The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-10-16
COURSE Of LECTURES
ARRANGED BY the BavIey school Al
umnf OF This city.

Arranged by the BnyIey school Al
umnf OF This CITY.
The BayIey Alumni of Morristown
is to be graduated upon having in
augurated it's series Of lectures and
entertainments for the winter season
by securing the talented services of
such an able scholar as the Reverend
Cornelius Clifford.
The reverend lecturer chose as his
subject John Oliver Hobbies and
the unusually large and cultured audi
ence which filed Bayley Hall to hear
him on last Tuesday evening, enjoyed
a literary feast of the highest merit.
The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Flynn in
troduced the speaker in his usual
courteous and dignifed manner
Father Clifford began his lecture by
drawing the distinction between an
authors personality and his works,
quoting from John Morley In proof Of
his assertion and showing that while
Mrs, Cragie was never what might be
called a popular writer she was yet i
personality in a generation which ac-
counts it distinction above godliness
to have one's self and one's achieve
ments enshrined in the spurious am
Der of each fresh edition Of = Who's
Who," and to profess not to know
this writer is inadvertently to char
acterize oneself as perspicaciously un-
read.
The lecturer was evidently not
aware that his own charming person
ality and marvellous intelligence had
captivated his audience as was proved
by its rapt attention while he un-
yelled the beauties OF each production
Of the recent author The speaker
dwelt upon The Gods, Some Mortals
and Lord Wickenhamn not because it
is by any means the best Of Mrs.
Craigie's performances, but because
G by the defects of it's architectonic
qualities it shows the sources of her
Inspiration and familiarizeS us with
the types She delights to create. 4
From The preface pfetixed to the Am-
bassador' he quoted: No two crea-
lures are precisely the same. There
may be schools of people just as there
are schools of thought, but TpyeS
the typical stage diplomatist, the
typical young girl, the typical widow,
the typical stage foreigner, the type,
in fact Of any SOrt-are not to be
found in Almighty Gods creation OF
mans society. They are nothing in
the world and there is no speculation
| in their eyes. ? The School for
Saints was next touched upon. In
this Mrs. Craigie proves herself TO be
not merely dramatic artist with a
prediction for the wonderfulnesS OF
temperament, but a religious artist as
we'll. In Robert Orange" the sequel
of School for Saints, he claimed the
artist shows her remarkable powers
at their best. 1t proves how sure and
delicate is her feeling for that most
| difficult of all things to reproduce
whether 10 a picture, play or a novel,
| the effect OF atmosphere and the Sug-
| geStiOn Of moral environment. The
| Herb Moon, The Flute OF Pan, Love
and the Soul Hunters, established
her right to some kind of recognition
at the hands of generation that
moves delightfully."- through the prob
lem-tortured world of Thomas Hardy,
George Meredith and Mrs. Humphry
Ward. The tribute paid to these
three writers convinced his listeners
that the lecturer was no less yersed
in the works and thoughts of these
authors than in the one he had chosen
| for the evening s entertainment. From
Aristotle TO Thomas AquinaS; from
Aquinas to Cardinal Newman, each
land all received his just need OF
praise, as the subject suggested
thoughts of these famous thinkers of
the past.
The unusual sweetness of Father
Clifford's voice, his. expression, man
ner, gesture and articulation were
sufficient to satisfy the seyerest critic
and the intelligent sympathy he in
stalled into the hearts OF his audi
ence, proved his ability as a lecturer.
Father Clifford is the author of In
troibov and "The Burden Of the
Time.n He is at present stationed at
the Church of the Assumption, in
M0rriSt0wn where he enjoys the es-
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