WINTER PARK TOPICS

Vol . 1 3 — N o . 1 Charles F. Hammond, Publisher

A Weekly Review of Social and Cultural ActivitiesDuring the Winter Resort Season

Entered as second-class matter January 8, 1937, at the Post Office, at Winter Park, Fla., under the Act of March 3, 1879.

Winter Park, Florida, Friday JANUARY 4, 1946 Season Subscription fi,so Price 10 Cents

Outstanding Events of the 1946 SeasonWinter Park's first peacetime season since 1941 is notable for the

throngs of visitors who have taken every livable accommodation. Fortheir entertainment and instruction a cultural feast has been spread withcourses of lectures, music, drama, art, literature and languages thattruly qualifies Winter Park as the "Town that became a University."

A recent questionnaire sent out by the Women's Club very definitelyestablished the liking of Winter Park for "culture". The programs likedbest by the members of the Club in order of popularity were: Literature,Music, International Relations, Art, Community Service and SocialProblems. Hollywood and its stars didn't get a vote. In a statementgiven to Topics, the Woman's Club sets the pace by "recognizing theseriousness of the post-war condition of the world, and the need for aspiritual approach to its problems" and inaugurating a course of lecturesby Dean Edmonds for this purpose.

In order to bring about a more sympathetic contact with the effortsof those who are in charge of the various programs and activities,Winter Park Topics has secured personal statements which are givenin these columns under their appropriate headings.

TO LECTURE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSIN THE JOHN MARTIN SERIES ON THURSDAYS

At the head of Winter Park'slist is the series of lectures andcourses' sponsored by Rollins Col-lege for Adult Education. Prof.Royal W. France, of the RollinsFaculty, furnishes us with thisstatement:

.•The purpose of the Rollins AdultEducational Program is to bring iothe comrnunity of Winter Park, in-cluding winter visitors, an oppor-

. tunity to share with Rollins Col-lege in an informative and instruc-tive way in programs which willenlarge the appreciation of cul-

tural subjects, the knowledge ofhistory and the understanding ofcurrent events. The oldest coursein the series is the John MartinLecture Series on International Af-fairs. This series, instituted anumber of years ago by Dr. JohnMartin, well-known lecturer on

, iuteraational questions? has beenmade into a permanent part of theRollins winter program. Dr. Mar-tin will give four of the lectures.Other speakers include Dr. Ham-ilton Holt, President of RollinsCollege; Dr. Henry M. Edmonds,

Royal W. France"Spain—Unfinished

Business"John Martin

In four lectures of the series

Hamilton Holt"Developments Since

San Francisco"

Dean of Knowles Memorial Chapel;Dr. James Iiosic, Professor Emer-itus of Education of Teachers Col-lege, ' Columbia University; Dr.Edwin L. Clarke, Professor of So-ciology, and Dr. Royal WilburFrance, Professor of Economics ofRollins College, ••

The John Martin Lecture Serieswill be as follows:

Jan. 17—Dr. John Martin, "OurForeign Policy in the Atomic Age."' Jan. 24—Dr. Henry M. Edmonds,"Russia and the Good Neighbor

Policy."Jan. 31 — Economic Conference

(speaker to be announced).Feb. , 7 — Dr. R o y a l Wilbur

France, "Spain — Unfinished Busi-ness."

Feb. 14—Dr. James F. Hosic,"The Crisis, ia China."

Feb. 21—Dr. John 'Martini..'.'Aw'We Winning the Peace in Germanyand Japan?"

Feb. 28—No lecture.March 7—Dr. John Martin, "Will

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PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE SEASON'S PROGRAM OF LITERARY, MUSICAL, DRAMATIC ANDARTISTIC EVENTS

Fred StoneOld pal of Dr. Holt's who

. returns to local stage

Soo YongAlways popular artist who

will direct Chinese play

William MelcherDirector of EconomicConference at Rollins

Kathryn A. Hanna"The Western Hemisphere in

the 20th Century"

Percy H. BoyntonNew series, "The Mind of

the Americas"James F. Hosic

"The Crisis in China"

Jessie B. RittenhouseLectures before the Poetry

Society

Alfred GreenfieldTo direct the Mass in BMinor at Bach Festival

F. Austin WalterCo-Director of Bach Festival

and Director RollinsChapel Choir

Mack HarrellBaritone from the "Met"

in recital

Blanche ThebomOne of the "Met's" ffreatvoices to be heard here

Robert CasadesusDistinguished French pianist

in recital

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UNIVERSITY CLUB HADEARLY START IN FALL

