Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-03-09
BATES COLLEGE
Work Of Athletic Association and
Notes Of College.

Lewiston. Me-, March S.-(Specian
Bates College Athletic Association held n
meeting, this noon, and approved n cir.
cular letter received from the Maine in
tercollegiate Baseball Association The
articles approved were: To autbor,,. ,ha
baseball manager to meet at tha erd -,
the DaseDaii season with the MANAGERS of
the other three colleges at WatareiIis ~
the call OF Colby; to arrange an iniercoi.
sia" ies s1aeo nfaStata 10 make arrangements
to determine definitely the Maine coiisre
championship at the end Of each seasnn. !.
ana 10 make necessary financial ARA npe
nen.s ioL .ne MAINE college games and
for the expenses OF the meetings Of NM
ayers. vi A'an-
Mr. Harry Leighton, who plays the mart
OF OtheIio IN the Othello company Thai
shakespeare from an Actors pnint or nf
Eiew. before 4 large and aDnrecjat;va
audience OF students in the Rates ch,nei
at o'clock F.: M. Mr.. Leighton's mag
easy flow of English were eeneraiim o.,,,' irnu
mented on by the students The iectura
was by far the best that has been de-
livered al Bates, this year 'eeh ue-
Mr. Leighton said in part.
Il have often been accused of ,i,,;,a
these lectures purely for advertising anS
TINS IS true; Tor Just as long as / can au-
xertise a;a,te the the National Art Theatre Asso-
and love OF Shakespeare l am hannv
The speaker then outlined the work of
the National Art Theatre Association
wmch e,anas,! ne saaa nad already a tattering
membership and whose province ii was to
encourage real artistic literary talent H..
hoped the time would soon come yhan
the first art theatre might be built and
the first art performance inaupura ted
that the American stage might receive y
more artistic tone. and American a,di.
ences' be educated to a higher apprecia-
tion of the true dramatic art.
THE stage does not need eleyatine ~
said Mr.. Leighton, and he then told of
the very close relation of the stage ana
church brought about by the great move
ment. The Church Alliance. the aim of
which was to bring the American actors
and actresses within the pale OF the
church. THE church owes much to the
stage said the speaker, because as DR.
Bently of New York. says. without the
church you would become savages and
without the theatre lunatics' You may
take your choice; but to provide pure
amusement is something divine. and sat
isfies craving which the American peo-
pie have
BY a def and bright apology to the
students Mr.. Leighton approached the life
and works of Shakespeare. He pointed
the great poets life owing to the chaos
of the times. and the surprising number
of Shakespeares ard especially William
lShakespeares in the Elizabethan period.
SNdktSpSdIe unuOuDteuly ndu Il SOOO
education said the lecturer. because
his plays show a good understanding of
Latin, Greek and particularly French"
Mr.. Leighton regarded as spurious the
claims of some that Bacon and others
| were the authors of any of the plays as
cribed to Shakespeare, and moreover Mr.
Leighton regarded Shakespeare as a man
| who. as he put it, has lived, and will
live"
''Shakespeare's vices are excused rcadi-
| ly by the corruption of the times, and
even though he were as corrupt as some
| writer's try to make him, he would be
still dear to us because of his cOnsum-
mate art" the speaker declared.
The applause was SO enthusiastic after
the lecture that Mr.. Leighton came to the
pla tform and told many interesting anec-
dotes OF his travels. He was loudly
| cheered by the student body as he en-
tered his carriage and left the campus.