' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 21. 1903.
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HAT Have the Greeks Done
for Modern Civilisation?
the Lowell ' Lecture of
1S08-9. by John P.,Mahffy
.. of Trinity college, Dublin.
'-In his preface the author. In a way
both dignified and caustic, deplorea the
resent scheme of "practical life" edu
cation, which Is sacrificing .the claislo
to the hurried preparation for a business
career. He, however, admits that he
ifound things In this respect much less
'objectionable in America thsn he was
lf-d to believe.1 Oa this point he says:
"There were many symptoms that, pub
(lie opinion In the states Is by no means
j satisfied with the thought of an abso
'lute reign of modern science, or of ape
Vlallzlng education at the fancy of. the
(ignorant youth or the more Ignorant
parent. Even employers In factories are
beginning to find out, with that plain
J pood sense .which marks the solid core
.of American society, that young men
who receive a liberal education are more
intelligent nd useful as tradesmen or
mechanics than those who have mas
jtered only one subject. iThe intellectual
outlook tells even upon the handicraft
'of the apprentice.
There Is therefore some prospect 'that
ithe mistakes of the last generation (pos
jsibly due to the Influence of Harvard
and other universities h, will be corrected
and that a proper college education win
egain replace the bread and butter stud
ies of the earlier years of all good col
lege training. : If such a, recovery of
sound education takes place. It Is Im
possible that Greek shall not resume Its
old Importance." . Again Dr. Mahaffy
says: "Two observations are - worth
making- here before I conclude; the
.American professors of Greek and
Jatln have exactly the same experience
that we have In Ireland regarding the
abandonment of Greek while professing
to retain Latin. Neither there or In
Ireland have we failed to note the de
1rloratlon .of Latin teaching, and the
conviction grows upon ua that a teacher
who knows no Greek cannot bo a Latin
jtl)ol8r In any real sense, So much for
the boasted retaining of Latin while
sacrificing Grfrek. -
The next observation concerns the
now fashionable attending of courses
In English literature. "In no case dur
Ing my visit did I hear .a literary con'
versa Hon spring up among these stu
dents of English. . They have no doubt
admirable professors n great numbers,
specialists - on every .English poet or
prose writer worth naming. But appar
ently poetry learnt without labor In the
mother tongue la not assimilated or ap
predated as Is the poetry of classic lan
guages, and from them the delight in lit
erature as such spreads Into kindred
studies.
"Wherever I cited the poets, or Indeed
great prose such as the Bible among the
young people who had studied English
as a subject for graduation, I found a
strange ignorance of what ought to have
been familiar.' I was' almost driven to
believe the paradox that without a clas
sical education even the proper apprecia-
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Ynu Yarn jml,M Iy.ilrn lhif.
fie Huylsn More than l.uvw.Ou jmrsun
nave seen t!ie wct oy ana her troupe
of triangular Vama Yamas rt-ait the
famous acting song, entltlcxt "The Yam
Yama Man," .The uiilverel Interest
ereuaed by this grotesquely funny . and
weird . perforinaitre had t tie r ff t of
favlrta around the Yama Yearns a
wonderful legend of a wonderful man
the Yam Yama uisnuimern, unknown,
but known "ti b here, 'there, anywhere,
everywhere, Krom thin mere whisper
or so t range a ehsraetr, Uraca Duffle
lioyUn has traced him t his queer
nnm and nia equally qui-er people
In doing this the author haa given
adventures of tha rareat quality to a
fair haired little Sylvia whose esca
pade will open wide tha eyes and Im
aginations of all children of tha fairy
tale age. ; '
In aid of tha text Edgar Keller's gor
geous pictures are full of humor and
about 100 throughout tha text are pro
duced In'rolora, beside which are.IJ
full page and double page pictures tn
four colors. , ., ,
Tha theatrical rights of this book
have already been arranged. Tha atory
la to be uyllaed In forming the plot of
an exiravagransa or tne "Wlaard of Cnt"
ordsr. and is to. ba produced In New
York at th beginning of the theatrical
season of-110. Hellly A Brltton Co.
Pries. 11.60. ; w
are laid, Xloat of her previous book,
however, wrre doita, by the way, while
site waa working nn '"Ths Vlute of the i
UiKla." In preparing for this remark-
shin novel of (lie weatern Auierlcau In- i
dlana. Mrs. . Ityan spent t wo summers j
living among tha survivals of the
tribe in New Mexico and . ArUouu,
where aha a forced to undergo many
hardahlpa and aven dangera. The re
sult Justifies her sympathetic study.
for a, scholar pronouncea her book the
moat truthful Indian romance ever writ
ten. It will certainly ba 'a revelation
to many people who have had only
superficial knowledge of Indian life.