Most distinctive of Winter Park'sorganizations is the UniversityClub which can boast one of themost remarkable membership listsin the country. From its popularSecretary, Mr. William E. Stark,we have the following statement:

The active club year began Oc-tober 16th •with a pow-wow "whichtook the form of a reunion andexchange of experiences. WebberB. Haines, recently returned to hisnormal activities as lawyer andjudge of the municipal court afterthree exciting years in commandof naval gun crews on ships plyingthe seven seas, was welcomed backwith great enthusiasm.

At the first regular meeting onNovember third, President JamesFleming Hosic delivered an ad-dress on "What Is Democracy?"which made such an impressionthat he has been called upon torepeat it to many groups in thisvicinity.

As usual pow-wows will be heldtwice a week until the end of April.Regular meetings occur on alter-nate Saturday evenings during fivemonths beginning the first weekin November. Every four weeks,the meeting is preceded by a din-ner. The other meetings are fol-lowed by a social hour with lightrefreshments.

Thirty-one new members havebeen welcomed into our fellowshipthis fall and most of us seem tohave friends who are longing tojoin if only they can find a placeto sleep in Winter Park. An espe-cially interesting type of pow-wowis the "Introduction of New Mem-bers" when each neophyte has fiveminutes in the spotlight for a dem-onstration of his qualities. Atabout the same time, an evening"Friendly Hour" makes new mem-bers and their ladies acquaintedwith representatives of the "old"club personnel, male and female.

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On the afternoon of ChristmasDay, about two hundred membersand guests, including the ladies,attended an "Open House" at theWoman's Club. A Ladies' Nightwill be arranged later in the sea-son.

The great problem now is con-gestion. We have four hundred, andthirty-four members and associateswith the prospect of continuinggrowth. At the meetings, as manyas one hundred and thirty mencrowd into a room which is com-fortably filled by seventy-five. Wesimply must have larg'er quarters.A good start has been made bythe purchase of a fine lot on thecorner of Park and Webster Ave-nues. Committees are at work onplans for the building and on theaccumulation of a building fund.We are confident that everybodywill help in giving the club a per-manent home where it can con-tinue to offer the pleasure and in-spiration afforded by fraternalassociation of college men.

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THE MORSE GALLERY TOSHOW SPANISH ART

The study and enjoyment of Arthas enthusiastic followers in Win-ter Park. Courses at the Rollins ArtDepartment are open to adults.Exhibitions' are frequently openedto the public at the Morse Gal-lery, at the foot of Holt Avenue,and at the Research Studio inMaitland. The activities of theMorse Gallery are stated by itsDirector, Hush F. McKean:

The Morse Gallery of Art hashad an unusually successful fallseason, accoi'ding to available re-ports, the 18000th visitor appear-ing late in October in the personof Col. Gerald G. Gibbs of theArmy Air Force, Orlando. Col.Gibbs went especially to see thepaintings covering the allied cam-paign in Italy, a collection of GIart depicting GI attitudes un-doubtedly unique in the annals ofwarfare.

Consistent with the Gallery's in-tention to keep people aware oftrends in art and art forms, sculp-ture-through-photography was nextpresented in an exciting combina-tion of one of the oldest art formsand the newest. Sculptured figuresoccupying' important places inchurches, cathedrals and moderngardens were shown in enlargedphotographs, the artistry of thephotography reproducing not onlyline but texture of the originalwork in marble, bronze, stone,wood, terra eotta and plaster. Inthis collection was included awork executed by Miss ConstanceOrtmayer, executive director ofthe Gallery during the period justclosed. This was a panel for theArcadia postoflice, which she wascommissioned to do by the U. S.Government.

The final exhibit of the fall sea-son featured modern water colormasterpieces obtained by specialarrangement from the AmericanWater Color Society, New York.

Re-opening in January underthe direction of Hugh F. Mc-Kean, who just recently has dis-carded his title as lieutenant com-mander in the Navy, the firstexhibit will be a collection of Span-ish paintings obtained from theMetropolitan Museum representingvarious periods in the developmentof Spanish painting. This will befollowed by Cuban paintings tobe obtained on loan from the Mu-seum of Modern Art in March andApril.

