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Show Mmus hears William Wordsworth story President Ora Thome conducted ieCadmus Club meeting Oct. 18, aid at the Senior Citizen Center. Hostesses were Lucile Jense, tara Williams and Mae Winters. jM.Thorne announced that Sytha jhnson, member, had been in the ;pital, but was home now. Education Committee member, Miller, played a tape of music, Mnka," a rendition by the Moscow loir. The discussion of poetry and It of William Wordsworth was sen by Maymetta Johnson, as-ptedby as-ptedby Mildred Sutch. Maymetta Stpaid tribute to her high school English teacher, Miss Thurman, who taught her to appreciate good literature. She also told of the visit she and her husband made to Grasmere where Wordsworth lived. This is a beautiful area in England called the Lake Country. Some of Maymetta's ancestors also lived there. Two closely related themes are dominant in the poetry of William Wordsworth: (1) The power of nature na-ture to elevate and ennoble the mind of man and (2) the dignity and nobility inherent in all human life. He wrote odes, drama son nets, narrative poems, etc. The critics were slow to recognize recog-nize him, but the literary men praised him. He was appointed poet Laureate by Queen Elizabeth. Maymetta read "Ode to Immortality," Immor-tality," a poem often used by LDS speakers, and longnarrative poem, "Michael." Mildred read "Daffodils," "We Are Seven," "She Was a Phantom Phan-tom of Delight," Wordsworth's tribute trib-ute to his wife, and "The World Is Too Much With Us." Pumpkin pie, a drink, and "nibbles" were served by the hostesses host-esses on Halloween decorated tables. JfWSjfSSJf |