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Non-Members can obtaIn thIs publicatIon frlm the Non. Secretary, post free, 2/. per annum APRIL, 1923. montbly of €lbjcal SOUl!) South Place, Moorgate, E_ C.2 Oblect of the Soc!oty .. The Object of the Society is the cultivation of a rational religious sentiment, the study of ethical principles, and the promotion of human welfare, 'in harmony with advancing knowledge. " Any per80n in 8ympathy with the Object of tbe Sooiety is oordially invited to become 11 member. The amount of sub8cription is' optional, with 11 minimum of 20. Gd. per qun.rtcr, or 10s. per annu",. Any person interested in the SocietY'8 work, but not wishing to a member, mlly join as an ASSOCIATE, the minimult' 6Ubscription being 58. per annum. Further pn.rtioulnra may be obtained in the Librnry before nnd after the Sunday service, or on npplicntion to the Hon. Registrar, Miss L. BURXB, South Plnee Fiusbury, E.O.2. SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. The following DISCOURSES will be delivered on Sunday mornings, Service beginning at ELEVEN O'CLOCK. March 25. C DELISLE BURNS, M.A.-Festlvals of the Seasons. { 1. With verdure clad llnthem. 2. Spring's Message Hymns I No. J96. Wher" n.re last Jear's nO\\'8? 1 No. 169 .• Igain tho flow(·r. o ppe" r. April I.- Easter Sunday--No Service. April S.-Right Hon. JOHN M. ROBERTSON. - The Influence of Renan. Anthems {I. One morn n. Peri nt the gn.tc of Eden 2. My beart is wC!lry 'vniting for tlw May { ' No. 121. It surely is wflsu'd hen.rt . . Hymns H4ydll Gou,' .. SrlllL1I1ulIn Hilrs No. 118. I snw on ('nrth "nother light (2nd tunc). April15.-HAMILTON FYFE. The ManUfacture of Public Opinion by the Press. Anthbml {1. Thougb I 8peok Brail"'8 Hymns 2. When Spring un looks the flowers ... Tro1l88rlle { No. 101. Tho milli ons "u1l'e r .still and grieve. No. 52. Life is :l lenf of pnper white. April 22.-C. DELISLE BURNS, M.A.-Comedy. r 1. 'rbis world is not " ftC('ting show 1 2. How sweet the moonlight ( No. BV. Ba should wc liv" thut hour (2nd tun<'). Ilymna 1 No. 88. • before us lit .• the wny. OUT'cllmann LesTie April 29.-C. DELISLE BURNS, M.A. - The Tragic Drama. Anthems {I. A storm sped over sea and land (No. 97) ... Brrthoven 2. If I stoop De Lacy { '0. B. Oh, how much more doth beauty benuteous seem. Hy.'llna No. 9:1. rrher.e ore moml\nts when HIe's Organist: H. S'!ITll WEBSTEIt, 53, Lorrune Rond, N.7. Vi,itart are invited to obtain information r.gardlng the Society in the LibroTl/ on Su.nday mornm.(/ •. A Oollec/io .. i, mad. at eaclt Se,."ic •• to enablo tho •• pr."nt to contribute tD the '",po ... o, Of th. Societll 0Ilcii,/.I de'iring to attend th. SlJrvicc. arc informed that the Committ.e have mad. tJrran(!c7n .c ni. fOT llOU8ing their machines in thf. ba3rment. The BuildIng Is to be let lor Meetings, otc. Forms 01 Application may he had Of the Caretaker, 11 , South Place, E.C.; Dnd when Iilled up should be sont to Mr. N. Lldstone, 98, Blackstock Road, Flnsbury Park, N.4. The Chapol is licensed lor MarrIages. Arrangements can bo made lor the conduct 01 Funeral ServIces on application to the Secretary.

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Page 1: APRIL, 1923. Cb~ montbly R~cora SOUl!) Plac~ €lbjcal SOcj ...€¦ · wishing to becom~ a member, mlly join as an ASSOCIATE, the minimult' 6Ubscription being 58. per annum. Further

Non-Members can obtaIn thIs publicatIon frlm the Non. Secretary, post free, 2/. per annum

APRIL, 1923.

