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WINTER PARK TOPICSA Weekly Review of Social and Cultural Activities

During the Winter Resort Season

Vol. 11 —No. 11 Winter Park, Florida, Friday, March 17, 1944 Price 10 Cents

"HOMER NIGHT" REPEATFOR THIS EVENING

It was "Homer night" at theAnnie Russell Theatre Tuesdaynight when the famous contraltoof the "Met" was1 the star and withher pupils presented one of themost enjoyable evenings we canremember in Winter Park. Perhapsthe little theatre, packed with adistinguished aiidience and the"standing room only" announce-ment reminded Mme. Homer ofthose golden days when she wasone of the star casts that filled thebig opera house. So many weredisappointed in getting seats thatDr. Holt announced that the pro-gram, which was the final recitalof the Faculty Series, would berepeated on Friday night.

Mme. Homer, with delightfulsavoir-faire, regaled her audiencewith many thrilling and amusingstories of her brilliant career, es-pecially calling attention to thefact that the roles of a contraltoare principally disagreeable villain-esses who stir up trouble. Althoughdisclaiming her intention of sing-ing, she very spontaneously voicedin full, rich tones short phrasesillustrating her story.

Mme. Homer's pupils, Barbara..Balsara,, soprano, Lucille David,Rebecca Keith, and Elizabeth Wad-dell, contraltos, gave excellent per-formances of arias and duets from

", "Samson and Dalilah", and", all of which had been in

the repertoire of their distin-guish maestra. The program con-cluded with most enjoyable ex-cerpts from "Hansel and Gretel"by Misses Balsara, David and Keithin which Winter Park was treatedfor the first time with real grandopera,-—costumes, scenery andacting.

We take it for granted that Win-ter Park will want a "Homer night"every season, and possibly Dr. Holtwill establish a chair of opera withthe adorable Mme. Homer as itsProfessor.

REGRETFUL AUDIENCE PASSES RESOLUTIONAT CLOSE OF DR. MARTIN'S VALEDICTORY

At the Congregational Church in Winter Pai-k, Thursday afternoon,March 9, a capacity audience heard Dr. John Martin's closing lecture,"The United States in the War and After." Following the lecture Dr.Holt, speaking for Rollins College, pjaid a warm tribute to Dr. Martin,unwilling to accept the lecturer's1 decision to retire.

Mr. Wra. F. Pelham, acting as chairman, invited Dr. J. M. Mooreto escort Mrs. Martin to the platform, introducing her amid applause,as one who had never missed one of Dr. Martin's lectures since thebeginning of the series.

At this point Dr. Eugene R. Shippen offered a resolution, introducedby a few personal remarks as follows, in part:

"Mr. Chairman, a bright chapter in Winter Park's cultural life hascome to a close. I will not dwell upon the regret we all feel that todaywe have heard the last lecture in this memorable series. This is noobituary, for our guide, philosopher and friend is still with us, vigorousin mind and body. For him, if not for ourselves, we rejoice today, a dayof release from a heavy responsibility, and an occasion for happy retro-spect and congratulations.

"Where in all our broad land has another community had the privi-lege comparable to ours of enjoying for many years a course of freepublic lectures, interpreting world events, clarifying vital issues, andilluminating the times? And where is there another octogenarian whocan look back over his later years with such justifiable satisfaction inhis labors, and such a sense of fruitful accomplishment?

"John Martin, you are a man to be envied, one wise enough to leavein his zenith; a man maintaining a non-partisan attitude, yet holdingstrong convictions; an internationalist whose loyal Americanism hasnever been questioned; and finally one who has not amassed wealth, buthas laid up the durable riches of the appreciation and gratitude of hisfellows. If this is not success, I know not what success is.

"Now, therefore, Mr. Chairman, venturing to speak for this largecompany, and for a ttill larger company of those who in the past havesat at Dr. Martin's feet, I propose the following resolution:

A RESOLUTION"We, attendants at the John Martin Lectures on International

Relations, pupils, friends and admirers, coming from many a state,and assembled on the 9th clay of March, 1944, desire to put on recordcur sense of gratitude for the generous service this member of theRollins College Faculty has rendered to the community without moneyand without price; our recognition of the scholarly research that hasgone into the preparation of his lectures; our appreciation of the judicialand objective treatment of controversial issues; and, not incidentally,the enjoyment that has been ours in listening to the pure English andand faultless diction of these discourses.

