THE ARTS

The newest, and perhaps the most important organization generating from the Robinson Hall plant, is The Arts, a general, efficient, and honorary association of men prominent in the non-athletic activities of the College.

In an article by C. E. Griffith, Jr., '15, the president of the association, the purpose of The Arts is given as follows :

"The Arts has been spontaneously called into existence by the growing need of developing in the student body a higher appreciation for and a real working technic in art, literature, the drama, and music If .it is to justify its existence, it must stimulate an interest in the best things for which the student body and organizations stand. This means that The Arts shall bring to Hanover for the benefit of numbers, not members exclusively, artists in the wider sense, who can speak authoritatively on their subjects. The Arts will entertain artists giving performances in the College, as well .as those visitors interested in the cultural development of the student body."

The Arts has been allotted the main club room and the card room in Robinson Hall, under certain restrictions which allow the College the use of the rooms at its convenience. Through the generosity of faculty members, the rooms have been hung with artistic prints, and a library has been well started by the gift of autographed books from the same source, and the loan of a large number of valuable volumes. A series of talks on rare books from the libraries of famous writers, and a book plate exhibit are planned. The Arts has already displayed to the College a large number of paintings of the College and its environs by Woodhull Adams.

Since its organization, The Arts has had several receptions for visitors of artistic or literary reputation. Thus far it can not be said to have progressed beyond the experimental stage, but there is no tendency in the College to belittle its possibilities for good.