Cb~ montbly R~cora of

€lbjcal SOUl!) Plac~ SOcj~lYt South Place, Moorgate, E_ C.2

Oblect of the Soc!oty • .. The Object of the Society is the cultivation of a rational religious sentiment, the study of ethical principles, and the promotion of human welfare, 'in harmony with advancing knowledge. "

MEMB8~SHIV. Any per80n in 8ympathy with the Object of tbe Sooiety is oordially invited to become

11 member. The amount of sub8cription is' optional, with 11 minimum of 20. Gd. per qun.rtcr, or 10s. per annu",. Any person interested in the SocietY'8 work, but not wishing to becom~ a member, mlly join as an ASSOCIATE, the minimult' 6Ubscription being 58. per annum. Further pn.rtioulnra may be obtained in the Librnry before nnd after the Sunday service, or on npplicntion to the Hon. Registrar, Miss L. BURXB, South Plnee lnstitu~, Fiusbury, E.O.2.

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. The following DISCOURSES will be delivered on Sunday mornings,

Service beginning at ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

March 25. C DELISLE BURNS, M.A.-Festlvals of the Seasons. {

1. With verdure clad llnthem. 2. Spring's Message

Hymns I No. J96. Wher" n.re last Jear's nO\\'8? 1 No. 169 . • Igain tho flow(·r. o ppe" r.

April I. - Easter Sunday--No Service.

April S.-Right Hon. JOHN M. ROBERTSON.- The Influence of Renan. Anthems {I. One morn n. Peri nt the gn.tc of Eden

2. My beart is wC!lry 'vniting for tlw May

{' No. 121. It surely is n· wflsu'd hen.rt . . Hymns

H4ydll Gou,'

.. SrlllL1I1ulIn Hilrs

No. 118. I snw on ('nrth "nother light (2nd tunc).

April15.-HAMILTON FYFE. The ManUfacture of Public Opinion by the Press. Anthbml {1. Thougb I 8peok Brail"'8

Hymns 2. When Spring un looks the flowers ... Tro1l88rlle

{ No. 101. Tho millions "u1l'er .still and grieve. No. 52. Life is :l lenf of pnper white.

April 22.-C. DELISLE BURNS, M.A.-Comedy. ~nthema r 1. 'rbis world is not " ftC('ting show

1 2. How sweet the moonlight ( No. BV. Ba should wc liv" thut ~very hour (2nd tun<').

Ilymna 1 No. 88 . • ~IJ before us lit .• the wny.

OUT'cllmann LesTie

April 29.-C. DELISLE BURNS, M.A. - The Tragic Drama. Anthems {I. A storm sped over sea and land (No. 97) ... Brrthoven

2. If I stoop De Lacy { '0. B. Oh, how much more doth beauty benuteous seem.

Hy.'llna No. 9:1. rrher.e ore moml\nts when HIe's ~shndow8. Organist: H. S'!ITll WEBSTEIt, 53, Lorrune Rond, N.7.

Vi,itart are invited to obtain information r.gardlng the Society in the LibroTl/ on Su.nday mornm.(/ •.

A Oollec/io .. i, mad. at eaclt Se,."ic •• to enablo tho •• pr."nt to contribute tD the '",po ... o, Of th. Societll

0Ilcii,/.I de'iring to attend th. SlJrvicc. arc informed that the Committ.e have mad. tJrran(!c7n.cni. fOT llOU8ing their machines in thf. ba3rment.

The BuildIng Is to be let lor Meetings, otc. Forms 01 Application may he had Of the Caretaker, 11 , South Place, E.C.; Dnd when Iilled up should be sont to Mr. N. Lldstone, 98, Blackstock Road, Flnsbury Park, N.4.

The Chapol is licensed lor MarrIages. Arrangements can bo made lor the conduct 01 Funeral ServIces on application to the Secretary.

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Lending Library. The Lending Lihrnry is open free to Members of the Society on Sunday morning.

before and after the Services. Associates and Non·1I1embers of the Society may under certain conditions be granted tbe use of the Library upon payment 01 11 subscription of 2s. 6d. per annum. The Catalogue, including a supplement for 1905·7, is on sale. prioe 6d. Subscriptions towards the purchase and repair of books are invited.

