and
virile in the man that the chatter
and shouting died gradually away
before his commanding gesture and
his masterfrl eyes. He seemed to
have a definite message. They
hushed to hear it.
II will not detain you" he said.
| 1T is not worth 1t. Truth is truth.