| Date | Speaker(s) | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|
1930 | ||
| Jan. 6 | Hill, H.W. | Why Eat? |
| Jan. 13 | Steeves, Mrs R.P. | Holland's Golden Age and Its Art |
| Jan. 20 | Sanford, A.M. | A Distinctive Note In Canadian Poetry |
| Jan. 27 | Logan, A.J. | Christianity and the Early Roman Empire |
| Feb. 3 | Day, J. Friend | The Place of Business Subjects in Higher Education |
| Feb. 10 | Hill-Tout, Charles | Picture Writing of the Ancients and How Our Letters are Derived from Them |
| Feb. 17 | Gowen, H.H. | The Evolution of Literature |
| Feb. 24 | ??? | |
| March 3 | Henderson, James | Philosophy of "As If" |
| March 10 | Angus, H.F. | Impressions of the Kyoto Conference on Pacific Relations |
| March 17 | ??? | Irish Music |
| March 24 | Stevens, Mrs Winifred | Mrs Annie Charlotte Barton |
| March 31 | Morrison, A. | Law Enforcement |
| Oct. 6 | Maccaud, Rev. F.W. | Evolution and Involution of Religion |
| Oct. 13 | Buchanan, D. | Illustrated Lecture in Astronomy |
| Oct. 20 | Burnett, W.B. | Sterilization of the Feeble-minded and Criminals |
| Oct. 27 | Quainton, Rev. C.S. | What the Jew has Given to Human Life |
| Nov. 3 | Davidson, J.G. | Gleanings from My Trip to the International, and Horticultural Congresses |
| Nov. 10 | Stevens, A.M. | Nationalism of Canadian Poetry |
| Nov. 17 | Gillies, G.A. | Impressions of the trip to the Empire Mining Congress in South Africa |
| Nov. 24 | Fisher, Mr Justice | Vocational Guidance |
| Dec. 1 | Ure, William | The Nature of Matter |
| Dec. 8 | MacDermot, H.J. | Can I Afford to be Sick? |
| Dec. 15 | Kurth, B.L. | The Spirit of the Carol |
1931 | ||
| Jan. 5 | Denison, F. Napier | Weather Cycles and Abnormal World Weather |
| Jan. 12 | Kidd, George E. | Racial Cranial Characteristics |
| Jan. 19 | Carrothers, W.A. | The Menace of Business Depressions |
| Jan. 26 | Coleman, H.T.J. | The New Humanism |
| Feb. 2 | Members of the Dickens' Fellowship gave "An Evening with Dickens" | |
| Feb. 9 | ??? | |
| Feb. 16 | Shrum, G.M. | The Electron: What is It? |
| Feb. 23 | Kelly, W.N. | Whales and Modern Whaling |
| March 2 | Farris, Evlyn F. | The Contribution of the Small College |
| March 9 | Pauw, John H. | Architecture in its relation to Town Planning |
| March 16 | Eastham, J.W. | A Biography of David Douglas |
| March 23 | Larsen, Thorlief | The Significance of Poetry |
| Oct. 19 | Maccaud, Rev. F.W. | The Prodigal Son in the Light of Philosophy |
| Oct. 26 | Fallis, Rev. G.O. | Europe as We See It Today |
| Nov. 2 | Vrooman, Charles H. | Prevention of Tuberculosis in B.C. |
| Nov. 9 | Klinck, L.S. | The University and Adult Education |
| Nov. 16 | Marshall, M.J. | Chemistry in Relation to Industry |
| Nov. 23 | Brock, R.W. | Finland and the Arctic Coast of Norway |
| Nov. 30 | Charlesworth, H. | Education and International Relationships |
| Dec. 7 | Renison, Rev. R.J. | The Future of Civilization |
| Dec. 14 | Smith, G.M. | ??? |
| n.d. | Finlay, Allan H. | The World's Greatest Bridges (Source: M.Y. William's Institute History). |
1932 | ||
| Jan. 4 | Dalgleish, Alex | Prospector's Valley Camp |
| Jan. 11 | Sage, W.N. | Spanish Explorers of B.C. |
| Jan. 18 | Thomson, H.M. | Keeping up with Metallurgy |
| Jan. 25 | Dunlop, W.R. | Burns, in Song and Story |
| Feb. 1 | Hutchinson, A.H. | The Greatness of the Small in Life |
| Feb. 8 | Pearce, J.A. | The Structure of the Universe |
| Feb. 15 | The Dickens Fellowship | Another Evening with Dickens |
| Feb. 22 | Letson, H.T.G. | Modern Developments in Internal Combustion Engines |
| Feb. 29 | Howay, F.W. | ??? |
| March 7 | Members of the Shakespeare Society presented "Scenes from Shakespeare" | |
