Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1915 — NAVAL LECTURE FREE TO EVERY PERSON [ARTICLE]

NAVAL LECTURE FREE TO EVERY PERSON

William M. Lewis to Talk About Our Battleships and Show Stereopticon Views. / " At the Ellis opera house this evening a free lecture will be given by William M. Lewis, field secretary of the Nava'l League of American. ■Mr. Lewis has spent many years informing himself about the United States Navy and comes to Rensselaer to give our people the advantage of his years of study and investigation. He will have exhibited many views showing the class of old wooden vessels that were used in the long-ago periods and which have given way to the great steel battleships of .today. Last week Mr. Lewis addressed the students of Illinois university, where he was introduced Iby President James and where a strong branch of the Naval League was formed. The opeia house should be packed tonight to hear Mr. Lewis. The 1 audience should contain all the thinking men and women in the community, for the United States Navy is a subject that should command the respect, the patriotism and the understanding of the people. Mr. Lewis is here as our guest. He came at the earnest solicitation of John O’Connor and the lecture is given free of cost. Other engagements can well be sacrificed to give attendance to thig lecture, where you will doubtless receive much valuable information. The pupils of the high school especially should be in attendance. It is probable ;hat a large delegation will come rom St. Joseph’s college, including both members of the faculty and the student ‘body.