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OCTOBER, 1932.

The Monthly Record of

South Place Ethical Society, CONWA Y HALL, RED LION SQUARE, W.C.I.

Tele phone , CHANCERY 8032

t!)BJEeTS 0F THE Se>eIETY • .. The Objects of the Society are the study and dissemination of e thi cal principl es aDd the cultivation of a rational rel igious sentiment."

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. The following DISCOURSES will be delivered, the Services beginning at

ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

October 2. - S. K. RATClIFFE.-Two Great Teachers: Graham Wallas and Lowes Dickinson

Bass Solo--Bright is the Ring of Words ... :\lR. G. C. DOWMAN.

Vaughan Williams

Soprano . olo--Haxe :you een but a .white_ Lil~- grow? ... Old English ;\lrs HEBE SIMPSON.

( Xo . 10. ay not they die, those martyr souls. H ymns \ ~o . 59. In ilence mighty things are wrought.

October 9.-Prof. J. C. FlUGEl, D.Sc.-Human Capacities in tbe Light of Modern Psychology

P ianoforte olo--Rondo in G, Op . 51 , Ko. 2 B eethoven :\I R. "\YILLIAM BuseR.

Hymns { X o. 26. "All grows," sa~-s DOll bt, " all falls, decays and die." X o. 136. That man is great and he a lone .

October 16.- Rt. Hon. J. M. ROBERTSON.- Contaminated Ideals Bass olo--Eldorado Walthew

MR. G. C. DOWMAN. Sop rano Solo--There's a Bowel' of Roses .. .

MI5 HE BE UIPSON. Stanford

H ymns J No. 1. Be t rue to et'ery inmost thought. I No . 112. There is in every human hear t .

October 23.-C. DElISLE BURNS, M.A., D.Lit.-Obsolete Education First Three Movements from • 'onat a in D Minor , Op. 108, for

Pianoforte and Violin ... ... ... ... .. . .. . ... Bm hms 1. Allegro. IT. Adagio. lIT . Un poco presto con sentimento.

MR. WILLIAM B u CR AND MR. I SIDORE SCRWILJ.ER. (~o. 135. How happy is he born and taught .

H ymns 1 Xo. 65. Born in ach heart i impulse str ollg.

October 30. - C. DElISLE BURNS, M.A., D.Lit.- The Contributions of the Artist to Civilization

B ass Solo--Within these Sacred Bowers... ... Mozart MR. G. C. DOWMAN

Soprano olos-(a) The Fairy ong ... ... Boughton (b) ongs my :'lother taught me .. . Dvorak

~lIsR HEUE HnIPSON. H : No. 45. All a r e a rchitect of fate .

ymns t No. 212 . He liveth long, who l iveth well. The Committee r equest t he audien ce to re frain from applause.

Pianist: MR. WILLIAM Bus cR. A Hymn P mctice, t o which all persons desirous of improving the hymn singing

are invited, is held at t he close of each S e7·vice . A Coll ection is made at each Se7'vice, to enable those p7'esent t o contribu te to the

expenses of the Socie ty. VISITORS WELCOME. OFFICI,H, CAR PARK- Opposite Main Entrance.

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Rt!>Nt!>RllRY C!>PFH2ERS.

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Secretaries of Sub-Committees are requested to note that any matter which they wish to insert in the MONTHLY RECORD should be in the hands of the Editor, J. B. COATES, 5, King's Garth, S.E.23, as early in the month as possible.

FUNERAL SERVICES can be arranged by the Society. Application should be made to the Secretary, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, W.C.I. (Telephone : Chancery 8032.)

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The Society does not hold itself 7'esponsible for 'views expressed 01' reported in the (C REOORD."

F. M. OVERY. As one who knew Frank Overy from the time he jnined the ociety and who had

much in common with him, both in his rationalistic and political views, I should like to add my testimony of appreciation and gratitude for the invaluable work that he did in connection with South Place Ethical Society. He was the first member, I think, to discover the site of Conway Hall, in Red Lion quare, and, with the earnest and continuous support of the late John Aldred and others, won over the majority of members, after years of rloubt and opposition, to the view of the necessity of the Society moving from the City to H.ed Lion Square. Without his imagination and perseverance the site might never have been discovered or acquired,

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and our, ociety might har d"'indled to a mere handful in the City or have barely existed in some obscure hired building. In a very real sense, therefore, the members are indebted to him more than any other one person for our present home in Red Lion quare. 1\1any of our members helped to secure this end, but ne~'er in such a vital and essential way as Frank Orery did. Our Society is not much given to prai 'e the work of its officers, therefore it seems both necessary and fitting at such a moment to place on record how much "'e owe to Frauk O\'ery.

JOHN MURPHY ON IN

" RELIGION IRELAND"

E. F. E.

AND POLITICS

'fhe opening di course of the new season was given on September 4 by Mr. John :;\Iurphy on the subject of Ireland.

