| Date | Speaker(s) | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|
1920 | ||
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N.B. The program for the Spring 1920 series of lectures sponsored by the Institute is not in Box 4, Folder 5 of the archives. Further research is necessary to sort out speakers and their topics. The so-called "Romance" series of the previous year was followed by one on English Literature. | ||
| Jan. 8 | Sedgewick, G.G. | Matthew Arnold as Mid-Victorian Critic of Literature, and Poet. |
| Feb. 12 | Davidson, J.G. | Fuel as a Determining Factor in the Future History of Western Canada. |
| Feb. 19 | Clark, R.H. | The Romance of Chemistry. |
| Feb. 26 | Boggs, T.H. | Democracy: A Failure, An Achievement or a Hope. |
| n.d. | MacIntosh, D.A. | The Age of the Earth. |
| n.d. | Sadler, Wilfred | A City Milk Supply. (N.B. This speaker and title also appears on March 6, 1919). |
| n.d. | Hill-Tout, Charles | The Mind of Primitive Man. |
| n.d. | Sharpe, Captain | War Photography. |
| n.d. | Foster, W. | National Parks as an Investment. |
| n.d. | Robertson, Lemuel | Cicero: Man and Statesman. |
| n.d. | Wicker, E. | With Allenby at Armageddon. |
| March 11 | Brock, R.W. | Bible Lands. |
| Oct. 7 | Robertson, Lemuel | Recent Excavations in Crete. |
| Oct. 14 | Coleman, H.T.J. | The Schoolmaster and Democracy. |
| Oct. 28 | Jamieson, Mrs. J.S. | The Fabian Society. |
| n.d. | Howay, F.W. | Captain Cook at Nootka. |
| Nov. 4 | McDonald, W.L. | Robert Louis Stevenson. |
| Nov. 18 | Gowen, Rev. H.H. | War Poetry of the World. |
| Nov. 25 | Buchanan, D. | Other Worlds Than Ours. |
| Dec. 2 | Ashton, H. | Hotel Rambouillet. |
| Dec. 9 | Denison, F. Napier | Earthquakes and Volcanoes. |
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1921 | ||
| Jan. 13 | Archibald, E.H. | Liquid Gases. |
| Jan. 20 | Brock, R.W. | Vancouver's Ancient History. |
| Jan. 27 | Scott, S.D. | Joseph Howe. |
| Feb. 3 | Hebb, T.C. | The Aether and Relativity. |
| Feb. 10 | Davidson, J.G. | The Morality of Plants. |
| Feb. 17 | Todd, O.J. | Herodotus. |
| Feb. 24 | Sedgewick, G.G. | Poetry of Meredith. |
| March 3 | Schofield, S.J. | The Origin of Mountains. |
| March 10 | Fraser, C. McLean | Biological Problems of the Pacific. |
| March 17 | Sedgewick, G.G. | Poetry of Hardy. |
| March 24 | Musical Evening. | Vancouver Women's Musical Club. |
| Oct. 6 | Fraser, C. McLean | Zoology in Relation of Everyday Life. |
| Oct. 13 | Clark, A.F.B. | In Memory of Dante -- 132l-1921 Dante's Life and Times. |
| Oct. 20 | Boving, P.A. | Turnips and Immigration. |
| Oct. 27 | Clark, A.F.B. | The Poetry of Dante. |
| Nov. 3 | MacBeth, Rev. R.G. | Elements of Nation Building in the West. |
| Nov. 10 | Eastman, Mack | Two Revolutions: Bolshevists and Jacobins. |
| Nov. 17 | Thompson, N.W. | Smelting, Ancient and Modern. |
| Nov. 24 | O'Boyle, Rev. W.P. | St. Augustine. |
| Dec. 1 | Foster, W.W. | With the Alpine Club on Mount Robson. |
| Dec. 8 | Klinck, L.S. | Gleanings from the Congress of the Universities of the Empire. |
1922 | ||
| Jan. 12 | Buchanan, D. | The Making of Worlds. |
| Jan. 19 | Gill, L.W. | The Field of the Technical School. |
| Jan. 26 | Wood, F.G.C. | The Plays of Lord Dunsany. |
| Feb. 2 | Wade, M.S. | Some Pathfinders of the B.C. Hinterland |
| Feb. 9 | Denison, F. Napier | Earthquakes and Slow Earth Movements. |
| Feb. 16 | MacKay, Mrs. Isabel E. | Glimpses of Canadian Writers. |
| Feb. 23 | Clement, F.M. | The Economic Basis of the Development of Agrarian Movements. |
| March 2 | Buell, W.F. | Some Events of Canada's Great War, 1812-1815. |