ETCHINGS AT THE RESEARCHSTUDIO GALLERY

Andre Smith, one of America'smost talented artists, is the Direc-tor of the Research Studio at Mait-land, and has supplied Topics withthe following description of itspresent exhibition:

The exhibition of etchings nowon view at the Research StudioGallery in Maitland is of excep-tional interest since it is composedof the work of men of fame oroutstanding reputation. Here arerepresented prints by Whistler,Zorn, Millet, Legros and a scoreof other etchers for whom this dif-ficult medium of art expressionhas yielded prints of outstandingquality and beauty, The variety ofsubject matter and contrastingmethods of work offer the galleryvisitor the opportunity of compar-ison, and to the print lover a de-light that comes only through theunderstanding of the technical re-quirements whereby a good etchingis produced. The exhibition willremain on view until the end of themonth and the gallery is open tothe public every afternoon from

ADULT EDUCATION(Contiivued from page 1)

a Socialist E u r op e Make forPeace?"

March 14—Dr. John Martin, "IsDemocracy the World Remedy?"

March 21—Dr. Hamilton Holt,"United N a t i o n s Developments.Since San Francisco."

March 28—Dr. Edwin L. Clarke,"The Dilemma in Palestine."

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CELEBRITIES COMING INCIVIC MUSIC CONCERTSWinter Park has an especially

rich musical program for this sea-son. The Annual Bach Festivalranks' as a major event in the coun-try's musical events, with the addeddistinction this year of a nationallyfamous Conductor, Arthur Green-field of the New York OratorioSociety. The galaxy of celebritiesbrought to Orlando by the CivicMusic Association affords the finestof talent.

Mr. Walter C. Lee, Secretary ofthe Association, has furnished thefollowing statement of its programfor this1 season:

The Central Florida Civic MusicAssociation season of 194B-4G, withan outstanding list of entertain-ments, is now under way. FritzKreisler, world-renowned violinist,opened the series in November, anunusually early date _ because alater one was unavailable. Thefour remaining' concerts of theseries are as follows:

January 10th. Robert Casadesus,brilliant French pianist, who madehis debut in this country in 1935with the New York Philharmonic.Today he is in regular demand assoloist with all the major orches-tras, for concert appearance from

coast to coast, and as star of topradio programs. For the pastthree seasons his tours have beencompletely booked months in ad-vance. Central Florida music lov-ers are indeed fortunate to hearthis great artist at the height ofhis career.

February 1st. Mack Harrell,baritone, one of the Metropolitan'smost valuable and versatile mem-bers, a prime favorite with opera,concert and radio audiences every-where.

February 24th. The BaltimoreSymphony Orchestra, with Regi-nald Stewart conducting, one ofAmerica's finest symphonic organi-zations, now in its 29th consecu-tive season, including among itspersonnel some of the world's mostcelebrated instrumentalists, manyof whom have appeared as soloistswith foremost major symphoniesin this country and in Europe,

March 11. Blanche Thebom,mezzo-soprano, acclaimed by NewYork critics as a "find," due toher phenominal voice, intelligenceof singing and her arresting per-sonality.

Admission to all concerts is byseason membership cards. Trans-fer of cards is allowed either forthe whole series or individual con-certs.

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FIVE RECITALS PLANNEDFOR FACULTY SERIESThe Faculty Recital Series spon-

sored by Rollins contributes manyconcerts of importance to the sea-son. Mr. Arthur K. Hivtchins, Act-ing Director of the Conservatory,gives us the following' statement ofthis series:

We have completed plans for theFaculty Recital Series which havebeen warmly received for eight pre-ceding years and believe this ninthyear offering is something excep-tional. Each recital will be held atAnnie Russell Theatre at 8:15

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o'clock, beginning January 9, whenMiss Mabel Ritch, contralto, will bepresented in French, German, Cata-lan and English songs. Miss Ritehwill be accompanied by John Car-ter. Both are members of the Con-servatory faculty.

