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Mr. King Lectures
At Folger Library



Shakespeare’s. ~Art Disclosed
In Symphonic Blank Verse
of His Drama



EXTRACTS ARE RECITED

Mr. Samvel Arthur King,
known to Bryn Mawr College for his

work on past Big May Days and for
his lectures in English ‘Diction, was
honored recently by the invitation to
give two lecture recitals in the Folger
Shakespeare Library in Washington,
D.C. Mr. King was invited early last
October by the trustees of the library
to speak on some subject connected
with Shakesheare. As for the past
two years prominent names in the aca-
demic and dramatic world had been
suggested by the Trustees, but not se-
lected, Mr. King was extremely grati-
fied ‘at being chosen to be the first
outside lecturer to speak in the audi-
torium of the Library, and complied
with their request by his lecture on
Shakespeare, The. Artist in Sound.

The Folger Shakespeare Library
was opened on April 28, 1932, the an-
niversary of the birth of Shakespeare,
when Mr. King was one of the two
hundred and fifty specially invited
guests for the dedication of the Build-
ing.

Mr. King said,:in an interview to
the News: “When I was in Greece, my
attention was drawn to an article by
the eminent professor, George F.,
Whicher, in which Mr. Folget’s wishes
for the theatre were published: ‘That
it be made a centre for the cultivation
of the spoken language of Shakes-
peare as a thing of beauty and may



well



contribute in no small degree to re-
vive a sense of dramatic verse as a
music.
Anyone who has heard a performance

of French classical drama in France
will understand how much
speaking audiences have yet to learn
in this respect.’ The recollection of
Professor Whicher’s article played a
decided part in the selection of the ti-
tle of my lecture:recitals, Shakespeare,
The Artist in Sound.

“My audiences were recruited from
the lists prepared by Mr... and. Mrs.
Henry Clay Folger, of the Shakespear-
ean enthusiasts in America and filled
the beautiful: Elizabethan theatre to
capacity both evenings. The director
told me that he knew that many dis-
tinguished men from the legal, diplo-
matic and official circles were present.

“In the recital parts of my two eve-
nings I gave extracts from Midsum-
mer Night’s Dream, As You Like It,
Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, Henry
V, Henry VIII, Othello, Macbeth, and
Hamlet; and it was extremely inter-
esting to talk to men afterwards who
had known the great Edwin Booth and
men that knew critically the text of
my selections.

“My old friend the late William
Poel, once said, ‘We: used to talk and
write a little less about Shakespeare
and act him a little oftener.’” Mr.
King commented on this state ‘of af-
fairs. He said, ‘Shakespeare re-
quires a special training. Just as a
musician is trained in the technique
of music, so actors, readers, and pro-
ducers must be trained in the tech-
nique of blank verse. Of course, some
have defective ears and could never be
trained to read blank verse. Such
should not attempt to play -Shakes-
peare. Others have never been taught
but are capable of learning. With

noble equivalent to operatic

English:





adequate training the latter possess
the possibility of getting the musical
beauty of good Shakespearean verse
and at the same time producing the |
full dramatic effects.” :
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Social Science Awards

Offered to Students





The,Social Science Research Coun-
cil announces its offers for 1935-36 of
Research Training, Fellowships in Ec-
onomies, History, Politics, Psychology,
Sociology, Anthropology, and -Statis-
tics. The Council gives three series
of awards, Pre-Doctoral Fellowships
for Graduate Study, Pre-Doctoral
Field Fellowships, and. Post-Doctoral
Research Training Fellowships. For
the two latter sorts of awards the
applicant may obtain . information
from the President’s Office.

A brief statement of the objectives
and minimum requirements for Pre-
Doctoral Fellowships for Graduate
Study follows. These fellowships are
open to men and women, citizens of the
United States or Canada, who have
received the bachelor’s degree or will
obtain it prior to July 1, 1935. They
are not open to persons who will be
over the age of 25 on July 1, 1935, or
to persons who have been in residence
as graduate students at any institu-
tion for more than one semester or its
equivalent before the same date.

The awards are designed to aid ex-
ceptionally so ee students to ob-
tain research training beginning with
the first year of graduate study. Al-
though all candidates should indicate
their preferences among. institutions
for graduate study in the United

States or Canada, final choice of the |

place of work need not be made until
after appointment. Since the fellow-





Try Outs

The Business Board of. the
College News announces the be-
ginning of its spring tryouts.
Anyone interested in competing
should come to the News office
Thursday, March 7, at 6.00
FP. M. ,







no appointee may choose for his year
the institutions from which he has re-
ceived his- bachelor’s degree.

The bases of selection will be full
academic and personal records of the
candidates, supporting letters from
university instructors qualified to
write of the . candidates’. research
promise, and written examinations
which will be offered through the Col-
lege Entrance Examination Board in
various centers throughout the United
States during the third week in June,
1935. Qualified candidates will be
required to take the College Entrance
Board Examinations Cp3 in French
and German. They will also ‘take
other tests designed to give some indi-
cation of their relative capacities and
preparation for careers in social sci-
ence.

Fellows are required to devote their
full time to their studies and to do
no other work. The stipend is $1,000
plus tuition and an allowance for one
round trip between the Fellow’s home
and his place of study. It is antici-
pated that the number ' of appoint-
ments will be between 15 and 20.

The closing date for the receipt of
applications on blanks to be secured
from the Fellowship Secretary (Don-
ald Young, 230 Park Avenue, New
York City) is March 15, 1935. Awards
will be announced as early as possible
in July. Each candidate must sub-

mit a letter from the head of the de-|C., 16.



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major undergraduate study in support
of his application before blanks will

“be sent to him.



Phild. C> C. Defeated
in Basketball 61-24



On Saturday morning, Bryn Mawr
defeated the Philadelphia Cricket
Club, 61-24,,in one of the better games
of the season. Although Philadelphia’
scored the first two points, Varsity
took an early lead and maintained: it
in spite of the fact that the guards
were the stronger part of the Cricket
Ctub team.

Faeth and Larned showea the same
excellencé-of passing and shooting as
in last week’s game, without the usual
letdown in the second half. The
guards held up their end of the floor
in their usual efficient manner, but
the centers, although doing some nice
passing between themselves, are still
weak at times in getting’ the ball to
the forwards, and at the present mo-
ment seem to be ‘the only weak spot
in a unit which works like clockwork.

The game was enlivened by the
quips and puffs of a rapidly tiring and
breathless Cricket Club team, many of
which were old hockey rivals, and with
five of Varsity.also on the hockey team
t’was a veritable reunion.

‘The line-up was as follows:

PG, Bryn Mawr
HOGS, iy hes bs Lye eee Faeth
Morton, Gy 6c. ly fee as Larned
MDRVITNE soc ic cece Oa Meirs
Humphréy...:... FON rae terre te Hasse
Strepeigh ...... ies * eer eer ae Kent
Morton, De sisi @ ek Bridgman

Substitutions — P. C. .C.: Disston
for Humphrey.

Goals — P. C, C.: Elliot, 8; Morton,
Bryn Mawr: Faeth, 34;

ships are intended to broaden training, | partment in which he has pursued his} Larned, 27.






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