Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-13
LEADER With
VISION IS NEED
Glenn Frank Pictures New
Renaissance in Lecture
at University
WILL GIVE SERIES
OF TEN TALKS
speeIal TO The Evening journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
NEWARK. Dec. 13-In a brilliant
lecture in Wolf Hall, University OF
Delaware last night on THE New
Renaissance" Glenn Frank, editor
Of The New Century Magazine and
noted author. took issue with some
of the modern writer's of the day
who are predicting that Western
civilization is headed towards a new
dark age.
MIR. Frank takes a more optimis-
tic view of the situation and pictured
Western civilization headed to-
| wards a new renaissance rather than
a new dark age. To bring this about
however, he warned there must be
an awakening in many respects and
new creative ideas found. In an in
teresting and brilliant way he ven
tured his guess of some of the Gre
ative ideas that win save the Yves
tern World from a new dark age.
| There must be found however, he
said in the next few years a leader
with vision enough to carry these
ideas into effect.
This was the second lecture that
Mr. Frank gave in Newark yester-
day, his first being to students of
both Delaware College and the Wo-
mems College of the University at
the College Hour yesterday morn
ing He is booked for a series Of
ten lectures altogether, two each
month for the next four months.
Four of them will be to the student
bodies and four free to the public
of evenings.
Dean +. Laurence Smith presided
last night and after explaining that
the lectures were under the aus
pieces of the University Press, intro
duced DR.. Joseph II. Odell, Direc-
Tor of the Service Citizens and also
connected with the University Press.
DIR. Odell said that some time ago
when a group interested in the Uni
versity considered what could be
done to be of the most value to the
institution, the University Press
was decided on as more useful and
distinctive than anything else that
could be done for II. He said when
he spoke to Mr.. p. S. DUPONT as
to who to get to give a series OF
lectures to be printed by the Uni
versity Press Mr.. duPont's reply
was characteristic. 1t was, get the
best man in the United States. The
man most in touch with modern
life"
DR.. oden explained that all ten
of Mr.. Franks lectures will boy
printed in book form by the Uni
verslty Press under the general
title, IAN American Looks at His
World" He then introduced MI
Frank.
Last summer Mr. Frank gave
lecture at the University of Della
ware summer school on THE New
Renaissance" He said in his open
ing remarks last night that he had
received a number of letters from
persons who heard him on that oc-
caslon requesting him on his return
to go a little further with the same
ideas that he brought out last sum
mer, which he did.
Are we in Western CIVILIZATION
headed towards new dark age OF a
now renaissance" he asked. lie
said that in the last five or six years
he had been impressed with the
great quantity of literature OF des-
pair. books with the idea that the
bottom is about to drop out Of Yves
tern Civilization and that we were
headed toward a new dark age. All
this literature OF despair. he said
was prompted by six fears as fol-
lows: biological fear, physiological f,
fear. economic fear. administrative b
fear, moral fear and philosophical ?
fear. I
The speaker said we should avoid s
reading this literature OF despair Il
and that unless we remove this fear, ..
Western Civilization will enter a new u
dark age. c.
Side by side. he said with the lit a
erature of despair there exists a o
literature OF hope. which is hardly
at this day. Pessimism b
ike politics, he said makes strange V
bed fellows. The literature OF des- 3
pair attracts the attention because
II its pesslmism while we have o
heard little OF the literature OF hope. o
Literature OF despair the speaker 7