| March 14 | Members of the B.C. Music Teachers' Federation presented "An Evening of Ensemble Music" | |
| March 22 | Hinchcliffe, J. | ??? |
| March 29 | Gowen, H.H. | Jerusalem, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. |
| Oct. 8 | Klinck, L.S. | Some Functions of a University |
| Oct. 15 | Angus, H.F. | The Kidd Report (text) |
| Oct. 22 | Soward, F.H. | Hitlerism and the German Republic |
| Oct. 29 | Spencer, G.J. | St Mark 1:6 |
| Nov. 5 | Carrothers, W.A. | Is Capitalism Doomed? |
| Nov. 12 | Weir, G.M. | Vital Social Economies |
| Nov. 19 | Shrum, G.M. | The Nature and Origin of Cosmic Rays |
| Nov. 26 | Brown, Roscoe M. | Why Use Wood? |
| Dec. 3 | Boving, P.A. | Scandinavian Art |
| Dec. 10 | Cullwick, E.C. | Electricity the Servant of Man |
1933 | ||
| Jan. 7 | McGregor, D.A. | Sir Matthew Begbie |
| Jan. 14 | Wood, F.G.C. | Sir Walter Scott -- After One Hundred Years |
| Jan. 21 | Haywood, A.K. | The Healing Cults |
| Jan. 28 | Cromie, R.J. | Publicity's Place in Civilization |
| Feb. 4 | Alpine Club members | Explorations in the Coast Range |
| Feb. 11 | Reid, R.L. | "Canadiana" from a Collector's Standpoint |
| Feb. 18 | Plaskett, J.S. | The Expanding Universe |
| Feb. 25 | Clark, R.H. | Chemistry in the Service of Man |
| March 4 | Members of the B.C. Music Teachers' Federation presented a concert to mark the Brahms Centenary | |
| March 11 | Buchanan, D. | Some Recent Developments in Astronomy |
| March 18 | Ridington, John | Art, and Its Changing Standards |
| March 25 | Todd, O.J. | Pagan Ethics |
| Oct. 14 | Angus, H.F. | Responsibility for Peace or War on the Pacific |
| Oct. 21 | Carrothers, W.A. | The N.R.A. -- An American Experiment |
| Oct. 28 | Odlum, Victor W. | A Critical View of the League Of Nations |
| Nov. 4 | Sage, W.N. | The British Commonwealth and Foreign Policy |
| Nov. 11 | Reid, R.L. [Chairman] | Debate -- Resolved that Democracy Offers Greater Guarantees for Peace than Dictatorship |
| Nov. 18 | Soward, F.H. | Hitler and the Nazi Revolution |
| Nov. 25 | Robertson, Lemuel | Ancient Monetary Systems |
| Dec. 2 | Cleveland, E.A. | Water Supply Problems |
| Dec. 9 | Williams, M.Y. | Life through Geological Ages |
1934 | ||
| Jan. 13 | Bengough, Percy R. | Labour's View of the Present Economic Policy |
| Jan. 20 | Farris, J.W. de B. | A Lawyer's View of Reform |
| Jan. 27 | Nicholas, B.C. | Evolution of a Newspaper |
| Feb. 3 | Lett, Sherwood | Cecil Rhodes and His Scholarships |
| Feb. 10 | Galloway, J.D. | Gold Mining in B.C. |
| Feb. 17 | Clement, F.M. | Wheat Quotas |
| Feb. 24 | Clark, A.F.B. | Nationalism and Internationalism in Literature |
| March 3 | Members of the B.C. Music Teachers' Federation presented "An Evening of Music" | |
| March 10 | Davidson, J.D. | The Science of Musical Sounds |
| March 17 | MacCorkindale, H.N. | Education in a Changing Social Order |
| March 24 | Howay, F.W. | Facts and Fancies in Our Early Geography |
| March 31 | Cooke, A.C. | Renaissance Art and the Rise of Capitalism |
| Oct. 13 | Brewing, Rev. Willard | The Future of Europe and the Russian Experiment |
| Oct. 20 | McGeer, G.G. | A Criticism of the So-Called Sound Money System |
| Oct. 27 | Soward, F.H. | The Outlook in International Affairs |
| Nov. 3 | Walker, J.F. | The Development of a Gold Mine |
| Nov. 10 | Coleman, Norman F. | The Conflict of Interests in the Far East, and How it Concerns America |
| Nov. 17 | Cass, Rabbi Samuel | The Jew in the Modern World. |
| Nov. 24 | Harris, J.A. | Reality in the Chemical Age |
| Dec. 1 | Duff, D.C.B. | Hunting a Microbe |