Dr. Helen Moore, intimatelyknown in Florida and with a wideaudience throughout the E a s t ,Middle West and in Cuba, will bepresented in a piano recital March6. Dr. Moore has studied exten-sively at home and abroad. She isprofessor of piano at Rollins andalso on the faculty of JuilliardSummer School,

Another faculty recital will beMarch 20 when Alphpnse Carlo,violinist, and Kathei'ine Carlo, pi-anist, will appear in an unusualprogram of classic, romantic andmodern sonatas' for violin andpiano.

We are fortunate also in beingable to present two guest artists,Carroll Glenn, violinist, and JohnPowell, baritone, January 23 andFebruary 13, respectively. MissGlenn has the distinction of havingreceived her entire musical trainingin America and is the only youngartist to win all four of the majormusical awards of this country.John Powell, ETO veteran, studiedmusic at Rollins and won first placein voice in the Florida State andSouth Atlantic District Contestssponsored by the National Federa-tion of Music Clubs, just beforeentering the service.

ECONOMIC CONFERENCE

"Following the plans of the pro-gram for the Rollins EconomicConferences for the past ten yearsthe program this year will be cen-tered around the general topic ofECONOMIC T O O L I N G FORWORLD ORDER.

"This general topic is undoubt-edly the paramount issue of todayand will have much to do withcharting the future of the worldfor many years. Many phases ofthe United Nations Organizationwill be discussed by eminent au-thorities on the subjects. The chiefemphasis, however, will be placedupon World Trade and Interna-tional Finance. Many speakers ofrenown will give addresses, eachto be followed by a forum and theopportunity will be given to ques-tion the speaker on any phase ofhis subject.

"In addition to these speechesfollowed by forum discussions,there will be a panel discussion ofsome topic of great concern tothe United Nations Organization,and the broadening of its relationsand the scope of its work.. "During the conference* therewill also be a student debate uponthe question of sovereignty, therelations of national sovereignty toa world state and its sovereignty.

"There will be two sessions eachday. All sessions will be in theAnnie Russell Theatre."

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The membership of the Woman'sClub has reached 435, a consider-able increase over last year.

WOMAN'S CLUBAt the center of Winter Park's

community life is the Woman'sClub, an organization which is en-riched by the enthusiastic effort ofmany talented and able women.The Club has* a long record ofworth while achievement. Its state-ment for the season is as follows:

The Woman's Club begins theNew Year with three major pro-jects.

First, recognizing the seriousnessof the post-war condition of theworld, and the need for a spiritualapproach to its problems a courseof four monthly lectures is to begiven at the club house by DeanHenry M. Edmonds of the RollinsChapel. The subject of the firstone, on January 16, is "Inter-faithRelations".

Second, the new Steinway pianopurchased last year has to be paidfor, and several recitals are sche-duled to help the piano fund. OnJanuary 18, Dr. and Mrs. PercyBoynton will give a lecture recital.Mrs. Boynton is a well known con-cert pianist. Dr. Boynton, formerhead of the English department atChicago University, will give theprogram notes. Later Mrs. AlbertShaw will be heard in a programfor the piano fund.

The third is an inclusive project—to furnish programs to meet the

THE POETRY SOCIETYRESUMES ITS MEETINGSPoetry has a shrine in Winter

Park and its High Priestess is thedistinguished poet and lecturer,Jessie B. Rittenhouse, whose careerhas been enriched by contacts withthe most talented men and womenin the literary world. Miss Ritten-house gives our readers a briefstatement of the work of the PoetrySociety:

The Poetry Society of Florida isentering upon its twenty-secondyear, having been founded in De-cember of 1924. It was • originallyfounded in, conjunction with theAllied Arts which ran for aboutfive years as a distinct organiza-tion but was gradually absorbedby the Poetry Society, which hasfor all the intervening years car-ried on the giving of prizes in the

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Jan. 11—ROBERT CASADESUS, French Pianist in

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Feb. 24—BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,

Reginald Stewart, Conductor.

Mar. 11—BLANCHE THEBOM, Mezzo-Soprano, Met-

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various arts as if the original or-ganization were still functioning;For several years past the prizesin art, drama, music and the shortstory have been given exclusivelyto students of Rollins College,while the various poetry prizeshave often gone to Rollins stu-dents, though any one whose con-tribution is read at the Societyis eligible to the prize, no matterwhere his residence may be.

The Ponce de Leon Prize origi-nally given for the best work ofa native or resident of Florida, isnow divided into three prizes offifty, thirty, and twenty dollars re-spectively and is awarded throughthe Florida Magazine of Verse forthe best three poems appearing ina given year in that excellentmagazine,, •:. . .

