New Britain herald., 1928-01-25
FRONTIERS Of THE
 UNIVERSE" STARS
B. R. B,umelrdt Speaks On As-
 tronomy to Woman's Club

 club, Tuesday afternoon in the chapel of the First Congregational church, many availed themselves of the opportunity extended inc general public, and listened with great ln- ,.rest to E. R. Baumgardt Of New York and California. The illustrat- cd lecture was most informing and delightful. the subject being "froh- tiers of the Universe.
 Opening his address. 'hc speaker spoke of his previous lecture before a New Britain audience on 'Elhst'lh and Relativity' and announced lhat the views he had now were the lat est achievements in celestial photo- praphy. He showed photographs secured in Russia, Germany, Eng land, France. Australia and Tn dli- terent parts of the United States lh- .,ludjug one of the total ecllPse' taken the morning of January -a' 1925.
 Many of these pictures were oeau- iuully colored as were the Nlc"e oi his garden in California, those o1 fields of wild flowers, and others talk en out there at dawn and sunset.
 Abiding to the scenery i'll Amer ioa. MT. Baumgardt advised every one to see California and AInerica first, Having crossed the Atlantic ocean 36 times and been four times around the world, he had never seen .uything that surpassed this country i'll grandeur.
 Photographs of the sun, moon and mars were shown.
 The moon was described as burned out world. Mountain ranges were volcanic in the past ana eA- 1lnct craters were clearly depicted This slide enabled those present to sec the moon at a distance of 4o miles.
 The sun, 9S, S,000.o00 miles away, fame l34,000 miles high has been seen through the most powerful tel ..scope at Mt. Wilson observatory This has been photographed as one of the spots on the sun that one must not try to locate with the naked eye, as many have become blind as result.
 The matter from these flames TO- ,ates it's way down. These intense magnetic fields have something to do with agriculture and other lines Of business, and the lecturer predicted that even Wall street. in the future, will take note of astronomy.
 The number of cancellations is in- numerable. When the human eye sees only seven ill the sky, there are really S5,000 in the nebulae. No human eyes can see stars beyond the sixth magnitude, but one has been seen of the 18th magnitude through the Mt. Wilson telescope.
 Thirty-five years ago. Barnard dis covered a universe infinitely greater than the solar system.
 Mir. Baumgardt said the universe is what the mathematicians call con- stant. that a wonderful secret abides in the celestial circuit. There IS something back of the universe.
 "The spectacle of beautiful starry night creates not only spirit Of reverence but a spirit of humil- ity." he said. We begin to ques- lion; whence came We to the earth, v hy are We here, what is the pur- Iose of our existence here?
 I've have faith in the controlling power of the universe, and faith that we will be cared for. The universe is governed by control.
 .''The religion of astronomy is be- lief in God. Astronomy leads man to believe in God.
 We have what VIC call compara- tive astronomy and ask. what is it that has brought this about, finding the answer to be. the immortal life of man, the immortal soul of man.
 Millions accumulate wealth. Scien- tific men are few. and only one man il. a. million is searching through il- limitabIe. immeasurable space to eternity"
 Scientists were likencd to a, hand ful if pilgrims shipwrecked at the brink of an ocean, reaching up Tn the guest of truth. conouering ever moro.
 Quotations were given from the Bible, Plato, Victor Hugo and Wordsworth.
 In closing, Mir. Baumgardt said that in tho mad race for wealth, mind is taken up with petty pursuits and geW-gaws of society. The world requires not only science. but science combined with things eternal he said. All material and gross things should be cast off. he added. At the same time all mus; realize the worth of returning 10 the stars. and as little children return to our com mon master. the universe, he con- cuded.