{w ALLIS MANSFORD ... Walden," Klngsend Avenne, nui.lIp, Middlesex.

Hon. Librarians F. JAMBS, 302, Dlllston Lane, Hackney, E.B. 1I1ISS H. LANG£LAAN, 60, Indcrmok Rond, Hornscy, N.S.

Treasurer... Mrs. STBVBNH. 147n, Clnpton Oommon, E .•.

Nominations for eommittee.

ThM'e are eigbt vacanoi"s to b<l filled nt the Annual 1I1l'<lting in l\1.ny next. .A..1l nominations must b<l in the hands of the Secretary not later than Sunday, April ~. Forms of nomination may 00 obtained in the Library on Sunday mornings or from Mr. F. M. Overy.

Esperanto <2iirc1e.

EvI'TY Sunday, exoopt April I, from 3.30--6 p.m., convellBDtional practnce, singing, and discussion in E"JX'"ante. Ligbt refreshments.

A. W. BRADDROOK, Non Secretary, 9, Outcomoo 1I1oneions, S.E.5.

Rambles.

March 29 to April S.-Ryde Holido.y. April 21.-High Barnet and Well End. Condl1cted by Mr. W. T. WIXCHY. Train

from King's Crose (platform 14) 2.J 8. T.kc .eturn to High Barnet. Tea at Wbeatsheaf. W. T. WXXOJIY, HOII. Sce.

63, GrQvelanils Rond, N.13.

<2ihildren's Socials.

l'bo Sixth Ohildl'en's Sooial will be held on Friday, April IS, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., when Mr. F. J. Gould ha. kindly promised to come ruld tell the obildTen some stories. All chHdr<>n mU b<l welcome and are invited to bring their young fri~J1d.. A. oharge of 4d. eacb will b<l made for tea. The Children' .. J,ibra1'Y will 00 open on thi. evening. Donations toward tlw expenses and gifts of caMS, eto., ore ,",]jcited.

Theatre Party.

Saturday, April 7, at 7 p.m.-G<>ldsmitlI's ploy, "The Good Natured I\1.nn," by the members of Mr. Varian',s Dramatic OloBs, in the cluh room of the New Obestertcn Girl.' OIub, at 24, Low.". Olapton R()nd, E.5. Tickets, Is. 6d., or & small subsoription to OIub. rrny be hod of

Hon. Seorctary, Mi.s F. J. SIMONS, 20, Granvl1Ie Rond, N.4.

Sunday J'opular eoncerts (ebamber MUtlle).

The THIRTY.SEVENTH SEASON will b" oontinued every Sunday evening until April 15 (except Easter SundRY, April 1).

For pa tioulur. of April Ooncerts .""" programmes. Doors open at 6.10 p.m, Oonoerts b<lgin at 6.S0 o·clook. ADMISSION FREB WITH COLLEcrION. For Advertioements of th~ Ooncerts see "Daily 'reJegraph" and "Daily Herald"

every Saturday (except Mo.rch 31). Ooxrmittee Meeting on Sunday, April 15, oiter the OonOCTt.

Hon. T.-eas . .- FRANK A. H ... WKINS 13. Tburlo .... Park Road, Dulwlcb, S.E.2J. Hon. Sec . .- ALFRED J. OL1i:MEN'£S, 8, Finchley Way. N.3. Hon. Asst. Sec . .- Mr •. OLEMENTS. 8, Finchley Way, N.3.

South Place ercheetra (Twenty-sixth Sea8on).

Conductor: RICHARD H. WALTHEW. Ladies and g<lntlexren desi!rous of joining the Orche.stra •• hMlld apply to the Hon.

Seoretary • Hon Seoretar>J, llTH1J'U A. JERMY, 6, OrGSsway, Kinll'~land. N.16.

The GENERAL OOMMI= will moot on Thursday, April 5. Correspondenoe dMling with ma.tters for considoration should be forwarded to F. 111. OVERr, Hon. Soo., S6. O .. terba.m Road, Lemsham, S.E. 18, at th~ en.rliett possibLe moment. All m.a.ttera relatina­to flD.llJloo should b<l addressed to the Treasurer.

