Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-03
NEW CENTURY CLUB.


Announcements for the coming week.
Monday . o. M. advanced German class.
. 40 p. M. hcrinnors German class; p.
m. hcginncf lrcnch Gloss.
Tuesday, 1880 o. M. Current Events
class.
Wednesday. 4 p. m. lecture hy Ramsey
Muir. M A., of Rallol College Oxford .
University England Subject. "lho /
Great Powers I'M Asia and the Pacific
Non-mcmhcrs admitted on payment Of |
so cents
Thursday, Ills a. m.. fencing class;
/ 2.30 p M. physical culture class
Saturday, III a. m, advanced French /
class.
The New-Century Chorus will omit the
+ rehearsal on next Monday evening. but
( will meet as usual for the remainder Of the
month.
The club has provided a valuable enter
tainment for its members and their friends
in the lcoturo by Ramsey Muir on We'd
nesi .ternoon. He is dean of the fac
ul ID. art and literature in the Univer-
| si,I of Liverpool, staff lecturer in history
and literature of the London Liverpool
and American Societies and principal lee
turer for the University Extension Society
I
ant one; he will deal with the rivalry of
Germany, France. England and the United
States ia the Pacific, the coming rivalry
of Japan, the Chinese question. and will
give an analysis of the broad features of
the world politics of today This lecture
is one of course of six on the rivalry Of
the great Powers
At the current events class Miss Robin
son told OF an educational meeting she
attended ia Philadelphia this week whore
the question OF moral training In schools
was discussed. Ono speaker said that
looking at the corruption that has reigned
in their city, at the officials who pocketed
the profits Of their dishonesty. and at the
public that condoned. or submitted to
this, and then. rejecting that generation
ago these men were school children and
that the children of today will in the
future be in positions Of trust, 10 seems
imperative that from somo source they
should have better moral training than
those have had who hold these positions
today The institutions that have thi.
duty in charge are the church tho State
the home and the school. But many o
the churches are occupied with their de-
nominational teaching the state is busy
with legislation. the homo cannot he n
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there is nothing available TO everybody
but the schools and we need better schoo
boards more teachers and better salaric
for those we have, so we may have thl
y best. In reply It was argued that thl
y school has the children but five hour
daily, and the home the rest Of the -, ma,
!. that until recently it was thought quit
J out of place for q teacher TO presume q
give moral training; IL would be out of thu
line of the teacher of mathematics, physi
ology, &c, for instance. But anothe
y thought that if the teacher could give M
definite moral lessons she could still hav
o moral influence, could select good read
ing and have the children learn by hear
2 good poetry The churches might he'll
az by loaning their buildings through th
m week for kindergartens and playground
II as there would then be in every neighboI
N hood room for all Of the children TO b
kept off the streets.
Mrs. Wentz in q review Of the poem
ce Of Bliss Carmen said there is a hopeil
as outlook for a poetic renaissance. Althoug
nd we have no Tennyson, nor Browning "
some Of our minor poets are achievir
excellence and many have achieved grac
ful versifcation. Every month sees mol
than a dozen volumes of verse publishes
r. Among our minor poets Bliss Camt
lie shows many touches Of greatness, bl
ed prolixity is his besetting sin, or TO coin
90, word, "surplusage," as he has not q
nt- heart TO destroy anything he has write
ito But he has imagery and the swing OF b
ng lines suits the action OF the poems.
err Two songs we're acceptably sung :
Mrs. Griffith and Mrs. Huxley reviewt
N. the musical events Of the past mont
The report on home politics dealt wit
Tor the part women played in recent Phil
is delphia elections which resulted ia triumT
for the CITY nariY. These women hal