The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09

terbury Women's Club as in October, which will keep him busy until the end of May. The "Olacier Priest" as he has be. como known from his books and Hubbard. g. J., famous priest, magazine articles spoke last night at Hartford, with the entire seats ing capacity of the Bushnell Memorial auditorium sold out in advance.
 Lecturing? Yes, he said, it Is very interesting, giving as lt does the chance to meet SO many new people, to study so many differ. ent reactions. But Alaska and ex. plofing, they were more of Q mans world. There q man had a chance to do something; there he had q chance to be of help in what, for want of . better term, the world calls scientific pro- Kress.
 "My next trip" Father Hub bard said, will give me 6 chance to do something I've wanted to do for years. For eight years now, I've been studying volca- noes and glaciers, the way they act now and the way they must have acted in the past. Always though, my work was on the This time, though, hope to- get below the top of the ice, and test some of my theories on the possibility of ice thickness. This talk we hear so much about ice formations milo or miles high. think most of that Is bosh. and hope to prove I'm correct"
 Father Hubbard toyed with a coffee cup as, in the warmth and comfort of the .rectory dining room, he described how next petition by dropping supplies and equipment from an alrplane at various points he has already then, with several companions, start out into the lItie explored regions of south eastern Alaska, whore most of his researches will be centercd.
 Now and then pushing back impntiently q lock of black hair which kept pushing Itself down , over his right eye. the Glacier Priest went on. Entirely absent was the justified pride he might feel in himself and in his work, for his Alaskan explorations and his writings on them have forced many changes in geological text books, have made his name a poteent one In exploration and h,a basis for new pronouncements by fists. It could be easily seen how equally at home in the privacy of the lecture hall, the gray haired learning of meetings of geological societies, and the quiet solitude of AiaSka's glacier coun- try.
 "I try to give my audience an interesting lecture" he smiled" and never use the same sub. jact or tho same movie films in any city more than once. Just for good measure, l change my en- tire lecture and movies every month or two"
 "DO you have enough hlm to do that?" the interviewer asked him.
 This time he grinned. . warm friendly grin.
 q have about 500, 900 feet of film," he said, "and that's enough for . few hundred iec- ture tours"
 Interrupted occasionally by a question from the reporter, Fh- thcr Hubbard described his eight years of Alaskan exploration. now and then cutting in q biting generalization that reached the nature of an cpigram. one. in particular. was striking. He was asked about the millions of years given various ice eras by some in terms of zeros," he said. "isn't q scientist"
 Casually, as if 1t should cause no amazement, he old of long treks acr0ss ice-covered fast ncsses, carrying on his back q pack approxlmating 115 to 12b pounds. As If he Were speaking of crossing Exchange Place, he told of crawling along glaciers. when any slip might mean death, of descending into volcano era ters. of scaling apparently insur- mOuntabie ice peaks.
 What I'm more proud of than anything else" and he smiled again, lis that In eight years of this business, despite dangers, no member of any of my expeditions has ever been in an accident. That's a record hope to keep up when l get back to Alaska late this Dummer."
 Did he have cold, he was asked. Yes. he admitted yuefully. but he brought out that he had n't even considered the idea of canceiiins any of his lectures,
 "It's strange thing" Father Hubbard philosophized. T caught this cold in Boston and added to it when going tc. New York on q sleeper. Yet in Alaska. I've never had n cold. All day long there, during some seasons. all of use are soaked all day long and ali night, but we don't get any colds. Many times, we're soaked so much that we take all our clothes off before going to bed, wiring out most of the fnois- ture and then climb into sleeping baRs that are aB wet and cold as our clothes were. Then 1 eOme into civilization. and catch a cold"
 Jfe sat there, agreeabIy ang- wering questions about his lec- lures and researchbB, but in his eyes could be seen the gleaifi that betokcnod dreams of more exploration in Alaska.
 "You know" he said. "I'il nn- ish this lecture tour at the end Of May" get some edulpment and line ID my helpers. And then it's the first boat for Alaska for me"
 (Another portion Of this inter- view with Rev Bernard Hubbard. S. J.. famed Alaskan priest and explorer will appear in Mon. days Democrat.