The present situation in that country was more easily understood if related to the event~ that led up to it-the failure of the Parliamentary Party; the successful armed opposition to the Home Rule Act supported by the head of the British Army and the chiefs of the Conservative Party; the rise of the Irish Volunteers in the South; the insurrection of 1916; the repression that followed leading to the war of 1919-20 and the Treaty of 1921, which put an end to seven centuries of destructive hostility between the two countries.. Division of opinion on the Treaty led to the {livil war in Ireland-a disgraceful and humiliating episode for which 1\1r. de Valera was primarily responsible. The three main questions occupying attention in Ireland to-day-the Oath, the Annuities and the Boundary-arose out of the Treaty and the" Partition Act" of 1920. )Ir. Cosgrave's Party regarded the Oath as implied in the Treaty, and not to be modified or abolished without consultation with Britain, while the Republicans, relying also on legal opinions, claimed the right to abolish it. They also wished to abolish the. enate as being an impedim nt to the economic legislation they had in pro pect and generaliy a Conservatiye brake. All parties in Ireland "'ere agreed that the boundary must go sooner or later, but there is no intention of achieving the unity of Ireland by force. It is also agreed by both Parties in the Free tate that the annual payment to Britain of about five millions sterling for land purcha e annuities, pensions, etc., is a crushing burthen on the resources of the country, but there is a clash of opinion as to whether the claim for relief should be based on grounds of legality or of equity, The action of Mr. Thomas in making economic war on the country when unrestricted arbitration waR open to him convinced many that the present economic dependence on England iR a dan­gerous thing. There is also on other grounds a general desire in Ireland that there should be a better halance between agriculture and other industries, and that the {lotmtry should grow more than a small fraction of its own food.

Turning to the ubject of religion, the I cturer said that the population of the Free State was almost wholly Catholic and was likely to remain so, as the clergy had practically complete control of education, primary and secondary. Schools which paid salaries to their teachers could not compete with religious institutions which did not. The tate had recently insisted that in every secondary school a number of alaried teachers should be engaged in proportion to the number of pupils. The religious temperature of the country had declined perceptibly during the past generation. The opposition to the Censorship was one of many recent warnings to the clergy that their views are not now taken for granted. Irish Catholics never regarded the Pope as friendly t, their national demands, and all the movements towards political freedom have had to contend at some time or another with the hierarchy. The len.ders, indeed, of the national cause have been often Protestants­Wolfe Tone, for example, Thomas Davis, tIle )fa?zini of Irish independence, and ParnelI. Dr. Douglas Hyde, the President of the Gaelic League, and other leader. of the Gaelic renaissance, were also Protestant, An ominous note \Ya struck by some modern Anglo-lri_sh writers . GeOl'ge Moore and James Joyce tarted as IrUl Catholics. Their influence in Ireland is, of course, considerable, as is that of ha\\',

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Yeats and George Russell. And the clergy must look askance at some of their younger successors. Austin Clarke make fun of current ascetic notions in "Bright Temptation ; " Gerald O'Dono,an's .. Vocations" is a ,-iolent attack on the con­ventual system, and Peadar O'DonneIl, in "The Gates Flew Open" and "The Kni fe," giye vent to unmeasured hntrcd and contempt for the priests and bishops becau e of their attitude towards his republican brethren. These are symptoms of a cbaLge which will doubtless become more apparent as time. goes on. Ireland is not lIKely to become Prote tant or rationalist, but Catholicism there may "-ell be tran formed more and more into an ntmospherc in which tradition is not unduly inimical to growth and change.

S. K. RATCUFFE ON "REBUILDING A COMMUNITY" Under the heading of "Rebuilding a Community," Mr. S. K. Ratcliffe

de cribed, on eptember 11, the industrial conditions in the milling areas of outh Wales, with special reference to the efforts at social restoration now beinrr made at Br~-nmawr and in the Rhondda Valley.

He ~aid thnt this region afforded nn o\1t~tnnding illustration of the tenc1enc" in distri cts dependent upon a single indu. tr~-, for the community to sink steadily down in the s('nle, \I-ith a staggering percentage of unemployment, and the plain necessity of maintnining a large number of the workers over forty, not temporaril~', but for the rest of their lil'es. The survey lately carried out by the University of Wales sholl-ed a rise in unemplo,ment since the beginning of the depres~ion of from 5 to oyer ~O per cent., and it was 110 unusunl thing to find towns to-da:­with more than 90 per cent. of the workers unemployed and receil'ing relief of one kind or another. The mining towns of the Rhondda were in thi~ condition; one could see a lnrge centre such as )Ierthyr Tydfil almost stagnant, and Dowlais, close by .. 1111k in terrible poyeri" in the shndow of the great steel works Iyhich \I'erE' shut dowll and I'll ting. Coal wn a Cluickly responsive industry, nnd an improve­ment in genernl trade would mean n renen'ed demnnd for Welsh steam coal; but it "'a~ rf'cogni~ed that the mining counties could ne,er regain their old position or prm-icle ,york for the present population.