"If we were an academic body qualified to confer degrees, this wouldbe our citation today:

"John Martin, for many years the eloquent and outstanding teacherof this community, you are here and now awarded the degree of Magisteremeritus, summa cum laude, having long since earned the high esteemof all who value sound learning, civic spirit, and moral courage.

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FAMED SLOW-MOTIONFILM TO BE SHOWN

John H. Storer, who reputedlyhas no equal in slow-motion naturalhistory photography, will show hislatest film, "Birth of the Land" atthe Winter Park High School Audi-torium tomorrow evening (Satur-day, March 18) at eight o'clockunder the auspices of the FloridaAudubon Society.

The pictures in this film storypossess1 the same breath-takingbeauty as those Mr. Storer pre-sented here several years ago.Among the eerie reflections ofcypress trees on dark waters willbe seen forest plants come up fromthe soil. Flowers will open on thescreen and a polyphemus moth •willemerge from its cocoon, unfoldingits embryonic wings to their fullbeauty. Of particular interestwill be this great naturalist's char-acteristic scenes from the homelives of birds; an osprey dives andrises with a fish in its talons.

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HOTEL GUESTS MODELSAT AWVS FASHION SHOW

There will. be some keen compe-tition between Winter Park's hotelgroups1 at the coming AWVSFashion Show which is scheduledfor next Wednesday, March 22nd,at the McKinney Estate on Inter -lachen Avenue. The Committeeannounces that a guest has beenchosen from each hotel to modelthe costumes. The list is as follows:

Alabama, Mrs. Alfred Colby;Seminole, Mrs. Robert Sldllman;Virginia, Mrs. John Cullen;Hearthstone, Mrs. Edward Wobber;Miss List's, Mrs. Julian Mendel-sohn; Warner House, Mrs. CharlesLee Mcllvaine; Interlachen, MissOlive Whiting; Hamilton, MissJoan Hanney; Lincoln, Dr. Berth'aJennings; El Cortez, Miss MabelRitch.

Among some of the features ofthe Show will be an array of our

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JOSEPH C. LINCOLN, FAMED AUTHOR OFCAPE COD STORIES, PASSES AWAY HERE

Winter Park lost one of its most distinguished literary men lastFriday in the death of Joseph C. Lincoln, at the age of 74. Mr. Lincolnwith his wife was making his annual stay at the Virginia Inn, where

for many years they have been popular winterguests. Although Mr. Lincoln was ill for manyweeks at the close of last season, he returnedin December and has been in his usual goodspirits. His birthday was celebrated by hisfellow guests in the customary jovial mannerat the annual Valentine Party. Mr. Lincolnsuccumbed to a heart ailment.

Friends of the Lincolns held a service at theTun, which was conducted by the Rt. Rev. PaulMatthews. Interment will be in the North.

Mr. Lincoln was the author of many novels,short stories and several books of verse aboutthe Cape Cod section of New England, inwhich he lived as a boy. His first book, "CapeCod Ballads," was published in 1902. He firstachieved popularity as a novelist with "Cap'n

Joseph C. Lincoln Eri" (1904), the story of three old Cape Codsea captains1 who, despairing of their joint efforts as housekeepers,advertised for a wife.

Thereafter he wrote a book almost every year, "Mr. Pratt," "Our(Continued on page fy)

MANY PROMINENT LEADERS PAY TRIBUTE TODR. SHAW'S NEW BOOK ON AMERICAN POLICY

Winter Park's claim to distinc-tion as a literary colony was againimpressively established this yearby the publication of a new workof timeliness and importance, "In-ternational Bearings of AmericanPolicy" by Dr. Albert Shaw. Thisvolume of some 500 pages wasbrought out by the Johns HopkinsPress as one of the series of AlbertShaw Lectures on Diplomatic His-tory at the Walter Hines PageSchool of International Relations.

Tributes' from many famousleaders in American, public lifehave been received by Dr. Shaw,giving the highest praise to hiswork. In lieu of an attempt atreview, Topics quotes for its read-ers a letter of Dr. Hamilton Holt,which well describes Dr. Shaw'sbook:

"INTERNATIONAL B E A R -INGS OF AMERICAN POLICY byDr. Albert Shaw, the dean of

American political scientists andthe dean of American magazineeditors, is an event of real impor-tance in American letters and life.It is1 an extraordinarily timely andpenetrating study of America'spast role and, by implication, fu-ture role in world politics.