| March 9 | Eastham, J.W. | Fungi: Their Mode of Life and Importance to Man. |
| March 16 | Uglow, W.L. | Life in the Peruvian Andes. |
| March 23 | Gowen, Rev. H.H. | Literature and the Animal World. |
| Oct. 5 | Davidson, J.G. | Science, Theology and Christianity. |
| Oct. 12 | Vance, Principal | The Influence of Machinery on the Worker. |
| Oct. 19 | Brock, R.W. | The Situation in the Near East. |
| Oct. 26 | Walker, F.C. | Artistic Lying. |
| Nov. 2 | Dunlop, W.R. | The Periclean Age in Modern Athens. |
| Nov. 9 | Schofield, S.J. | The Mining Industry of B.C. |
| Nov. 16 | Henderson, James | Some Modern Philosophical Theories. |
| Nov. 23 | Wheeler, Major | The Mount Everest Expedition of 1921. |
| Nov. 30 | Williams, M.Y. | Birds of Prey. |
| Dec. 7 | Murphy, Mr. Justice | Reminiscences of Pioneer life in B.C. |
1923 | ||
| Jan. 11 | Logan, H.T. | Nero. |
| Jan. 18 | Ashton, H. | Cambridge. |
| Jan. 25 | Angus, H.F. | Impressions of Economic Conditions in Central Europe. |
| Feb. 1 | Sharp, G.L. Thorton | Town Planning. |
| Feb. 8 | Bollert, Miss M.L. | Folklore. |
| Feb. 15 | Uglow, W.L. | The Evolution of Gold Mining in Cariboo. |
| Feb. 22 | Burnett, W.B. | Healing Cults. |
| March 1 | Goard, Rev. W. Pascoe | The Crown of the Continent. |
| March 8 | Ireland, Rev. G.D. | Social Relief, a Scientific and Human Problem. |
| March 15 | Mayers, E.C. | The Destruction of Law by Legislation. |
| March 22 | Sage, W.N. | David Thompson. |
| Oct. 4 | Clement, F.M. | Niagara, the First Capital of Upper Canada. |
| Oct. 11 | Kidd, George E. | Ancient Egypt. |
| Oct. 18 | Williams, M.Y. | Some Geological Discoveries in the North. |
| Oct. 25 | Denison, F. Napier | Earthquakes and how they are Recorded. |
| Nov. 1 | Dunlop, W.R. | Africa and the Zimbabwe Ruins. |
| Nov. 8 | Rees-Thomas, Mrs. | Shakespeare as a Musician. |
| Nov. 15 | Fraser, Miss A. Ermatinger | The Painters of Light in Holland. |
| Nov. 22 | Outram, Sir James | First Ascents in the Rockies. |
| Nov. 29 | Coleman, H.T.J. | Nature and Human Nature. |
| Dec. 6 | Todd, O.J. | Old and New Around the Mediterranean. |
1924 | ||
| Jan. 10 | Odlum, E. | Travels through Egypt, Palestine, India and Japan. |
| Jan. 17 | Turnbull, J.M. | Mining: Ancient and Modern. |
| Jan. 24 | Sedgewick, G.G. | The New Wordsworth. |
| Jan. 31 | Sadler, Wilfred | Harwich to London -- Through Copenhagen and Strasbourg. |
| Feb. 7 | Plaskett, J.S. | The Evolution of the Stars. |
| Feb. 14 | Clark, A.F.B. | Florence. |
| Feb. 21 | Brock, R.W. | China. |
| Feb. 28 | Klinck, L.S. | University Administration. |
| March 6 | Ward, Rev. N.L. | Mysticism in Comparative Religions. |
| March 13 | Bursill, J. Francis | The London of Charles Dickens. |
| March 20 | Gowen, H.H. | Educational Conditions in the Orient. |
| Oct. 9 | Dunlop, W.R. | Aspects of Imperial Federation. |
| Oct. 16 | Angus, H.F. | Trade and Unemployment in Great Britain. |
| Oct. 23 | Davies, K.C.J. | The Cities of the Moguls. |
| Oct. 30 | MacBeth, Rev. R.G. | The Romance of the Royal Mounted. |
| Nov. 6 | Reid, R.L. | The Supreme Court of the League of Nations. |
| Nov. 13 | McKillop, A.L. | The Truth About Einstein. |
| Nov. 20 | Duckering, W.E. | Religion in Science, and Science in Religion, by a Layman. |
| Nov. 27 | Morrison, Mr. Justice | Judicial Tribulations. |
| Dec. 4 | Ross, Rev. J.J. | The Land of the Caesars. |
| Dec. 11 | Boving, P.A. | Breeding and the State. |
1925 | ||
| Jan. 8 | Vickers, H. | Radio Telegraphy and Telephony. |
| Jan. 15 | Sovereign, Rev. A.H. | Mount Garibaldi. |
| Jan. 22 | MacInnes, Isabel | Picturesque Bavaria. |
| Jan. 29 | Harper, W.E. | Some Famous Observatories and their Work. |
