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...always, the Eisteddfod's main attraction was the solemn Parliament of the Bards (Gorsedd). Here, in colorful array (musicians in blue robes, poets in white, honorary bards in green), the bards met to honor this year's prizewinning poets with their wild applause and with Wales's most coveted trophies: the traditional silver crown and pulpit chair. Last week the applause rose even higher to honor royalty: pretty, bareheaded Princess Elizabeth, clad in a green Druidic robe...
Their Royal Highnesses, Albert and Elizabeth, Duke and Duchess of York, son and daughter-in-law to George V, likewise attended last week at Swansea, were initiated into the Gorsedd (Order) of Bards without being obliged to swim or sing...
Pontifically attired, the Arch-druid welcomed the Prince and Princess, received them formally into the Gorsedd, bestowed upon them the "bardic names" Albert O. Efrog and Betsi O. Efrog...
Last week the American Institute of Homeopathy met in 82nd annual convention at Philadelphia; the American Osteopathic Association in 30th annual convention at Louisville, Ky. Famed John D. ("Bonesetter") Reese of Youngstown, Ohio, was made a "Druid" by the American Gorsedd. All are groping toward methods of keeping humans well, of getting them healthy, once diseased. Homeopathy. The homeopaths still have two medical schools, the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia and the New York Homeopathic Medical College of Manhattan. They have faculty representation at the Universities of California and of Michigan and at the Boston University School of Medicine. Every...
...Eisteddfod, which means a sitting, is The National bardic Congress of Wales. Its objects are to encourage bardism, music and Welsh literature, to preserve the language and customs of Wales and to cultivate Welsh patriotism among the people. ‡The Gorsedd (assembly) is an intrinsic part of the Eisteddfod; indeed, the latter grew from it. It is composed of the graduated bards, who alone have power of calling an Eisteddfod and conferring bardic degrees. It is also very ancient, dating from many centuries before the Christian Era. At the time of the Druids, the Gorsedd had considerable political importance...