"No American of our time hasbeen closer to the living and print-ed source material of Americanlife than Dr. Shaw. As publicist,political scientist, municipal ex-pert, friend of education, he hasserved well his day and generation.This volume is written with Dr.Shaw's scholarly and masterful lit-erary touch, but at the same timeis so personal and human that itwill interest the general reader aswell as the scholar and historian.

"The parts of the book withwhich I have some personal famil-iarity, such as1 the chapters deal-

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SOCIAL NOTES

Mrs. Philip T. Stilhnan an-nounces the marriage of her grand-daughter, Helen Oakes, to PrivateGuerard Piffard on March 6, inNew York City.

Mrs. A. E. Seaman, Rollins '29,whose husband, Corporal Seaman,Q. M., is attached to the Array-War College in Washington, is vis-iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.Fred L. Hall. The Seamans maketheir home in Arlington, Va.

Mrs. Ralph Richardson, of UnionSeminary, New York City, is visit-ing Miss Irma Kuntze and Dr. A.W. Vernon for a few weeks.

Mr. and Mrs. Octavius Apple-gate, Jr., leave today for WellesleyHills, Mass., after a week's visitwith the former's parents, Dr. andMrs. Applegate, of Henkel Circle.

Prof, and Mrs. William A. Scott,of Interlachen Ave., have receivedword from their son, Mr. StuartNash Scott, that he is going fromhis position in the Navy Depart-ment as1 Chief Counsel of the Aero-nautics Bureau to be General Coun-sel for the Surplus War PropertyAdministration, a part of the officeof War Mobilization under JudgeJames F. Byrnes. Mr. Scott, be-fore leaving for war service in1941, was a junior partner in thewell-known New York law firm ofRoot, Clark, Buckner and Ballan-tine. Mr. and Mrs. Scott havevisited Winter Park as guests ofthe W. A. Scotts.

Miss Virginia Robie has returnedto resume her class in interior dec-oration for the spring term at Rol-lins College.

Mrs. Arie Den Brens, of NewYork, has joined her sister, MissVirginia Wobber, at The Hearth-stone. They are nieces of Eliza-beth Arden, who was at the Hearth-stone earlier in the season and allare relatives of Mrs. Edith TaddLittle, of Winter Park.

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At the 26th annual Art Show bythe members of the Palm BeachArt League being held at the Nor-ton Galleries in that city, the prizefor the best oil went to H. Mont-fort Coolidge, of Winter Park, forhis "Meadow Mountain." Earlierin the season the Society of theFour Arts held their annual mem-bers show and Mr. Channing Harewon first prize for his portrait ofMrs. William Vose, of Charlottes-ville, Va., and an honorable men-tion for a portrait of a soldier.

J. Robert Whelan, 49, died at hishome in Tucson, Arizona, March8th, after a long illness. He waswell known in Winter Park, as hemarried here Isabel Foley, daugh-ter of Mrs. R. P. Foley and the lateMr. Foley of the Seminole Hotel,and has visited here frequently.

Mr. and Mrs. Whelan lived inNew York for some time, movingto Arizona about seven years ago.

Besides his widow he is survivedby an infant daughter; his mother,Mrs. John R. Whelan, of Mt. Ver-non, N. Y.; two brothers, threesisters and a son and a daughterby a previous marriage.

Next Sunday evening, March19th, the Seminole will present asone of its series of Sunday eveningconcerts a piano recital by HelenMoore, of the Rollins College Con-servatory. The public is cordiallyinvited to these concerts.

Mrs. C. F. Teague, of 432 ChaseAve., has1 her daughter-in-law, Mrs.Lewis R. Teague, of New York,with her for a several weeks' visitwhile the latter's husband, an armysergeant, is in Fort Myers takinga special course. During her visitMrs. Teague, who is an artist, isspending some of her time sketch-ing the Florida scenes. A daugh-ter, Mrs. R. H. Crowe, of NewYork, with her baby daughter,Camilla, is also visiting Mrs.Teague. Mrs. Crowe is a writer,her story, "Please Call Up Rosilin,"having appeared in the FebruaryMcCall's Magazine, on which amovie producer has taken an op-tion. Mrs. Crow's husband is inthe air ministry in London.

Mrs. Teague, Sr., is a sister ofMrs. W. E. Doremus, of AlomaAvenue.

Mrs. John Scott Cansler, of Char-lotte, N. C, is visiting her parents,Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penington,of Alabama Drive.

Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Showalter,of Fairmont, W. Va., former resi-dents here, are being greeted bytheir friends. They are temporar-ily registered at the AngebiltHotel in Orlando, but will later goto their Interlachen Ave. home,which has been leased for the win-ter season by Mrs. Edward Thaw,of Boston.

Mrs. F. M. Whitehouse, ofGeorgia Ave., has had her nephew,Mr. William Armour, of Chicago,as her guest the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Stanley,and the latter's mother, Mrs. E. C.Watson, have gone to Jacksonvilleto reside, having sold their Vir-ginia Drive residence.

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and Mrs. Ted Brewer, of Cortland,N. Y., are at the cottage on theirformer estate, The Palms, on Osce-ola Ave. Mrs. Higgins and Mr,Brewer are the daughter and sonof the original Brewer family, whopurchased the large tract of landon Lake Virginia many years ago.which is now owned by FrederickD. Trismen. Csprtland Avenue,which lies east of The Palms, wasgiven its name from the Brewer'snorthern home city, Cortland, N. Y.Brewer Ave., forming the boun-dary, being named for the family.The present Trismen residence wasbuilt as an exact duplicate of theBrewer home in Cortland.

The Poetry Society will hold itsmeeting tomorrow, Saturday,March 18, at 3:30 at the AlumniHouse, next to the Rollins Center,Holt Avenue. Mrs. Jessie Ritten-house Scollard will speak on T. S.Eliot's "Kipling—the Voice of Em-pire." Members and their guestsare invited.

Bishop John Gowdy was electedpresident of the University Clubto succeed Prof. Henry D. Sleeperat the annual meeting Saturdaynight. The other new officers in-clude James F. Hosic, first vice-pres.; William A. Taylor, second;Edward A. Miller, third; WilliamDana Street, fourth; William E.Stark and Henry Schenck were re-elected secretary and treasurer, re-spectively. Prof. Royal W. Francewas the speaker of the evening, hissubject: "Tolerance."

A group of friends were enter-tained at a buffet supper by Mr.and Mrs. Sydney Homer at theirresidence after the performanceTuesday evening, complimentingthe young singers, Rebecca Keith,Barbara Balsara, Lucille David,Rebecca Waddell and their accom-panist, Daphne Takach. Mrs.Arthur K. Hutchins and Mrs.Charles F. Hammond presided overthe coffee and were assisted byMiss Sally Crane, Mrs. Edith TaddLittle and Miss Helen Moore.

Mrs. Lawrence T. Durant has asher house guest at Stonehurst, Mrs.Alfred Gendreizig, of Westwood,New Jersey.

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WOMAN'S CLUB FILLSIMPORTANT ROLE

The gratifying progress in theWoman's Club during the past twoyears has been noted in its manyactivities, especially in the increaseoi membership and a proportionateincrease in gifts to charity andother worthwhile projects. Themembership now stands at 412. Thescholarship fund this seasonreached the amount of $700, whichmade it possible to give financialaid to two deserving, gifted stu-dents, one attending the college atTallahassee and the other at Rol-lins. At Mrs. Huang's lecture forthe benefit of China $185 was col-lected at the offering.

The beautiful building, so attrac-tively arranged and convenientlylocated, is a popular gatheringplace for many groups. Hardly aday goes1 by that there is not fromone to three meetings, a party orreception. It lends itself well todecoration and the main loungeitself creates an atmosphere of in-timacy as well as spaciousness, theattractive lighting adding not alittle to its charm. Two amplesized dressing rooms are locatednear the main entrance and at theopposite end of the building onerealizes there must be a kitchen,although it is not in evidence, judg-ing from the delicious food and re-freshment prepared here, some-times by a professional caterer or,for Club activities, by its appointedcommittees.

The first plans for the Woman'sClub were formed twenty-nineyears ago by Mrs. William Black-man, wife of the late Dr. Black-man, then president of Rollins. ANew York architect designed thebuilding. Through the years someof Winter Park's most prominentwomen have served in the variousexecutive capacities and the newroster of officers elected at the re-cent annual meeting shows a rep-resentative list of active, ablewomen who will guide the Woman'sClub this coming year.

Mrs. Alexander B. Morgan STIC-ceeds Mrs. Willard Wattles as pres-ident, the other new officers being:First vice-pres., Mrs, William E.Winderweedle; second vice-pres.,Mrs. Herbert W. Barnum; third'vice-pres., Miss Martha Dennison;sec'y, Mrs. S. H. Williams; cor-responding sec'y, Mrs. Henry R.Burch; treas., Miss Mary Adams;asst. treas., Mrs', William E. Stark.Chairmen of Committees appointed:Art, Mrs. William T. Foster; com-munity service, Mrs, Herbert Hal-verstadt; music, Mrs. Percy H.

