The Washington times., 1934-11-12

r o S 5 10 lily A'
that sophistication and being
old enough to know better is
disadvantage. Resulting &C
emulation of years and inhibi-
tions probably unbecoming. No
attempt, however, by young or
old at oratory. No waving OF
hands. Not a political thought
in the evening. No calling on
shades of Andrew Jackson and
Abraham Lincoln, Plutarch,
CULVER, Mark Twain, Louisa
M. Alcott, Robert Louis Steven
son are heroes of evening.
(Note-Newbery prize-a re-
ward for best children's book
Of year, :,
Definite conviction that all
state dinners and public ban
DUETS should be directed by
Mrs. Dorothy De Muth Watson,
faculty advisor of Wilson Col
lege who understands decora-
tive value and general adVan'
tage Of youth at festive boards
Don't misunderstood me. 1t
wasn't that the adult speakers
at the dinner weren't very
charming and clever. Nor that
the audience, most of whom
were teachers, born and trained
to responsiveness, were not
happy guests. 1t was just that
youth was triumphant
The first speech of the even
ing, that of Mr.. Herman H. B.
Never, former president of the
American Library Association,
and introduced by Hertzel Good
man, former president OF the
Torch Club, set the cheerful
note of the evening. Mr.. Meyer
who boosted of 10 years, said he
had lived through various eras
in children's books. He had be-
gun with "Goody Two-Shoes,
buried the lugubrious tracts OF
Hannah Moore in the backyard,
had reveled in the nobility OF
"Oliver Optic" And had seen
the school library forbidden to
children because it interfered
with their studies, develop into
a library eager for children'S
interest.
Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, who is
an authority on Indian lore,
was introduced by Anna Sakol-
sky. Mrs. Ickes praised the
"Waterless Mountain" the New
berry Prize book of Mrs. Laura
Adams Armer. The Minister OF
China, Mrs. Alfred Sao-Ke-Sze,
introduced by Mary Fletcher re-
viewed the stories of Mr.. Arthur
Bowie Chrisman and Mrs. Eliza
beth Foreman Lewis.
The Counselor of the Polish
Embassy, Mr.. Wladislaw Soko.
lowski, spoke delightfully."- OF
1.-THE Trumpter of Krakow,
written by Mr.. Eric P. Kelly.
Mr.. Joseph Auslander, who
writes exquisite poetry when he
isn't teaching at Columbia Uni
versity, was introduced to the
audience by Dorothy Dean and
made a model speech. He took
himself gaily. His subject, "The
Need of Poetry in the Machine
Age" he treated seriously and
dramatically. DR.. Higbie, prln-
cipal of the Wilson Teacher
College, concluded the talks.
Wilmer Bennett was tho gen
eral chairman of the evening.
He tactfully mentioned between
the courses, various guests OF
Importance, including DR.. STAN
wood Cobb. Mrs j. w. Crabtree,
Mrs. Richard Hogue, Mrs. Vtr-
ginia Faber Stevenson, DR.. Ida
B. Tall, Mrs. Emily Newell
Blair. Mrs. Eric P. Kelly, Mrs.
Edward Stafford Everybody
knows her as the "Snow Baby"
she was born when her father
was discovering the North
Pole). Mr.. Henry I. Quinn, Mrs.
Murray Kochka, Mrs. Mary
Vaux Walcott, Mrs. Edna N. Col
man, Dean William Carl Ruedl'
ger, DR.. Paul Bartsch, Mr.. Will
lam Tyler Page, DR.. Hayden
johnson, Mr.. Edwin Bateman
Morris, Mr.. Theodore w. Hall,
Mr.. Frank B. Steele and the Min
lister of Guatemala, Mr.. Adrian
Recinos.
Among the officers Of the
Torch Club who spoke were
the president. John Fletcher;
Kathleen Crowley, Anne Morri.
son and Elsie johnson.