Arthur Dougherty Rees

              1924
ANNOUNCEMENT
of
Arthur Dougherty Rees
AUTHOR AND LECTURER
New Lectures on Current History, Literature and Politics


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CONCERNING MR. REES
Arthur Dougherty Rees, B. S., in Econ. M. A., formerly of the instruction staff of the University of Pennsylvania, but now devoting all of his time to the lecture field, covers many States in his work, and has experienced ever-increasing and well-earned audiences who now seek his lectures.  As author and lecturer, Mr. Rees has appeared upon many of the most prominent platforms of America.

Among them are:

In and about Boston: Ford Hall, New England Woman's Club, United Church Forum and others in Bridgeport, Conn., Brockton Forum, Providence Economic Club, etc.

In and about New York: Columbia Institute of Columbia University, Cooper Union Forum, Church of the Ascension, Community Church Forum, New York Board of Education, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, School of Philosophy of Peoples Institute, Colony Club, Eclectic Club, etc. Clubs and Forums in Jersey City, Newark; The Orange Forum; The Albany Historical Institute, etc., etc.

In and about Philadelphia: University Extension Society, Drexel Institute, Haverford Forum, University of Pennsylvania, the Hill School.  University of Chicago, and many other organizations in the city and State, both East and West.

He has also lectured for the following Chautauquas: At Lake Chatauqua, New York; the Community, New York; Lakeside, Ohio.  The Richmond (Ind.) Chautauqua and Teachers' Institute, to which he has now had four successive invitations; Teacher's Institutes at Tipton, Frankfort, Anderson, Indiana, as well as many others, have invited Mr. Rees for series lectures.



SOME COMMENTS ON MR. REES' WORK
Ford Hall Meetings, Boston:

Dear Mr. Rees—You gave us a most worth-while evening at Ford Hall.  Our people will be talking about it for some time to come.  Through the power of your personality and the merit of your message you held the audience through the two-hour period of address and discussion without one moment's abatement of interest.  As a young man, previously unknown to our constituency, which is keenly discriminating in its measuring of lecturers, this was some stunt.

Yours sincerely,
GEORGE W. COLEMAN.

When Mr. Rees first gave eight lectures at the Richmond, Indiana, Chautauqua and Teachers' Institute and was invited by acclamation of the audience to return the following season he was the only series lecturer who has been so invited in twenty-five years.  Extract from letter to C. O. Williams, Superintendent: You know how very anxious our teachers are to have you return.  We have been receiving letters from all over the country concerning your work.

From an Ohio Chautauqua: Mr. Rees is fearless and impartial, therefore, he is very valuable.  He gave us very satisfactory service.

His wit, eloquence and philosophy and force make him one of the most brilliant of the younger American lecturers.

Your lecture last night was great.  I don't know when I have listened to a discussion of such a controversial subject carried on in a spirit so fair.  The audience was tremendously interested.—EVERETT DEAN MARTIN, Director of Cooper Union Forum, New York.

May 1 express again my deep appreciation of the splendid lecture you gave us.  I have heard only favorable comments.—FRANK D. WATSON, Haverford College, Main Line Forum, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Rees presented his lecture on Russia very effectively.  I hope to have him again.—REV. W. H. DAY, D. D., the United Church Forum, Bridgeport, Conn.

Your talk at the Colony Club went deep into the hearts of the members.  I hope you felt you were as great a success as I hear you were.—COLONY CLUB, New York.

Mr. Rees has spoken in our camps with uniform success.  The men like his message.—J. H. BEACH, Associate Educational Director, National War Work Council, Y. M. C. A., New York.

From a member of the Executive Board, Church of the Ascension Forum, New York: Mr. Rees is a young man, and just the type we are most anxious to get.

Mr. Rees' subject matter is excellent.  His lectures were equal to the lest we have.  He has the ability, now so rare, of the true orator.—The late FRANKLIN W. HOOPER, Brooklyn Institute.


'Mr. Rees is a born lecturer.  His pleasing personality, his sincerity and eloquence, all contribute to his success.—
YORK GAZETTE, Pa.


CURRENT HISTORY LECTURES
Mr. Rees brings considerable historical study to the discussion of Current History and wishes to call especial attention to his lectures on the International Affairs in which field he has attained considerable success.

Special lecture: The Inspiration of Current History.