During its more than twentyyears, the Society has awardedover eight thousand dollars forpoetry and the other arts, most ofwhich has gone to our own com-munity. Many distinguished poetsduring the past years have beenguests of the Society and readfrom their work while the monthlytalks have done much to stimulatean interest in the art.

Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

The Poetry Society will meet atthe residence of President Holt onJanuary 12th at 3:30 sharp. JessieB. Rittenhouse will speak upon"Bolts of Melody" and "AncestorsBrocades," the recently issuedpoems and biography of EmilyDickinson. Only members are al-lowed to bring guests.

UNITARIAN ALLIANCE TOHELP WAR ORPHANS

A meeting of exceptional inter-est is being planned for the after-noon of Monday, January 28, whenMrs. Waitstill Sharp will speak onthe needs of Czechoslovakia, fromwhich tragically stricken countryshe has very recently returned.She is Public Relations Directorfor American Relief for Czecho-slovakia.

Under the auspices of the Uni-tarian Women's Alliance of Win-ter Park and for the benefit ofWar Orphans in Czechoslovakia,Miss Hilda Loines gave a delight-ful talk on Dec. 10th on "EnglishCottage and Formal Gardens."Many exquisite hand colored slideswere shown of tiny village gar-dens and of imposing' estates. Asmany of these gardens have beendestroyed or damaged by bombingthese pictures were a valuable aswell as interesting portrayal ofthe fine art of gardening whichhas come to perfection in Englandthrough centuries of development,The Women's Alliance looks for-ward to offering Winter Park inthe near future one of Mr. JohnH. Storer's very beautiful films ofbird life in Florida. This will begiven for the relief of war victimsin France.

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SOLOISTS FOR 11TH ANNUAL BACH FESTIVAL Another newcomer will be theENGAGED FOR N E W YORK ORATORIO SOCIETY oreranist Mr. George Wm. Volkel,

from All Angels P. E. Church, NewYoxk, and official organist of theChautauqua Institution. Mr. Vol-kel is a Fellow of the AmericanGuild of Organists, and also a com-poser of note.

The Festival will as usual be "heldin Knowles Memorial Chapel whichforms a sacrosanct environment forBach's spiritually uplifting music.The Mass in B Minor will be givenin its entirety on Friday afternoonand evening, March 1, at 3 and7:30 P.M.

It is only by becoming a sponsorthat one can attend the Festival,as all seats are reserved for spon-sors or those to whpm they givetheir cards of admission. Thosewho wish to participate as* spon-sors should send check for $10 tothe Bach. Festival Society, of Win-ter Park, Box V4B, Winter Park.Sponsors are entitled to two seatsfor each of the three programs.

Harold HaughTenor

Lydia SummersContralto J. Alden Edkins

BaritoneNo higher tribute could be paid

to the Annual Bach Festival ofWinter Park than the engagementof its complete quartet of soloistsby the Oratorio Society of NewYork for its performance of Bach'sMass1 in B Minor next March. Thisquartet will have a new sopranothis year in Genevieye Rowe, whohas won distinction in the musicalworld since her unanimous selectionfor the Attwater-Kent CompetitionPrize of $5,000. The other mem-bers of the quartet are Lydia Sum-mers, contralto, Harold Haugh,tenor, and J. Alden Edkins, bari-tone. All three have been re-en-gaged season after season for theWinter Park Bach Festival becauseof the beauty of their voices' andtheir talent as interpreters ofBach's music. Miss Rowe's appear-ance this season is awaited withkeen anticipations.

The Festival is now in its 11thyear and its artistic recognition inthe musical world is most grati-fying not only to those who havecarried on for so many years thework of organization but also tothose who- have participated insuch a lofty educational undertak-

ing without any thought of com-pensation. That it has been pos-sible to bring the Festival through10 years without a deficit is a dis-tinction almost without parallel insuch projects.