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Boynton; literature and drama, MissLouise Prouty; international rela-tions, Mrs. Samuel A, Weissenber-ger; grounds, Mrs. Willard Wat-tles; house chairman, Miss LorettaSalmon; membership, Miss Marga-ret Moore; national defense, Mrs.Thomas E. Campbell; publicity,Mrs. John K. Wood; rental, Mrs.Moultrie M. Cromwell; scholarship,Mrs. Carl Willis; parliamentarian,Mrs. John H. Neville; matron, Mrs.William W. Newell.

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PORTRAIT EXHIBITIONAT MORSE GALLERY

The exhibition of Twentieth Cen-tury Portraits which opens Satur-day, March 18th, was organized byand shown at the Modern Museumin New York last season. I t is in-ternational in scope and by its sur-vey of modern art in terms of por-traiture from 1900 until today, dis-proves any theory that there hasbeen a decline and neglect of thatform of art in our time.

The exhibition is particularlycharacterized by important groupsof portraits of the American paint-ers: Albert Pinkham Ryder, AlfredH. Maurer and Vincent Canade.Albert Einstein, Lincoln Kirsteinand others are portrayed at differ-ent times of their lives by morethan one artist in various media.Also shown are many other famouslikenesses of celebrated men andwomen such as Ann Lindberg,Charles Chaplin, George Gershwin,etc.

The exhibition will remain onview through April 8th. The pub-lic is cordially invited and there isno charge for admission. Galleryhours are from 2-5 weekdays, 3-6Sundays.

FRENCH RELIEF SOCIETYTHANKS WINTER PARK

Baroness v a n B o e c u p , Di-rector of the Maison Francaise atRollins, has received the followingletter of appreciation from Mme.R. M. deBontemps, vice-chairmanof the Prisoner's Committee, FrenchRelief Societies, in New York, forthe help received from WinterPark:

"I have been amazed on receiv-ing your checks for the amount of$600.00. I don't know how to thankyou, you and your collaborators forthe admirable result of your galabenefit, and I would like you to beour interpreter to the group whotook interest in France, to transmitto them the expression of our deepgratitude.

"You undoubtedly know that theprisoners receive now, besides thepackages of food, medicines andspecial packages' for the prisonerswho are ill. It is to this that yourmagnificent contribution will bedevoted.

"We thank you infinitely andcongratulate you with all ourheart. Please accept the expres-sion of my best regards."

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There are approximately 2,000families in Winter Park, includingover four hundred colored, and thatnumber divided into $16,000 meansthat an average of eight dollarsmust be received from every fam-

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This coming Saturday the Vir-ginia Heights Circle will welcomevisitors to the Mead Gardens from2 until 6. This lovely Garden is adelightful place to spend a profit-able afternoon. Rare and interest-ing plants will be plainly mai'kedand the hostesses will point themout. The orchid house is lovelywith its exotic blooms, and visitorsare amazed at the variety and love-liness of these rare flowers. Comeand get better acquainted with oneof Winter Park's beauty spots.Your ticket admits you free.

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REGRETFUL AUDIENCE(Continued from page 1)

"Mr. Chairman, I offer this tribute as a resolution to be passed andduly recorded."

Winter Park, Fla., March 9, 1944.Dr. Shippen's resolution was seconded by Dr. A. W. Vernon in his

usual felicitous manner as follows;"It seems to me fitting to voice your enthusiastic second of this reso-

lution, not in paltry words of my own, but rather in citing, with butslight change nine familiar lines of Wordsworth, singularly applicableto this noble friend of ours:

"Who, now that he is called upon to faceThis awful combat, to which Heaven has joinedGreat isues, good or bad for humankind,Is happy as a Lover; and attiredWith flashing brightness, like a man inspired,And through the heat of conflict, keeps the lawIn calmness made, and sees what he foresaw.This is the happy Warrior, this is HeThat every man of speech should wish to be."

PEARL BUCK QUOTED TOSUPPORT PETITION

At the close of an "InternationalNight" program of the Businessand Professional Women's Club inOrlando Monday evening, Mrs.Norman W. Storer spoke brieflypresenting the petition calling for"qualified" women representativeson the peace councils, closing withthis statement of the need forwomen's services by Pearl Buckin her book "Of Men and Women."

