Show TALKED ABOUT STARS Prof W W Campbell Di livers a Fine lecture AU8IENCE WAS NOT LARGE Manager of Lick Observatory Pliasis Growl Throws Light onStudy of Astronomy nnd Makes Plain the Workings of the Solar System An audience Hint HUla more than half filled the assembly hall of the Museum building at the Unlvcralty of Utah Ibm tunod to a popular nnd Instructive lecture lec-ture that Justly demanded the presence of every educator and every portion Interested Interest-ed lu education living In the city The lecture lec-ture was delivered by Prof W Vf Campbell Camp-bell who has been for the past thirteen yearn and IB now In charge of the Lick observatory This observatory Is a department of tho University of California and nil their observations ob-servations In the study of astronomy are taken here The observatory is situated about ninety miles south of Sun Francisco Fran-cisco The observation arc taken from the summit of Mount Hamilton which Is 1000 feet above the sea level Consequently Consequent-ly 1 the mlalsr and fogs that prevail In that section of the country do not Interfere with the work as they arc far below tho summit of the mountain ONE OF TIlE BEST According to Prof Campbell the observatory ob-servatory Is one of tho beet situated and equipped In America From the summit of Mount Hamilton they can observe threequarters of the sky In addition to thin fine location they possess the scc ond largest telescope in America Its largest lens has a 1 diameter of thirtysix feet VERY PLEASANT SPEAKER Prof Campbell Is a very pleasing and entertaining speaker HIs words are well chosen MB style vivid while his plain nnd striking Illustrations cannot fall to correctly express the desired Idea I And certain It Is that every person who attended at-tended tho lecture went away with u clearer understanding of the direction and speed of the solar system through space The lecturer was lacking In only one respect re-spect he didnt speak quite loud enough for tho people furthest away TALKED OF THE STARS Time speaker was Introduced by Dr Kingsbury He began his lecture by discussing dis-cussing tho planets and stars Of the hitter he said there were over one hun dred million After thla he gave a short dlBcuHBlpn on tho solar system Then getting get-ting Into his real subject he said The apparent motion of a star Is deceitful lie cause of the rapid motion of the observer ob-server GREAT STRIDES MADE The speaker pointed out the great strides made in ostronoiiy by the Invention Inven-tion of the spectroscope By the use of this new instrument bodies have been discovered dis-covered the direction and rate pf tho stars have been exactly computed while even the elements of the planets have be como known Speaking on the direction and rate of the solar system he said The speed of e solar system > Is twelve and a half miles per second or over 100000000 miles per year That the system moves on a great curve has no proof but at present It IB certainly moving along a straight inc subject to deviations because of the attraction from somo other nearby bodies SPOKE OF COMETS The lecturer took up the subject of comets He explained that their tails always al-ways pointed away from the sum and woro constantly undergoing a change The great heat and light of tho sun drives the particles Into space So rapid In fact la the change that photographs of the mime conet taken at Intervals of two hours show an appreciable difference HOW STARS ARE MADE Tho professor took up the subject of stars He diHcuBsed their size and age He also dammed that the nebula Is a state that all stars have passed through that the smaller stars composing the nebula condense and contract Into one largo star The different stages of tho nebula were Illustrated by some very rare photographs In fact tho whole lecture was Illustrative In tho course of the night about twenty five pictures were exhibited These were of the spectra of stars the comets tall vibrating waves the large telescope with the spectroscope attached and the nebula The profeHSor closed hlo lecture by show Ing a picture of the Lick observatory with Mount Hamilton In the background |