| Feb. 5 | Ogden, Rev. J.W. | Athens, the Glory that was Greece. |
| Feb. 12 | Christie, H.R. | Forests and Water Supply. |
| Feb. 19 | Coulthard, Mrs. Walter | British Music. |
| Feb. 26 | Clemens, W.A. | Life in Inland Waters. |
| March 5 | Sedgewick, G.G. | The New Wordsworth. |
| March 12 | Guernsey, F.W. | The Production of Sulphur. |
| March 19 | Dickson, Frank | Plant Diseases. |
| March 26 | Gowen, H.H. | The History and Romance of Verse Forms. |
| April 3 | Weir, G.M. | Public Opinion and Education. |
| Oct. 8 | Davidson, J.G. | Nature Study and Religion. |
| Oct. 17 | Excursion of members of Institute and affiliated societies to the University, Point Grey, 3 p.m. | |
| Oct. 22 | Hill-Tout, Charles | The Antiquity of Man. |
| Oct. 29 | Weir, G.M. | Social Aspects of Education in B.C. |
| Nov. 5 | Williams, M.Y. | Impressions of the Far East. |
| Nov. 12 | Sage, W.N. | The Making of a Governor (Sir James Douglas). |
| Nov. 19 | Foster, W.W. | The Conquest of Mount Logan. |
| Nov. 26 | MacInnes, Isabel | Some Aspects of Conditions in Germany. |
| Dec. 3 | Ward, Rev. H.L. | The Soul of Japan. |
| Dec. 10 | Jamieson, Miss A.B. | Education for Women. |
| Dec. 17 | Hood, Robert A. | Puck on Pegasus. |
1926 | ||
| Jan. 7 | Nelson, Miss Blanche B. | Music as an Expression of Nationality. |
| Jan. 14 | Dunlop, W.R. | The Scottish Reformation. |
| Jan. 21 | Ridington, John | America and the Arts. |
| Jan. 28 | Spencer, G.J. | Am I My Brother's Keeper? |
| Feb. 4 | Webster, L. Bullock | The Drama in Canada. |
| Feb. 11 | Hinton, Joseph | The Influence of the Italian Renaissance on the Art of Singing. |
| Feb. 18 | Bursill, J. Francis | The Evolution of the Shakespearean Drama. |
| Feb. 25 | Schofield, S.J. | Ore Deposits of B.C. |
| March 4 | Ogden, Rev. J.W. | Constantinople as I saw it, or Where East meets West. |
| March 11 | Robertson, Lemuel | A Day on the Sacred Mountain of Rome. |
| March 18 | Hill, H.W. | The Alleged Public Health of the Old Testament. |
| March 25 | Gowen, H.H. | The Pacific Ocean, in History and in Vision. |
| April 2 | Macdonald, M.A. | Public Opinion. |
| April 9 | Annual Meeting | |
| Oct. 8 | Dunlop, W.R. | South Africa and the Empire. |
| Oct. 15 | Taylor, A. Dunbar | Kipling and His Poetry. |
| Oct. 22 | Buchanan, D. | Stellar Evolution. |
| Oct. 29 | Denison, F. Napier | Earthquakes as Affecting this Continent. |
| Nov. 5 | Klinck, L.S. | The University and the State. |
| Nov. 12 | Coleman, H.T.J. | An Hour with a Pessimist. |
| Nov. 19 | Nelson, Miss Blanche B. | Mediaeval Music. |
| Nov. 26 | Thompson, H.N. | Iron -- Cold Iron. |
| Dec. 3 | Schofield, S.J. | Geological Features of the Coast Range of B.C. |
| Dec. 10 | Vernon, F.W. | Aeroplane Design and Future Possibilities. |
| Dec. 17 | Bursill, J. Francis | London in the Time of Dickens. |
1927 | ||
| Jan. 7 | Dobson, Rev. Hugh | Racial Problems in Canada. |
| Jan. 14 | Burris, Miss Grace | Impressions of League of Empire Tour in Europe. |
| Jan. 21 | McElhanney, T.A. | Forest Products Research and the Timber Industry. |
| Jan. 28 | Lister, J.G. | Some Aspects of the Modern Idea of the Structure of the Atom. |
| Feb. 4 | Hill, H.W. | Does Poor Health Cause Disease? |
| Feb. 11 | Galloway, J.D. | Some Great Canadian Geologists. |
| Feb. 18 | Gomery, Percy | The Mechanics of Authorship. |
| Feb. 25 | Hennings, A.E. | Weather Proverbs. |
| March 11 | O'Boyle, Rev. W.P. | The Agrarian Movement. |
| March 18 | Coulter, Howard S. | The New Germany. |
| March 25 | Mara, Miss Frances C. | Girl Guides at Work and at Play. |
| April 1 | Buck, F.E. | Efficiency in City Building. |