ThE' manifest ta k. thereforfl, wns to attack the problem first by finding volulltnr~' ,,-ork for the " 'orklesR, surh as would benefit the community. The self­re P"'ct of man~' thousnnds of people hnd to be saved. They \I'ere almost a 11 men, for the percentage of women wagf'-earll~rs in a mining district I"as always small. Voluntar~' a soc iations were requir~d to get the sanction of th relief authorities in order thnt th ,,'orkers enlisted should not endanger their right to unemployment bem,fit. The most notelyorth, experiments so far mnde were those centred in the Friencls' educntionn I sf'ttlement at Trenlnw, in the RllOnddn. nnd those directed by ::\[r. Peter, cott at Brynmawr. mall indu tri s are included in both , hut there \Va more signifirance in thf' cluhs for unemployed orgnniSf'd in the Rhondda and in the definite work of to\l'n improyement at Brynmawr. The cluhs, Iyhich hnd a total mE'mbership of ovel' 1,700, "-ere a striking \lxample of self-help. Any old building wa utilised, and the aim was to make them self-supporting. The men and lads paid twopence each a weE'k. and the organisation was democratic. Outside leader­ship WilS not welcomed; it was recognised that the mem bel'S must lenrn to do every­thing for themselves. A.t earh club there wns a carpenter's shop nnd a ('orner for hoot-repairing , wood and leath f'r being supp lied at cost price. The 11 llotm nts mo'-e­mE'nt wns of larger scope, ancl keen interest wa. shown in the growing of yegetables and flower. . At Brynmawr the most stI- iking piece of work wa. the making of a £#nrden with an open-air swimm ing pool on the site of what had been the most deso­late and offensive dumping ground in th district. It was finished at midsummer, and the proof of its utility as well as its beauty during the hot weather had done much to make an end of the hostility which had been shown from some quarters to the em ployment of voluntary labour. At DrynmalH, too, there are three factories­of boots, tweeds, and fine furniture-turning out products for the market. A.

complete suney of the town had been made, the first detailed investigation of the kind in Wales.

The voluntary work, said ::\Ir. Ratcliffe, was the most hopeful piece of pioneer social seryice so far undertaken to combat the results of prolonged depre sion, ,yhich inyolved what had neyer been known before in Britain on a imilar scale-the steady decline of an indu ·trial community for which no actual recovery could be anticIpated. It had, unfortunately, to be admitted that whatever ,yas done, or might be done, in this ,,"ay could have no result of consequence as regards the mass of uuemployment j but its value in pi'odding interest and in restoring self-respect could not be oyerstated.

OR. C. DELlSLE BURNS ON " WHAT GERMANY."

SAW IN

We tend to g t the impression from our Press that most Germans are fighting one another and that there is "'idespread disorder. This i not the case. The lecturer saw no fighting in Germany. What he a,,' Ivas a people who are intensely " alive" going with zest about their ordHlary pursilits.

The political diyisions of the people are, it is true, deep and intense. But equally striking is the unity of the nation. The "'hole people is one in its resent­ment against other nations, including our own, because of the unfairness of the treatment which it has receh'ed since 191. The lecturer saw on the to"'er-gates of Dinkelsblihl a wooden painted shield with the arms of the town, on which was the inscription, " Think of thc insulting peace of Versaille and of the black horror." That shield is a true indication of the temper of the whole people. Right and left are united in support of the claim made in the recent Germnn Xote for equality of status for Germany. The G rman people feel that they are still being trented as inferiors, if not as outcasts j that while such nations as Poland and Czecho­sIOl'akia, who have nothing to compare with the great German tradition in sci nce, 111 the arts and in philosophy, have the right to d eide ho\\' much armament they need, the Germans alone must bow to for ign dictation. The present temper of the Germans is not militnristic, but it is firm in the determination to submit no longer to the exceptional po itioll forced upon G rmany by the Treaty of Yersailles.

The Reichs"'ehr, under General ,'cltleic·hcr, is an embodiment of the unity of Germany. This small German army of to-day is not the same sort of thing a the German army of 1914. '1'he officers are not a separate caste. Also both officers and men hal'e strong political I'iews, and are 'ol1scious of themselyes as representing Germany's cau c again t nnjust and oppres ive treatment.

While the German nation is united in its sentiment towards foreign Powers, it is torn within by fundamental divisions of opinion as to public polic\·. The division of opinion between Hitlerite and f-locialist appears to be quite irrecncilable, while Comml1nist and Socialists differ from each other \vith e"en greater fierreness. Hitler derives his support rery largely from the middle class, whirh is in a position of very great economic hard ·hip. There are numerous lawyers and doctors without employment j \\' hole famili s of the cducated classes are living on a pound a week from the city funds. There are innumerable sons and daughters of middle­cIa s families who can see no pro pect of making any living. These feel a great re entment against the" outsiders," who they feel are ruining German~·. and also against the manual workers. They prolTide a great elJlotional force behind Hitler, although they ha\'e few clear ideas of policy. The distress of the manual workers is also very great. Girls will travel from house to house in the richer guarters, asking to be taken as domestic servants without pay, simply to get food. The manual workers are generally ocialists or Communists, and are verI' sarcastic a bout the Revolution of 1918, which arhieved nothing. They are deterl~ined that if possible they shall obtain power, and that this time their power shall b real and effectiYe.

