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This is the final Goethe Festival meeting, marking the climax of a series which has been held during February and March. The previous speakers were Dr. Eugen Kuehneman, professor of Philosophy at the University of Breslau, Dr. Gerhart Hauptmann, foremost German playwright, and Dr. Friedrich von der Leyen of the University of Cologue, professor of German Art and Literature...
Said Ethel Barrymore, throatily: "It seems to me, sitting at this table with Hauptmann, as if I were sitting at a table with Beethoven, Heine, Goethe - and Hauptmann. Thank you. I can say no more." Actress Barrymore sat down, sobbed gently into a lace handkerchief. Occasion was a dinner at Manhattan's Lotos Club for Gerhart Hauptmann, famed German dramatist. Sturdy, ruddy at 69, Dramatist Hauptmann was invited to the U. S. by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. With him came his second wife and his son, Dr. Benvenuto Hauptmann, translator of Conrad and Kipling, interpreter...
...Gerhart Hauptmann, distinguished dramatist and winner of the Nobel prize or Literature in 1912, will be guest of honor at the Leverett House luncheon at 12.45 o'clock today. Last night Dr. Hauptmann spoke at the festival in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Goethe. His son, Benvenute, will also be present along with Dr. F. W. J. Heuser of Columbia University, president Lowell, Professors Sigurthur Nordal, J. D. M. Ford, E. K. Rand Taylor Starct, and Mr. Paul Bacon. Corrupt city government precipitation two innocent younsters into prison, the girl to be held for life...
...Gerhart Hauptmann will lecture on Goethe in Sanders Theatre at 8 o'clock...
...Hauptmann is recognized as the most important German dramatist of the last half century and his name is usually mentioned together with that of Ibsen. His home is in his native Silesian mountains...