Seoretaries of sub-oommittees 811'10 requC6lled to note that a.tl}' matter wbieh they wlab to in.s<>rt in the 1I1oNTnLY REcoRn ahould b<l in the band. of 1I1r. F. W. JlP.AD not l.t1ter than 15th of the month. All litera.ry m .. tt~r s'hould b<l forwa.rd<!d to tho Elditor, 1I1r. O. J . POLLARD, as early in tbe montb as possible.

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EDITORIAL. TEE RECORD.-We have great pleasure in resuming our duties as Editor

of lhe MONTHLY RECORD. We have for the past twelve months acted on behalf of our Society as co-editor with Mr. G. A. Smith of "The Humanist," and we very much regret tha.t 0 gan came to an end with the March issue. It was hoped by the Ethical Union and by our Society that this experiment in co-operation between the two bodie~ would ensure the continued existence of the only journal of the ethical movement, as a whole, in the United Kingdom. But the support " The Humanist" received was insufficient to render the paper financially self-supporting, notwithstanding the generous .belp of many fri~nds and the valuable and gratUltous contributiolls of the various writers who provided its literary contents. The Et.bical Union considers it very important that the move­ment should have a publication of its own and is exploring the possibilities of establishing a successor. We are- sure that members of all ethical societies will agree with this view. In the meantime we shall endeavour to fulfil, as far as our own Society is concerned, this need in the pages of our MONTHLY RECORD, and we shaJI be grateful to our readers for sug­gestions which will help us to- carry out this end satisfactorily.

THE PORTALS OF MEllBERSHIP.-The following letter, received by the General Committee from a regular attendant at South Place, raises the question as to what individual views are consistent with membership. The ' ommittee saw no objection to their correspondent joining the Society; in

fact, they sent him a warm invitation, and we are glad to say that he has since become a member. We wish personally to express our hearty agree­ment with the Committee's decision. It is within our own knowledge that there have been and there are still members whose opinions are closely akin to those expressed in the letter we have the pleiisure of publishing:

"To the Committee, South Place Ethical Society. " LADJlo;S AND GENTLElIEN,-As I have been invited 10 become a Mem­

ber of your Society, and some have wondered why, having attended somewhat regularly, I have not done so long before now, I venture to give the reasons in wriling, since there may be no opportuniJty to do 50 by word of mouth. "The discourses attract me, and also the discussions. The study of

Ethical principles interests me, and I am eager to see a better applica­tion of some of them. I also like the Hymns because of their enlight­ened serutiment. I am impressed by your motto: ' To thine own self be true.' This would be sufficient to decide me to join, but for the fact that I cannot describe myself as a Rationalist, an Atheist, a

ecularist, or as one who has completely rejected all belief in a future life, and so on. I do not know that I can describe myself, except that I am as unorthodox as any of those just mentioned . I think I have as much faith in Mystics, Mysticism and SuperSltition as I have in

cientists and Lawyers, and much more than I have in the Politics by which I am submerged. The Object of the Society, as mentioned in the MONTHLY LIST, involves something of a Creed, and the interpreta­tion which I should put upon it does not seem to be the same as that of others either inside or outside the Society.

To be rational and moral seems to me to be an unatrtainable ideal and at the same time something less than an ideal; with or without th m an individual is entitled, as I suppose, to some self-respecting place in the scheme of ,things, but the world is for many a closed chapter, without hope in this life; to some extent we understand the reason, but are hopeless-now. I am profoundly impressed by this, as I see it by my own experience and by observation of others. As far as I can see I am not likely to reject Ithe whole idea of the Supernatural­which is greater than the Christian version of it. If its reality can not be proved, or it has some unpleasant possibilities, it cannot be wholly disproved either, and the only adequarte Hope lies there.

"As I appear to be as one alone, alienated on one ground or the

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other from everyone, I l)ope, nevertheless, .that I may be able to retain the friendship of those whom I have met at South Place, and shall be glad to hear also whether my point of view is consistent with Member­ship."