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dispute' between the Protestants and the Catholics, and it i noteworthy that the only gainers lI'ere the prince, who took a(h'antage of the dissensions of the ril-al factions to eize power. There seem It likelihood, similarly, that the victor in the pre'E'nt di putes in Germany will be neither the Hitlerite nor the Communist, but tb(' military official caste. The pl'esent You Papen regime i opposed by almost everyone in Germany, yet it seems likely to maintain itself in power simply because the views of the chief parties are il'l'econcilable and becau e Germany cannot afford to be plunged in a civil war which, in a nation lI'ith a long tradition of social opinion, would tend to be almo'b indefinitely prolonged. The military caste is oomposed of men who are del-oted to Germany, hut they ('onc i"e of the tate in terms that are obsolete, and posses' a mentality that has no I' Intion to the needs of the modern world and might plunge it into bloodsh d. Wbether they remain in pOll er largely depends upon their attitude to Germany's ~'outh. The lecturer Iyas grentl,\" impressed by the yiO'our and vitality of the young men and I"omen of Germany, who are hardy and ach'enturous and devoted to an open-air life. It is difficult to believe that tbe~- will submit to the rule of old men. If the Von Papen GOI'ernment is to sUl'l'il-e, it mu·t capture the imaginations of the young. The danger i that it may do so by directing their energy and enthusiasm against the foreigner. It is an old trick, which may succeed again-the trick of turning the discontent of a nation away from the home Government towards the foreign oppres or. The next year will rel'eal Ivhnt the attitude of the youth of Germany is going to be.

J BC.

THE STUDY CIRCLE. i\lR. E. P. HART ON D. H. LAWRENCE'S" APOCALYP E."

On Friday, eptember 2, :Mr. E. P. Hart read a paper on D. H. Lawrence, mainly with reference to his last book, "Apocalypse."

The importance of D. H. Lalnence is due not merely to his being a great writer, but to the fact that he was a new kind of man-an "emergent Yariation," as l\Ir. l\1iddletol1 :\Iurry calls him, and as such extraordinarily difficult for his contem­pOl'aries, and still more for his elders, to understand. La\lTence believed that in the epoC'h to which I,e belong-the Christian-Platonic epoch-human beings had 10 t their organic integrity by a lop-sided development of the "higber" ~entres, the m ntal and spiritual centres, at the expense of what he called the sensual centres-that is, those concerned with the dynamic and instinctive life. It was not that he denied the importance of the mental and spiritual consc)ousness, but he said that the only part of it which was of an~' value was that which sublimated into it from the dynamic consciou ne s. The live of tbe great majority of human beings should be almost wholly in tinctive. For them knOll-ledge must be symbolical, mythical, dynamic. ymbols must be true; but their interpretation must rest upon the higher, responsible, conscious classes. To those who cannot divest themselves aga in of menta I consciousness and dC'fillit ideas, mentalit~- and ideas are death, nails through the hands and feet.

In saJ-ing that s~-mbols must be true, Lawrence differs from most contemporary humanists, who seem to regard religion as an unaccountable function of human nature, having no relation to the cosmo. For Lawrence tbe supreme disaster is that we ha\-e lost the cosmos by disintegrating it into thought-forms. He says that we have not th fainte t conception of the vast range that was covered by the ancient ense-co;;!sciousnes ; and clearly, if that is so, the ancient symbols cannot be discredited by a science which has no access to this wider consciousness.

Lawrence finds ill the Apocalypse ideas and symbols deri\'ed from the civilisa­tions which preceded those of Greece and Rome. Those civilisations had a definite religiou basis . The nation was, in a very old sen e, a churC'h, or a vast cult-unit. Cult-lore was the wi dom of the ancient races. We noli' have culture, and the difference is that cult-lore is an activity of the sen e , I"hile cu lture is chiefly an activity of the mind .

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In other books, notabl~' in " A propos of Lady Chatterl y's Lo\'er," Lawrence wrote with great sympathy of the medireval Catholic Church, "'hich restored the sacred days and feasts, almost as the pagans had them, so that for centuries the ma s of the people li,ed in the ancient rhythm under the Church. "But Protestant · came and gave a great blow to the religious and ritualistic rhythm of the year in human lifo. Kouconformity almo t finished the deed; and now you have a poor, blind, dIsconnected people; "'ith nothing but politics and bank holidays to satisfy the etemal need of li\'ing in ritual aclju tment to the cosmos in its revolutions, in suhmis ion to the greater laws."

:'IIR. C'HARLE E 'A1I1 OX "OUR DUTY TO THE UNBORN." At tllo Study Circle on Friday, eptember ]6, Mr. Charles Esam opened the

discu sion with a paper entitled " Our Duty to the Unborn." When he spoke of duty, he sa id, that did not imply sacrifice. The principle

that each goneration should sacrifice itself for the good of future generations was obviously ridiculous, ince all would b sacrificed. mat was implied ,,'as that we ought to s('lcct our course of action with a view to the good of posterity, and he was cOll\·iuced that only hy doing 0 could we further the happiness and well-being of our eh'cs and our own g neration.

The unborn were completely in our hands to make or to mar; e"erything we did-our ways of life and habits of thought-must inevitably have its effect upon them, whether we passed on any germ of our physical bodies to postority or not. Their helplessness should have the ame appeal to us as that of a tiny infant. If it did not , then we were something less than huma:l.

In his last paper, on Mr. Olaf tapledon's" Last and First Men," Mr. Esam had said that this book seemed to him to offer a new basis for ethics. Stapledon's argument was that man was an ever-eyoh'ing form of life which might, in a given number of generations, de\'elop a degree of complexity as great, in comparison with his present structure, as that of man compared with the ammba. He might, on the other hand, degenerate to the biological status of a rabbit. If morality meant anything at all, these possibilities must have a very real bearing upon it.

