The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-13
IRvINGTON ATHENAEUM.
DIR. Henry Van Dyke, OF Princeton, to
Appear Before liz.

The Irvington Athenaeum Is making ex-
tensive preparations this week for its first
meeting, which will be next Monday even
ing at it's hall in Butler College. For guest
of honor it will have DR.. Henry Van Dyke,
OF Princeton. who will talk on Tennyson.
Dr. Van Dyke is a graduate Of Princeton
and former pastor OF Brick Church. BROOK
lyn. At present he is professor of bellies
letters in Princeton University He is
famous as an authority on Tennyson IN
the United States He Is also author OF
two series of essays, entitled Little
Rivers" and 'Fisherman's Luck. They
are the most popular series OF nature
essays that have appeared during the last
decade. DR.. Van Dyke is especially capaple
TO speak on Tennyson on account or his
intimate friendship with the poet, having
spent several days with him at Aldworth
just before the poets death Dr. van
Dykes subject will be ''Tennyson," With
particular reference to his message to the
nineteenth century.
The Irvington Athenaeum is a new liter
airy club, formed especially by the pro-
fessors OF Butler College, but now number
ing nearly two hundred members including
both citizens of Irvington ar.e Indianapolis.
TX is similar to the Contemporary CLUB OF
indianapolis.
The object of the club is to bring before
it's members men distinguished as authors.
artists, statesmen, etc, and TO enable It's
members to come into personal and social
contact with those WlOnl lnSS may nave
learned TO know and admire in literature
There will be five meetings during the club
year. to be held in a hall especially fur
nished for that purpose In Butler Collese.
The hall fitted up for the Athenaeum is In
the Burgess Hall building. 1t is the old
library rooms, which have been combined
and formed into one large assembly room,
capable of seating from three 10 five hun
dred people. 1t is furnished with electric
lights and rostrum, on which the OF
fcers of the club, the speaker and several
Indiana authors, among them James W hit
comb Riley, will sit. On the evenings or
the meetings the entrance to the college
will be lighted by electric arc lights, and
carriages at reasonable rates will bring
the people out from the city. The hall Is
well furnished and comfortable. with con-
tiguous cloakrooms and kitchen. While
here Mr.. Van Dyke will be entertained by
several professors and an effort VIII
be made to have him favor the students
at chapel with short talk. The recep-
ton committee consists of Mr.. and Mrs.
Scot Butler, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Moores,
Mrs. Charles b. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Tibbott, Miss Carrie Howe and Mr.. Hugh
Miller
AT the second meeting of the club Thomas
Wentworth Higginson will be the guest of
honor. At the third meeting ex-Minister
DENLY will talk on China and the Philip
pines. An attempt is being made and with
prospect of success to secure +. Z. Dunno
(Mr Dooley) for one of the evenings. The
officers of the club are: President, Scot
Butler; vice president, Demarchus G.
Brown; second vice president Julia Gray
don Jameson; secretary, VIII ID. Howe;
treasurer, Frank L. Tibbott.