Show J i 4 a and Entertainments i e O t o t. t e J Lieutenant Wright is now giving the Battalion a series of lectures on the Campaign of Napoleon In his first talk he outlined the causes that led to the French Revolution and described the squalor and misery that hat existed among the lower classes previous to this event The Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant also gave a short account of the early eary life of the great warrior Napoleon A number of instances were narrated illustrating il illustrating illustrating il- il Napoleons Napoleon's great love rove for war implements even while he was a boy In the coming lecture some of the greatest of Napoleons Napoleon's campaigns will be described and their influences on the modern art of war illustrated I 1 Professor Kerr Kerrand and Lieutenant Wright at the head of mathematics in the U University University niver- niver sity have succeeded in interesting the advanced advanced advanced ad ad- students in this subject At a meeting of these students held last Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day a mathematical society was organized Professor Kerr was elected president Lieutenant Wright vice vice president lent and Professor Allen secretary The object of the society is to discuss the origin development development development de de- and advantages of the science of mathematics It is hoped to have a series of lectures given that will awaken a love in the students for the subject and encourage them to examine the mathematical ical literature that will be placed at their theirl l command in the University Meetings will be held once a month the i. i during remainder remainder re re- r of the year f A very I large arge and appreciative audience assembled at the U last Monday night to hear Professor Mathews lecture on Ghosts Hypnotism and Double Con Con- The professor in beginning stated that in examining a subject of this kind there was strong need of cool in in- in Th The of the strange phenomena of seeing ghost and alter self upon the he human mind are well known Authors are well aware of this strange influence and ghost literature f is very extensive The ghost of Shakespeare's Shakespeare's Shakespeare's Shake Shake- speare's Hamlet is a very important factor of the story At the present time the word ghost is used as a phantasm or apparition whether living or dead that appears in inthe inthe inthe the mind The nature of the so-called so ghost stories illustrating this point was related Several theories were advanced to explain the phenomena of ghost Illusions produced by expectation are very common A person waiting for something whose image is already more or less distinct distinctly y in his consciousness is quite sure to see that something The mind also alsa may be through some fault of the organism caused by disease or poor digestion or the theory of nation might be offered to explain some of these phenomena The professor the strange features of hypnotism or the power one person has over the mind of another and related several instances showing the complete complete complete com com- control the operator has over the patient in these states The most probable theory advanced to explain hypnotism is the theory of sug sug- gest Accepting this theory the pat patient ent believes the suggestions of the operator and acts accordingly While in inthis inthis inthis this hypnotic state persons have been bid to believe that a broomstick was a beautiful ful woman a cup of vinegar sparkling champagne etc Persons have undergone undergone undergone under under- gone the most painful experiences while in the hypnotic trance without the slightest slight- slight I est feeling of pain J I |