The distinctively human characteristic was awareness, an awareness which sought to comprehend the Whole of the uni,'erse . "And this," tapledon said, " is the goal of all living; that the cosmos may be known and admired and ... crowned with further beauties." The ignificant and valuable element in human life was apPI'eciation-an emotional. not an intellectual, faculty. Intelligence was a tool that man had made to serye his emotions. It was an edged tool. So far it had nabl .d us to misunderstand ourselves and the universe in an astonishing var iet:v of ways.

The purpose of morality ought to be to enable us to direct our lives so as to increa e the extent of man's awareness and his capacity for appreciation, and so to identify ourseh'es with the true human purpose, which was the only purpose in the uni,'erse.

'We were li\'ing in an age without faith, which meant that we were without will, without direction. We were like a ship whose rudder was of no use because everybody disagreed as to where "'e wanted to go and how to read the compass. Yet the engines were going full speed ahead I

The solution of our problem could only be found in a faith, and that faith could only express itself in religion. But we had outgrown the values which had made the alleged attributes of gods acceptable to us.

There was only one image that could take the place of our dethroned gods, and that was IVIan Perfeqted-the projection of all that was noblest in ourselves and our friends, and there was no true and no real morafity but the love of Man Perfected.

POETRY CIRCLE" AT HOME" The" At Home" of the Poetry Circle, held in the Library on Sunday evening,

September 18, was well attended, and the programme was particularly varied and attractive. It opened with a poem scena, in costume, from Omar Khayyam

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(W oodford -l!' iudehl a rranged by :Ur . :Ua rianne Idiens) in wh ich " .F'aLe (Peggy Vaughan), "Youtu" (AI ice Godfr ey), and " Hope" '(Mar ianne I diens) charac­ter Ised a selection of the well-known verses in a very original manner.

4 ext two shor t poems were beau tifully rendered by l\1:argaret Overy . These were followed by a duologue from " J ulius Cresar," in which .l£rnest Bevi -Hessell and Cyril Bower took the parts of Brutus and Cassius. They rendered it with t he requisite fire and passion to make the scene wholly effective. "Brumana," by J ames Eh'oy .l!lepker, was then rendered by Peggy Vaughan with great depth of feeling.

Richard Butler foiJowed with a selection of songs which admirably suited his voice and technique .

A humorous monologue, "The H.ouse IVarming" (French), cle'"erly render ed by :.\Iiss Idiens, who also recited with beautiful execution the poem" Mar:. Rose 's Enchanted Isle" (by a member of the Society), brought the first part of the programme to an end.

After an interval for social intercourse and refreshments, a scene fr om "Richard IlL," admirably presented by Erne t Bevis-He sell and Cyril Bower, opened the second part.

This was followed by two more poem, attracti'-el;v rendered by Margaret Overy, and two songs, "Invictus" and an Hebridean Lcve Song, sung with excellent feeling by Richard Butler. Evelyn Godfrey kindly acted as accompanist.

The pr0l>ramme concluded with a short play, " 0 as to 'ee," written by Mariaane Idlens, in which she and Peggy Vaughan characteristically depicted two aspirlllg; actr sses fighting fate with their hack to the wall. The plot \\'a~ very origina I and the parts were "'ell sustained from start to finish.

The whole programme was well receirecl by the audience and retlects the greatest credit on everyone who took part, and the organisers should feel well repaid for their successful opening of what we hope will pro'"e a highly successful season. 'Whilst the members of the POcCl'Y Circle can continue to give so much pleasure to their audiences we can say with heartiness-may their art go forward and prosper! W. M.

RAMBLES. aturday, October I.-Fms1' RAMBLER' DAXCE. ee special notice. unday, October 9.-MoOR P ARK A);,D S.~XDY LODGE, NORTHWOOD AND PI);,NER.

Baker treet, 1.12 p .m. "'rour ticket X o. 14 re'"ersed" (:,\1001' Park, returning from Pinner), 25. Lunch on train . Leader, :Uiss KNICHT.

Saturday, October 15.-0 RPINGTON AN'D KXOCKHOLT. Conducted by Mr. CHARLES X F,WSO;\L Train, 2.11 from London Bridge to Orpington, 2s . cheap fare. 'rea at Knockholt .

unday, October 23.- IDCUP , BEXLEY, DARTl'ORD, to W.\NLEY. Leader, Mr. J . A. GRArrA~L Cheap day return to 'idcup, Is. 6d. Train f rom (,hanng (' ross at 1.25 p.m. 'rea at cc Old Bull," Da rftord .

aturday, October 29 .-A visit to Dr. ALEEBY'S, 12, GreviIle Place, K.W.6. :Ueet outside, 2 p.m., or at l\l aicla Val ,tation, 1.45 p.lJl. Dr . aleeby', house show what can be cTone with an old house in transfOl'lll ing it into a flositn'e sun trap . Names must be sent before t he cla~" to ::.\11'5 . J A::IIES. Dr . and ::.\[rs. :->aleeby ,,,il l recei'-e the ramblers.

Hon . S eC1"eta1"?I: GRACE ,T ~~ER .

