NOTED EXPLORER WILL BE SPEAKER AT UNION ON THURSDAY EVENING

At 8 o'clock on the evening of Thursday, February 23, Mr. Charles Wellington Furlong will speak in the Living Room of the Union on "The Passing of the Old West." Before the address Mr. Furlong will be the guest of the Governing Board of the Union at a dinner at 6.45 o'clock.

The talk will be illustrated by moving pictures and stereopticon slides. Mr. Furlong, who is an artist by profession, has led a life of remarkable interest and activity. His biography is a series of exciting adventures, not only in the Western section of the United States, but in all parts of the world. It was in 1904 while exploring the northern part of Africa, that Mr. Furlong discovered in Tripoli Harbor the wreck of the United States frigate Philadelphia; sunk there by Lieutenant Decateur just one hundred years before. In 1907 he transferred his explorations from Africa to South America. His scientific explorations during the next three years in Patagonia and Venezuela enabled him to make valuable collec- tions which he later gave to the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Peabody Museum of the University.

In 1912 Mr. Furlong turned his attention to the West of this country, where he visited several Indian tribes and a year later in 1914 won the world's rough-riding championship by riding the famous bucking bull, "Sharkey". That same year he crossed the Atlantic in a 22-ton schooner and proceeded to the north and west coasts of Africa where he explored many islands.

During the war Mr. Furlong served at first in the cavalry, but later was assigned to the military intelligence section. In addition to being an extensive contributor to magazines Mr. Furlong has won recognition as the author of several books on travel and adventure