Van Wormer Walsh

              1938
VAN WORMER WALSH
IN
Visions of Other Lands

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LECTURES ON TRAVEL

(Illustrated with Mr. Walsh's own slides in color)



LECTURES
Illustrated With Colored Lantern Slides


THE REBIRTH OF IRELAND
Successful after nine centuries of struggle, the Irish are at home again, kings in their own castles, ascending the road to health, contentment and general prosperity.  A motor trip thru the Irish Free State and Ulster.

MEXICO AWAKENS
A Paradise for scholar, artist, sportsman and tourist, Mexico under its Six Year Plan comes into its own.

WHERE THE EAST BEGINS
North Africa, its peoples, customs, cities, deserts and oases in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, and as hors d'oeuvres, the Azores, Madeira and Gibraltar.

IS RUSSIA RED
A comprehensive, impartial account of the greatest human experiment the world has ever seen.  5000 miles through the U. S. S. R.

AROUND SOUTH AMERICA
A continent of contrasts in the old and new, brilliant cities, Indian villages, vast plantations, Inca wonders and best of all, the glorious Andes.

THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN
Where Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark are a quartette of color, beauty, interest and delight.

THE BULL FIGHTS
A complete picture and exposition of the details, science and pageantry of the national sport of Spain.

THE AGE AND YOUTH OF OXFORD
A picture of the charm, value, and peculiarities of English University life, and a contrast of the English and American forms of education.





Travel creates World Understanding

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VAN WORMER WALSH
Van Wormer Walsh has been a life long traveler of the world.  His education is derived not only from study in Oxford, England, and graduation at Harvard, but also from over one-half million miles of travel thru nearly every country of the six continents, and intimate associations with their peoples.

Six feet in height, keenly observant, he has gone thru the world finding that friendliness, tact, and a sense of humor offer to the traveler the hospitality of palaces and peasants' cottages.  His cosmopolitan point of view, his accurate stories, his humor, and his well colored lantern slides take you on journeys which are never forgotten.

Travel is the Great Educator




THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Certainly our impression from Mr. Walsh's first lecture is that he has unusual grace for the platform.  We shall hope to have the great pleasure of hearing him again at the Institute.

—CHARLES D. ATKINS, Director.



Union League Club, Chicago, Illinois
Your talk was handled in a most straightforward and interesting way. Many in the audience would have been glad to have listened for another hour.  (2 appearances)



The Arundell Club, Baltimore, Md.
I am delighted to tell you that the most outstanding lecture of the winter was your marvelously interesting talk on Russia.  Your lecture contained so many new side lights on the U.S.S.R. and was so free from the stereotype.  We are all hoping to hear you again next winter.



Kent (Ohio) State University
I was extremely pleased with Mr. Walsh's material and his manner of presenting it.  The audience enjoyed and profited greatly from the lecture.



The Modern Club, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Modern Club considered The Age and Youth of Oxford, one of the most outstanding talks it has been privileged to hear.  Mr. Walsh's delivery is superb, the pictures were superlatively fine.  His poise and cultural background lent such definite atmosphere that we were transported to Oxford, seeing it in all its traditional charm and beauty.



Woman's Educational Club, Toledo, Ohio
Van Wormer Walsh is in a class by himself.  When he chats along his delicious blending of humor and pathos, of sense and nonsense, weaves a magic spell.  After the lecture one awakens to the realization that Mr. Walsh is not only an adventurous traveler, a sincere lover of the beautiful, but also a deep and understanding student of human nature.  (2 appearances)



The Sanzoray Club, New York City
Your lecture was both colorful and enlightening.  We look forward to having you with us again.  Thank you for a delightful evening.



CARNEGIE MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
My dear Mr. Walsh:

Permit me to tell you how keenly your audience enjoyed your address last Sunday.  You are endowed with the happy gift of conveying in your narrative a telling picture, replete with information and sparkling with humor.  To listen to your descriptions of the lands you visited is to partake of your adventures.  You possess a native inborn secret of taking your audience into your confidence.  I thank you once more for the entertaining afternoon which you gave us with characteristic grace and distinction.

