New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-03-27
Progress, Woman:s Club Keynote,
Reports at Annual Meeting Prove

connection with nerve activity and re-
minded his hearers that psychology IL
science as yet In its infancy, and
that there Is a very large field for dis
coyery still open in connection with II
Guests of the club were present In un-
usually large numbers and attested by
their presence their interest In the
speaker and in his subject. During
the social hour which followed the
lecture, Theron Hart played delight
fully several piano numbers
"The meeting OF February IS was
very appropriately given over to a
Charles II. Brown. dean Of Yale d.
vinity school. No ono who heard DIR.
Brown can evcrsforget his clear, logi-
cal and impressive. delineation of
Lincoln's character which combined
four elements, combination of ideal
ism with practical bringing of things
to pass. his ability to comprehend
men of many extreme views, his power
Of holding himself close to the hearts
of the people, and yet guiding them
in the lines he wished them to take,
his political unselfishness and moral
integrity. Lincoln was rightly named
the Greatest Nah Of the Nineteenth
Century,
Those who listened to the Cur
rent Event Magazine of last season
were looking forward to special
treat on February 81. Owing to the
illness Of the editor, Mrs. ii. b.
IIp,o ocoo tho n, a ,o zjpo could not he
presented. We were, however, most
fortunate in our lecturer. DIR. Car
veth Wells, whose subject was My
Six Years in the Jungle of Malay
There was no uninteresting moment
from the beginning to the end of the
lecture and the personality of the
speaker added greatly to our enjoy
ment of the tales he had to unfold.
Dr. Wells, with three other engineers.
was commissioned by the British
government to make a survey Of a
railway through the Jungle of Malay
and his description of the animal and
plant life Of the jungle and of the
natives and their customs were In
tensely interesting. Some beautiful
garments woven and dyed by the ma
tives were displayed, and several
young women present were arrayed
in these costumes to illustrate the
Malayan mode of dress.
DR.. Richard Burton, who was to
have lectured on March 10, was i'll
and unable to speak to us, and his
many friends in New Britain were
greatly disappointed. Again, how
ever, due to the efforts of our presi-
dent, a most satisfactory substitute
was rovided-Professor Henry L.
Southwick, president of Emerson col
lege, Boston, whose subject was Pat
rick Henry. 1t is certain that many
of us had never known or else had
forgotten the interesting details of
the life of Americas foremost orator,
our chief remembrance of him being
those immortal words: Give me lib
erty or give me DEATH Professor
Southwick has made an exhaustive
study of the life of this brilliant man,
and was able to present the subject
to us in a remarkably pleasing man
ner. He dwelt upon the early years
of Patrick Henry, during which there
was not the slightest sign of great
ness to come-but rather the reverse.
His first case, tried with his own
father upon the bench, and with a
doubling audience composed of his
own townsmen was a complete sue
cess and from that time until his re-
tirement from public life he held the
and the esteem of all who
knew him. He was loyal American
citizen and through his personality
and his earnestness swayed the hearts
of men and influenced them to up.
hold the highest measures
The events of this club year may
be summed up as follows:
I'VE have held one reception, one
art exhibited, one dramatic afternoon,
one musicale and seven lectures on
widely varied topics.
80 much interest was shown in
the current event lectures given last
season by Miss Mary Taylor Blauvelt,
that the directors decided to repeat
such a course this year. Those who
attended these lectures were amply
repaid, for Miss Blauvelt makes
careful study of all the important
questions of the day and her explana-
tons are clear and concise.
Three of this years meetings have
been gifts to the club. We are in
debted to Mrs. w. c. Hungerford for
the musicale by the Mendelssohn
Trio and to Henry 7. Burr for his
lecture of January 2. The lecture on
March IS was given through the
courtesy of Mrs. John c. Loomis, Mrs
Charles r. Stanley, Miss Mary S.
and Mrs. Elbridge NJ.
I'VE also gratefully acknowledge
a gift of money from Mrs. Charles S. !
and Mrs. Elbridge M. !
I'VE also gratefully acknowledge |
a gift of money from Mrs. Charles S. |
Landers and another contribution for
the work of the social committee
from Mrs. Justus Traut.
The membership of tho club, in
GLIDING those who join with us today.
is 394. For the first time in several |
years there have been no deaths |
among our members.
The work of this increasingly |
large club could not be carried on
without its efficient committees and |
their reports. as always, are of much I
interest to us all. Mrs. l.. A. Moore, |
chairman of the civil committee, will |
give us an account of the varied ac-
Livities of that committee during the
past year.
Report of Civic Committee
THE civic committee of the Wom-
ms club consisting of the following I
Mrs. B. B. Bassette, chair
nan; Mrs. E. A. Moore, secretary;
Mrs II s parsons Mrs u NJ uo,, |