"I believe it is women who mustend. war if it ever is to be ended.It is women who must determine,by whatever ways of reason anddeep emotion that they can use,that they will not go on havingtheir work of bearing and rearingwasted by war or even the fear ofwar. Such determination is thefirst step. With it anything can beaccomplished. . . . To end war bythe discovery of its individual andeconomic causes—here is a taskgreat enough, human enough, use-tul enough to invite all women,

"Hard? Yes, but not as hardas war!

"Difficult to o-rganize women?yes, but not more difficult than toorganize for war. . . .

"A complex job ? Yes, but notmore complex than war.

"It would bring women into na-tional and international affairs?Why not? She is' able.

"A long, slow job ? Yes, but howendlessly long and slow war is,when its effects are felt genera-tion after generation."

Mrs. Helen Bennett, President,told the Club that the petition wasin line with the policy of the Na-tional Business and ProfessionalWomen's Club as stated in execu-tive session last July. She askedthat the Club get behind this peti-tion project. A unanimous votefor sponsorship resulted.

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Tickets for the Fashion Showmay be purchased at the AmericanWomen's Voluntary Services head-quarters, 151 Lyman Avenue, andthe proceeds will be used for thevarious activities of the WinterPark Unit.

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Village," "Cy Whitaker's Place,""The Depot Master" and manyothers, all salty, humorous yarnsabout the simple, small town folkof the Cape. His last book, "TheBradshaws of Harniss", publishedin October, is considered one of hisbest works.

Mr. Lincoln knew Cape Cod andits people. He was born in .thelittle cape town of Brewster, Mass.,in the days1 when the old sea cap-tains who made American shippingfolklore were still in their glory.His father, his grandfather and hisgreat-grandfather were followersof the sea. His father, Capt.Joseph Lincoln, died of fever inSouth Carolina a year after his sonwas born.

Mr. Lincoln is survived by hiswife and a son, Maj. Joseph Free-man Lincoln, who is serving over-seas.

The sponsors for the TuesdayEvening Series at the Congrega-tional Church announce that Dr.Percy Holmes Boynton, of Chicago,will give his lecture "Emerson, theVillager," Tuesday evening, March21, 8:00 o'clock.

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NO! The burning of Cluett Hall was none of these to the hearts and minds of faculty and students ofHungerford School,—only a further challenge to faith and courage. To the friends of Negro education it meansa greater opportunity to give Florida's leading school for colored youth the help its record justifies.

DISASTER? CALAMITY? TRAGEDY?

A destructive fire at Hungerford School last week resulted in the loss of one ofthe principal buildings on the campus which included classrooms, a valuable library,and boys' dormitories, as well as personal effects, clothing and text books of students,leaving the institution to carry on its work crippled by inadequate facilities.

Loyal friends of Hungerford arc energetically striving tomeet this emergency and restore as soon as possible the build-ings and equipment destroyed. Six classrooms, a library anda dormitory for ninety boy students with living quarters forfaculty are needed at once. The buildings of the school whichescaped the fire need to be re-conditioned to increase theircapacity and efficiency.

This entire project calls for a $100,000 building,equipment and re-conditioning fund covering a periodof the next two years, during which time subscriptionsmay be paid.

The Trustees realize that this proposal will require a sub-stantial number of subscriptions1 of $1,000 and over, and areprepared to give convincing evidence of the justification of suchan expense. Details cannot be given in this limited space, butthe Trustees are authorized to cite the unqualified approval ofHungerford School by Dr. Charles W. Dabney, former Presidentof Cincinnati University, Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, Presidentof Tuskegee Institute, and Dr. John R. Mott, World Secretaryof the Y. M. C. A.

As further evidence of the soundness of this appeal areoffered the endorsement of the following representative menand women who have given Hungerford School their counseland support: Trustees—Rev. Richard Wright, Chairman;George L. Chindahl, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer; Nelson S.Glass, A. Buel Trowbridge, Jr. Advisory Board: William F.Pelham, Chairman; Irving Bacheller, Ray Stannard Baker,Joshua C. Chase, Charles W. Dabney, Homer Gard, HerbertHalverstadt, Hamilton Holt, William E. Howard, John Martin,Mrs. Charles F. Brown, Mrs. Charles Sprague-Smith, Mrs. S, A.Weissenberger, Mrs. Richard Wright, John E. Hall, Principal,P. B. Boston, W. M. Wells, M.D .

