Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-08
DIv|NE'S LECTURE
BARRED IN SCHOOL

Refusal Of the auditorium of the Ell
lott Street School for a lecture on the
Titanic disaster, which was scheduled
to be delivered by Rev. Henry r.. Rose,
pastor of the Church of the Redeemer,
Friday evening, has created no little
comment and embarrassment.
The request came in a formal way
from Principal Charles Grant Shaffer to
the building committee of the Board OF
Education. 1t was read at an unpsycho-
logical msment, as the committee had
Just protested against the large NUM-
Der of requests from the various schools
for the use OF school rooms for enter
tainment purposes. Nearly all the re-
quests we're granted, however, SOM of
them being with stipulations that the
prices charged be reduced,
In regard to the request of Principal
Sha ffer. Chairman Tomkins said that he
had had a telephone conversation with
DR.. Rose about the lecture and that the
pastor had Inserted that it was the
same one as that delivered ~ him at
his church Sunday night.
~ don't approve of IT. said Commits
| sioner James w. Taaffe. The disaster
is bad enough without demonstrating II
in this way. ! make no reference to MT.
Rose. but | do object to the exploitation
of This disaster. II would only be an en-
couragement to moving picture concerns
to grant this request.
When MIR. Rose was Informed of the
action Of the committee he said: II am
wholly innocent in this matter. Mrs.
Shaffer heard my lecture Sunday. She
suggested to her husband that 1t would be
a good feature for some exercises he in
tended holding at the school Friday and
agreed to deliver 1t. II puts both Of US
in a very embarra ssing position and only
because the committee is mlsinformed as
to the sort of talk | delivered.
II saw the Titanic being built, ! saw
her launched and l have seen ieeberg'
such as she encountered. l do not ex
plot the disaster. but try to teach a les
son of humanity from it by drawing 4
picture of heroism and bringing out the
true beauty of the subject.
"Incidental to my lecture | show stere
optican pictures of John and Mary, Christ
and Mary and Christ and John, typifyini
mother love and brotherhood, and en-
deavor to bring home TO my hearers the
manner in which these were shown IL
the destruction of the Titanic
'It is for the benefit of mankind L
derive from great calamlties the lessons
hey teach. II we can't instruct th'
people we have only a poor chance o
ever getting improvements in shipbuild
ing or anything else.
"At my lecture Sunday night betweei
500 and 600 persons were unable to gail
admittance. and of those who heard m
at least 400 were men. How an address
such as mine can be connected with TIL
possibility of fabricated pictures Of tn
wreck being shown l can't see.
Principal Morelock. of the Webste
Street School. gained permission for al
entertainment by the Jewell brothers
Principal Edwards. of the Alexande
Street School. may use the auditorium
for an exhibition of folk dancing on Ma,
"a: Secretary Easton. OF the Anti-Tuber
+ culosis Society. will be allowed to ar
range exhibits at the various schools. an
the assembly hall of the East Side Hig
/ School will BIZ the scene OF an entertain
: ment to be given by the schools ORA
matte club May "A.