| Dec. 8 | Steeves, Dorothy G. | The Challenge of Socialism |
| Dec. 15 | Logan, H.T. | Stories of Greece and Rome by Modern Novelists |
1935 | ||
| Jan. 12 | Weir, G.M. | Some Social Problems |
| Jan. 19 | Dilworth, Ira | Romanticism in Contemporary Poetry |
| Jan. 26 | Nicholas, B.C. | The Evolution of a Newspaper |
| Feb. 2 | Cassidy, H.M. | Some Trends in Social Insurance |
| Feb. 9 | Pearce, J.A. | Island Universes |
| Feb. 16 | Clarke, A.F.B. | Purity and Propoganda in Art |
| Feb. 23 | Munday, Mr & Mrs Don | Mount Waddington |
| March 2 | Brown, Harold | Education in Commerce |
| March 9 | Angus, H.F. | American and Canadian Relations |
| March 16 | Boving, P.A. | Swedish Literature |
| March 23 | Wood, C.B. | The Future of Secondary Education |
| March 30 | Sedgewick, G.G. | Dante's "Paradise" |
| Oct. 19 | Angus, H.F. | The Search for Plenty |
| Oct. 26 | Foster, W.W. | Alpine Adventures in B.C. and the Yukon |
| Nov. 2 | Weir, G.M. | Some Social Trends |
| Nov. 9 | Soward, F.H. | The Outlook in International Affairs |
| Nov. 16 | Klinck, L.S. | A Plan for Adult Education in B.C. |
| Nov. 23 | Buchanan, D. | An Expanding Universe |
| Nov. 30 | Clark, R.H. | Modern Miracles |
| Dec. 7 | Lamb, W. Kaye | Some Pioneer B.C. Journals and Journalists |
| Dec. 14 | Robertson, Lemuel | Horace: B.C. 65 -- A.D. 1935 |
1936 | ||
| Jan. 18 | McKenzie, Vernon | Behind the Headlines in Europe Today |
| Jan. 25 | Compton, Arthur H. | The Quest of the Cosmic Ray |
| Feb. 1 | Dolman, C.E. | Bacteriological Research in Relation to Health and Disease |
| Feb. 8 | Evans, D.O. | Andre Gide |
| Feb. 15 | Maitland, R.L. | Pacific Ships -- and Coastwise |
| Feb. 22 | Roys, Ralph L. | Mayan Civilizations of Central America |
| Feb. 29 | Ridington, John | Education and the Library |
| March 7 | Finlay, Allan H. | Some Modern Bridges |
| March 14 | MacDonald, W.L. | The Proletarian Novel |
| March 21 | Warren, H.V. | Minerals and the World Crisis |
| March 28 | Sage, W.N. | Vancouver's Half-Century |
| Oct. 17 | Finlayson, J.N. | Future Trends in Industry |
| Oct. 24 | Cass, Rabbi Samuel | What I Saw in Palestine |
| Oct. 31 | Dilworth, Ira | This Modern Stuff -- A Study of Contemporary Music |
| Nov. 7 | Soward, F.H. | The Present International Outlook. |
| Nov. 14 | Shrum, G.M. | Recent Experiments on the Transmutation of Matter |
| Nov. 21 | MacInnes, Isabel | The Spirit and Tradition of German Literature |
| Nov. 28 | MacLeod, H.J. | Social Aspects of Science |
| Dec. 5 | Payne, R.R. | The Fish Industry of B.C. |
| Dec. 12 | Sedgewick, G.G. | Shakespearian Imagery |
1937 | ||
| Jan. 16 | England, Robert | The Threat to Disinterested Education: A Challenge |
| Jan. 23 | Pop, G.L. | The Opportunities of the Fur Business in B.C. |
| Jan. 30 | Newton, Eric | How to Read a Picture |
| Feb. 6 | Connell, Robert | Liberty: An Old Dilemma in a New Form |
| Feb. 13 | Odlum, Victor W., Lett, Sherwood, Shrum, G.M., Carrothers, W.A., Finlay, Allan H. | Passchendaele -- A Phase of the Lloyd George-Haig Controversy |
| Feb. 20 | Payne, R.R. | The Fishing Industry of British Columbia |
| Feb. 27 | Moe, G.G. | Plant Breeding and its Relation to Canadian Welfare |
| March 6 | Farris, Evlyn F. | A Century of Higher Education in Canada |
| March 13 | Carrothers, W.A. | The Economic Position of B.C. |
| March 20 | Nichols, M.E. | Factors in National Attainment |
| March 27 | Crease, A.L. | The Normal Mind. |
| Oct. 16 | Sage, W.N. | The Coronation and Its Significance to Canada |
| Oct. 23 | Pearce, J.A. | Exploring Space |
| Oct. 30 | Haskins, W.E. | The Marketing of Farm Products in B.C. |
| Nov. 6 | Burnett, W.B. | The Mining Industry in B.C. |