The Festival this year will haveseveral features of outstanding in-terest. Due to the Sabbatical ab-sence of Dr. Christopher O. Honaas,who for 10 years carried on the.work of training and directing, asubstitute Director of the highestqualifications was found in Dr. Al-fred Greenfield, Conductor of theNew York Oratorio Society, a na-tionally famous choral director, andhis co-worker, Mr, F. Austin Wal-ter, Conductor of the Chapel Choirof Rutgers University. Mr. Green-field will direct the MaS's in B Min-or, which is again the principalfeature of the Festival. Mr. Wal-ter, who is directing the rehearsals,will conduct the first program, onThursday, Feb. 28, at 3 P.M. Thisprogram will consist of three Can-tatas as follows: No. 78—Jesus,thou my wearied Spirit; No. 144—Take what thine is and go thy way;and No. 147—Heart and voice andrighteous living.

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Recognized as an organization ofhigh value in cultivating good willbetween America and Latin-Ameri-ca, the Hispanic Institute is notedfor its colorful meetings.

The Hispanic Institute has al-ready started its activities for theseason. On the 22nd of Novemberit held its first meeting. This wasa talk by our distinguished fellow-townsman and explorer Mr. Mul-ford B. Foster. Pie and his wife,Mrs. Racine Foster, have just pub-lished a book, "Brazil, the Orchidof the Tropics," which has beenvery favorably received by the re-viewers and the public. This givesin most readable narrative thestory of their explorations insearch for orchids during the pastfew years. His talk was illustratedwith colored slides.

The next event will be a teagiven by officers of the Institutein honor of the Honorable Alex-

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ander Weddell and Mrs. Weddell,our former Ambassador to the Ar-gentine and Spain. This will begiven at the residence of theGeorge Camp Keisers on LakeMaitland on the 24th of Januaryand will be for members only.

The date of the Annual Dinnerhas been announced for Thursdaythe 31st of January. Following thecustom which has been so popularfor the last few years the keynoteof the dinner will be the moreentertaining side of the life andcustoms of our Latin Americanneighbors. Guests will be request-ed to come in fancy dress, or atleast headdress, suggested by His-panic or Latin American costumes,although this is not obligatory.There will be various items of en-tertainment with no long speeches.The Cervantes Medal will beawarded as usual. Other events ofthe season will be announced later.

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DR. BOYNTON TO DIRECTNEW LECTURE SERIESTwo other important courses in

the Eollins Adult Education pro-gram are described by Dr. A. J.Hanna:

"A series of lectures on "TheMind of the Americas" is beingscheduled at the Women's* Club thiswinter. The aim is the promotionof mutual understanding betweenthe peoples of Latin-American aridAnglo-America. Succeeding theseries conducted by,Dr.' Helen W.Cole, this series will be directed byDr. Percy H, Boynton for the In-ter-American Educational Serviceof Eollins College.

"Cooperating- in the project arethe Department of State, the Officeof Inter-American Afflairs, the Of-fice of Education, the Institute ofInternational Education, and simi-lar agencies. The foreign states-men, scholars and critics selectedfor the series are noted for theircommand of English as well as fortheir use of accurate informationand stimulating conclusions1.

"Most people in Winter Park real-ize the vital importance of increas-ing hemispheric and Anglo-Ameri-can understanding and unity, andI think that this series of lectureswill bring- this goal closer. In orderto extend as widely as possible theinfluence of these speakers1, the lec-tures will be open to the publicwithout charge. I hope many willtake advantage of them."

WINTER PARK TOPICS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1946

DR. KATHRYN A. HANNALECTURES WEDNESDAYS

Dr. Kathryn Abbey Hanna,whose historical lectures have be-come a popular feature of the sea-son, has given the following pre-face to her course-for this* winter:

"I am presenting1 a course of sixlectures under the general subject,'The Western Hemisphere in the20th Century,' Wednesdays at 4o'clock in Annie Russell Theatrefrom January 16 to February 20,

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which I believe is the logical se-quence to the 1945 series on Ameri-can Foreign Policy.

"Today the United States- acts intwo hemispheres. The importanceof the Western we have always rec-ognized. The Northern has been ig-nored as an international meetingground until the airplane showed itup as a huge Arctic Mediterranean.The worlds to the north and to thesouth of the United States differ inpeoples, economic patterns, and in-ternational bearing. To each thiscountry has given hostages notmerely in the shape of interests butalso in actual territorial posses-sions. From each we are vulner-able both to profit and injury.

"There can be no world successfor American Leadership which isnot paralleled by like success inadjacent regions.

