The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-08-27
OratiOnS AD Index To What
People Are Thinking
Secretaries Of The Reddlnq
CIrcle;Are Announced
Other Notes Of Interest From
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The devotional exercises Friday
morning were conducted by Supt. J.
B. McGee of Jelloway
Miss Gertrude Fleming, accompan-
led by Miss Mildred Clements, sang
Forgotten"
Some Great Nations" was the
subject of Prof. Martzolff's address.
He said that much of the history of
a country can be learned by study
of the great oratons. Orations serve
as an index to what the people are
thinking, they represent the spirit of
the times. Many great orations have
greatly moulded public opinion.
| He divided the history of our coun.
try into five periods and told of the
great speeches that were made in
each period on the great questions
that were before the people at that
time. During the Revolutionary per-
iod were the speeches of James Otis,
John Adams. Patrick Henry, John
Dixon and John WitherspoOn. In the
Constitutional period were the
speeches Of Alexander Hamilton. Jas.
Madison and John Jay in support of
the Constitution and that of Patrick
Henry against 1t, The speech Of
Fisher Ames, the two inaugural ad-
dresses Of Thomas Jefferson and the
Webster-Hayne debate breathed the
spirit of the National period. During
the contest Of Henry Clay. John c..
Calhoun and the Lincoln. Douglass de.
bates. During the Civil war and Re.
construction period were Lincoln's In.
augural address and Henry W..
Grady's Grafton, the New South.
After the intermlssion Miss Mary
Ewing, accompanied by Miss Verna
Salisbury, sang two numbers. This
was followed by songs by Ohio Uni.
versity students. Prof. Martzolff is
a member of the faculty of Ohio Uni.
versity.
In DR., Green's lecture with
Holmes and Whittier" he told In a
very interesting way of a visit he had
made to each OF these poets In their
homes; how Dr. Holmes took them
to his study and talked to them in
a genial, cordial way;and of the Quak.
er poet In his home at Amesburg,
Mass.
Thursday Afternoon
At the beginning OF the afternoon
session Mr.. Huntsberger sang a solo
"Wanderings In Westminster Alb.
hey" was the subject of DR.. Green's
address. He took the teachers on an
imaginary trip through the Abbey,
pointing out the graves and memor.
ials OF England's illustrious dead. En-.
tering at the west door, the Abbey
being In the form of cross, the first
place to be seen Is Little Poets Cor.
ner; on past the burial places of Ben
Jonson. Livingston. Major Andre, Sir
lsnac Newton and Others then into
the north .ransept, called States.
mems Corner, where Wm. T.. Glad
stone Is buried; past the chapel of
Henry VII. whore Joseph Addison is
buried; finally into the south tran.
sept. the famous Poets Corner.
Prof. Martzolff then continued his
address begun at the morning session.
Some phases of the New Geog.
raphy." He had already discussed
the expressions OF nature and the In.
stitutional expressions OF man. He
now took up the discussion OF the
aesthetic expressions of man which
are tp literature. which includes le,
gend, poetry, oratory, drama, and fic.
tion, CD music, CD painting. (4)
sculpture and 90 architecture.
The study OF these expressions
alone would be called art. Geography
IL q combination of the expressions
of nature and man, 1t establishes the
relationship between man and his ell.
vironmcnt. showing how man Is af,
fected by his natural environment and
also how he conquers and utllzes Il
Cor himself
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