Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-08-11
Busy Days as Summer Ses-
sion Draws to Close - DR..
Bates Gives Interesting
Program, and Prof. Har-
rington also Entertains
the School

NllS OSllOOl
This has been Middleburv week at
the English school at Bread Loaf The
outstanding features of the program
have been the lecture by Prof. Kathar-
inc Lee Bates, of Wellesley, Monday
evening and the Caponsacchi mono
logue from the Ring and the Book"
given by DR.. Vernon c. HARRINGTON.
Wednesday evening
DR. Bates has referred to herself as
a loyal Middlebury woman" and she
has proved herself so. The grand
daughter of Rev Joshua Bates, D D..
who was president of Middlebury Col
lege from 1878 to lS39 Miss Bates was
given the honorary degree of Lit. D.
from Mlddlebury in 1914. Speaking on
the subject, Poetry, the most useful
thing in the world,' the DISTINGUISHED
author Of America, the Beautiful"
captivated the audience by the grace
and charm of her personality and the
astounding wealth of memorized poetry
with which she illustrated her thesis.
At supper Monday evening, the School
sang songs written in Miss Bates hon
or and presented her flowers in token
of the esteem in which she is held
Before Dr. Harrington, m1nologue
"wednesday evening, Mrs. Edward A.
Grossmann played piano solo appro-
PIRATE to the spirit of the evening DR..
Harrington gave the mOnolOgue, the
presentation OF which takes two hours.
from memory The costume, and the
excellent stage set arranged by Donal
OcnSlager instructor in stage design.
added to the effectiveness of the reci-
tai, but the dramatic power of Dr..
Harrnston's impersonati0n really made
the evening memorable among many
special events that Rave been enjoved
this summer. DR. HArringt)n's art was
so perfect that his own personality was
lost in that Of the characters he pre-
sented. When the recital was over, the
audience remained for several minutes
absolutely s.ent, overcome with emo
ton And So ~ le'- the hall, a tribute
which no other speaker at Bread Loaf
has received
Anothe. excellent program wa, the
Joint recital given Tuesday evening
" Miss Madeline Gayor, pianist, and
Hollis Cooley, baritone, of the Music
school, under the direction Of Dean
Minnie Hayden Both artists were well
'eccived and responded generously to
encoreS. Those who had heard the
'ouns people last year were enthusi-
lstic over the progress they had made
Il their art.
This week Professor Charles Baker
Wright first dean of the English
school, is giving series of lectures on
The Making Of a Library" con Read
ng Aloud and The Making Of Note
books the last lecture of the series
oming this afternoon
Last evening Reuben Peterson, Jr, a
prominent young New York writer,
ave brilliant lecture on Breaking
nto Print Mr.. Peterson is the last of
he special lecturers to come to Bread
.oaf this summer
The play presented last Friday even
1g Suppressed Desires was delight
ul, both in setting and acting. The
lst play Of the season, aria da Capo,'
v Edna Millay, will he presented on
tuesday evening. THIS evening the
tudentS Of the School are entertain
lg the faculty with a musical review,
'hich they call the Bread Loaf Follies
1922 The faculty have been pro-
lised that they will see themselves
5 Others see them.
The vesper service last Sunday was
| charge of DR.. Edward d. Coiins,
nd the speaker was Dean II. P Viii
amson de Visme of the French school.
lis address aroused much interest.
ean J Moreno Lacalle of the Spanish
'hool, was also a visitor at Bread
oaf Sunday.