Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-11-22
Miss Florence Minis Hears DR..
81! Stanley Ross Fisher at
Smith College.

Stanley Ross Fisher at
Smith College.
Dear Advertiser:
The Bible says there is time to
laugh and time to weep. It doesn't
fsay anything, as / remember, about
q time to act, but I suppose there is
lguch time.
On Sunday afternoon, / attended
tIhe Smith College vesper service, in
Ethe main auditorium, John Green
EHall. It is magnificent structure
with an enormous seating capacity.
E#here were many students present
sand some of the townspeople.
The speaker Of the occasion was
Dr. Stanley Ross Fisher, clergyman
Esf Wellesley. 1t was announced that
lhe would speak upon the subject of
Hhe "Henry Jewett Repertory Com
fpany. DR.. Fisher is a great friend of
1.-The company and an admirer of the
tpeculiar type Of intellectual playing
ethat they do.
tss Now had never known of cler-
Egyman taking his text from the Bi-
Eble and speaking on the theatre. This
Es a day of fast. growth, however, in
many ways, along the line of educa-
Zion, and politics, and religion, as
MEL.
# Religion itself doesn't grow. That
|is as solidN and unchangeable, the
principles of it, as God Himself. But
mans attitude toward it is improv-
ing, mans conception of it is broad
ening, mans adaptation Of it in his
daily life is slowly reforming the
world.
There are many more creeds than
there used to be, but that is not a bad
Sign. 1t shows that more people are
thinking, and religion is after all, a
thing ofsreason, for we are creatures
of reason, and therein is part, at
Eisast Of our divinity.
Some Of the Henry Jewett play
sers were present at the service and
doubtless at least half of that vast
gathering, perhaps all, had been
theatre sometims during the
i,preceding week.
To the pipe organ professional a
great choir Of college girls came in
singing hymn.
Two men walked upon the plat
form and I thought that one must be
the president of Smith College, the
other the clergyman. One was tall,
elegant looking person with scholar
ly face and scholarly bearing. / de-
cided that he was the president. The
other was kind looking elderly man
whom thought must be the clergy
man. That learned man in a great
black robe rose and started to speak,
and listened for a few minutes
waiting for him to introduce the 9TH
er man, but he didn't. | really was
quite satisfied, however, with the ad-
dress, so charming was the man and
so eloquent his words. He talked OF
many things and finally of Boston and
of the Henry Jewett Repertory Com
pany, which he said was the only
repertory company in this country
that was successful. This indeed was
the clergyman.
had lofty feeling about him as
though he were an independent
thinker, as though he might be one
of that admirable type who thinks
for himself, and thinks so clearly that
other men follow him instinctively.
1t is said of Alice Freeman Paln-
er, former president of Wellesley
College, that when she was offered
the high honor of the presidency OF
the institution, she drove out into the
country with her buggy and horse
and communed with herself. She
didn't go in and talk to gray haired
professors and ask them what they
would do, but she found the best ad-
vice in her own heart. So l felt
that this minister spoke from his
own personal convictions, not to be
different, or to be contrary, but to
praise the praiseworthy.
He said that on one occasion he
was invited to attend conference
of men who had big industrial prob