The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-05
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entertainer.
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The programme of full course for The
fourth summer meeting Of the University
Extension society is just out. 1t will be
held at the University of Pennsylvania.
and is the only summer gathering In
America intended specially for University
Extension students. The summer meeting
has been organized for three purposes, TO
enable busy men and women to transform
their summer vacation from q period of
Intellectual stagnation to period of quiet
ana vigorous growth. to promote the great
movement for popular education and So
cial reform known as University Eyten-
sion teaching: to provide special facilities
for instruction in science al other branch
eS 10 teachers OF public schools. With u
lew exceptions the courses of the summer
meeting do not pre- suppose any advanced
study ON the part OF tn" hearers. The scs
sion Of 1886 will open at y Il, IN. Monday.
july q, and viii continue for four weeks.
Depart m-nt \ includes sixty lectures on
various aspects of the Life and Thought
OF ancient Rome" These lectures will
he delivered by Professor Monroe Smith.
of Columbia college; the Rev Thomas j.
Shahau. of the Catholic University of
America; Professor Clement l.. Smith. OF
Harvard University. and Mr.. Dana q.
Munro, Professor Henry Gibbons and Pro
Tessor Alfred Gudemun. OF the University
Of Pennsylvania. Th-sp lectures will EN-
brace the Roman law in the ancient and
modern world. the literature. philosophy
and private life of the Romans and the
influence of Latin literature and Ian
guage on English. The relations of the
Roman emure and early Christianity Will
be dwelt upon both from a Catholic and
Protestant standpoint. Department Il
VIII consist of one course of twenty lee
lures ana two laboratory courses under
the direction of Professor Lightner Wit
mer. This department has psychology for
its ma jor subject. The modern problems
in psychology and Il clinical study of the
nervous system in relation to the mind.
Department embraces a course in mu.
sic which is entirely new to the summer
school. There are lectures on "HarmOAy'
by Professor Hugh A. Clarke. of the l'ni-
versity of Pennsylvania. and courses on
the pianoforte sonata, church music and
the opera are conducted by Thomas w.
Surette, of baltimore. In Department ID
lecture and laboratory courses will be
given on botany of field and garden. nat
ural products, the life history of insects.
fungous Diseases of plants. and on the
general principles of chemistry and the
chemistry of soils and foods. Lectures
will be given by Professor w. O. At
cooking of foods and the effects of cook
ing upon disestibility and nutritive value
Mrs. Potter made her appearance IN
New York Tuesday night as Juliet in
Shakes speare's Romeo and Juliet" Man
bard of Avon at "A cost of over $50 80.
spent mostly In luxurious stage furnish
ngs, and he has cast Mrs. Potter and
Mr.. Bellew for the two leading roles
For weeks they have been rehearsing
under Mr.. Days personal supervision and
the success which Mrs. Potter SEQ, ed
Tuesday night as Juliet is probably due
in some measure 20 his training. This is
what Vance Thompson says in the Com
mercial Advertiser of AIRS. Potter's Ju-
liet: "A charming production-no other
words quite so adequately describe the
''Romeo and Juliet presented at Days
theater last night by Mrs. Potter and Mr..
Bellew. Rarely, if ever, has this eXqui-
site duo of love been chanted by lovers so
young in appearance, so gracious in de
pertinent. Youth, all golden and advcn-
turous. fought for them. You would have
sworn that this Juliet was no more than
ld Think what Il marvellous Illusion was
here. We have been bred on matrouly
Juliess; indeed it has been assumed that
no woman could play Juliet until she was
too old to look the part: 1t has even been
pointed out with more truth that no wo-
man could play Juliet unless she had lain
sobbing al night al a. mans door. Mrs.
Potter's Juliet is jOyously girlish The
stage has rarely furnished a more win.
some figure. Her slim, small BODY her
nostalgia eyes. her disheveled. eloquent
hair-the picture was marvelously Vero-
nesc And i'm those scenes where the duo
of love ran lightly, warmly, sensuously.
her Juliet was very close TO ones ideal
1t had Italian fervors and a seduction
morbid perhaps, but very real. BUT Mrs
potters Juliet lacked innocence. There
was no suggestion of white and wonder
ing purity. Here was u Juliet. knowing
good and evil; il Juliet who had read Scho-
penhal,er and heard Tristan and Isolde
nay. more-a Juliet who had studied
Max NOrdau. ] do not quarrel with th's
Interpretation. quarrel with no interpre-
tation of Shakespeare. So much of the
play is archaic that it can be made real
| to modern audiences only by reading into
| ii the current emotions of the hour This
was evidently Mrs Potter's method. Thi"
carried across the Shakespearean canvas
II modeln-almost Japanese-Scheme Of
decoration. She lent To the love-scenes a
savant scnsuousness which was both now
and daring. The balcony scene was ad-
| mirably done. 1t slowed and shimmerci
with amorOus light. Equally picturesque
| though not so surely played. was the part
| ing in Juliei's chamber. When love went
| the way of tragedy the actress was not
| so capable. Here she could draw with
less certainty upon her fascinating per
| sonality. Nor was her art strong enough
| 10 make Gp for the deficiency"
If krOgh wins the pool contest with
Champion Clearwater. whom he plays at
Pittshurg on March ~. - and IL Scran-
| ton will see some championship pool as
De orc. the Cuban champion. has chal.
lenSsd The winner, and Grant Eby wants
| 10 play the winner OF the second match
should keosh win from Clearwater. as
| DE ORC come here 10 play him, and If lie
defeats DE ORC. the next match. which
will be with Ely. will lie played her"
| also. The game and its local champion
ar" both popular here and no doubt much
| interest Will attach to the coming games
| The annual inspection of the Wyom-
| ing seminary 10y the ministers appointed
| by the Wyoming conference was made
| Tuesday. The visiting inspectors ar
| rived his afternoon and are: phiiadel-
| pha coufcrence-Revs e. w. Green,
| George Gaul. e. NJ. Simpson. Rlvil Smith.
| Wyoming confercnce-itevS. j. T.. Bone
| Olmstead. =. q. Snowden and j. u. Sweet
| MesSrs. r. W. Bissel W. ". Corbin. W
\. May and &. u. Winter.-Wilkes-B Barre
| News Dealer.
Judges Woodward and Lynch have re-
| appointed Bernard Burgunder and r. VI.
| conniff prison commissioners of L,izern-
| county. The commissioners will meet in
| II few days for the purpose of appointing
| II warden. 1t is said that Warden John
| Boland. Il former resident of this city, will
| be re-apponted.
| John j. Lewis. jr. who at one time was
| coal inspector and also weighmaster on
| th. Wilkes Barre division for the Della
| ware and Hudson Coal company. but re-
| signed his position with the above conf
| pany 10 accept IA position as coal inspec-
| tor at the Laurel Run mines. has been
| promoted to the weighmastership for the
| New York. Susquehanna and Western
| Railroad company. and the above mines
| located at Parsons. The coal Is shipped
| over the Wilkes Barre and Eastern rail-
| road to New York city. MIR. Lewis takes
| I'D. Gustn's place. who lately resigned
| from the Laurel Run Coal company mines
as outside foreman.-W Wilkes-Barre Rec-
| nrd