Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-19
INTEREST MARKS
INSTITUTE DAY
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marks. 4.
AS the theme is assigned me II
hears the definite article The Ana
shall first treat It from that view
point. but before shall have con-
Guided. will endeavor to substitute
Tho indefinite article An when
alone will allow a definite presenta-
ton OF literary examples.
AS opposed to what is terheu
criticism. which in its deeper essence
imnlies a true valuation Of any WORK
~ art Interpretation is defined py
our mutual friend Webster as an
exclamation OF that which is no'
clearly understandable or immediate
10 obvious. II means not so much
the yivisection OF an essay poem
or rounded sentence, as an eNposi-
ton OF the meaning, turning Oh VI
tho clear. keen light OF an intimate
understanding. a cleaving TO the
heating soul OF the writer's thoush''
81 have no knowledge OF inc
Methods pursued by any OF you III
the teaching OF literature. ! DO know
that the system followed by certain
~ our profound and erudite PROBES
sors in the higher universities Is one
we'll calculated to stifle the iirs'
n,ckering flame OF love for litera-
,,re IN the breast OF the youthiul
student. have heard these learned
men endeavor to lead the cropping
mind 10 the haloed shrine OF the
greatest singer OF all the centuries py
contrasting the proportional ana
nart,cipIal forms OF this and the
Avonian's time. when the woven
chain OF Shakespearean thousht
smouldered with encrusted gems
which only awaited skilful turning
10 flash ten thousand meanings from
ten thousand facets.
II the glorious privilege OF pilot
ing the youthful thought we're NINE
should make first endeavor 10
awaken the personal. the individual
viewpoint II would not be my i'm
mediate concern TO discover wha'
Samuel Johnson. or Matthew Arm
old or Brander Matthews thought
or might think OF story or song
would refrain at the outset IRON
obtruding my personal opinion Ano
would earnestly strive TO bring ou'
inst wha, Johnny Jones or SUSIE
Smith might think of the study
theme. =,
THAT accomplished, would ado
nv own impression, and as the no
rizon widened TO the student though
| would round out the understandings
with the valuations OF the creates
and most incisive critical minds o
the world OF letters.
| would lead 10 this deeper an'
fuller Interpretation BY two simp'
steps.
/. The Meaning.
. The Methods by which IL ]
conveyed
AS minister bases his disscours
upon a slender text, so may the III
erary Interpreter point out ser
mon as sweeping as these spaces, a
high as these vaulting heavens, a
deem as this prairie's heart. Litera
ture Is sown. thickly and richly, wit
what Tennyson characterizes
Jewels. five words long, that o
the stretched forefinger OF all Tim
sparkle forever
1t is ones first duty TO point on
the warm white light at the yer
hearts core OF the jewel, before e.
aiming the setting, or tracing IN
intricate carving OF the lapidary.
In this connection ! might oif'
as a striking example a phrase fro
one. whose work Is crystallizatio
of all that is best in modern though
Robert Browning.
"Tis looking downward makes OF
dizzy"
This phrase II not chosen for
beauty. though beauty Is not lackin
Not for melody or delicate trea
ment It is chosen for its she
strength. Here, by powerful su
Cestion, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WI ~
text for life Is given.
"Tis looking downward makes Of
dizzy
"A commonplace Yes. But
the suggestion. the eye OF the mil
looks down from the balcony
which Browning wrote or from sol
high parapet. down through I
pulsing clarity OF space upon 7
roof-tops. the factory smoke, a
the crawling sordlness OF the Tin
And as Il looks. the thought rec
and turns for relief up. up and
with the lark's swift wing. iowa
the aspiring sun. the rhyming spi
res. 10 the great white throne
Omnipotence. there 20 find glowi
exemplification OF Pippa's decla
ton that Gods IN His Heaven
81 have no apology 10 offer tina
have chosen for presentation
amples from the best in poet
Poetry. deem. the distilled essel
o, all the music, fragrance, beau
truth and holiness Of life. II Is In
the seed. the blade. tho leaf. the b
the flower and the ripened "
Despised. perhaps. in the day OF
making. Il nevertheless provides