The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-29
DIR. SNYDER'S LECTURE.
Large Audience Hears DIR. Snyder on
Shakcspear ut Masonic Hall on
Tuesday Night.

DR.. Henry n. Snyder, president Of
Wofford College. DR.. Snyder's lecture
was listened to with great attention
and was decidedly treat to his
| audience.
DR.. snyder began his lecture by
saying that Prof. Edmunds had a
| reputation for always being on time
and as he was fifteen minutes late on
this occasion he thought that he
ought to make some explanation. He
! said that the lateness was due to the
fact that he could not get here any
sooner as his train was that much
late.
The lecture was complete in its
outline OF Shakespeare work al
though 1t did not go into details and
was replete with glimpses Of humor
here and there and there were pa
thetic touches that made it even
more interesting, DR.. Snyder first
took up the life Of the man, Shake
spear, and went through it, here and
there touching on all Of the salient
features that were known about him
but not dwelling on any Of them.
He said that he was always reminded
whenever anyone brought up the
! Baconian theory that the inventor of
1t died In mad house.
DR.. Snyder told Of how Shakespeare
had the practical instinct that be-
longs. hereditariy. to his race. He
was not only writer of plays, but
an actor. an owner in one theatre
and stockholdcr in several others
Everything that he handled made
money for him as he was a shrewd
business man and a good investor
though poor spender.
DIR. Snyder then went into a de-
tail Of the plans Of several plays to
show that all OF the works of this
master writer Of plays were on a NOR
al basis. He showed how the man
Shakespeare was one Of the most ver-
sat'le of men and how he got
his ideas for his plays out
of the things that were Of interest
and that were being talked about dur
ing his time. He took in everything
! that came to his mental view, and
! his view was greater that that Of
most other men. and transmitted -
/ from the dull lead TO gold lie show
, ell how all Of the characters We're as
distinct as night and day, each Of
then. having a personality different
! from everyone else.
DR.. Snyder showed that Shakespeare
was the greatest Of artists as a play
writer, for there was nothing any,
where to show that he had allowed
anything to prevent natures laws
from being played out as ordered by
nature.
DR.. Snyder showed how impartial
a writer Shakespear was by his not
letting his own instinct change the
inevitable results that naturally fol-
lowed their acts. He then went on to
! show how this impartiality was car
ried out In the plays Of Romeo ard
juliet and McBeth, and others.
| DR.. Snyder was applauded several
times during the course of his lee
| ture and was given a full round of
uy,a LII
an end. He was introduced by Prof.
>. III. Edmunds of the city schools.
After his lecture Prof. Edmunds sta,
ed how 1t was that DR.. Snyder had
come here. The ID. A. X. had asked
him to come here for this purpose
which DR.. Snyder had consented to
DO. AS soon as the Ladies' Literary
Society had found that DR.. Snyder
was coming. they had asked that he
also lecture to them on Shakespear.
AS there was no residence i'm town
sufficiently large to seat those that
/ desired to hear DR.. Snyder when he
mad consented to give the lecture Oh
Shakespear. the ladies OF the Eastern
Star had kindly consented to give up
/ their hall on that night so that it
could be used for the lecture.
DIR. Henry Snyder, President of
Womord college, Wednesday deliver
ed an address on "Citizenship" to the
pupils Of the high school. The lee.
ture was made at the request Of the
ID. n. r. belonging to the local chap
ter and was attentively listened to
by both the pupils Of the school and
the citizens from town who attended
/ the lecture.
pr. snyder laid stress upon the