Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-22
ROTARY MEETING
Rep. Harry Cochrane
Speaks Upon Art
Is Most interesting ana instructive
0iseourse-Lsr9e Attendance and
important Business Matters Acted
Upon

Augusta Ro-ar.aas were taF..e1
ait. most Interesting and ins-ruc-
TIE discourse Uooa TIE s1o.ect Il
AT a. ,he.- meeting Fr.dar eve..ng
Z. Ire Augusta House. t.e SPEAKER
be.ng Representative HAIR: Cpch-
rans ot Monmouth. ne versatile art
isl, musician. and p-od-ce- II TIE
vel, remembered "F-.-s. C-1sa6e''
NJ. Ccchraae Il MS -a.E ga.e man.
valuable Suggestions regarding Ire
judging II ar, and pointed o.. re
difference between ne az I tc-Iay
and u TIE I'D masters -..G = go=s
without saying tat MS discourse
was enjoyed by all in atcendanoe,
D-. ForTest = Tyson. pres zen: ~
,as c!Gt. pres .des1 and ,wo matters
81 business ~e-@ 'a.ea -. t.
cl4t adopted the resolution present
20 D. Paul l.. Sargent. l5..st engineer
u the State Highway commission.
fado-sirg ,hH Nat.ona. Highway
Commission in - eftorts % reTelop
and build AT organized. consistent
plan Of HIGHWAYS for -he United
States A. ,:e national meeting II
HIghwa: Commissioners .elc a.
Chicago NJ. Sargent mad represent
Cd the Augusta EotarE Club. The
otser matter Of business taken Up
last even.ng was the UNANIMOUS vote
Of theclub 10 adopt to- antn@r year
re Two Frenc!. orphans WON trey
lad adopted *ear ago
- the opening % Tie session Dr.
" :. Thompson read re report O.
ire Judges Of tie music! contest,
The other TWO Judges Icing Ha-rE
y. Whitman ana Fred g K..s:1an-
Dr.. Thompson arEnunced t.at lie
Judges md Gee.ded -ha- the prlzA.
suit II cI,,.es. snooid re av'arde1
Mr. ]. Francis MAJ Nich0l q re
Victory symphony Quartet ne
choice II Nj 3IacNichol beng made
in preference 70 tie pt.e- t-r"e
members Of tl.e quartet. Lewis 4
Burleigh. =, F. B.l71ea : ard d .
". Turner. and also William g
bunker. all II whom ren1erel veal
selections 1. Tie previous reetln--
Messrs- MacNic,.9l. Bunker and E.
n.er E Newbert participated II
debate in regard "a the ""arcine
az tie prize. buy tire sentiment
seemed 20 Be that the prize Should 20
20 NJ. MacNicisol. inusical director
Of the dub. And then Arthur y
SouIe. chairman os the entertain
.nent committee, awarded " Mr.
MacNichol the prize--a SUIT OF
clothes which would have been
,;2at squeeze for . boy II about !"
years.
Mr. MacEichol was equal 20 the
occasion and III short speech
sued with good fun. Thanked the
dub and expressed his appreciation
OF the gift which he valUe1 none
the less on account # its s.zA- AMI
the Eo;arians and theif guests
showed their appreciation II the en-
ter,ainnent committees program for
the evening by their laughter and
warm applause.
After the delicious Rotarian sip
per. the speaker. Represen lative
Cochrare. vas introduced. He stated
that according to John G. Van Dyke
of Princeton University it would
take a man six years Of constant ap-
plica,ion 70 learn to tell good pic
ture from bad picture. He pointed
out that the kind OF picture that is
the best seller" in the majority o.
the art stores. would not he carried in
stock at the Copley Square art store.
in an art center OF Boston. In answer
to the question why this situation
- 10 nj,
ture referred TO is pretty, but that is
saying all.
The speaker declared that John
RusEin was to blame. for he had said
that art is the crystalization of
beauty. and Ruskin has a great grip
on the people. Ruskin discovered
Turner. the champion Of beauty in
art. The question is" said the
speaker, IF art does not consist OF
beauty, Of what does it consist"
Il am often asked" he said. If
do not think modern art is more
artistic and beautiful than that OF
the cid masters" And this he an
swered by stating that the art OF the
old masters had an element which
does not enter into the art Of today
and that element was the soul To
day we stand for technique and
technique alone" he said: "bn; the
soul is ont there" And in conclusion
he declared that the soul OF the old
masters lifted art into higher level
than is the art Of today.
AZ the meeting the three new
members OF the club were intro
duced. they being Dwight L. Higgins
and Fred Nash of Augusta. and Rep
resentative Charles X. Tilden OF
Hal!owell A guest OF the evening
was Pvt Fordyce Tuell, csth In
fantry, LIST Division, who was seri-
ously wounded while in France and
is now on furlough at his home in
this city.
The Rotarians and their guests
were treated to cigars through the
courtesy of Harold Packard and
were presented with memento BIRTH
day books. compliments Of George ".
Merrill.