| Nov. 13 | Soward, F.H. | The Outlook in International Affairs |
| Nov. 20 | Spencer, George J. | The Lives of Little Things |
| Nov. 27 | Pullen, Newton F. | The Telephone and the Community |
| Dec. 4 | Ure, William | Laboratory and Factory |
| Dec. 11 | Mainwaring, W.C. | Electricity -- the Modern Aladdin |
1938 | ||
| Jan. 15 | Farris, J.W. de B. | Canadian Unity |
| Jan. 22 | Drummond, G.F. | The General Economic Effects of the Depression |
| Jan. 29 | Harris, G. Howell | Tank Gardens and Growth Promoting Substances |
| Feb. 5 | Nichols, M.E. | Factors in National Attainment |
| Feb. 12 | Weir, G.M. | Some Educational Problems |
| Feb. 19 | Wood, F.G.C. | The English Novel During the Reign of George V |
| Feb. 26 | Smith, Frank H. | From Ararat to Everest -- Mountaineering Ancient and Modern |
| March 5 | Pilcher, Jennie W. | The Maoris |
| March 12 | Dafoe, John W. | Canadians of Yesteryear |
| March 19 | Winn, E.S.H. | Workmen's Compensation |
| March 26 | Recknagel, A.B. | Recent Developments in the Management of Douglas Fir |
| N.B. The Vancouver Institute program of lectures for Fall 1938 is not included in the Program file of Box 4 in the archives. The lectures listed below were reconstructed from newspaper clippings held in the Special Collections Division. Some of the lecture topics given in the clippings may not be accurate and not all lectures may have been noted in the papers. | ||
| Oct. 8 | Ellis, C.D. | Secrets of Radium Unfolded. |
| Oct. 15 | Sedgewick, G.G. | In the Beginning Was the Word. |
| Oct. 22 | McNaughton, A.G.L. | The Role of Research in Industry |
| Oct. 29 | Irving, J.A. | The Philosophy of Communism |
| Nov. 5 | Williams, M.Y. | Birds, Ancient and Modern |
| Nov. 12 | Soward, F.H. | The Outlook in International Affairs |
| Nov. 19 | Smith, Sidney | The Safety of Life at Sea |
1939 | ||
| N.B. The Vancouver Institute lecture programme for Spring 1939 is not included in Box 4 in the archives. The lectures listed below were reconstructed from The Ubyssey and from newspaper clippings in the Special Collections Division. The lecture topics may not be accurate and not all the Spring 1939 lectures may have been noted in the papers. | ||
| Jan. 14 | King, H.B. | Matriculating Needs Revision |
| Jan. 21 | Drummond, Wren | Education, What For? |
| Jan. 28 | McDonald, J. Nelson | The St Francis Xavier Experiment with Co-ops |
| Feb. 4 | McInnes, Isabel | The Medieval German Town |
| Feb. 11 | Ouimet, Roger | The French-Canadian View of Confederation |
| Feb. 18 | Crumb, J.A. | Planning for the Economic Millenium |
| Feb. 25 | Tupper, R.H. | Changing Views of Government |
| March 4 | Letson, H.F.G. | Canadian Defence and its Relation to the People |
| March 11 | James, Florence | The Theatre in Community Life |
| March 18 | Creighton, Mrs John | The Destructive Element -- A Note on Contemporary Literature |
| March 23 | Crumb, Joseph | Planning for the Economic Millenium |
| April 1 | Ridington, John | The Menace of Propaganda |
| Oct. 7 | MacMillan, Ernest | Hitler and Wagner |
| Oct. 14 | Norwood, F.W. | The British Empire Confronts Destiny |
| Oct. 21 | Hutchinson, Bruce | Canada as a Great Power |
| Oct. 28 | Allardyce, John | Biochemical Diplomats |
| Nov. 4 | Morrow, Ellis H. | A Publisher Looks at His Customer |
| Nov. 11 | Soward, F.H. | These Twenty-five Years |
| Nov. 18 | Cameron, M.A. | Our Schools and Our Society |
| Nov. 25 | Sage, W.N. | The Significance of Heraldry |
| Dec. 2 | Scott, Charles H. | Etchers and Etchings |
| Dec. 9 | Clark, A.F.B. | The Tercentenary of Racine -- A Modern Looks at French Tragedy |