The mirror., 1923-03-15


say, good speaker, or rather good
orator, is a bit of an actor, bit of a
poet, bit of writer; he is fashioner
of words; he is versatile; he slips from the
depths of seriousness and pathos to the
heights of humor with unbreakable
facility; playing upon the emotions of his
auditors; driving home the points of his
subject-matter. He is masterful When
the courage of conviction foods his being
he is genius itself. AT the apex of the
effusion his eyes will glow with that
strange CLEAN that must have lighted
Cicero's. Such is the power of expression
This is not an idle rhapsody on the
power of expression. 1t is, rather, crude
but sincere tribute to fellow member
who swayed, enthralled and held SPELL
bound the members of the Pierian Chau-
tauqua Circle at the regular biweekly
session held in the institutional school
room last Sunday.
1 find myself cropping for adequate
words to describe the unprecedented treat
afforded the Circle by the mastery effort
of Mr.. H. c. Fl.
His subject? What does it matter?
But for your information it had to do
with taxes. A commonplace subject it is
true; yet Mr.. H. c. H. made it a vital,
living, breathing thing. Pierian research
is indeed enriched by the discovery of
this brilliant mind, whose latent qualities
have been unearthed by flashes of per-
sonal reminiscence from time to time: but
which was established by his address last
Sunday.
President R. J.. T. opened the meeting
with the customary request for roll cali
and reading of the minutes.
These disclosed the absence of Mr.. P.
]. B. who was again indisposed, and the
addition of Mr.. A. J. c., the talented
xylophonist of the M. S. P. orchestra as
member The President commented SYM
pathetically on the absence of Mr.. P. J.
E.. and cordially welcomed Mr.. A. J. c.
Attendance twelve.
The minutes approved and signed the
President then took up business that had
been previously tabled as unfinished, and
with a few explanatory remarks, ap-
proved by the Circle, disposed of these
matters.
The following papers, were then read:
"Tax Dodgers" by Mr.. H. c. H.; can
Opinion" by the writer; and letter on
"Water Power" taken from the Congress
sional Record by Mr.. J. M. c. who is
preparing an essay on this subject for
future reading The scholarly attitude
and the indefatigable search for technical
knowledge has earned for Mr.. J. Nj. c.
the sobriquet of "The Book Worm," to
which the library staff headed by Vice
President F. T. P. will attest.
Distribution of books followed, at which
there was quite demand for "The
Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitz-
gerald and "Babbitt' by Sinclair Lewis;
growing out of the review (?) of these
books by the writer in his paper entitled
can Opinion"
Then the President discoursed on Henry
Ford and the St. Paul dam project and
touched on the feasibility of its use for
papers and essays, which may possibly be
arranged. In addition to this Mr.. J. NJ.
c. proposed that debate be held on the
recent agreement between the United
States and Great Britain for the funding
Of the British debt
MIR. H. c. H. then submitted the name
of a prospective member, which was ap-
proved and referred to the membership
committee on motion of the writer. Due
to the lack of time the Critics report was
held over for the next session.
All business being duly transacted mo-
ton was then made and seconded to ad-