Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-29
VARIED SUBJECTS
DISCUSSED BY CLUB
Organization OF University Men
Hears Four Addresses On
Different Subjects
a POET OF FINGER-TIPs

Another interesting and yariad pro-
gram was presented by the University
club Of Annapolis. st its meeting p
Mcdowell Hall. ST. Johns college last
evening. President Horace J Fentorl
was chairman Of the meeting The
session began with short business
meeting and ended with an enjoyable
collation.
The first speaker was DR. John II.
Bonnell. OF the English department,
Naval academy. whose subject was.
"a Poet OF Finger Tips, The speak
er called attention to the different
classes Of poetic imagery, which. the
speaker said. were divided into those
based on appeals to the eye or ear and
those which were founded on an ape
peal TO the sense of touch. Robert
Browning. he said. was eminentiy the
poet OF the touch sense. putting his
ideas into terms much as the sculptor
would mould his statues.
DR.. Bonnell made liberal quotations
! from Browning and other poets, show
Ing how the latter would always bring
to his readers the feel of things. and
this, he said, was the key to much of
the meaning of HIS works. He traced
| IN the different poems of Browning, the
translation of ideas into touch impress
sions This quotation from Caliban
lillusrated the point made BY the
speaker
''Fiat on bis belly Ia the pits mucha
mire
With elbows wide, fists clenched to
prop hi schia,
And While he kicks both foet In the
cool slush.
And feels about bis spine small en-
things course,
Run in and out each arm and make
him laugh. &
France And Africa Meet
African Gods and French Culture
was ne subject discussed by Eugcie
r. Metour, of the department of Mod
ern Languages, Naval Academy. bring
Ing to the attention of his hearers tha
immense problem which France has
In the care and development Of such
large and diverse number Of pe0
pie Of another race,
Mr.. Metour stated that France had
about thirty -Hve million subjects ii
Africa Arabs. Morrocans people of
other races These people, hs said.
were devoted to their own religions
and customs, and the problem Of Civ
ing them religion or Of adopting
theirs to the northern civilization WAS
the great problem which France had
TO handle, He showed that only
long and gradual process could be ex-
pectad, but that France, Ia common
with the people Of the north n gsn-
eraI. could be expected 70 accomplish
results In the end.
4 Normal Military Policy
Major Hugh h Riley spoke on some
Elements oE 3 Permanent Military
Establishment. He discussed The
character of the military Orgenisa-
tion- which should be maintained by
tIiis nation when peace was establish
ed and there was no particular ap-
prehension oG war with any other
strong power. He expressed the opin-
ion that the sentiment Of this nation
was strongly against both universal
military service and training, aa tend
Ing too much to develop miiitariastlc
ideas and emphasize military service
above civic, and urged that th0se who
realized that 4 strong military eatab-
EIishment was still necessary, and
probably would be for long time,
should get together on the essential
points.
He pointed ont that we would need
substantial military organization for
long time. One Of the things which
Continued On paga Enmrl