"In the new world the very posi-tion of the United States is under-going pro-found change. We aresurrounded by neighbors progress-ing steadily toward greater signifi-cance on the international stage.Areas heretofore undeveloped orregarded a& useless are blossominginto amazing potentiality. Evenour possessions are no longer staticbut multiply problems of adminis-tration, economics and general re-lationship to the United States."

Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Cornishcordially invite anyone interestedin after-the-war reconstruction tomeet their houseguest LieutenantCommander Eugene Emerson, U.S. N. R. at their home, 1460 Sun-set Drive, on Monday, Jan. 7th at4 P.M. Commander Emerson, whois Commanding Officer of the U.S. S. Brough, (DE 148) and Com-mander Destroyer Escort DivisionThree, will speak on "Convoy Dutyin the North Atlantic," a subjecton which he is well informed, hisship having made twenty-six cross-ings escorting convoys of merchantships, tankers, aircraft carriers,troopships. The ships of the De-stroyer Escort have done the hard,dirty, grinding, dangerous work inthis war, without the glamour ofthe spectacular exploits of someother branches of the service, andto their courageous and dogged fi-delity we owe the lives of our men.A silver collection will be taken forthe Protestant hospital in Bor-deaux, France, wrecked by theGermans, which for more thaneighty years has cared for sickAmerican sailors stranded in thatgreat port.

GOLF AT WINTER PARK"The Winter Park Country Club

is in the best condition it everhas been" states Vice President Ar-thur Schultz, in a statement toWinter Park Topics. "The tees,greens, and fairways1 have been fer-tilized and cared for during thepast summer, and will carrythrough the winter in first classshape. The pro's house has* beenpainted inside and out; all of thebenches and chairs etc. have beenfreshened up and all in all we be-lieve this will prove to be the Club'sbanner season."

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The attendance during the fallseason has been the largest in thehistory of the Garden, and the out-look for the winter season is ex-cellent. A score or more of varie-ties of orchids are now in bloomin the No. 1 Orchid House, andthere will be a continual "OrchidShow" as other varieties come intobloom throughout the winter sea-son.

The Garden's collection of 5,000orchids has been gathered fromnearly every tropical country inthe world, and includes baby or-chids growing in a sealed flask onagar jelly, as well as several ofMr. Mead's hybrid orchids whichare known to be sixty years old.

The Garden's first special exhi-bition of the season will be itsSixth Annual Camellia Show to beheld the last week in January. TheGarden is open from 9:00 to 5:00on week days and from 10:00 to6:00 on Sundays. Visitors are re-quested to use the Beverly Shoresentrance at the foot of NottinghamAvenue as the Pennsylvania Ave-nue entrance is temporarily closed.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE1946 DRAMATIC SEASONThe Drama will occupy a major

place in the season's program.From Prof. Howard W. Baileycomes the following description ofhis ambitious program:

"One of the busiest seasons inits history is in prospect for theAnnie Russell Theatre, with thecombined activities of the RollinsPlayers and extra attractions. TheRollins Players successfully pro-duced "Blithe Spirit" in Novemberand the "Admirable Crichton" inDecember. Their next presentationwill be the Broadway and Holly-wood star, Fred Stone in Kaufmanand Hart's "You Can't Take ItWith You". This play will be pre-sented .February 19-26 inclusive,during Founder's Week, and prom-ises to be the highlight of the dra-matic season. Scheduled for thelatter part of March is "Lady Pre-cious Stream", an authentic Chi-nese drama produced by Soo Yong,well known to Winter Park audi-ences. Miss Yong (Mrs. C. K. Hu-ang) will play one of the principalparts in addition to directing theplay. There will be a student playin April, and a final comedy inMay* All productions of the Rol-lins Players are directed and su-pervised by Professor Donald S.Allen and me.

"As extra attractions, the AnnieRussell Theatre, under my direc-tion, will present the followingevents: "There's Always Juliet", acharming comedy by John VanDruten, January 15, 16, 17, 18 and19. This play will be staged byme and I will also play one of theleading roles1. Others in the all-starcast are Helen Bailey, WinifredGwyn-Jeffreys and Samuel I-Ier-

shey. In March a local dramaticfavorite, Rose Dresser, will befeatured in the Broadway mysterysuccess "Kind Lady". Mrs. Dresserwill be supported by an excellentlocal cast. For one night only, Fri-day, February 8, Ruth Bryan OwenRhode will appear at the AnnieRussell Theatre to give one of herfamous lectures1. No introduction isnecessary for this internationallyknown celebrity.

