Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1913 — Lecture Course Announcement. [ARTICLE]

Lecture Course Announcement.

The third number of the Lecture Course will be given this evening, Jan. 31, by Maclnnes Neilson This number promises to be one of the strongest of the entire course The following has been taken from the advertisement sent out by the bureau and gives one a very cleai conception of the man and hit* work: “Among the younger men who have given themselves to the Ly ceum platform within recent year> is Maclnnes Neilson. By virtue of a combination of rare gifts he ha.* come into high favor, and made s position for himself at once secure and estimable. “Mr. Neilson Is a Scotchman, and with the Britons of the North he lived until the completion of a sue cessful educational course in Gia* gow University. He is a scholar, and, familiar with history, and the best In fiction and poetry, his lee tures are characterized by a grace fulness of diction, a deafness of ex pression, and great directness or appeal Classical and forceful, hie word-pictures, full of nature, are never above his hearers. His thought Is clear, real human; and clothed In vestments of scholarly simplicity. Is admired by cultured and uncultured. “Mr. Neilson’s Scotch accent is a delight, and there Is a peculiar plaintiveness In the voice that makes his appeals Irresistible. While there is a constant inter play of pathos, wit and humor, yet Mr. Neilson treats no subject trlvi ally. He Is distinctly a man with a message and a message that. In fearless and Impassioned speech burns in on the minds and hearts of his auditors.” Akron, O.—There were many good things, but special mention should be made of the lecture on Burus by Maclnnes Neilson. Mr. Neilson fairly carried his audience back to Scotland. He spoke for Bums, and he spoke so well that one could almost feel that he was walking side by side with the beloved poet.' The audience wept with him and laughed at his spirit of Burns was made to live again. All else was forgotten. It was back in Scotland, back with Burns, back to the dear old home—Press. At M. E. church this evening.