| April 8 | Annual Meeting. | |
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Note:-- An extra lecture was given during the season on Canadian Administration in the Arctic by J.D. Craig, Surveyor General of Canada. | ||
| Oct. 7 | Coleman, H.T.J. | Sixty Years After -- Or Then and Now in Canadian Life. |
| Oct. 14 | Fraser, C. McLean | A Glimpse of Japan. |
| Oct. 21 | McLaren, D.R. | Flying in Canada. |
| Oct. 28 | Baker, S.H. | Some Tendencies in the Contemporary Novel. |
| Nov. 4 | McKelvie, B.A. | British Columbia's Part in Confederation. |
| Nov. 11 | Larsen, Thorlief | Tragedy. |
| Nov. 18 | Williams, M.Y. | What has Geology Contributed to Western Civilization? |
| Nov. 25 | Howay, F.W. | The Romance of the Maritime Fur Trade. |
| Dec. 2 | King, H.B. | The Process of Educational Reorganization in B.C. and its Implications. |
| Dec. 9 | Munday, Mrs. Don | Mystery Mountain |
| Dec. 16 | Eastham, J.W. | Epidemics in the Plant World. |
1928 | ||
| Jan. 6 | McKay, J.G. | Mental Hygiene. |
| Jan. 13 | Shrum, G.M. | Cold Light. |
| Jan. 20 | Reid, R.L. | ??? |
| Jan. 27 | Angus, H.F. | Political Freedom. |
| Feb. 3 | Morgan, J.W. | Shakespeare -- His Infinite Variety. |
| Feb. 10 | James, Miss M.E. | Dr. Ethyl Smith (A British Composer). |
| Feb. 17 | Brock, R.W. | Japan |
| Feb. 24 | Gowen, H.H. | Thirteen Centuries of Islam. |
| March 2 | Wyman, J. Benson | The Maoris. |
| March 9 | Scott, Charles H. | Modern Movements in Art. |
| March 16 | Dolmage, Victor | Mineralogy and Petrology. |
| March 23 | Clark, R.H. | The Wonders of Cellulose. |
| March 30 | Brown, Rev. J.G. | Ethical Standards in Ancient Civilizations. |
| Oct. 5 | Petersky, S. | An Outline of the Art of Psychoanalysis. |
| Oct. 12 | McGill, Helen G. | Juvenile Courts and Their Functions. |
| Oct. 19 | Bellairs, Robert R. | Canadian Plays. |
| Oct. 26 | Burnett, Frank | South Sea Islanders and Their Customs. |
| Nov. 2 | Eastham, J.W. | Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms. |
| Nov. 9 | Dickens' Fellowship | An Evening with Dickens. |
| Nov. 16 | Hill-Tout, Charles | The Drift of the Continents. |
| Nov. 23 | Hodgson, E.K. | The Real Abraham Lincoln. |
| Nov. 30 | Gillies, G.A. | Modern Methods of Ore Treatment. |
| Dec. 7 | Coleman, H.T.J. | The Philosophy of Leisure. |
| Dec. 14 | Greaves, G.A. | Physiotherapy. |
1929 | ||
| Jan. 18 | Lister, J.G. | TBA |
| Jan. 25 | Campbell, J.C. | Canada's Wild Life Sanctuary. |
| Feb. 1 | Dolmage, Victor | TBA |
| Feb. 8 | Reames, Inspector | Canadian Administration in the Arctic. |
| Feb. 15 | Cornfield, C.J. | Music of India. |
| Feb. 22 | Hutchinson, A.H. | Evolution Through Co-operation. |
| March 1 | Gibson, J.W. | The Landscape Beautiful. |
| March 8 | Straight, R. | Modern Educational Measurements. |
| March 15 | Duncan, George | Elizabethan Theatre. |
| March 22 | Davidson, J.G. | Musical Vibrations. |
| April 5 | O'Boyle, W.P. | The Role of Canada. |
| Oct. 7 | Petersky, S. | The Newer Medicine -- Health Audits. |
| Oct. 14 | Klinck, L.S. | Scandinavia Revisited. |
| Oct. 21 | Davidson, J.G. | Color. |
| Oct. 28 | Clark, A.F.B. | What Soviet Russia Really Looks Like. |
| Nov. 4 | Harris, J.A. | The Chemist -- A Mystery Man. |
| Nov. 11 | Soward, F.H. | British Labor and the League of Nations |
| Nov. 18 | Sadler, W. | What a Cheese Can Do. |
| Nov. 25 | Fraser, C. McLean | Around the World in 80 Minutes. |
| Dec. 2 | Plaskett, J.S. | The Rotation of the Galaxy. |
| Dec. 9 | Weston, W.P. | Modern Developments in Architecture. |
| Dec. 16 | Members of the Dickens' Fellowship gave An Evening with Dickens. | |