The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-02-02

The annual lecture number Of the
Moorhead Woman's club programs,
enjoyed Friday afternoon by a large
number of the club members and
guests at the home of Mrs. r. A.
Weld, was featured by an unusual
treat, a program of War Poetry Civ
en- by DR.. Weld, president Of the
Moorhead Normal with musical
numbers by Mrs. o. ]. Hagen.
Two piano numbers by Mrs. Hagen
opened the program, and were
March, by Halvorsen, and BY the
Sea, by Schubert. At it's conclusion
she gave NoCturne, by Mendelssohn.
Following an Introductory state
ment, in which he brought out num-
erous facts Of interests about war
poetry that were new to many Of his
audience, DR.. Weld gave the follow
ing program Of readings:
-. Albert Edmund Trombly
The race Of men is like pen
dulum.
The Call ....... George Meredith
1t can not be declared we are
a nation.
A Song of America ...............
........ Robert Underwood Johnson
How comely is our motherland:
Mansoul ........... Rudyard Ktpling
A tinker out Of Bedford. va
grant oft in quod.
The Nation United Andee de Bussiere
Time was we fought in politics.
Son .............. Robert w. Service
He hurried away, young heart
The Aftermath OF oi.!. ?oyi Lord Rurchclere
Yes, he is gone. there is the
message.
Bobby's Thanksgiving .......
..,........... Dean Wegner Baillie
My mother roasted turkey.
A summer Sunday Afternoon ...
.................. Maurice Bouchor
A workman's brood one Sun
day afternoon.
The Man in the Trench ..........
''.,.......... James Bernard Fagan
Can you not hear me, young
man in the street.
The Soldier ..,....... Rupert Brooks
If I should die, think only this
The Dead ........... ~ Violet Gillespie
Dear love, they say thou art
Young and Old ....... Henry Allsopp
What makes the dale so strange,
The Revelation my dfa5i Rdbiert w, Service
The same old sprint in the
morning, boys.
An Old Woman-In War Time 80.
sio !. .oo :ii :; David Morton
one is 100 ola TO look upon
such days.
War ............... Eioise Robinson
Part II laugh to see them pray.
Part lI-There was a Virgin Mary |
made.
s Part IIITThe sun-waves hoated
Part Iv-My mother held me close
to her.
Part v-There were long, dust-gray
roads to run.
Part vI-we slept beneath bend
bed.
Covered Wide Range.
The war poems given covered a
wide range, presenting the senti-
nents Of many different classes af-
.ected by the world war, and were
most carefully chosen. Particularly
impressive was the closing selection,
War. In his preliminary address DR..
Weld defined literature as a study of
he spiritual life of the people who
produced it, and reiterated the state
nent often heard, that America has
10 real literature because no writer
las yet expressed national thought
The reason for this is, Of course,
he many races in America, which. no
natter how true they may be to Am
rica, are nevertheless kept apart by
acial distinctions and thought" In
Dr. Yields opinion it will be CEN 4
uries before there can be an Am
rican literature such as that of Eng
and, through which runs the unified
hought of nation. Speaking of the
var as affecting America, he averred
hat while we are at war in a physi-
al way, We are not at war from a
piritual point of view.
Nearly a hundred of the Moorhead
lub women and their guests were
resent at this affair.