< Page 6 THE COLLEGE NEWS —¥ Vildes cad Clihead Discussed by M. Hazar CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 the hearth. At this time his—lfe becomes inter-~4 “woven with “that of “Arthur Rimbaud, who was the Son of a ne’er-do-well officer and a mother With a firm sense of duty. Rimbaud was a précocious child with an innaté desire to deny everything he learned; M. Hazard called him a Pro- .metheus: His first verses, like those of Verlaine, were Parnassian in form; some were even like thosé of the romantic Victor Hugo, othersglike those of Theo- dore de Banville. His first manner, con- sequently, was one of violence; his poetry was a cry of blasphemy against every- thing and especially against banality; he is happy only when he is creating a scandal and flinging mud. In 1870 he fled from the provinces to Paris where he was imprisoned. After this unfortu- nate experience he left for Belgium as a beggar. Sometime later he returned to his home in Charleville. _In 1871 he pro- pounded an entirely new theory in a let- ter to Dumesnil. Since Grecian times, he said, there had’ always been rimers but no poets. The poet should be a seer who should not reflect the. world about him but who should create something else by exaggerating his capacity for sensa- tion, The poet can only make himself a seer by a long, continued, reasoned-out disorder of the senses. He indulges his imagination in frenzies which lead to the creation of a second world, of an infinite beyond. Baudelaire is to him the first seer so far as ideals are concerned, but his form is trivial and’ petty. Rimbaud now proposes a new form in order tc translate his’ visions. : This is the stage at which Rimbaud “enters the life of Verlaine. At this time the menage Verlaine was going. very badly, for husband. and wife were ill- suited to each other. Into the strangely assorted household Verlaine invited the young Rimbaud, a strange, awkward, ragged figure.. Because of the displeasure of his wife, Verldine was forced to .leave his home with Rimbaud, from whom he refused to be separated, and to depart with him for Brussels, In 1872. they were deported by the Belgians and sailed. for I.ondon where’ they touched the very depths of misery.- So great was their distress that Rimbaud became tired ot it atti abandoned Verlaine, ill at the mo- men s ‘soon as he had recovered, Verlaine followed him to “Brussels and in his madness shot him, but not fatally. Verlaine, immediately imprisoned, had ‘time for reflection and sent out during his captivity some of his most lasting work, the Romances sans Paroles (1874) Sagesse (1881): which described his re- morse, his humble faith, his desire for repose. In 1884 came Jadis et Naguere containing, in M. Hazard’s opinion, the most beautiful of his poems... In all of his poetry there is a renunciation of ,the oratorical, the’ intelligent, the reasonable, in favor of intuition, sentiment, and emo- tion. In Verlaine’s poetry we ‘find echoes rather than sounds, ‘music rather ‘than fanfares. On- October 28th, M. Hazard con- tinued his description of the literary rela- ‘tions between Verlaine and Rimbaud. Until 1873 Rimbaud’s works had not been collected. into a single volume. Now Verlaine published them under the title of Les Illuminations. ©His poetry was strange, extraordinary, and bizarre. With Verlaine there was a voluntary absence of all logic; with Rimbaud there was the same thing plus a dynamic power. Words in Rimbaud possessed not only * their own individual force bit an addi- tional force gained by juxtaposition. To Verlaine words create a hallucination of the eye and ear; each word is valuable for its sound and its place. What is for others slavery is for the poet fantastic creation. The less the poet -is understood, the greater value does his poetry -con- tain. ot In 1871. Rimbaud published his Bateau Ivre which may be characterized as her- metic poetry, incapable of being inter- preted Without great effort. To com- plete a discussion of his work one must include his Saison en Enfer, likewise dif- ficult to interpret. First of all it is a sincere, lyrical confession of the psycho- logical distress that went on in his soul " |imagery and an emphasis on sound. and the ordinary, no one’s influence on French poetry was greater than Rim- baud’s. In short he was the forerunner of sudrealisme, the tenets of which were ‘a hatred of the academic, a renewal of M. Hazard then returned to Vérlaine, whom hé déscribed- as having, -in- 1885, established himself in Paris with his nother. One year later, after her death, he began to frequent and become a mem- ber of the lowest class of society; he died in frightful misery in 1896. One must not, howéver, remember Verlaine as this debased man; rather should one regard him as one who has merely a corporeal relation with the true Verlaine. The ending of Rimbaud was no less igho- minious. After adventures of rather a dubious character in Holland, Java and Africa with the sole purpose of accumu- lating money, he died with terrific suf- fering at the age of thirty-seven. Both of .the extraordinary creatures effected a great change in the national literary traditions of France. The logic and’ oratorical -value previously ~~mani- fested ,in French lyricism were, because of their revolt, no longer to dominate poetic creation. The Red ions in Athletics Evidence that university faculties are giving thought to the need of a sports program which- will attract general par- ticipation on the part of the students in their ‘institutions is seen by Red Cross representatives having extensive cantacts with the educational centers of the country. ‘The discussion of too much special- ized athletic activity, in which only super athletes are wanted, or devel- oped, leaving the majority of the stu- dents on the sidelines, has drawn atten- tion not. alone of the public, but has aroused interest among the students themselves, even though the charge is not necessarily applicable in all cases. In some instances, as one observer commented, , too specialized athietirs.| has resulted! in what might. be termed a course in “sports appreciation,” but has added no extra Credits to the in- dividual student’s record. What needed, apparently, is a program which is valuable to all students primarily as 1S, sides, a certain practical aspect. For. years the Red Cross has been welcomed in .universitics and colleges, with its program of swimming instruc- tion, life-saving and first aid. These coursés have been adopted as. official fequirements in certain institutions where physcal education is stressed. In the U. S. Military Academy at West Point; among others, and most State colleges the Red Cross certificate is the highest award for swimming and life-saving. In technical institutions, such as. schools of mining and en- gineering, in normal schools stressing physical education the first aid course is recognized for its practical value after graduation. The Red Cross, it is explained, has no part in a discussion of too special- ized sports; nevertheless, as the prob- lem has arisen, it has suddenly been realized that in: the Red Cross _ pro- gram, which is a part of the work at so many institutions of higher learn- ing, there is an answer ready to hand. As higher academic qualifications than one who is not college trained—why should he not be better equipped for practical sport? He very likely will be a golf enthusiast, a tennis devotee, and, in summer¥ at least, will spend part of his time on the water. He may be a good hand at the former games; and through Red Cross instruction he can be sure of his qualifications as a swimmer.” — The degree of interest in these Red Cross college sports is indicated by the fact that a considerable part sof the instruction is. by qualified students who give volunteer service. This service ‘has its reward in a certificate from the Red-Cross in recognition of a certain number of hours of such service, a higher award in a medal, and of course, the distinctive emblem of the life saver. Should the graduate elect physical edu- cation as his field, he has a valuable asset in this official recognition of his effort. : in an attempt to still the most noble fac- ulties of his being. Such an attempt left him bruised in spirit and in the midst of a frightful moral solitude. One also finds in this poem an ars poetica in which dis- order plays the leading part. Everything which is ordinarily conceived as beautiful ig to him horrible. Because he excited an among college leaders, consequently each’ year sees.a-closer degree of. co- operation between the Red Cross and the country’s educational institutions. 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