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Lectures

UR first lecture this year was on “Banff,” by Mr. Dan McGowan. He

told us about animals, birds and flowers peculiar to Banff, and brought

a collection of most interesting and instructive slides. He showed himself
an ardent lover of nature, and his slides were all made from photographs taken
by himself. Among these were a number of slides of bird and animal tracks
which made quaint patterns on the snow. We all enjoyed his lecture very
much, and hope that at some not too distant date we may have the pleasure
of hearing him again.

The librarian of the University of B. C., Mr. John Ridington, came to the
school to lecture to us on ‘““American Architecture and Sculpture.” He brought a
number of very interesting slides, but, owing to lack of time, we were unable to
see them all.

Mr. John Kyle, Superintendent of Technical Education in B. C., gave us
a very interesting lecture on the development of the natural resources of
British Columbia along artistic as well as practical lines. With our abundance
of clay, we should form pottery, modelled and designed in such a fashion as
to be typical of B. C. There is no reason why we should not illustrate the
Indian legends of this province on the hand-loom, and in this way and in
many others build up a distinctive British Columbia School of Art.

She was a lady of high degree,

A poor and unknown artist he.

“Paint,” she said, “a view of the sea.”

So he painted the sea as it looked the day
When Aphrodite arose from its spray,
And as she gazed on its face the while,
It broke in its countless, dimpled smile.
“What a poky, stupid picture!” said she.
“Tt isn’t anything like the sea.”

So he painted a stretch of hot, brown sand
With a big hotel on either hand,

And a handsome pavilion for the band.

Not a trace of water to be seen.

Except one faint little streak of green.

“What a perfectly exquisite picture,” said she,
“The very wmage of the sea!”

M. JENSEN.