The farmer and mechanic., 1912-03-12
ITS VISION MUST BE BkoiDf1>Th

in tte closing Gavs Of January an or /
garization known as the NatcHaf IN 5
stit,lte Of Arts and Letters OF the +
I-nited states. the lines upon which I
il was formed being those Of the IN I
s;itute Of France, which IS composed
Of FIVE academies. those Of literature
science. philosophy, pictorial ana
plastic art and music. The Amerl-
can organization Of "Imn2ortals thus
far has only one academy, tn.tt q
Arts and Letters
The announcement Of the member
ship Of the American Academy shows
that there is a large vacancy to be
filed on its rolls Of membership, for
there is q sad omission Of the names
of Southern men. In fact one can
but be impressed that there appears
to have been sectional bias in
making up the membership, for the
names Of many men Of the South,
eminent in the field of arts and let
ters is missing This is not SO ap
parent when the list is scanned at
first. for on it are the names OF
Southern men. but they are Of South
ern men who have been in the pub
lie eye because Of their residence
North. In that section they have at
tracted the eye of the formers OF the
new academy. and the names Of men
Of the highest culture jnthe South do
not appear This section can furnish
! the names Of many men who are
eminent scholars, philosophers.
scientists, as we'll as many who oc
arts and letters The South has
| furnished to the world the names of
many men who stand pre-emnent in
the history of this country, for it is
q section. that has been, and that is,
prolific in the supply of men Of
| genius and of culture, and in this
day it has many who are fitted to take
position in academies Of any sort in
which "Immortals'' are to be aced.
| That these men have spent their
lives III the South should not be q
bar to recognition, even though they
have not been acclaimed in the great
centres Of the North.
he llSt OI the members OF the new
organization We're announced by Mi
Harrison S. Morris, president Of the
National Institute of Arts and Let
ters, commissioner general from the
United States to the recent art eX-
, hibition in Rome. In the list OF
names given appear those Of Cover
nor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey
exPresident Theodore Roosevelt, DR.
! ! Horace Howard Furness, the noted
> Sha kespearian scholar Charlie:
g Francis Adams, Of Lincoln, Mass.
Henry Adams, Of Boston; Henry NJ
Walton, Of New York, editor of Har
per's; W. G. Brownell, of New York
author and student of the classics
: John Burroughs, of West Park \
Y, the naturalist; Nicholas Murra,
. Butler Of New York publicist an,
= author; George W. Cable, Of North
ampton, Mass, author and forme
: newspaper man; Basil l.. Gildersleevt
- of Baltimore, editor. author and phi
e loloGist; Arthur Twining Hadley
!: president of Yale University: Williar
III Dean Howells of New York. autho
a and editorial contributor to Harper
IN Magazine; Henry James, the Isle {
II Wight author and editorial writer
re Robert Underwood Johnson Of Ne.
:. York. writer and editor: Henry Cabt
:" Lodge, of Massa husetts, editor al
IS thor, lecturer United States Senator
10 Thomas X. Lounsbury of New Havel
it Conn, author and professor at Yal,
Ne Abbot Lawrence Lowell. president
in Harvard. author and scholar: Hami
rs ton Wright Mable, Summit, y j.. a,
q thor and editor; Alfred T. Mahan,
no New York, rear admiral. L. S. y. tr
tred), author and editor; Brand
Matthews. of New York. author al
professor Of literature at Columb
University: John Muir, Of MARITIME
NV Cal, theologist, explorer, NATURAL.
. editor and author ThOs Nelson Pag