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Which Will It Be?
"Captain Pets of Puget Bound." by
James Cooper Wheeler A San Juan
archipelago (kle of the early days of
Puget sound, the friendship of two boys.
ery wiaeiy separated as to social po
sition, la the base upon which this story
Is built, while the opium smuggling and
the governments struggle to atop It,
furnishes excitement for half a' dosen
heroes. The narrative gtvea a good Idea
or tn country at that time.- Its people,
their work and play and eharacteriatica.
Peta's father, a veritable French "squaw
is one of the best drawn figures.
"Maria of Arcady." by K. Hewea Lan-
cast sr. In point of time the story Is
a century back; in -location It Is In
baaln of a bayou along the lower Mis
sissippi, and Its characters are the de
scendants of tha exiles of the land of I
Arcadia. Maria was one of these 'Cajan
maidens whoa story is as sweet and j
poetlo. If not as , tragic, as that of
Evangeline. Tha author haa caught, to
a wonderful degree, that strain of
pathoa that la so pronounced In the I
lives of all these people. It Is not sad
ness, for they are happy in their loves
and In their homes; It Is not grief, for
wun oouyant joy they look forward I
and never backward, and they are
people who sip their .honey from suoh
nomeiy no were. It Ja this simple hao
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in it, to the readers of today.
.Mr. Lancaster's characters are all
splendidly drawn and ills settings most
Deauurui. . it is a strong tale .of sin
cere, simple gladness, devoted love and
numan sweetness.
It. la written almost wholly 'in the!
i;sjan dialect, which , makes it sther
airjicuu to read at first, but when
one Is .well Into the story there Is a
swing about It that one rapidly falls
Into and they are surprised to find how
soon tney can read it understanding
ana without hesitation. The book has
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Redcloud" -By Frederick R. Burton.
An Indian story of Lake Huron, at the
time when that part of the country was
being settled by Deoole IntAreaiM in
much ner foot " T,th ?umbeRT .' sun beating ; In their eyr,,. wnlle
tne nurses were sitting beje young
suit a movement was started to organise
a protective association to keep - thn
girls on their Joba and forca their ad
mirers to make love Indoors.
James J. McLoughlln. a member of
tha society, told of young children ly
ing on the grass and in gocarts, with
Marah EIHb Ryan', Author of "The Flute of the' Gods." '
tlon of English literature Is unusual."
With this Intense feeling regarding
the Influence.: of the Gretks upon our
modern civilization, and realizing that
the writes who holds them is one of the
most eminent scholars of the day, and
scarcely knows a peer in this particular
field of knowledge, the reader Is pre
pared to accept with 'warmest enthus
iasm the various subjects and avenues
through which -the writer has arrived at
his conclusions, and which he' so forci
bly presents In the eight lectures con
tained in the book.
After the introductory lecture he Ae-
votes one lecture each to Greek poetry.
prose, art In architecture and sculpture.
art In painting and music, science, 'pol
itics and-phllosophy.
These, lectures were given before one,
if not the most critical - audience of
America, and were so well received that
the author was importuned to put them
In book form. They are interesting and
instructive alike to the student of the
classics, or the reader who has but time to
take occasional draughts at. the fountain
of pure literature. 'The beauty of sim
plicity characterises the style- antj lan
guage, while every word comes freight
ed with its full meaning, and every .sen
tence penetrates the understanding of
much per foot.
Redcloud of the lakes was the pro
gressiva son ; of a brave old warrior
who clung to the trabe traditions so
long as there was breath with which
to fight, and the heroic struggle of the
son la the issue of the story. There
are two pretty little romances of the
Indian kind, and several characters
worth meeting, - while the whole work
Is well done, especially the i
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v 1 he ponce squad or Audubon park
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U. P. Putnam's Sons. Price $2.50.
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"Voices of the City," by Marlon Cook
Stow In ! 16 exquisite sonnets, Mrs.
Stow has sung the story of the city,
and that city, of course, is Portland,
though the only thing fo , fix this fact
Maran Ellis Ryan, whose "The -Flue
01 xiie ioas" nae just been published
by Stokep, ia one of the few American
novelists the sale of any one of whose
books has " reached thet 100,000 mark
Her "Told In the Hills," "For Che Soul
of Rafael," and "Indian Love Letters"
definitely Is the one devoted to IFes- are known the country over, and have! the high schools In their
Dedicates Book to Portland
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tival Days," and the dedicatory line
"To Portland; Its Growth and Power."
