The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-29
DOINGS BROWN
Prof. Po|and's Lecture Import
ant Meeting OF Senior Glass.

A large audience gathered in sayles
hall last evening TO hear Professor Will
liam Carey Poland give his second lee
ture on the nne arts. The subject for the
evening was Architecture Of the En-
tablsture" and the views which were
thrown on the canvas we're instructive
and interesting To all lovers OF art.
The structure under discussion was
shown 10 be the simplest natural method
of building. In IL the thrust IN directly
downward instead OF downward and out
ward. All the framework is entirely OF
wood, but later gives way 10 stone. Ar
chitscture Is the art OF building In a
beautiful manner 40 az 10 attract the
eye. After time there Is tendency
Of constructive forms To become decora-
tive There Is n distinction between mere
sdornment and decoration which IL well
understood by the true artist. A decora-
tion may not OF necessity be an adorn-
ment.
There are many elements OF effect I'm
architecture such ss masses, lines, light
and shade. texture. color. etc The ming
ling and blending OF these effects Is what
goes To make successful structure
architecturally. Truth Of construction T.
absolutely essential TO genuine architec-
tural beauty. A structure should not lie
In it's architecture.
The entablsture was used by the Egyp-
tians. Greeks ana Romans The style OF
columns differ In several instances and
the name orders Is applied to the diff
ferent types.
The Greek orders are known as the
Doric Tonic and CoripthiAn. given I'm the
order of their development. Later orders
came in and are known as the Tuscan
and Composite.
Architecture suffered relsp pse after
Greek predominance and never. since
those early times, has the simple. beauti-
ful style OF column been equaled
In the architecture OF the early Chris
tisn. Byzantine and Medieval times we
see prevalence OF taulted architectural
forms, The Renaissance brought about a
revival OF classical styles in a free way
After chapel yesterday morning the
seniors held a class meeting at which the
class day committee urged the imme-
diate payment ~ the frst instsllment OF
the tax The announcement was also
made that measurements would ne taken
for caps and gowns on Wednesday and
Saturday of this week and on the Same
days next week
Three new sets Of duck pins have been
and are expected 10 put In an appearance
before the next scheduled game
The Andover and Exeter men in college
are considering the plan ~ forming an
organization tn be known as the Phillips
eiub and intend TO he represented In the
The plans FOR debate with the Un-
verslty OF PENNSYLVANIA have fallen
,nronsnt ,rr nss & sn, neso,s'ions .s Mn Harys.a
- secured there will be three varsity
teams chosen. as contests with, Syracuse
and Dartmouth are already assured.
there will be an address on general
president OF the Y. NJ. e. 4. international
The ve.per services tomorrow afternoon
N sayies hall win be conducted by Rev.
=. Parker Goldman, u. -.
dents towards the endowment fund Of
" 600 for the new building is now s5nll.
This r. all the more encouraging I'm that
only about one-third or the entire stu
dent body have been approached To
quote exactly. 2ai Students have thus far
made pledges The seniors have donee
each. In all have pledged 500; rs have
pledged $50 and IS have pledged s2b. From
these figures II would appear that $4,000
may be raised by the students them
selves. which will greatly facilitate the
iahors Of the Graduats committed
The students were addressed az chapel
r..
OF the clsss OF "a. IA said in part. For
tunats Is that man who has been able TO
spend four years or his life within the
walls OF college, and stlll more fortu-
nate Is that man II he IL able to live his
after life in college town. There is a
cNrtain college spirit which he feels. al
though this may he changed almost to
envy I'm the course Of time. Imagine q
graduate of ~ years ago comparing the
number of the faculty At his time. which
was about l5. with the present corps OF
nearly 20. The catalogue. too. in his days
used 10 number pages while the pres
ent curriculum demands IS pages But
on the other hand. the normal college
life or today IL \ strenuous search for
learning, instead Of the traditional - IN
Of COLLEGIATE existence. There is lack
OF acquaintance with literature which
should BE- remedied. The student who
has not read Tsnnyson. Keats Ruskin
aud Burke cannot fully enjoy life. The
departments Of English in our college are
irving TO bring tho Importance of litera-
ture 10 the front. especially that depart
rient in Brown university Every stu
dent should read carefully and not too
widely Literature is part az the life