MONTHLY DANCES. October I.- We wish to make known to new members t he increa ing popularit y

of the monthly dance, which is held in the large hall on t he first aturdny in the month , beginning October 1, a t 7.30 p.m. T ickets. including li ght refreshments, 3s . , to be obtained of Mrs. J AMES, or at Conway H all.

ANNOU NCEM ENTS. LIBHARY.-The Library is open on Sunday mornings before and after the ervice

and on Mondays during the Country Dance Class. It is free to Members and Associates; Non-Members may borrow books on payment of 5s. per annum. Members are specially reminded that a slip must be filled in for each book borrowed. When books are returned they must be handed to the Librarians and not replaced on the shelves.

In view of the loss of books, borrowers will be held responsible for t hem or their value. In future, the slip filled in by the borrower will be returned on the book being handed to the Librarians .

Books returned by post should bear clearly the name of t he Member returning them.

By the kind gift of a member six books by D. H. Lawrence have been added to the Library. AI 0 about 0 "olumes have been left to the ociety under the will of the late IIIr. Hooper.

THE TUDY CIRCLE will meet on the first and third Fridays of each month at 7.30 p.m.

On Friday, October 7, Mr. Archibald Robertson will give a lecture on " A Glim pse of Russia."

On Friday, October 21 , :'IIr. Reginald i;tamp will open a discu sion on " Pennl Reform."

Qu stions and discussions follow the paper at each meeting. All Members, Associates and their friends are invited. Hon. ecretary : Mr. A. M. S . FERNANDE , Ringwood, Farm 'Vay, Worcester Park, uney.

THE POE'l'RY C1HCLE will meet in the Library on the second and fourth Fridays of 'ncll month at 7.30 p.m. The paper for October 14 will be announced on the notic'o board. On October 2 :'Ill'. H. Cross field will give a paper on " Matthew Arnolcl ;;u1d h is Poems." Further particulars from the Hon . ecretary, Mrs. MAHI.IXNE IDIENs, 5, Windsor Road, E.7.

PLAY-H R.\ DlXG CTRCLE.-To inl1ugurat the sea 'o n a "costume" reading of " ""bias :wcl hi · Angel, " by Jl1ll1e Briclie, will be gi\'en b~' member of the ('ire·le in the Library :1I; ('onwa~' Hall on Thur. da~', Oc·tober 6, at 7 P Ill. This charming plny met with great succe s when produced in London early Lhi ~'ear, witb Henry .-tinley as th "Angel." 3Iembers and fril'nds are cordiall~' im' ited to thi. performance. Light refreshments will be 'ened during th el'£' 11 ing, for which a nominal charge of 6d. will b made.

SlIbseription for the sea on Octob I'-April is 2s. 6d. '1'he Hon. ecretary \~i]j be. glad to welcome all la t season's M~mbers., and hopes to have applica­tlOllS [rom any other Members and -Assoclates Interested. Hon. ecretary, 1\1rs. HrNCnLII"F, 23, Rus ell Garden, London, N.W.ll.

" AT HOME. "-The first informal" At Home" of the season will be held in the Library on unday, October 16, at 4 p .m. Mr. and Mrs. . K . Ratcliffe will act as Host and Hostess. A nominal charge of 6d. will be made for tea . Will Memhers and Associates who wish to attend kindly send their names in writing, by October 12, to Mrs. CATHERALL, Conway Hall?

COXWAY DISCU • ION' CIRCLE.-E,'ery Tuesday, at 7 p.m. , The Conway Dis­cu . 'ion Cire· le, which " 'a originated and is maintained b~' tbe R.P .A. and the

outb Place Ethical Society, ha arranged an excellent prograIlXJlle for the autumn. The, ession will b opened on October 4, at 7 p.m., b~' ProfeoI' H. J. Laski, who \\' ill speak on ". ome Reflections Oll the Pr sent Temper of the Time." He " 'ill be Ilcce d d, a \\'eek later, by , ir XOI'man Angell, who has chosen as his suhject 'Wher Edur'ntion Fail." OcLober 1 will be an ventful e\'euing, n dis('u,'sion being fL'ed for that date between :'Ill'. Chapmnn Cohen ~editor of the "Freetbink l' ") nnd :'Irr. Arnold LUl1n on th propo ition, 'That 'Materialism 111\'0"'e8 the Fluicide of Thought." On October 25 :'Ill'.

Geralcl Heard will open a di. cus. ion on " The Psychologicnl Backing for ocial R eform." To a ll the melting. :\fember of the R.P.A. and of the South Place Ethic'al .,'ociety aI'€' admitt d free, and tickets for friend nUl" be obtained of the, 'ecretary of either organi ation. A. our readers kno\\·. Cori\l'a~' Hall, \I'here th rruefi(la ~' meeting are held, is situate in R d Lion, quare, not far from the British :'Iu eum.

COU TRY J)AXCE GHOUP.-Th€' group 110\\' meets on 3Ionday.·, fit 7 p.Jll., in the Lihrnrv for a lesson .

Tlie entra nce fee is 2 . 6el., \\'ith fin additional charge of Is. p r lesson; or 10 . down fo r the hnlf-season (until Chri tma ), pnyahle to the Hon. Trea 11rer, Mrs. 'l'. LrxD AY .