THE POLITICAL PSYCHO-ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS

The Present International Situation.
Russia and the World.
France and Her Dream of Continental Control Revived.
Germany: Her New State and Its Ideals and Dangers.
Italy and Her Dream of Roman Power Reborn.
Japan: The Next Democracy, and the Far East.
Turkey and Constantinople.
Poland Resurrected: What Part Is Her's in Europe?
Great Britain and Her New World Power; Present Tendencies.
India and Independence.
The Tragedy of Financial Imperialism: Is There a Way Out?
Freedom of the Seas: A Vision or a Phantom?
The Tragedy of Ages: The Struggle for World Mastery.
Internationalism in Operation: The League of Nations; What Has It Done?
Why Do Wars Begin in the Spring?  The Industrial, Geographical and biological Causes; Why Do Men Fight; the Psychology of Soldiers.
The Home Rule Agitation the World Over.
East Is West: A World Problem.
Is There Any Victory in Modern War?



AMERICAN PROBLEMS

Americanism versus Internationalism.
Unusually Considered Factors in Prohibition: Why Economic Supremacy Induces a Dry Country.
New Political Ideals: What Should Be Done with Lobbying, the Primary, etc.
Immigration: The State of all Life; Its Meaning to America.
Race Mixture and the American Character: Are We Supine or Sturdy?
The Monroe Doctrine: Its Old Meanings and New.
Democracy and Industry in America.
The Present Administration to Date: A Nonpartisan Discussion.
The Newer Americanism: Biology and Longevity; the Religion of Happiness.
A Survey of Factors in Democracy: Past and Present, Since the Industrial Revolution in England.  What Is the Next Step?
America and Her Pacific Ocean Problems and Policies.
What the Women Are Making of America.





LIFE STUDIES
Nietzsche and Rousseau: The Superman vs. the Socialman.

Schopenhauer and the Man-Made World.

The Art of Spoken and Written Speech; the Philosophy of Style; Carlyle, Wilde, Pater.

Art and Industry; the Gospel of Beauty; John Ruskin.

The Human Soul and Art: Jean Christophe.

Character and Climate: Geography's Relation to International Problems.

The Utopia of Art: The Philosophy and Life of William Morris.

The Utopia of Love: Shelly, Poet, Idealist and Prophet.

The Greatness of Faith: Columbus.  (Given with dramatic readings).

The World of Self: Walt Whitman, Poet and Prophet.

The World of Spirit to Come: Dante, Poet and Statesman.  What does he mean today?

The Soul and Science: Psycho-Analysis and Freud.  Psychology and Every-day Living and Other Psychology Lectures.

Savonarola, the Friar of Florence.

Joseph Mazzini, Prophet of United Italy.

Italy's Inspiration to Modern Workers.



LECTURES ON RUSSIA
Mr. Rees has traveled in Russia and written and lectured considerably on her history and problems. He is widely known as an authority on the country. He was there when the Great War came and after.  Each of the following lectures is a broad consideration of Russian civilization, past and present.


1.
Russia, Old and new: Her Heroes, Environment and Religion.
2.
Peter the Great: His Work, His Meaning and the Philosophy of Slavophilism in Its Present Relation.
3.
Catherine the Great: Her Brilliance and Her Tragedy.
4.
Russia Under the Czars: The Nineteenth Century and Revolt.
5.
Russian Literature: Its Poetry, Novels and Philosophy.
6.
The Present Situation in Russia.
7.
Tolstoi: His Influence, Work and Philosophy.
8.
Dostoievsky, the Russian Dante.
9.
The Soul of Russia.

This lecture is very comprehensive, dealing in the history, personality, environment, religion and economics of Russia, as well as with Mr. Rees' personal experiences in the land.  It has been given with great success many times.  *See Slavophilism: An Interpretation.  In The Science Monthly, by Mr. Rees.



MR. REES' POETIC DRAMAS

COLUMBUS. A drama of Faith.
WILLIAM TELL. A drama of Freedom.
GIVE UP YOUR GODS. A drama of Russia. ONE DOLLAR EACH

Address: Press Press of the J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pa.

Dramatic Readings from these, or from Mr. Rees' Modern Prose Drama are also available.


Boston Globe:
A stirring picture of the great discoverer.


New York Globe:
A thoughtful characterization of the discoverer.  Unexceptionable in taste and
 motive.  As poetry it is of good quality, of largeness and vision.


Philadelphia Record:
Columbus has majesty of thought and beauty of expression.


The Fortnightly (Philadelphia):
Mr. Rees unquestionably has the creative faculty.  The content and deeper thought of the drama command admiration.


Chicago News:
'Give Up Your Gods,' is something more than a mere literary effort.


Pittsburgh Press:
A fine theme, in 'Give Up Your Gods,' treated with great dignity and marked poetic power.

For dates and terms, please address MR. REES Philadelphia, Pa.

Telephone: 3739 Walnut