Morris G. Hindus

              MORRIS G. HINDUS

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LECTURES ON RUSSIA AND RUSSIAN LITERATURE






M
 R. HINDUS is first and foremost a thorough and sincere student.  He was born in a Russian village among peasants.  There he spent his childhood and boyhood, and gained his early education in a government school.  At the age of fourteen, finding the avenues of higher education in Russia closed to him, he emigrated to America.  Here he attended the Stuyvesant High School in New York City, received his Bachelor's and Master's degree from Colgate University, and pursued advanced studies in Harvard.




Mr. Hindus is affiliated with no party, but aims to help Americans understand all Russian parties.  He champions no theory, but interprets all theories.




His chief concern is the truth about the Russian people, the truth which brings understanding, sympathy and affection for the vast Slavic nation that is now seeking, for the first time in its history, to forge its own destiny with its own calloused, inexperienced hands.




This is his sixth season on the lecture platform.  He has spoken in the largest cities, east and west, before keen and critical audiences, and has always given satisfaction and pleasure.




And the reason he pleases is because he knows and loves his subject.  He is part of the great Russian drama, and his lectures are part of himself.




His English is faultless.  He is a fine speaker with a clear enunciation and a vigorous and impressive manner.






Subjects



In the lectures suggested by the following subjects, Mr. Hindus not only voices the spirit of the Russian people, but most interestingly interprets to Americans the things most vital yet perchance obscure:


Russia at the Crossroads


The Russian Peasant


Bolshevism; what it is, and what it is not


Ukraine in Resurrection


Heroes, Past and Present


The Advance of the Russian Woman


Russia, America, and Japan


From the Old World to the New


The Soul of Russia


Tolstoy, the Man and his Teachings


The Message of Russian Literature





Mr. Hindus can also be engaged for a series of lectures on Russian History and Literature




For further information apply to the management





There is a voice calling … which is, it seems to me, more thrilling and more compelling than any of the many moving voices with which the troubled air of the world is filled.  
It is the voice of
 the Russian people.




President Wilson in speech before Congress, January 8, 1918



A letter from Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus:




Mr. Morris Gershon Hindus is abundantly equipped for his work as a leader and guide of American public opinion on a subject of instant and prime important — the Russia of Today.  Sixty or more tests of great audiences, whom, a few hours before, his graphic and eloquent utterances had left aglow as well as open-minded and informed, have been mine, to make and experience, while I have spoken later from the same platform.  Only one estimate has been recorded:  the picture, the argument, and the personality of this young but amply endowed lecturer constitute part of the very indispensable apparatus for such international reconstruction of our ideals and policies as will make Russia and the United States most valuable for the progress of mankind.  Lit up with a gracious humor, and riven by a falchion-like wit, the serious and enthralling picture he leaves with audiences often reminds me of similar achievements by his compatriots, Tchaikovsky in music, or Tolstoy in literature.




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