St Mary of the Woods College - Les Bois Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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1 1 , - ' NN, is ...- - f .a f - , LES Bois '2 1-5- ,i.,,m- , ,, ,,- , ,,....,..............,- 4 - 5 MAY SM1TH Le Cercle de Ia Moiie MAY SMITH, President PATIA BREEDLOVE, Secretary The renewal and strengthening of the national sympathy which has existed between the United States and France since the time of Washington and Franklin, and the intercommunication en- tailed by going over there, have not only given new impetus to the study of French but have made it a necessity for many Ameri- cans. This enthusiasm for French reached the Cercle de la Motte, and gave fresh incentive to the study of the classics. The members of the Cercle were awakened to a livelier appreciation of the sweetness, the beauty, and the elegance of the French literature, -prose and poetry. Especially were the writers of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries followed with interest. Corneille, Racine, Mo- liere, Bossuet, Fenelon, Massillon, took on a new grace, and the books that hitherto had seemed text-booksi' were vivified by a real sympathy. The 18th century works of Mme. de Stael, Bern- ardin de Saint-Pierre's charming Paul et Virginiej' Beaumar- chais' Le Barbier de Seville and Figaro appealed with a fresh charm to the students, and the contemporary authors like Bourget, even excited ambition for translation. May the humble begin- nings of collaborated translation of L'Indiana widen into the waiting fields of Claudel and his like. fl, I N M One hundred and th' c

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df f 'a- N' , H-1 . N ' I f Q V N ' . - r ' fs M- is - V A LES Bois L -. ' La Isabel GLADYS KELLER, President KATHRYN DAVIS, Secretary As might be expected, America has always been interested in the nation to which it owes its discovery, and the charm of Spain and things Spanish has always had an irresistible fascination for the American mind. Only since the war, however, have we waked to the widespread use of the Spanish language in the western hemi- sphere, south of the United States. Concurrent with the phenom- enal increase in commerce between our country and the Latin- Americas comes the realization that a knowledge of the Spanish language is necessary to eiect a commercial and social solidarity among the Americas. Studied at first merely as a business asset, Spanish, with its beauty, its rich and almost unexplored literary field, comes to be appreciated and loved for itself. The courses in Spanish at Guerin Hall have been unusually popular during the last three or four years, but this year has wit- , nessed a striking increase in numbers and enthusiasm. This spirit resulted in the organization of the Spanish society, La Isabel. The object of the club is to further interest in the study of Spanish by providing opportunities for conversation and for the study of the Spanish people, their customs and their literature, especially their poetry, so beautifully romantic and picturesque. GLADYS KELLER x 'fu One hundred and five --:rf