MEMBERS' COM~UTTEE.-In order to widen the fi eld of usefulness of the Members' Committee, we have been requested to insert the following:-

"The Members' Co=itLee again call attention to the existence of their Committee as the medium whereby individual members of the Society may put forward their views respecting the various activities carried on at South Place, and to point out that their Committee is keenly interested in eliciting ideas, proposals, schemes for the Society's welfare, and will carefully consider any such suggestions they may receive. They believe that among the members of the Society there is valuable material not yet drawn upon, ::lnd they hope tbat this invitation will be fully responded to. Please address communi­cations to Miss H. M. Fairhall, Secretary of Members' Committee, 8, Scarborough Road, Stroud Green, NA."

In addition to the excellent reasons given by the Members' Committee for the above appeal, may we state that there is nothing more enoouraging to the officers of the Society than evidence of widespread interest in the Society's various activities? •

THE NEW" SOUTH PLACE."

Some Suggestions. The Editor has asked me to contribute to ,the first number of the revived

MONTHLY RECORD the substance of an address delivered at the close of the special general meeting of members on December 14 last under the above title. I claim for the suggestions no originality nor authority, but put them forward as a peg on which to hang a discussion. It is importa:1t that members of the Society should express their ideas on the subject, so that the building scheme may be carried through by the Trustees with the full and united support an<i the confidence of the Society. W e must recognise that we have in front of us a big task which will tax the energies of our comparatively small membership, and it is only by enlisting the sympathy and help of all that the ta~k can be worthily accomplished. The subject divides itself naturally into three sections: 1. The Building and Accommodation; 2. The Activities to be carried on; 3. Workers and Funds.

As to the building, the style and architecture al·e matters for the architect and experts, but it is for the members to state the accommodation which they require, and then the architect will tell us how far our wishes can be carried out on the Red Lion Square site.

In the first place, I trust that when the building is planned it will re possible to build in such a way that, subject to the rights of adjoining owners, additions may be made to the premises later if required. In any case, I hope it may be possible to have a flat roof available for recreation, etc. With regard to the interior, we need a large hall capable of seating 800-1,000 persons. There is little doubt that the Sunday Evening Concerts could fill a hall of .this size immediately. For the purposes of letting and for our own dances, it is desirable that there should be a floor suitable for dancing, and that the seats should be adapted for easy removal. A substantial platform is needed, and it would be well to have an extension behind to form a stage. This extension should be shut off by folding doors or otherwise, so that when not in use it wCluld form a Committee room, and at the side should be provided dressing rooms, etc.

Attached to this hall a kitchen is required for the provision of refresh­ments, with hatcbments communicating with the hall which, when dropped, should form counters.

It is desirable that members should supply information as to metho~ls

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adopted in otber similar institutes in order to provide tile most convenient devices for general comfort.

I trust that we shall have an organ in this hall, and that the necessary provision will be made for a cinema or lantern room opposite the platform.

I suggest that this large hall should be called "Conway Hall," but that we sbould still retain the name of outh Place Institute

There is urgent need for a small ball, witb a seating capacity of 200-250 persons. This also sbould contain a dancing floor, a small platform, and a piano.

We need a Library, which will not only house the books we have at present, but leave plenty of room for additions. This room should accom­modate fifty people. A card index system is needed, and it is to be hoped tbat monthly magazines will be provided.

In addition, we require several clabs-rooms and an office for the secretarial work, containing a typewriter, filing system, etc., and care­takers' rooms, etc.

TOW as to the activities to be carried on at the new South Place. First and foremost is the platform wolle. And here we havf' to face the old problem of a single Lecturer or Minister versus several Lecturers. There is much to be said on both sides. For many years I was strongly in favo'lr of the second alternative of the wide platform, but now I am very doubtful if a strong, successful Society can be built up without tbe force of a strong personality as leader. Tbeoretically, it should be possible to attract large numbers of thoughtful people to the Society by .the force of ideas and ideal.> without the magnetism of this strong personality, but it must be freely acknowledged that the most successful periods of the Society's history have been under sucb a minister.

I suggest that we sball be able to find among our lecturers, one with wbom it would be well to arrange for a series of lectures, and tbat whilst keeping at least one Sunday per month free, we might work towards the ideal of a leader.

r Ulink It would be well to arrange in ilie new building for a regular week-night first-class lecture. We should probably thus attract quite a large number of persons who cannot attend on Sundays.

