Minutes 8 March 1907
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Title
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Minutes 8 March 1907
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Description
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[Page 1] March 8, 1907
Nine members & five visitors met in Mrs. Grey’s parlor March 8 for another delightful meeting of our Book Club. When the roll was called every one gave an Item of interest & several of our visitors favored us with one. After the reading of the minutes Miss Thompson gave us some interesting Cur- rent Events. Then the President called on Mrs. Martin to “extract” the opinions of the books. When this part of the programme is left to the close of the meeting the “pent up” ideas must have expression & a general “pow-wow” ends the discussion. For lack of time or for some other reason very few of the members had read their books. Mrs. Grey announced that “The Heretics” by Chesterton was her book but she really couldn’t get any thing out of it & & no one in the club has been able to read more than 2 or 3 chapters. It seems it is on the order of essays or discussions about different men & the author’s style is so obscure it is impossible to know what he
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[Page 2] is driving at. Mrs. Smith read a selection from a chapter on the “Smiths” in which he says that the aristocratic name is one to be proud of & no Smith was ever a parvenu. Mrs. Martin gave a very interesting ac- count of Bernard Shaw to whom Chesterton devotes a chapter in his book. Shaw cer- tainly is peculiar to say the least. He is an Irishman by birth but lives in London now. For several years he was critic, dreaded by all who came under his harsh criticisms. He proclaims him- self an atheist, anarchist & vegetarian. In his opinion it is the depth of degradation to be rich, popular, & respected. He has be- come, rich by marrying an heiress & his plays have made him popular but his books prevent him from being respected. His works are one long attack upon all old institutions and the principles on which they are based. His view concerning mar- riage & morality are very extreme & he thinks
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[Page 3] the very idea of duty (is) absurd. He dis- credits every thing that makes life worth while. It is as a Dramatist that Mrs. Shaw has become known in America. Until a little over a year ago, his plays had no success at all. Candida, Man and Superman, The Devil’s Disciple, Caesar & Cleopatra & Man of Destiny are the best known of his plays.
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Subject
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Women-North Carolina-Davidson-Societies and clubs.
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Books and reading.
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Women-Societies and clubs.
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North Carolina-Davidson.
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Creator
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BookLovers Club
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Publisher
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Davidson College
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Date
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8 March 1907
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For permission to reproduce image, contact archives@davidson.edu
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Language
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eng
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Type
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text
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Identifier
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bl-068
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Coverage
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1907
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4049696
