Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-04
BARD OF AVON
GETS HOT ROAST
FROM LECTURER
Brown Of Mississippi Says
Shakespeare Wrote Lot of
Trash; White Praises Santa
Fe as Educational Center,
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topteisL DISPATCH TO noHs'se jouRsAll
Santa Re, Aug. Santa Fee In the
educational center of New Mexico"
/ declared Superintendent of Public In
strnction Alvan n. White this fore
noon at the opening Of the summer
school of the New Mexico Institute OF
/ Science and Education. 1T has more
institutions of learning. by far. than
any other town in the state and is
( therefore the logical center for a SUM-
( mer school, such as this is contcmplat.
ed To be-
/ Mr. White told Of the aims. ideals
ana scope of the summer school and
predicted It's success He sci forth the
achievements In public education In
the state and pledged the support and
cooperation of the department OF ed
ucatiun TO the summer school. He
dwelt upon the Incompatible climate
OF Santa ZEE. its historic and scenic SET
ting and CLOSED by extending hearty
welcome to all the world TO come and
enjoy Santa Fe.
The Worlds Literature.
There is no man of as great genius
who has written so much trash as
Shakespeare. declared DR.. Calvin s..
Brown Of the University of Mississippi
In his opening lecture on comparative
literature.
The speaker presented a survey Of
the literaiures of the world, drawing
accurately the distinction between the
study Of language and literature, al
though he agreed with the philosopher
who said that the man with two
tongues has two souls. In fact, he
declared one does not fully under.
stand the great writer's of other cOun-
tries unless one visits those countries
and knows their language, yet that
should NOT deter any one from seeking
20 get In touch with the authors Of
all lands and ages. Beware of the
man Of one book" for he is bound to
be narrow and bigotel
DR. Brown then gave a charming
survey Of the literature of the world
from Homer down to the modern
newspaper which he declared is often
too big and too wasteful of the read
ers time. He spoke and quoted from
the literature of Japan and India,
Greece and Rome, Germany and
France, Spain and Italy, Dante, Pc
trarch, Cervantes. who with Don
QuiXote laughed feudalism out OF ex-
i1i'Hfts ilOllbiB NiiEiis AAViot'f wv"
the, Schiller, Radicals, Corneille Con-
fucius. Omar Kayyham. the incom-
parable Shakespeare, all passed swift
ly in review, with quotation or bon
mot from each or phrase that sum-
med up the characteristics of each.
The speaker traced the intimate re-
lation of literature to the soil. climate
ana environment of the writer's and
"a 90 TOD h. la
philosophy and point of view of each
nation
Scholarly Lecture by Asplund.
II was a helpful, broadening lee
ture that prepared for the disserta-
tons TO come, lecture ON the Great
Epics OF the World,n on Wednesday;
the Great Drama" on Thursday. and
the Great Lyrics on Friday with a
summing up on Saturday. this in ad-
dition to two illustrated evening lee
lures.
Rupert +. Asplund of the depart
ment of education gave scholarly
lecture on the Modern Viewpoint of
Education proving that while II
clings to the ideals of other days 1t
has expanded along practical and so
Geological lines. He emphasized the
TWO view pOlntS lfbHl NiitH tuuNhtloi
must be viewed, the indivdualistic
and the community standpoint. He
outlined the educational system of
New Mexico very distinctly and denf-
onstrated that its aims and ideals con-
form with those Of the most advanced
thinkers in educational lines. Ills
address was loudly applauded.
Corn Dance Tomorrow.
Tomorrow the summer school will
go on n special train TO Santo Domin-
go to witness the corn dance. Dir. Ed
gar l.. Hewett will there explain the
Significance of the ceremonial ON
Wednesday forenoon, at 8 o'clock, Sec
rotary of State Antonio Lucero will
give his lecture on early school days
in New Mexico, scholarly talk re-
plete with wit, humor, pathos and ro-
nance that ought to crowd the as
sembly room with an appreciatlve au-
dience
At ten o'clock. DR.. Edgar l.. lewett
will begin his course of lectures on
American Archaeology, which VIII
give the students a survey OF the
field AT eleven o'clock DR.. Brown
will deliver his lecture on the Great
Epics of All Nations and Times. In
the evening at $50 he will give ms
illustrated lecture on the Master
pieces of Architecture" splendid
musical program will be included In
the exercises.
This morning, thirty more students
registered, many of them coming from
quite distance, in fact, some of them
all the way across the continent.