Evening star., 1933-02-23
15O GIVEN DEGREES
AT c. ": EXERCISES
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pr. Henry Seidef Candy De-
Iivers Address at Midyear
COnvocation.

John Galsworthy, as novelist, wss
superior to "cleverer" Arnold Bennett
and George Bernard Shaw, and tc
more worldly and more widely expert-
enced" H G. Wells and Sinclair Lewis
DR., Henry Seidel Candy literary critic
declared at George Washington Univer-
sitys midyear convocation last night IN
The exercises as which Dr. Candy
rated the eminent British author in the
field of English-language writers saw
the comforting of $50 degrees in the
various schools and departments OF the
university.
John Galsworthy, declared DR.. Candy,
Who is editor of the Saturday Literary
Review and who was personal frlend
of the author, who died recently, was
"a creator of passages Whlch only
consummate artist could write.
"He was the superior, as novelist,
To far cleverer men such as Arnold
Rennett and George Bernard Shaw, and
to more worldly men and more Wloefy
experienced men such as H. G. Wells
and Sinclair Lewis" DR.. Candy SAID.
Continuing, he declared:
Symbol of Generations.
"This superiority sprang from Gals
vorthy's undertaking pursuit.. through
the elaborate process of character oullo-
ing. of the rich results OF tadltlon, un-
til Soar1les Forsyte (hiS famous charac-
teri, eccentric and individuallst that ne
is. becomes the symbol Of whole shadoWy
generations of the English middle class. !.
Galsworthy's magnitude as a writer,
DR.. Canby said, lay in his possession OF
that insight which is given to some
one in every generation. and which, II
used. explains us to ourselves. TnuS,
the critic observed, he compares with
the classic writers of ancient Greece
"You see in him, often through CLOUDS
of words. what the Greeks saw in Soph-
ocles. the moral meaning of a genera
ton. for both Galsworthy and Soph-
ocles are concerned with fundamental
morality"
AS a man, DR.. Seidel declared. John
Galsworthy was gentleman-one
thought of that first always with Gals
worthy--sensitive, a little hesitant, but
with rushes of strong feeling. He had
the unshakable dignity of man sure
of his breeding, who respects the rights
of others and gets respect himself"
Leaving Galsworthy in his conclusion
to consider the writer's creature, For
syte," DR.. Candy declared that "Forsyte
and his prototypes in America" were
patriots whose passing Is loss to the
Nation
Skeptical Of Patriots.
"Are there any patriots left" DR.
Candy asked, ''in our sectional blocs?
Among our tariff mongers? In our
local Interests? Among the veterans?
In Congress? Undoubtedly, but it has
been months since we have heard from
them. lone grows skeptical. Is there
any character IN our new society to
take the place of the. old character Of
individhalism? Is the humanitarianism
which the last generation suppressed in
business and exuded upon foundations
she ae sros a1sSs1Sis NH 9 %Rs df WA W a2x s @ Sast
hand and gave with the left are gone?
els the beauty which they, like
Soames, forced out with their lives, and
then sought, like fugitives, in pictures,
and bronZes, and opera, and Tudor
Gothic, where it took the form of prop
erty, dealt with more fntelhgently? Are
we any more honest with beauty to-
day? Isfreligion? Is love2. q 2
'NThis Is what an American thinks,
what he must think, as he reads Gals
worthy, seeing in the special. English
problem a reflection Of rs Owl z And
we understand the. gnrt sadhSss Of
Soames Forsyte at his .1ife's efId,aself-
critical, skeptical of the-fusure; and we
realize, as Galsworthy the tdealist was
forced to realize, that life is a series
OF defeats and compensations, of values
frustrated to the peril of the race, or
character that may emerge as a result
Of Illustration
The convocation program was pre-
ceded by an organ recital by John Rus
sell Mason The invocation was said
by Rev. Dr.. J. Harvey Dunham. Fol-
lowing DR.. Canby.s address on Gals
worthy, DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, presi-
dent Of the university, delivered his
charge to the graduates.
In his charge, DR.. Marvin declared
that technical training is not enough
to satisfy the needs of the present era.
Mere technical training" he said,
gives a man knack, a. specific feel
ing about an operation, land allocates
him to type of discipline, when what
Is needed is the freedom to seek life's
adventures" Pointing out that it has
been contended that leisure will afford
the means to this end, Dr. Marvin
warned that leisure will be of worth
only to those who know how to use 1t
since it may. as well be the way to
mans destruction as to his elevation
Concluding, DR.. Marvin told the
graduates:
'Aghast before the rapidly changing
social system, let thankfulness replace
bewilderment in your hearts, for the
new order belongs to him who, having
tried himself against the spiritual dis
ciplines of life, stands eager-eyed and