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|.DN ". R1asSA s0aw RsviSs . sesess
of LsrlWTssa
J. - % Ir..Irssss..y V.rss..y sx<essica Asa Mees. hsl
taken root in this country IL likely to re-
ceive additional impulse in Washington
from tho Efforts Qf the Rev. w. Hudson
Shaw. M. A.. Of Oxford. England. who is
nov in the city in that behalf DR. Shaw
is e ga79 l. 86r9e- Of university extension
lectures. and commenced his work yester-
day afternoon before a large and apts-
ciative audience at Met1erott Hall.
The university extension idea. has for its
object the dissemination Of higher forms OF
educa don and culture among the misses by
means OF lectures and literature.s from tho
Ereat universities. Of Europe apd America.
Df shaw IL from BafoI College Oxford.
and that institution Is one OF. he bosorei
parents Of the university extension idea.
Df: shawrs lectures. ,nt washinEt,rT will,
aeseHse Florehce from the thine Of, Dante
with stereopticon views. and. jtfdSfSte from
the one delivered yesterday, VIII be highly
interesttng- as well as instructive. The au-
aience which greeted the'lecturer yesterday
packed Metzefett He'll to the -doors. This
was the result OF the practice OF the free
trade theory, as was explained to the audi
ence. by,the sending out OF Q large number
.. OH nhvItauons. ~ 1t is hoped-that free trade"
VIII give way to reciprocity" from this
Time on and will be demonstrated by the
guests of yesterday buying season ticket.
" shaw was introduced to his audience
S Sy postmaster General Wilson. who takes
oeep Interest in university extension from
tne' fact OF having witnessed its practical
operation and the great benefits bestowed
tEereby on one Of his visits to England
MI WILSON heartily irdorsed DR.. Shaw's
EFFORTS and bespoke for him the hearty CO.
operation OF the people OF WaehinetoYf, In.
terested in edseat ton.
pr Shaw explained to the audience thar
nis reason for deveting SO much attention
70 the city Of Florence was the fact that
this little city had furnished 80 mach 70 the
world or genius. culture and Intellectual
lIosress. Florence was one OF the fifst
cities to emo rye from the darkness of the
.uioole ages and at a time when the rest OF
ignorance and brutality Florence was cal
oivating the intellectual, the artistic and the
eclentinc The Florence of the early CEN
LURES. OF Dante's time. was depicted by the
lecturer, and the old buildings and Old v,aSjs
were shown to the audience nv naans -
lantern slides Dante's .birthpface and the
nome OF his Beatrice were -shoNn toeetl,er
WIN some OF the old feuial stronghoids Iof
Guelphs. i '"e
Dante's spiritual devotion to -Beatfice was
Hseoursed upon by. DIR. Shaw, VINO .refltei
All theories that his love for Beatrice VA .
put an earthly passion. and maintained
that he ideafized his love with his noetIc
nature ana made OF Beatrice the symboI OF
All that Is most spiritual in man. The audi
ence were shown a picture OF Daate, taSsen
When hfs nature was soured by. the ten
Years panishment from Florence and living
Ipcn the bounty of eigb5ering princes.
Dante had many faults; he was austere and
naughty. but his soul was cana BILE OF har
noring the highest aspirations as his poet-
ical works indicate
completed. " -