The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-10-13
THE FORTNIGHTLY WILL
OPEN SEASON SATURDAY
Plans for the Years Work to Be Car.
rled out--Wll Start With
Choice Musicale,


The first meeting of the Fortnight
ly will be held in the chapel of the
Congregational church Saturday, Oc.
tober 16, at $3.50 p, IN.
A musicale will be given on that
afternoon by Miss Florence Nc
Donough and G. Bertrand Race OF AL.
bany. Miss McDonough is pupil OF
Sergei Klibansky. The Musical
Courier describes her voice as of
great beauty and deep expressive.
ness or Mr.. Race il says he sings
with style and distinct enunciation
and has voice OF much power
DIR. Albert Sidney Bolles, for sew
eral years summer resident of Ben
nington will address the Fortnghtly
on October thirteth DR.. Bolles was
fer twenty-five years professor Of law
and banking at Hayerford college and
is the author OF many books upon the
subjects OF Law, Banking, Finance
and Mining Additions. These are all
technical works unknown to the lay
pubic but his History of Pennsylyan.
Ia is fer the general reader In the
course of preparing this work Dr.
Bolles collected large amount OF
data concerning William Penn--with-
out doubt the strongest figure in our
Colonial history. To most OF us
William Penn is a familiar, yet as
fiat and unreal as the picture on the
Quaker Oats package. Then let us
avail ourselves OF this valuable Cp-
portunity and allow DR.. .Bolles to tell
us these interesting facts which will
make William Penn a living reality
to us all.
On November 13, William Alwyn
Bentley, artist and scientist, will give
an illustrated lecture on water FORMS
snow crystals. frost, dew clouds. etc.
His pictures are OF exquisite beauty.
He is the world authority on snow
crystals. knowing mere about them
than any ether living person. very
complete article on Mr. Bentley and
his work may be found in the New
York Sunday Tribune Of Sept 26,
which is on file at the library
Boys and girls from Bennington
county will give demonstration on
November q OF the work of the
Rural Community clubs.
On December II the Landing Of
the Pilgrims will be ommemorated
by an interesting but not too long
program followed by a costume tea
Friends OF Charles Bennett and all
music lovers viii be glad to know
that he is to be heard here in a Song
Recital on January /.
Prof. h. l.. Smith. a very forceful
speaker with a strong sense CT hut
NOR, win address the club on Prob
lens of American Citizenship. Prof.
Smith comes from Massachusetts.
Last summer Miss Laura A. Rogers
spent two months on Caney Creek.
She will tell a wonderful story of the
mountain folk Of this region
The committee On Literature pre-.
sents Prof Frederick Tupper who is
head Of the Department OF English at
the University of Vermont DR., Tup-
per is a man of magnetic personality,
a distinguished speaker and con.
tributor OF frequent and timely ar
tices to The Review and the Nation.
Dr. Upper VIII speak on Phases OF
Recent Fiction.
Mrs. Arthur Elliot can talk on any
subject and be interesting Her long
acquaintance with the stage and its
people will ensure an interesting af-
ternoon devoted to Actors and Act.
ing A True Talk
On April 2 the year will close with
the annual play and election of of.
hcers.