LECTURER ... MR C. L.WRAGGE

West Coast Times, 7 September 1909, Page 2

LECTURER ... MR C. L.WRAGGE

The Princess Theatre was filled in all parts last night to hear the above lecture by Mr Wragge, whose reputation and renown were the keynote of the desire of one and all to listen- and learn. Nor were they disappointed, for the lecturer spread before his aud-

dence a magnificent and wonderful feast of noble facts, thrillingnly interesting. All were engrossed by the glowingly painted, vividly pictured sub-«\ ject, so much indeed, that the wonders portrayed will live in the minds of some of us to the end. Mr Wragge aims throughout to impress on. his listeners the great eternal truths as rovealed by Nature. In vigorous language he pictures what pigmies, after all, we dwellers of Mother Earth are. The lecturer has an easy, chatty, colloquial style of treating the matter of his lecture, for though to the lay mijyJ astronomy would be thought impossii>le of hadling lightly, it is otherwise in the hands of a master. It is not our intention of attempting a criticism, w* feel the only words to be written muse be in appreciation; firstly of the master preached, and secondly of the munificent series, of unique photos and sketches illustrating the subject and lose the opportunity of seeing and we strongly recommend parents not to hearing what must prove of high educational value to them in after life. At the conclusion of the lecture a

special discourse was given on the subject of Radium, the minutest particle of which was handed round for inspection among the intensely interested audience. To-night Mr Wragge's stibject will be "The Majesty of Creation."

A student at the 'Varsity . . Took Logic and Pyschology; Great was the strain upon his brain, When working there till tea time came. And when at last his meal he took, Calm and contented was his look; His nerves were soothed, no worry, he Had had a 'cup of Kozie Tea.'