The Concerts are so succes5ful that it is almost superfluous to make any suggestion in this connection. I think it might be well, however, to consider the possibility of holding a week-c\ening CO!Jcert as well.

Other activities are largely depend nt on the number of workers avail­able. I assume that those at present in existence, tbe Discussions, Soirees, Esperanto Circle, Children's Socials, will continue and increase in numbers and influence. Other desirable activities which occur to one are Literary Lectures, Reading Circles, Classes in Modern Languages, Dramatic Performances. Nor should recreations be neglected. I trust the Rambles will have a new lease of life, and that the Dances will be revived . U we are to attract young people we must develop physical recreation, Tennis, Cricket, Hockey, etc.

Certainly there will be need for either a full time Secretary or paid clerical assistance.

The time may come when we shall need the building entirely for our own activities, but until that time we must depend on Lettings for part of our income.

Many of us trust that in the near future the new South Place will house the headquarters of the British Ethical movement, and we are not without hope that it may ultimately become th~ centre of Freethought in this country.

One must not forget the importance of our monthly journal. 'Ve believe that lbe MONTHLY RECOR]) will develop in size and interest, and will serve to keep the members in touch with tbe SOCiety's activities and progress. Supplements in the form of publication of lectures should be a valuable adjunct jf funds permit.

Lastly, we come to the most difficult problem of Workers and Funds. The funds we have will be sufficient to put up 1be building and furnish it but there will be very little, if any, ldt o\-er for the purposes of endQw~ ment, and without endowment it will be very difficult to carry on. This

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is the affair not only of the Trustees and Committee, but the business of every member and associate. If we believe in our movement, we must be prepared to work for it and to make sacrifices for it. What the Churches have done in the past we should be able to do. South Place has a fine history and tradition of services rendered to the cause of Free Enquiry, and surely we are justifie4 in appealing to the Freethought world in general to establish a temple of Fre~thought, where <the worship of Humanity may take the place of the worship of gods, and where the ideals of Peace, Human Betterment, and International Brotherhood may be pro­claimed, or as our object declares, the "promotion of human welfare in harmony with advancing knowledge."

Let us form a special Appeal Committee, and appeal for help to the Freethought World. Let each activity appeal to those interested in its particular Qhase. Let the Concert Section appeal to all music lovers to establish a worthy Home of Chamber Music. Mr. Clements has for long held out a helping hand to other like efforts. Cannot a fund be raised to endow the concerts, and thus indirectly help South 1) lace, whose members have worked for thirty-seven years to popularise the best type of music?

Let all members realise that they have duties and responsibilities as well as rights. Never were workers so badly needed at South Place as they are now. Some have tired of work and retired. Let them come hack to t)le fray. There is much to be done, but few are the labourers. We need former workers and new members to help us. South Place has a worthy tradition; let us make ourselves worthy of it.

Wm. Johl).son Fox in 1817 commence\l his ministry by dedicating himself to the duty of free enquiry and the right of religious liberty.

In the centenary history Conway reminded us that beneath this .chapel is a stone inscribed, "Sacred to the one God the F<I.ther," but he said, "That stone was not our rest," deeper than that was the aspiration that wrote the inscription and we·"lt on singing "Nearer, Nearer my God" until the divine drew near in the genius of humanity. So we hil-ve really added another foundation-stone, "Sacred to the supreme Light alld Fire: to Reas.'Jl1 and Love in their struggle with UllreaSOIl and Inhumanity."

And Conway closed the centenary history with the words, "Courage. See how clouds have 10weI1ed, then floate:i into light; how divisions have sifted and sown the better seed."

"Brothers," he said, "this temple has hidden foundations-in humal1 needs, in your !ove .'Jf truth and freedom and of each other; it, your humanity, your helpfulness, your sympathy; let these deep foundations remain, al).d this Society will never fall nor fail."

J t is in the spirit of these words that 1 appeal to every member to do his or her utmost to assist our Society at this crisis. F. M. OVE~Y.