The famous monologuist Mar-jorie Moffet will be here Fridayevening March 8. Since she will behere only for the one evening, ithas been necessary to book theHigh School auditorium so that allour Winter Park patrons will beable to hear her.

"GARDENS OF ROMANCE"NEXT TUESDAY EVENING

The "Tuesday Evening Lectures"given in the Congregational Chris-tian Church each Tuesday duringJanuary and February were firstestablished by President HamiltonHolt eighteen years ago. The firstlecture of this season occurred lastTuesday. The speaker was Dr.Louis Schulz who gave an inter-pretation and review of "The BlackRose" by Thomas B. Costain, whichhad been for some time the bestseller as reported by 22 of theleading cities in the country. Dr.Schulz' brilliant analysis of thehistorical background of this ro-mance of the Crusades made a de-lightful and informing, evening.

The speaker next Tuesday eve-ning, January 8, will be Mrs. S. A.Weissenberger who will appear inseveral costumes as she tells thestory of "Three Gardens of Ro-mance". This program is the sameas that given before the Woman's

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Club last January. The gardensselected by Mrs. Weissenbergerare the TAJ MAHAL at Agra, theSHALIMAR at Kashmere, and onein JAIPUR, all of which have beenvisited by her. Mrs. Charles F.Hammond, soprano, will sing Rim-sky-Korsakoff's "Song of India"and the Kashmiri Song, with Mrs.Richard Sias, as accompanist.

A varied program has been ar-ranged for each Tuesday evening.Admission is free, but a collectionis received for the work of theWoman's Union of the Congrega-tional-Christian Church which nowsponsors the series. The lecturebegins at 8:00 P.M.

CASA IBERIA OFFERSINTER-AMERICAN HELPInter-American studies have been

developed at the Case Iberia as apart of Rollins College. Its activi-ties this season are stated as fol-lows :

Prof. Angela Campbell, directorof Casa Iberia, center for inter-American activities at Rollins, -willreturn shortly from holidays inGeorgia to find the new construc-tion at the Casa complete. A newclassroom and conference roomhave been built on the rear of thebuilding, and the exhibit room tothe left of the entrance has beenremodeled with cabinets, fluores-cent lighting and shelves to holda series of displays planned forthe winter season.

Coincident with the opening ofthe winter term there will be adisplay of color photo-prints, maps,etc., prepared by Pan-AmericanWorld Airways illustrating thecountries south of us. High schoolgroups will be invited to view thedisplay at special hours, when Mrs.A. W. Malone will share her in-timate acquaintance with SouthAmerica through informal talks.Hostess for this and succeedingexhibits, arranged at monthly in-tervals during' the winter, will beMrs. Norman E. Gilbert.

Casa Iberia will entertain nu-merous visiting celebrities through-out the winter season. Among thefirst of these will be Hon. and Mrs.Alexander W. Weddell. Mr, Wed-dell, dean of diplomats and author,is now president of the VirginiaMuseum of Fine Arts and the Vir-ginia Historical Society. His lec-ture on Inter-American affairsJan. 22 will lead off the "Mindof the Americas" series.

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The AlabamaOn Lake Maitland

Luxurious American plan winter hotel; excellent cuisineand service. Every room with bath, telephone, steam heat,overlooks spacious private park or lake. Large lobby, rec-reation rooms, elevator, sun deck, private garage, privatebathing beach, dock and boats. Orchestra and other amuse-ments.—E. J. Lachance Proprietor-Managers H. Schenck

The SeminoleOn Lake Osceola

In the best residential section of Winter Park, offers high-est standards of American plan operation at attractive rates.Elevator, steam heat and room telephones. Sun Deck. Ex-ceptional grounds and surroundings. Adjacent to golf course.—J. S. Poley, Manager

Virginia InnOn Lake Osceola

Winter seasxm December to April — American plan —grounds reaching to the shore of the lake and convenientlylocated to the business section and Rollins College, Famedfor its cuisine and hospitality. Elevator—all rooms steamheated and equipped with sprinkler system. The hotel'sorange grove is on the grounds.Summer season, Poland Spring House, Poland Spring,Maine.—John J. Hennessy, Manager.