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Show "STL'UENrs tlJltlth.NlY." An Inlrresllo? Lecluro in IbntSubJ-ct lly rrufiivir Joitph A. Nrl.on He- foro tho I. II. S. t'ulli-cc. Tho regular seailon of llloHtuIertl', Hocielyof tbe Ltttcr-dny rialnU' College Col-lege Was held Friday overling, Si pi. ":!, and waa called to order by Chairman Chair-man Maycotk. Alter preliminary ex. errlFNthu programmo was proceeded Willi, Instructor Xilion lictured ou thu "Htiidcul's L'urreniy." H reruo.ts were luterspersetl with cliaracterlsllc humir, causing considerable mlrlh among the hearers. In speaking, of atudeul'a currency ho did not refer particularly par-ticularly to cash, aa that was somethlh tbat students as n rule were short of. Tho siie-aker hero gave a laughable description de-scription uf the coins we usu and thu metals composing tbem. Ho raid there was another kind of currency called greenback's. HodldnotknowwbVun. ls It wni beciuio thry were iiroeri an I never caino back. Hut thostudents' cunency hu had special lefuienco Ij wis kuowledgu, lesrnlng, ability to think andcohcentrataourenerglee, Inherent In-herent jiowcrs of develoj mont, etc. Ho belloeol that every person was a studout tu a greau r or les drgrre. We liave a cabinet In till college s. collection of utjtcts for study. 1'hls cabinet Is particularly for tha benefit of thu normal students lu giving tbem ttulolog lu thu giving ol ot Ject lesjous. Children leglu gathering their cabinets of facts vory early In life, Tho child begins to learn lint In tbu room In which It Is born and gradually extends Its learning from thence 13 tho icopo ot the other material ma-terial tilings ol the outside world. Hce tbo Utile one when It la learning to walk. It very often falls, but It wilt get up and try again anj so continue until It succeeds. Note tho pleasure oreuccrssln tho child. The lecturer Implied that useful lesions might be learned from the child. It Is natural forn terso!i to leant. In maoy Instances In-stances that nitural aptitude for learn-lng.li learn-lng.li curbed by tho lu)udlctuus teacher; teach-er; such teichera aiu responsible for much that is not learned. Homo of tho dinicullles uf tho child lu trying to learn were tlnted out; as forlusluuce 111 the rules of fraction lu arithmetic, arith-metic, which aro uften confu-In,; confu-In,; In the child' lulod. In con elusion, tho speaker referred to an Instance lu tho faule-d life of Hercules, who one day found a straogu animal Itnowu ai obstruction in his jalh. Herculea began whipping whip-ping It. Ubitructlon began to swell until It beoii mo of almost IncredluM size. Apollo caino along an I adviicd Herculea to leavnof! whipping. This Hercules did. 'Ihe beast sank down again to an Instgnlttcont also und Herculea Her-culea made his way along his path easily. Try to remove au obstacle In tho right way and you will succeed. MlwiKmlly Williams sar? a song which wai highly apprtcluted and received unplaure. Au ossay was read by Mies Ida lli-nnlou on "Hvouts of Childhood," In which the events of child life wero artistically portrayed and Its simple and puro virtues while young loniparcd Willi tho avirago qualities uf iator life. The 'Topln of the Thine" were presented pre-sented In an amuilng and Instructive manner by Mr. Hrbor Iverson. 'Hungarian" was recited by Miss Ivy Hotomon. At the conclusion of tho cxorolsea Chairman Ms j cock thanked tha visitors for their presence ami deportment, deport-ment, aud announced Dr. James H. Talmago as tho lecturer for thu nrx,t stsslou. 1'. O. 1'isiirii, Acllii'jHecretary. |