Inquiries addressed to George L. Chindahl, Treasurer, orto William F. Pelham, will receive prompt reply.

Hungerford School aims to encourage youth to becomeChristian leaders, teachers, farmers, and home-makers, whowill raise the standards of citizenship for their I'aee, Pew ofthe young people can pay fully for this education, but the pay-ments made by Hungerford students for tuition have steadilyincreased during the past three years from $3,600 to $9,500annually. The school employs ten teachers, and each teacherin the high school is a college graduate.

Instruction is both mental and industrial, the policy of theSchool being: "Learning by Doing." Subjects for the boysare farming and gardening, poultry raising, animal husbandry,carpentry; for the girls, cooking, sewing, dressmaking, laundry,ironing, housekeeping, hairdressing and handicrafts.

One of Winter Park's leading citizens has said, "Aside fromany reason of justice or benevolence, our business communityneeds Hungerford School to help train workmen to become thebest kind of co-workers with the business men in the upbuildingof Florida."

The emergency caused by the flre brings1 to a focus the needand worth of this institution which was built on the life sacrificeof Dr. Robert Hungerford, young Connecticut physician, whobecame a friend of Negro youth and started a small group onthe road to self-improvement at Maitla.nd over 50 years ago.No more useful work for social betterment can be found, andthe Trustees are confident that in its hour of need there willbe benefactors who will answer this appeal. The six classroomscoating $2,000 each are suggested as suitable for memorialdonations. It is hoped that churches and groups of college menand women will cooperate in helping to finance one or moreof the units.

Donations may be sent by mail addressed to HungerfordSchool, Winter Park, Fla., or left at the Florida Bank of WinterPark.

Booker Washington said: "The country which teas not safe iviihignorant slaves, cannot be safe with ignorant freemen,"

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ing with the Kellogg-Briand Pact,Woodrow Wilson's Reversal, NavalCompetition at the WashingtonConference, and Mr. Wilson andthe League of Nations, are soundand statesmanlike and hold thebalance so fairly that both inter-nationalist and isolationist will ap-prove.

"Dr. Shaw is the author of sev-eral volumes that have brokenground and have, therefore, broughthim deserved fame and reputation,but 1 am inclined to think this ishis magnum opus. It certainlycrowns a long and distinguishedcareer.

HAMILTON HOLT."President Charles Seymour, of

Yale, wrote as follows:"Sound understanding of Ameri-

can relations with the rest of theworld is essential if we are tomake a durable peace. Dr. Shaw's"International Bearings of Ameri-can Policy" provides a background'to that understanding, of notablebreadth and depth. It is the prod-uct of his rich experience as stu-dent and as close associate withleaders in international affairs,during the period when diplomaticconflict in Europe finally developedinto two world wars. The Ameri-can reader is fortunate that thisbook gives opportunity to share inthe experience.

CHARLES SEYMOUR." 'Dr. John Martin, authority on

international relations, wrote thefollowing comment for WinterPark Topics:

"During the decades when Al-bert Shaw was editor. of The Re-view of Reviews, he wrote amonthly record of events so full,accurate and balanced that peoplewho wanted to be ciu-rently well-informed sometimes let the dailynewspapers go and found the Al-bert Shaw article sufficient. In hisnew book the veteran editor hasperformed the same service, not fora month only, but for the wholeperiod since the Great War I.

"Those who' have lived through

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the years reviewed will find in thebook a clear and readable accountof events1 which they have half for-gotten, and also numerous flashesof light on matters which were toodark for understanding when theyoccurred. For example the diplo-matic exchanges between Englandand the U. S. at the time Japanmade the first attack on Manchuriaare cleared up and the joint inac-tion which allowed Japan to "getaway with it" shown truthfully.

"Young readers will get a com-prehension of the tragic period ofworld history which culminated inrenewed •war."

BUILDING FUND FORWHITE DAY NURSERY

Winter Park's customary gen-erous response to appeals for fundsfor worthwhile purposes was evi-denced by the success of the bridgeparty last Monday afternoon at theWoman's Club for the benefit ofthe White Day Nursery. Not onlywere there 120 women playingcards, but a number of voluntarydonations were made by womenwho expressed great interest inthis "infant" agency which hasbeen filling an important educa-tional as well as social service needin Winter Park the past threeyears. A number of people con-fessed that they had been unawareof the existence of a white daynursery until its story appeared inthe Winter Park Topics, and theywere very much interested in itswelfare.

