Activities of the Friends

Meetings

D. H. Lawrence was the Fall Meeting subject. At the Fall Meeting,
which was held at the Men's Faculty Club on October 30, Profes¬
sor Henry T. .Moore of Southern Illinois University gave a most
interesting talk on "The Significance of D. H. Lawrence: the
Why's and Wherefores." One of those who attended the meeting
was Mr. Jan Juta, the artist whose portrait of Lawrence was
printed in the November 1968 issue of Columns. He was perhaps
the only person in the room who had known the famous author.
At the invitation of Dr. Saffron, who presided, .Mr. Juta spoke
about Lawrence, giving in a few sentences a vivid impression of
the hitter's personality.

Melville Cane to speak at the February 20 meeting. At the Win¬
ter Meeting of the Friends which will be held at the Men's Fac¬
ulty Club on Thursday, February 20, Mr. Melville Cane, the
copyright lawyer and poet, will talk on "George AVoodberry
and the Columbia of His Day." Mr. Cane was acquainted with
Professor Woodberry, Edward MacDowell, Brander Matthews,
and other distinguished faculty members of the period. The Co¬
lumbia Libraries have just received from the Mary Flagler Cary
Charitable Trust a large addition to its previously existing collec¬
tion of \Voodbcrry Papers. Hence this is an appropriate time to
turn the spotlight on that collection and on the related period of
Columbia history.

Bancroft Prizes Dinner on April 2^. This year's Bancroft Dinner
will be held on Thursday, April 24. Invitations will be mailed to
members approximately a month prior to the event.
 

45