The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-24
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Saturday was day long to be re.
membered as we had with us the Bos-
tonian ladies' orchestra under the
leadership Of Belle Yeaton Renfrcw,
and lecture by Frank d. Cole, who
recently returned from "Over There
after serving in the front lines as a
Y. NJ. G. A. secretary The music fur
nished by the twenty-four ladies was
splendid and the program, which in.
cluded patriotic, classic and descrip.
tive numbers, was pleasantly varied
The address of the afternoon was re.
plete with first hand information of
conditions in France.
Sunday the music was furnished
both in the afternoon and evening by
the Williams jubilee singers. The
company is certainly Worlds pre-
mier combination Of colored artists"
The repertoire included patriotic Sc
lections and the old time negro melo-
dies such as Swing Low Sweet Char
lot" and Dem Ginning Bells which
are always so much enjoyed.
L. G. Jones, founder of the famous
Piney Woods school for negroes near
Bforton, Miss, and native of Iowa,
gave a most able lecture on Sunday
afternoon. He vouched for the loyalty
of the American negro in the great
present world struggle and says the
negro has never yet been accused of
being proGerman. Professor Jones
graduated with honors from the State
University of Iowa in 1907 and is rec.
Ognized as one of the great leaders of
his people. He says that some peo-
pie are just beginning to recognize the
difference between the educated and
uneducated negro and the crimes COM
mitteed by negroes are laid at the
door Of the race as whole instead
Of accusing the uneducated of the race
who may have committed the acts.
The school which Professor Jones rep
resents includes in its grounds over
one thousand acres and agricultural
and industrial pursuits of all kinds
are engaged in from five in the morn
ing until late in the evening of each
day. A part of the money which has
purchased the land and equipped the
school has been donated by Denison
men who have taken an interest in
this great work.
On Monday afternoon Frank Waller
Allen delivered an address entitled
Personality Plus" Mr.. Allen defined
Personality Plus" as the character
of community, firm, a nation made
Of units intelligently serving high
and common end. This was another
fine number, in fact that is the only
kind we have had. The music for
the prelude was furnished by the Mi
kado company. Their numbers were
rendered with artistic ability and thor
oughly appreciated. Monday evening
brought to US Ed Andewrs, the old
favorite, who is just as young on the
stage as he was thirty years ago. He
Is the champion laugh provoker of the
age and is ut least half of the great
Mikado company. The "Tit Willow"
song will never grow old as long as
Ed Andrews sings it and was alone
worth the price of season ticket. Ed
Andrews as Ko-Ko is beyond descrip-
ton. There were other real artists in
the caste too and the program was an
extreme satisfaction to the large audi
ence. We understand that the young
man playing the part of Nanky Pooh
is soon to leave the company to join
the United States army and it will in
deed be difficult matter to find an
other Japanese lover so altogether
charming. The, roles of the Chancel-
lor OF the Exchequer, etc., and Ka-
tasha were extremely we'll taken. Al
though the rain descended and beat
upon the tent, the audience would not
leave until after the entire caste unit
ing feature.
There was much local interest at
tached to the address given by Fl. A.
Nice onnaughey, owing to the fact that
he is brother of our townsman, DR..
r. O.. McConnaughey. He returned
from Russia the first of the year, af-
ter spending several years in the Y.
M. G. A. work. He stated that two
thirds of the people Of Russia have
been denied an education and are sus-
ceptible to evil influences. The Ger
man government found this fertile
field to spread their propaganda fav-
Orable to the German, cause. Mr.. Nc
Connaughey believes a majority Of
the Russian people are true to the
cause of the allies, but have been
cursed by poor leadership.
The entire afternoon session was
given over to Cyclone" Davis, the
big storm from Texas. Mr.. Davis
spoke on the world war and why we
are in it. He strikes from the shout
der and gives talk that all Ameri-
cans should be interested in. His lee
ture was not only forceful, it was con-
vincing. This man of the people Is a
unique character and he speaks a Ian
guage that all understand. While all
the lectures contained much informa-
ton concerning the world war and
were filled with patriotism, we believe
none gave us a better insight into the
subject in which we are so deeply in
terested than the one delivered by
Mr.. Davis.
At the Tuesday evening session the
intensely interesting comedy drama,
1T Pays to Advertise" was produced.
The many clever situations, amusing
dialogue and snap of the whole produc-
tion made it first class entertain
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