The Washington herald., 1908-02-17
LECTURES ON SHAKESPEARE
DR.. Howard Griggs Opens Series in
Washington on Wednesday.
Proceeds VIII BE Given TO the Play
grounds AssociatiOn-HrrHId
as Great Teacher.

one OF the really great men on the
lecture platform. DR. Edward Howard
Griggs, Will deliver a course Of six lee
lures OF Shakespeare. beginning Wednes-
day evening at s O'Clock, and continuing
on successive Wednesday evenings until
the course Is completed
The lectures will be given in the Church
OF Our Father. Thirteenth and L streets
northwest. under the auspices ard for the
benefit OF the Washington Fairgrounds
Association.
DR.. Griggs appeared here last winter in
lectures on Great Moral Leaders"
course that attracted wide interest tn
cultivated circles. The cause 70 which
the proceeds Of the lectures viii be de-
voted affords good reason FOR a liberal
patronage. Tickets for the course and
seat reservations may be obtained al T.
Arthur Smiths. ifu r street northwest.
The course is in effect an Interpretation
Of Shakespeare The first in the series,
largely Introductory. discusses The hui
manity Of Shakespeare and the others
trace the development Of the poets art
and life through five selected plays.
-.
ethical awakening" The Merchant of
Venice" March T. 'The individual and
the state" Julius Caesar March II.
Facing the mystery" Hamlet" March
Is. The tragedy OF ambition, Mac
beth" and March .. The final attitude"
The Tempest"
Those who know DR. Griggs speak Of
him as a great teacher" II is,a thought
accurately descriptive Of the man anc his
work for he unites a broad ana deep
knowledge Of life with rare scholastic at
tainments. a liberal culture. an appracia-
ton Of what is best in life. and those arts
Of the pedagogUe and the platform orator
that cradle their pOssessOr TO impart their
message so that al who hear must un-
derstand
He is no mere entertainer. although his
lectures are Of engrossing interest. and
he appeals To the scholar and thinker. ac-
customed 10 ponder the great problems OF
existence, with an insistence as COMPEL
ing as that which he weavcs for the man
in the street Everywhere he has appeared
busy men and women have found time 20
attend his lectures. and they have gone
forth refreshed and invigorated by his
tolerant and uplifting philosophy.
II he is a profound idealist, insisting
self describes as the Unattainable. il is
no maUdlin idealism or sickly senti-
mentality 10 which he pins his faith He
has a hearty contempt for the shams and
artihcialities Of the dilettanti in life. as
well as in art. His message is sane.
virile. and robust.
That message finds vigorous expression
in the course of lectures on Shakespeare.
Men Of genius so astonish us he SAYS.
that they get placed apart from human
life, on pedestal. as unexplained mar
vels. descending from above. We need
TO recognize that genius springs from the
deep soil Of human life; that while talent
may mean exaggerated faculty. genius is
humanity raised TO higher plane OF ex-
preston. Men Of genius are more and
not less human than the rest OF us. and
the height Of their Interpretation Of life
is always measured by the depth Of their
living and appreciation Of common ex-
peTiences'