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Show K (torBennion esents Thought--ovcking Lecture recalls Past Glory of Dixie predicts Fine Future; festival Closed By Fine yts Ball In Evening 'jj you preserve the genial ' -rality and traditional culture I'ii Dixie of old and amal- Gfi .i'te it with the new com- 73 ,'ajzed forces of today?" .3:- -Dr. Adam S. Bennion, as- ag to the president of the ' Power and Light company, :nged the students of Dixie i U lecture on "The Fine Axt ' Living" given in the Dixie f nfi -t coUege auditorium on De- 1V 3, the concluding day of sj.'v - fourth annual Fine Arts Fes- f i. jjctor Bennion recalled the ' jpftl 7 of the Dixie of old and s -fc lied out the potential pos- kll 'jiies of the future. "Every-! "Every-! -.'should see Dixie," he declared, aise it has something to give fyil :;torld." ii"" J, keeping with the theme of :i jay, which was art apprecia-3, apprecia-3, Doctor Bennion discussed the :e Art of living. "I am interest-' interest-' ' ! in life the greatest of the fine Uj (Continued on page three) Three Day Fine Arts Program Presents -Outstanding Lecturers and Entertainers At Dixie (Continued from first page) arts," ' he stated. "The glory of this life is that everyone has it and no one has yours." The speaker defined the fine art of hvmg as the eternal control the spirit of man possesses. Compares Life Comparing life to the weaving of a blanket, Doctor Bennion said, You are weaving your own pattern pat-tern in the blanket of life. The size and texture is determined by birth, but the pattern is in your hands." He enumerated the three threads of life which he considered the most important. They were: earning earn-ing a living; making a home and rearing a family and an abiding faith that nothing will 'ever shake. "Earning a living is first," he declared, "Because the acquirement acquire-ment of all the fine arts rest upon this one. "Making a home and rearing a family. This is the finest thread in the blanket of life," Doctor Bennion said, "if I did nothing else but rear a family to follow after me, my life would be well spent. "The third one, an abiding faith that nothing will ever shake Faith holds the rest together," he told the assembly. To these the speaker added; literature, the fine arts music and pictorial art and friendship. In discussing music, he said, "The harmony of music coming into the soul is the most restful thing in the world." "A man who cannot appreciate art, misses something worth while" was Doctor Bennion s opinion. "It is not enough to see some great beauty of nature once, or tweny times, because nature is always changing", according to Doctor Bennion. "The glory of a great mountain like a great man, is never twice the same. "The last thread friendship, is essential to human happiness, your life is everlastingly enriched by friendships." "The glory of life is getting the mostput of your friendships. One of the finest things about college is the fellows you meet there." These were two statements that were emphaisized by Doctor Bennion. Ben-nion. The speaker concluded his lecture lec-ture with this thought. "Choose your pattern well, because you will be weaving this blanket throughout eternity." Doctor Beck in Charge Following Doctor Bennion's talk Dr. D. Elden Beck introduced E. J. Bird, head of the federal artists of Utah, who congratulated the students of Dixie on the fine things they were doing. j ! Other numbers on the program, ! which was under the direction of 1 Alice Lowe, chairman of the Beaux Art Guild, were : song, "Trees", ) by Noma Anrus; dance, Lenore Perkins; violin trio "Lost Chord" I by Sullivan, Earl J. Bleak, Mrs. ! Ellis Everett and Vera Christian; j introduction of Doctor Bennion, Alice Lowe. j The events of the day were climaxed by the Beaux Art Ball j held in the St. George recreation j hall. During the dance Alice Lowe, ! who was selected for this honor I by the student body officers and class officers of the Dixie junior college, posed in a "Living Pic-1 ture." Miss Lowe also unveiled the picture "Dahlies" by Waldo Midgley, which was chosen to be presented to the Dixie college student body by the Beaux Art Guild. 1 Friday, December 3, was the I third and concluding day of the ; Fine Arts Festival. The program of Decmber 1 and 2 were devoted to music and literature li-terature in the order named and were sponsored by the Delta Phi Alpha, music farternity, and the Larmbda Beta Theta, honorary literary sorority. Professor Plummer On the day of literature, Prof. Gail Plummer, of the university of Utah speech department, was featured as the speaker. Professor Profes-sor Plummer, who gave a number of interpretive readings, declared that the only way to interprete literature is to discover the meaning mean-ing of the selection and then study it as a whole. 1 Among the serections which Professor Pro-fessor Plummer gave were: "William "Wil-liam Rufus", "Cremation of Sam McGee", "Cuddle Doon", by Alexander Alex-ander Anderson; "F or A' That and A' That", by Robert Burns; "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose"; "Highland Mary"; "The Debt", by-Paul by-Paul Lawrence Dunbar; "With Rue My Heart is Laden"; "The Yarn of the Nancy Bell"; "Bones" and the "Woodbox". Other numbers on the program consisted of, violin solo, "Overture "Over-ture From Aida", by Mrs. Everett; Trombone and Baritone clairinet .duet, "Rigolitta Quaditte", Joe Tally and Paul Neilson accompanied accom-panied by Miss Clara Woodhouse; vocal selection "Romance", from the operette "Desert Song", by Nellie Snow; piano selection, "Rochminoff's Prelude in G Minor", Min-or", by Miss Clara Woodhouse; introduction of Gail Plummer by Verde Washburn, chairman of the Lambda Beta Theta. Mr. Plummer met with the senior class of the college Thursday Thurs-day afternoon and gave a lecture. Present Play In the evening a play "Lena Rivers" was presented to an enthusiastic en-thusiastic audience of approximately approxima-tely four hundred and fifty. This play was given Monday night, and plans are underway to present it in Hurricane and possibly Cedar City, in the near future. Dean Gerrit de Jong, head of the fine arts college at the Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university, was the principal speaker on the day of music, December 1. He lectured on the appreciation of music. Following Follow-ing his talk Dean de Jong and |