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W IL METTE t ·I FE .January 21, 1927 ·Fir~t Church of Christ, Scientist OF GLENCOE, ILLINOIS Announces Kappas Are to Celebrate . Anniversary of Found1ng The Chicago and Evanston alumni chapters, in co-operation with Tau chapter of Kappa Alpha . Theta at Northwestern university, Wlll hold a joint Founde.rs' day lttnc.heon celebrating the fifty-seYenth anmversary of !he founding of the sorority, at the Umon League club, Saturday, January 29, at 12 :30 o'clock. Among thr north shore members of th~ alumnae chapters who will be present at the luncheon, arc Mrs. Fritz \Yagner, Jr.. of 38~ Hawthorn lane, \Vinnetka. chairman of the Evanston group; ::\frs. vValter St~ele of Evan. ton; ::\1rs. Herbert Bartlu_1g of 116 Fuller lane, \Vinnetka; Mrs: P~r ker ::\!filler of EYanston; .and M1ss DorothY Schultz of Tau chapter at Korth\,:estern unh·ersity. ~i:rs. Eiba L. vonGiahn of 602 Fifteenth street had as her guests last week at a familv reunion her brother, Frank \V. \Vesterdale and Mrs. Westerdale of Stronburg, Neb., and her sister ' brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and iirs. \V. Henry Bro\rn and their daughter. X adine, of Louisville, Ky. No Art Originated in America States Speaker.at·College "America has originated no art," said Perc,· Eckhart, vi'ce president of the hoard of trustees of the National Kin dergarten and Elementa,ry college, in speaking before the students of th e college last Thursday, January 13.. on "The Development of American Art." "America is too young to have an art oi its 0\\'11, for art develop~ slowly and it takes centuries to .hring it int1 1 definite. fom1 so that it can he recognized from other art:;. The art hi!'ltory of a race follmYs the life his tor~· of th e people. At first. th.e pe.ople in .~mtri ca \\'ere busy cbgg111g 1n the s:->tl anrl COJH'Jttrring-_hardship:-;. They had fl' ligion -an~rslwltl·r and fcl(ld. a ncl :-aft· ~ ~· from the Indian.; to think about. ~ t n d thev had no time hr the fine art-. ." "Later, when they had time for art." said ::\.fr. Eckhart-- rvmarking tha t in this lecture he "·ould cc lJhich·r onl~· the art of painting-"the~· took wha't tJw ,· could nnclerstancl. and like rhilclrt·n. they enjoyed picture:' that reprcsc-nterl things they kn<·,,·." Tn explaining tll i:-. -,t;t:l'lllvnt \lr . Eckhart said that pl'oph.· h·arn fir... h ~· 1 at seeing thing" - lltll in1111 ,,.1 thn· hear. smell or ta.;te. hut i:·om " ·h;tt t h e·~· sec. "'That i~ '"hy Jll(JYit· . , arc :-(1 p >] l \1 lar . Thrv appL·:tl tc1 tht· lo\\T··t knl ni intelligencl' in tht· rctl1111ltl1lit ~·. :\ stan· ran be tulcl thrnug-h pin ur c ·.: . mor~ C'a sih· ancl quirkl~· to tht · ini;tni ilt intl'lligl'nr~' than in an ~· ot ht·r " a\·." "Thl' ftr st pir urt·". in :\:11nit·a. t l.J t · :· ~ · ~ (1 r t ·· '\'l' r e :- t ~ ': y -1L·ll.Jn g p JC 11 r.t ·.. . ~ ~ nn .~ t;t cb a1HI cph tH !v" 111 the claJI~· htc r11 thv pt·nplc or Sl't'JH· . . irn1n their hi- · t ( )f\ . ... s a i cl \ rr . F (' k h ;l r 1. .. T ht·:- l . l ' ' I r h ma;liic~tation . . cti art i11 :\mnic t \\l'l' f' tr:-tn splantt:cl J, ,· thl' t' c.l : )ni~ t .; i r 1'1 ~1 thf'ir honll' " in England anrl o1 1 h· Continent. and in .\merira \\' t· find ;1· fin.t an imitati\'l' art . Thl'rl' " n c landscape painters and portrait p;tint ers who imitatrd the Engli-.h a ncl Dutch schools. hut their WC1rk 'n" Yt ·n· crude." The first art to clcYrlop in :\n1nir;1 . " ·ith any indication of originalit~· ,,·a...: the art of oraton·. and this ha' h:-td ;1 direct influrncr 0;1 the art of paintin .~ ... he c::>ntinued. "The oratory would Jl(lt he considered good today. It '"a" too florid, but it "·as American and it' impression on landscape painters resultrd in large. panoramic lanclscapr .- . overburdened \\'ith detail. Thev wl'rr extreme!~· minute ancl photog-raphic and contained cYervthing that a man might sec in a lot;g lifetin.1e out -(lfcloors." Following the historic panoramic landscape in America there gradually de,·elope<l the Hudson Ri\'cr school nf' painters," said ~f r. Eckhart, \\'ho rxplained that although these arti"ts still repre. ented American scenes. the~· he gan to cut <lmrn from the panorama and giYe isolatecl hits which reflect back to the beholder the spirit of the land scape as it appeared to the artist. "In its later developments." he said. Amcrica grew to he dependent on the rest of the world. There is no longer a deYclopmen t of isola tccl movements of art. \Vhat is clonr in Paris ic:; illlnwdiatclv ~reflected in New York." 'Mr. Eckhart spoke hriefl~· oi the revolt of the European artists against the perfection of painting as a representative art, and of the moclern scl10ol of paintrrs which has arisen from the ashes of the old-artists who say, 11 Suhject matter, reality, are gone. We will express ourselves in our own way and vou can trv to find out what \\'C' are s·aying." · uArt has styles, and styles change," said Mr. Eckhart in conclusion. 11 \Vhether the new art will last or not no one can tell." 11 11 FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCI, ENCE 1 by JUDGE FRlmJRICK C. HILL, C. S. Member of the of Clmton, Illinois Boar~to.f . L~ttf~eship of The ' ' 1 ,, ;'1 ·' Mother Church, The First Church oFebrist, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. In the Masonic H~ll, Corner of Vernon and Hazel Aves. 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