Yours very sincerely
A. AVINOFF, Director   (3 appearances)



Detroit Review Club
Our club extends to you its sincere thanks and appreciation for the splendid program you so ably presented.  Your vivid description and subtle humor, combined with the beautiful slides, gave one the sense of traveling rather than listening.  (2 appearances)



The Woman's Club Evanston, Chicago, Illinois
The Woman's Club of Evanston will remember January 9th, as a happy occasion.  Your pictures were beautiful and your lecture most interesting.  We shall be glad to see you again.  (2 appearances)



The University Museum University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa.
I want to thank you for the splendid talk you gave.  Not only were your pictures of unusual quality and interest, but we received many comments upon the quantity of relevant information that you gave to accompany them.  The occasion was in every way a great success.



The Cincinnati Enquirer
Last night was a true triumph for Mr. Van Wormer Walsh, whose lecture at the Town Club on Mexico Awakens proved so brilliant a success that late comers had to be turned away for lack of space.



Portland, Maine—Press Herald
Mr. Walsh's lecture under the auspices of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association was described by officers of the Association as being one of the finest ever sponsored by them.



Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio
I am sure that every one hopes the habit of your coming here year by year has now become established.  (5 appearances)



Wings of Adventure Series, Cleveland, Ohio
I have heard nothing but praise about your lecture.  It was so comprehensive that a question period would have been an anti-climax.



SOME OTHER APPEARANCES

Boston—Malden Library Course
Ridgewood, N. J.—Woman's Club
Baltimore—Roland Park Woman's Club
Pennsylvania College for Women
Mexico City—Department of Foreign Affairs
Springfield, O.—Wittenberg College
Fairmount, W. Va.—Woman's Club
Erie, Pa.—Public Museum
Highland Park (Chicago)—Woman's Club
Peoria, Ill.—Bradley Polytechnic Institute.
Gary, Ind.—Woman's Club
Cincinnati—Hyde Park Community Forum (*2)
Birmingham—Independent Woman's Club (*2)
Buffalo—Museum of Science
Michigan Central State Teachers' College
Cincinnati Woman's Club
Boston—Steinert Hall
Geneva, N. Y.—Woman's Club
Piqua, Ohio—Fortnightly Club (*2)
Fort Thomas, Ky.—Woman's Club (*2)
Washington, Pa.—Current Events Club (*3)
Erie, Pa.—Woman's Club (*3)
Cincinnati—Chamber of Commerce Forum (*6)
Chicago—University Club
Reading, Pa.—Woman's Club
Philadelphia—Hathaway Shakespeare Club
Andover, Mass.—The Abbott School
Peoria, Ill.—Woman's Club (*5)
Fort Wayne—College Club
Erie, Pa.—Teachers' Institute (*4)
Alabama College for Women
Lansdowne (Phila.)—20th Century Club
Indianapolis—Woman's Department Club
Binghamton, N. Y.—Monday Afternoon Club
Wyoming (Cincinnati)—Woman's Club (*6)
Wilmette (Chicago) Sunday Evening Forum
Lancaster, Pa.—Iris Club
Lexington, Ky.—Woman's Club
Sewickley, Pa.—Edgeworth Country Club
Richmond, Ind.—A. A. U. W.
Glens Falls, N. Y.—Woman's Club
Peoria, Ill.—Sportsmen Adventurer Club
Lansdale, Pa.—Woman's Club (*2)
Cincinnati—Hughes High School (*11)
Bethlehem, Pa.—Woman's Club
Hamilton, Ohio—Woman's City Club (*3)
Steubenville, Ohio—Woman's Club (*2)
Elkhart, Ind.—Rotary Club
Washington, D. C.—Shoreham Hotel
Cincinnati High Schools—38 times
... Etc., etc., etc. ...

(*) Number of appearances.



(A Few Comments on Mr. Walsh's Lectures)




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