IN REMEMBRANCE-RUPERT BROOKE. On Monday, October 11, 1920, a Soiree was held at South Place in

honour of Rupert Brooke, and a tribute paid to his memory. At this function a paper, ,touching upon his life's work, was read,

several of his Poems and Sonnets were read or recited, and those set to music were sung.

He passed away on St. George's Day, 1915, and after eighit years, April 23, 1923, a Member of the Society has arranged to present fifty volumes to the Lending Library of South Place, in grateful recognition of his brilliant contribution to the world of literature, his voluntary service at his country's call, and the continued influence of his inspiring personality,

The presentation will inclulie: His Memoirs, by his friend Edward Marsh, all his published Poems and Sonnets, Letters from America, with a Preface by Henry James, John Webster and 1he Elizabethan Drama­the latter was Rupert Brooke's Fellowship Dissertation for King's College, Cambridge.

It will also comprise classical works dealing with Roman and Grecian literature and poetry.

The poetical works of haucer, Spenser, Cowper, Coleridge, Herrick,

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Pope, and Browning, and illustrated books of travel in the Caucasus, Spain, Portugal, etc.

The Hon. Librarians desire t~ notify borrowers that these books will be available on and after Sunday, April 22, and it is hoped that sp~cial care will be taken of their return, as in some cases it will not be possible to replace them.

In passing it is interesting to record that a little to the east of the Society's new site in Red Lion Square stands Raymond Buildings, over­looking the garden of Gray's Inn, here Rupert Brooke, when in London, often stayed with his friend Edward Marsh, and northward is D evonshire Street, with the Poetry Book Shop, where a friend of the present writer was once privileged 10 hear him read some of his poems.

It is said that every personality leaves its atmosphere and impress on its surroundings. Rupert Brooke stood above all for the glory, vision, and achievement of Youth.

Let us express the hope, when the Society is faced wi1h the actual responsibility of the move westward, that the younger members, fired with his spirit, will rally round those who have stood the brunt and responsi­bility associated wi1h these later years so manfully and so well. Then, and then only, shall we have the strength as a Society to achieve and to be able to say:

"We have built a house that is not for Time's throwing." . .

"And nobleness walks in our ways again; And we have come into Our heritage!"

The site may be there, the money in part in our possession, but p:r­sonal, self-sacrificing service from the Youth of South Place is reqUISIte and necessary if the future progress and welfare of the Society are to be aSSured. WALLTS MANsFoRD.

SUNDAY POPULAR CONCERTS. On February 18 the Mozart quintet in C was given. Mr. Charles

Woodhouse's viola playing was remarkably fine. This was speciaJJy noticeable in the Andante, which is practicaJJy a duet for first violin and viola. The instrumentalists did excellent work, too, in Hugo Wolf's Italian Serenade, and in the Mendelssohn quintet in B flat. We have never heard a better or more graceful rendering of the Andante scherzando. Miss ChiIton Griffin played Schumann's Etudes Symphoniques, a tremendous work, very satisfactorily interpreted.

There was an 18th century atmosphere throughout the first half of the programme on February 25. Miss Gladys Moger sang a cantata for voice and string quartet by Rowan. The Wood·Smith quartet formed the accompaniment to the songs, and played a Mozart quartet. Miss Harriet Cohen gave us Bach pianoforte solos. Mr. George Stratton, leader of the quartet, has a very good style, and the same must be said of the rest of the instrumentalists. Their ensemble, too, was very good. After the interval they played a modern work by Herbert Howells. This was a Phantasy quartet, performed at South Place for 1he first time. After this Miss Cohen rendered several Debussy solos; and a soiree dans grenade was full of colour. The last work was the quartet in F by Dvorak, the slow movement-more or less a violin solo with string accompaniment­gave Mr . Stratton opporttmities to distinguish himself; he showed great temperament. There were several solo passages, too, for the 'cello, these Mr. John Francis played most effectively.

Mr. W. H. Reed led a quartet on March 4. The Sourth Place audiences know all about Mr. Reed's qualities as a violinist . Miss Lilian Evans, who played second violin, has a good tone. In fact her playing stood out as one of the best second fiddle performances we have heard in that HaJJ for some <time. H. B.

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