Encouraged by these expressionsof interest as well as by the finan-cial results of the bridge party, theBoard of the Nursery decided attheir monthly meeting on Tuesdaythat the Building Fund might beestablished and the donations whichhad been offered might be accepted.Funds earmarked for buildingneeds were deposited in this newBuilding Fund, and immediatelythe Unitarian Alliance added a sub-stantial check in the form of amemorial to their beloved formermember, Dr. Fannie French Morse,whose Presidency of the Nurserywas interrupted by her death thepast winter.

A N T I Q U E S I HUNGERFORD STUDENTSAT LUCY LITTLE'S

Many attractive piecessuitable for weddinggifts that have the ad-vantage of no possibleduplication.

Pattern glass, crystaland Bohemian decanters.Pairs of vases, fine Dres-den china. Sheffield silverwine cooler.

Lucy Little'sFlower Shop

TO HELP RAISE FUNDBecause of the recent disastrous

fire, Hungerford students are eagerto make money for the school'sbuilding fund. On Friday, March24, in the vacant store room nextthe Colony Theatre, they will holdan exhibit and sale of the manualarts they art taught at Hunger-ford.

The girls of the Home EconomicsDepartment will sell a variety ofbaked goods, and the boys will dis-play for sale samples of the workdone on the farm and in the wood-working shop, as well as theirvarious hobbies by which they"earn to learn."

On a committee of Winter Parkwomen assisting them in the saleare Mrs. Percy Boynton, Miss EllenCaverno, Mrs. Charles Sprague

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Since much of the boys' clothingwas burned in the fire that des-troyed the boys1' dormitory and theschool library in the same buildingwas completely burned out, a com-mittee of friends of Hungerfordhas set up boxes to receive gifts ofreference books and supplementaryreading, and clothes for boys fromten to twenty years of age.Through Principals Glass and Leh-man, the children of the local ele-mentary and high school are co-operating.

On the committee are MissLouise Prouty, Miss Anne Kyle,Mrs. W. N. Mitchell and Miss LydiaRometsch. Receiving boxes havebeen placed at the City Hall, theBookery, and the Winter ParkLand Company.

Dr. Helen Wieand Cole will speakon Friday, March 24th, at the 3

P.M. regular meeting of theWoman's Club, on two writersfrom South America. Since Argen-tina and Chili are in the news thesedaya, it is important that we knowwhat tho people in these countriesare thinking. Dr. Cole spent thesummer of 1940 in South America;she is one of the lecturers underthe Co-ordinatoi* of Inter-AmericanAffairs (Mr. Nelson D. Rockefel-ler's office) in Washington. AndDr. Cole hasalso' lectured in manyclubs in Florida, during her termof office as Chairman of Interna-tional Relations for the FloridaFederation of Women's Clubs1. Al-though Dr. Cole's chief interestslie in the classical fields, her trav-els in France, Spain, Italy, andNorth Africa have given her abackground against which to eval-uate South American culture. Someof her conclusions from those ex-periences Dr. Cole will bring tothe Club. Dr. Cole is also one ofthe past presidents of the Woman'sClub of Winter Park.

"First Come, BEST Served!"The first ten lots in South Lincoln Gardens, situated on

Park Avenue just a few hundred feet north of the Golf Course,have been staked out and are ready for immediate inspection.

Due to the uncertainties of the war and to present inabilityto purchase building material, it has been decided to postponethe program of accepting $5,000 subscriptions for the buildingof $10,000 homes. For the present our activity will be limitedto the sale of these ten lots.

Despite their difference in depth (all have the same 100-footfrontage) and the advantage of trees and outlook that somelota exhibit, we have decided to maintain an identical $1,000price for each building site. Your early selection will thereforegive you the choice of these unusual lots.

Believing that there will be a heavy response to this'oppor-tunity, we will make appointments by telephone for visitingLincoln Gardens. Either Miss Fearing of the R. B. Hackney,R-altor firm or Mr. Wallick, who will be in charge of building,will meet you any time Saturday, March 18th, on the premisesif you will kindly phone them today, Friday.

The chance to carry through with the entire activity asdescribed in two previous issues of the "Topics" is in no wayprejudiced by this temporary expedient of selling lots. Forthose interesled in having plans made immediately so that con-struction may be commenced as soon as priorities permit, acomplete architectural service is now available.

Consultation, sketch plans and cost computation will beprovided without charge.

FREDERICK WALLICKPhone 268-WX

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