JIach sonnet takes up somo particular
line of our city life: necessarily some
betng sung in minor key, while others
are bright and Joyous as the call of
the meadowlark. Each sonnet is a gem,
with the entire 18 vying, one with the
other, for first place.
Last year, the author gave us that
beautiful little, poem of country life,
"Where Flows Hood River," and through
it Mrs. Stow established herself as a
poet. of no mean ability.. The present
book must add many laurels to those
she won a year' ago, for, while in some
respects these sonnets do not touch the
warm, sympathetic chords the- first
poem did, they have a finer polish, and
a . classic atmosphere that was absent
from the other. The book Itself is an
artistic creation. . It is of the heaviest
linen paper of weave finish, bound in
heavy tan paper shot with gold, with
a conventional design holding the title,
but the most pronounced beauty la in
the dainty illuminations of delicate
yellow, and the five exquisite sketches,"
all of which is the work of Mrs. Stow,
who adds to her literary accomplish
ments, the talents and temperament of
the artist, unfortunately but 500 of I
these books , have been printed, which
will be a disappointment to many, who
would like to have them for Christmas
gift books. At present they are In the
Portland book stores and are sold at
Sl.OO.
ueen especially nooular In th
where the scenes of Mrs. Hyan'a hooks 1
ALL IN, A TRUST
Milwaukee, Nov. 20. State Superin
tendent C P. Peary has startled - the
special legislature Joint committee on
education with the assertion that there
is a "trust" of universities and colleges
in tha north central states to dominate
resDeetiva
territories.' ,
Superintendent Cary said there was
not one of the city superintendents
who .did not look out to see that his
high school was on the aocedlted Hat.
"What Is that Norm Central associa
tion," asked Chairman Edward 'Leroy,
"It Is ft trust association of universi
ties, and colleges put together to bring
the graduates of high schools Into the
universities and then place them back
in the high schools as teachers. They
will not -have, any one but .university
graduates in tha schools. School men
In this state do not dare to say they do
not like It
"How many of the higher educational
Institutions in this state are members ,
of that association T' asked Mr. LeRoy. '
"Nearly all of them," was tha reply.
"Do you really believe that?" asked
W. W. Jacobs
"I am not positive what constitutes ,
a trust, Mr Jacobs," said Mr. Carry,,
Joining In the laugh "but If it is not
a trust I don t know anything about
what a trust is." ,
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"The Cash Intrigue." by' George Itan-
rfolph Chester Like Mr, Chester's first
book, "The Making of Bobby Burnlt.
there is-a deep," underlying principle to
be worked out through this story. Here
It Is labor and capital; selfish power and
patriotic - power ahd ; the dangers of
socialism versus those of combined mo
nopoly. The story i centers about "old
Breed." the richest man in the world,
and who has put away and out of use,
all the cash In the world, or Is fast ac
complishing it, Ths hero.'Phillp Kelvin,
Is the instrument whereby this. intrigue
may be possible; aiid the ultimate pur
pose is to turn the United States into an
empire and. in Kelvin's mind, he is to
be the emperor, ' while old man Breed
believes ho is to he tha ruler. .
How this.- succeeds, bow the entire
country. fares, and how the Constitution
is saved Is tha web and woof of the
story, and the moral cf It is ail summed
up by old Do Zelpban when he says
of the American nation: "You are rep
resentatives, each of you, of your whole
nation, which knows no peace, ho con
trol, no. victory; for. one- battle gained
forms only a vantage" ground for fur
ther, warfare until you die! - Tour en
tire rara is neurasthenic -and, . com
batting this, eaten alive of a wild scram
ble for 70a know not what, it Is going
to end In a crash, with all your insti
tutions,' all your Ideals, all your en as
and alma and ambitions clattering down
about your ears, the most thoroughly
shattered and crumbled wreck and ruin
of a social struggle In the history of
the world. As nations have risen so
have they fallen. Those that have been
the most rapid la their rise to suprem
acy have been tha moat rapid in disin
tegration. The trouble with America Is
that Its speed revolutions have been so
accelerated that at last the fly-wheel
is bound to bcrst- Already rour tiro-
rat a btrtb rate is decreasing were It not
for tbe constant Influx of virile foreign
ers of tlie lower or breeding rlaaa. A
cenfsry will see America as sterile as
France.' ',..
The book hss 'maay points that are
well worth erlous roo si deration, for
they In vol v some of tbe most Serious
problems that are mefrnntlng the nstiea
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