Those desiring to join th group should communicate with the Hon. cre-tnry, :'I[is P.:'IL OVERY. Beginners will he admitted until October 17, and the group is limited to ~Iembers and . .\ssocintes of the ociet~·.

On 'Yec1ne. day, Octoher 19, a ('ountry Dance Party \\'ill he held in the Lnrge Hall at 7 p.l11. Ticket. n1' 2s. , including supper, obtninahle from the Flee' ['eta r~' .

S t!)UTH VLIH~E SUND1tY et!)NeERT St!)eIETV. Sunday Popular eorc:erts (ehamber MU!lie).

The FORTY-, EYEX'l'H EA, ON will begin on UXDAY, October 2, with the 113 th C'oncert.

Oc,tobe r 2.-Pianofortes : Johanne Stockmarr and Ivy Parkin. String Quartet: ,)cssie Grim on, Leonnrd tein, Dorothy J ones, Robert Grimson . Sinding's

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Variations, chumann's Andante and Variations, etc., for two Pianos; Haydn's tring Quartet in B fiat, Op. 64, No. 3; Piano Solos; inding's Piano Quintet.

October 9.-The Schwiller String Quartet: Isidore Schwiller, Wynford Reynolds, Watson I' orbes, Robert Grimson. Horns: B. J. Muskett, J. Mason. Piano: Richard H. Walthew. Vocalist: GOl'don Cleather. l\lozart's Divertimento in D for tring Quartet and two Horns; Grieg's Sonata in F for Piano and Violin;

ougs by Walthew, accompanied by the Composer; B. Hollander's eptet for Piano, tring Quartet and two Horns.

October 16.-The Trio Players. Piano: Gerald }Ioore. Violin: Eda Kersey. 'Cello: Cedric harpe.

October 23.- ee Announcements on Reports and Programmes. October 30.-The English ingers Quartet. Flora }Lann Lillin,n Berger,

Norman tone, Dale mith. Piano: Ether Fisher. Violin: ~1ulTay Lambert. churnann's pallisches Liederspiel, Op. 74; Ernest Walker's Five Song from

"England's Helicon;" }Iadrigals; onata for Piano and Violin; Instrumental 010 •

:1Iembers Tickets 3s. each, admitting to Reserved eats for First Half- eason, from October 2 to December 1 , and 35. each for econd Half- eason from January 8 to May 7 (except Easter unday, April 16) ma~' be had from the Hon. Trea urer of the Concerts, AN DREW E. 'VAT ON, Conway Hall, Red Lion quare, W.C.l, by sending remittance and stamped addressed em·elope.

Doors open at 6.10. Concert at 6.30. Admission Free. ilver Collection. For further particulars see Report of the Forty-Sixth eason, now ready.

Committee Meeting on Sunday, eptember 25, at 5 p.m. "THE STORY OF A THOU AND CONCERTS," by W. S . Meadmore, illus­

trated with portraits of the Artists and two Drawings, together with a List of Works, Number of Performances, Names of Artists, etc. Sixpence net. Post free d. from the Hon. Treasurer .

Hon. Treasu1'cr': Andl'ew E. Watson, COl1\\'ay Hall, Red Lion quare, W.C.I. Hon. Secretary: ALFRED J. CLEMENTS, 8, Finchley Way, N.3.

Hon. Assistant Secretaries: { Mrs. D. M. CLEJlIENTS, ,Fi~chley, Way, N.3. GEORGE HUTCHINSON, 100, Mlldmay Road, N.I.

FRaNK It. HltWKtNS eHAMBER MUSIe LIBRaRY.

This Library contains over 2,000 works for all chamber music combinations. For terms and conditions of borrowing see special folders obtainable in the entrance hall.

seUTH VLlteE eR eHE S TRll .

Conductor: RICHARD H. W AI,THEW. The practices will take place at 7 p.m., at Conway Hall, every Friday evening,

commencmg October 7. There are vacancies for both string and wind players. Full particulars miLY be obtained from the Hon. Secretary, E. J. FAffiHALL, 18, Golden Y[anor, W. 7.

CO NW A Y MEMORIAL LECTURE. The Con way Memorial Lectures, which are delivered annually in March, were

inaugurated in 1908, as a Memorial to Dr. Moncure Conway. The Committee is not yet in possession of the necessary capital for the permanent endowment of the Lectureship, and in the meantime it makes an earnest appeal to all readers of the MONTHLY RECORD either for subscriptions or donations, to ensure the continuance of the lectures. These should be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. COOKBURN, Peradeniya, 18, Northampton Road, Croydon.

Twenty-three lectures have been given, and copies of these can be purchased at the book stall.

Hon. Secretary, ERNEST CARR, "Lyndall," Essendon Road, Sanderstead, Surrey.

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CLUB ROOM FOR MEMBERS. A room is available every week-day, from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., for the use of

Members of the Society. Special tickets are issued, which can be obtained from Miss R. HALLS, Hon. Registrar. It will be necessary for Members to show their tickets at the entrance if they wish to use the room provided. It should be under­stood that, in view of certain commitmQnts, it will not be always possible to use a particular room, but usually either the Library or the Club Room will be available.

SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY The General Committee invite applications from Members and Associates for

the post of ecretary to the Society. The duties will include the management of the Hall. and the applicant will be requir d to reside on the premises. Applications should be forwarded a soon as po . ihl to Mr. C. E. LI TER, Conwny Hall, Red Lion

quare, W.C.I.

CONWAY HALL LETTINGS The Halls and Rooms of this

Building are admirably adapted for

M E E TIN G S, CON C ER T S,

DRAMATIC PERFO~MANCES,

ART EXHIBITIONS, and similar purposes.

The accommodation consists of a Large and a Small Hall,

a Library suitable for Company meetings and similar purposes,

and various rooms for small meetings and committees.

A Pamphlet containing full particulars of terms and accommodation,

together with a plan of the Hall and a map of the district, may be

obtained from the Secretary, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, W.C!.

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Secretaries of Sub-eommiltees. Concert ALFRED J. OLEMENTS, 8, Finchley Way~ Finchley, N.3.

MISS OVERY, Oonway Hall, Red Lion 1::iquare, W.O.I. MRS. JAMES, 302, Dalston Lane, E.8.

Country Dances Dances Orchestra ... Play Reading Poetry Circle Rambles

E. J. FAmHALL, 18, Golden Manor, Hanwell, W.7. MRS. HINCHLIFF, 23, Russell Gardens, Golders Green. MRS. MARIANNE IDIENS, 85, Windsor Road, E.7.

... MRS. JAMES, 302, Dalston Lan~ E.8. Socia:l r MAJOR GAMBLE, 43, Woodland uardens, N.I0.

... ) MRS. G. OATHERALL, 49, Oecile Park, N.8. Study Circle { A. M. S. FERNANDES, "Ringwood," Farm Way, Worcester

.. . Park, Surrey.

A. J. OLEMENTS. J. B. OOATES. E. F. ERRINGTON. A. M. S. FERNANDES. W. FISH. F. G. GOULD. S. G. GREEN.

eeMMITTEE. Mrs. F. M. HAWKINS. Mrs. HINCHLIFF. H. LIDSTONE. Mrs. T. O. LINDSAY. J. MURPHY. Mrs. E. RrcHARDS. F. A. RIOHARDS.

Miss F. J. SIMONS. E. SNELLING. Mrs. V. STUTTIG. F . STUTTIG. A. S. TOMS. Mrs. WATSON. A. E. WATSON.

New Members:

Mr. D. A.. A. ARCHER, 4, Parton Street, W.O.I. Miss A.. OLIFF, 9, Alderney treet, S.W.I. Miss D. M. DAVIS, 39. Waltheof Gardens, N.17. Mr. E. ELLIS, 23, Upnam Park Road, W.4. Miss D. E. HUD ON, 50, Dafforne Road, S.W.17. Mr. P. RYAN, 1" Ravenscroft Ro;td, W.4. Miss FLORENCE E. SMITH, "Hascombe," Ohampion Hill, S.E.5. Mr. JAMES OMERVILLE, 14, Landseer Road, Upper Holloway, N.19. Miss J. M. VAUGHAN, 47, Belsize Square, N.W.3. Mis E. B. VOYSEY, "Kirkland," Ohurch Lane, Beeding, Sussex. Miss EUNICE WALTERS, 151.~, Grosvenor Road, Highbur:v, N.5.

New Associates: Miss E. M. AXFORD, 137. Grall\·ille Road, Wood Green, N.22. Mr. H. O. BOGER, 41, Gloucester treet, S.W.I. Miss VERA McLEAN, 11, Mecklenburgh treet, W.O.I. Miss J. MOORE , 11, Mecklenburgh Street, W.O.]. Mrs. A. E. TINNOCK, 7, Winchester Road, Swiss Oottage , N.W.3. Mr. W. E. WRIGHT, 47, Patshull Road, Kentish Town, N.W.5. Mrs. L. M. WYNN, 4, St. Helen's Terrace, Riverside, Richmond.

ehange~ of 1tddress:

1 2 2 :l 5 6 7 9

Mr. P. T. KELLORN, 24, Korth ide, S.W.IB. Mr. E. BARDILI, 88, Abbe:- Road, N.W.S.

DIARY F(,)R eeT(,)BER. Ramblers' Dance ... 'i.30 p.m. 16 Concert Service 11 a.m. .7 Country Dances Concert 6.30 pm. ID Country Dance Party Country Dances ... 7 p .tU. 20 Play-Reading Circle General Committee 6.30 p.m. 21 Study Circle Play-Reading Circle 7 p.m. 23 Service Study Circle 7.30 p .m. 23 Ramble' Sidcup, etc. (see Service 11 am. page 8)

6.30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.

7.30 pm. 11 a .m.

!) Ramble: Moor Park, etc. 23 Concert . .. 6.30 p.m. (see page 8) 24 Country Dances ... 7 p.m . 9 Concert 6.30 p.m. 28 Poetry Circle 7.:{0 p.m. 10 Country Dances ... 7 p.m. 2!l Ramble: Visit to Dr. 14 Poetry Circle 7.30 p.m. Saleeby's (see page 8) 15 RambJe: Orpington and 30 Service · 11 a.m. Knockbolt (see page 8) 30 Concert 6.30 p.m. 16 Service 11 a.m. 31 Country Dances ... 7 p.m. 16 At Home 4 p.m.

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