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...Poet." Professor Santayana is especially fitted to speak on this subject as, besides being a well-known philosopher, he has written several books of verse, among which are: "Sonnets and Other Verses," "The Hermit of Carmel and Other Poems," and the drama "Lucifer." He is also the author of "Sense of Beauty" and "Poetry and Religion." The lecture will be open to the public...
This evening at 8 o'clock, in Sever 11, Mr. Copeland will give the third lecture in the series on English Essayists. The subject will be William Hazlitt, author of "Actors and Acting," "The Indian Jugglers," "The Fight," "On Going a Journey," "On the Look of a Gentleman," "The English Novelists," "Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen," and other essays on men, society, and books...
...importance to any one who would rightly understand and appreciate art--that is, the exact nature and meaning of "a work of art." He explains with clearness and insight that in all its manifestations art is one, in its great purpose of revealing new beauty or deeper harmony. The author successfully attempts to reduce the supposed mysteries of art discussion to the basis of everyday intelligence. The book, written as it is in a pleasantly, simple fashion, free from "the jargon of the schools," should prove of great interest to the college...
...opera, "Prince Punjab," have been in progress for over six weeks, and it now seems certain that by Graduates' Night, a week from Friday, the Society will have perfected on of the best plays it has yet produced. The book and lyrics are by P. L. Coonley '03, the author of "Queen Philippine," the play given last year. The plot, which is laid in India, has many ingenious situations for which the peculiar superstitions of that country in regard to the preservation of the idols of Buddha give foundation. The music by A. w. Denison '03, has the spirit...
...Veilchenfresser" is a military play in three acts. Gustav von Moser, the author, is one of the leading comedy dramatists in Germany and has produced, in a period of less than fifty years, nearly a hundred plays, several of which have been translated into English. "Der Veilchenfresser" is an excellent example of his military plays. The atmosphere is essentially Prussian, and many points indicative of military traits and foibles are subtly introduced. The general motive of the play is to show that in spite of their apparent frivolity, German officers are capable of entertaining the highest ideals. The staging...