A Variety of Programs and a Catalog

The spring semester 1990 opened with an exhibit in the Gunlocke Room prepared by Margaret D. Stetz, Assistant Professor of English at Georgetown, and Mark Samuels Lasner, noted Washington bibliographer, entitled England in the 1890s: Literary Publishing at the Bodley Head. On January 28, a group of Associates greatly enjoyed a lecture of the same title by Dr. Stetz.

An exhibition catalog has been prepared by Stetz and Lasner and published by the Georgetown University Press. In the 1890s the Bodley Head publishing firm was the matrix of new, daring and controversial literature and art. This publication describes in detail more than 120 manuscripts, graphics, unpublished letters and books. The 16 illustrations include art works, book designs, portraits and caricatures, many never before reproduced. The edition is limited to 600 copies. England in the 1890s: Literary Publishing at the Bodley Head is available at $21.00 per copy, inclusive of postage and packing, from : Joshua Heller Rare Books, Inc., P.O. Box 39114, Washington, DC 20016.

Haynes Johnson

Associates were part of a large audience on March 21 to hear Haynes Johnson of The Washington Post deliver the first annual Lawrence C. Merthan Lecture in American Political Movements, Borrowed Time: America in the '90s and Beyond. This annual lecture has evolved from the twentieth anniversary commemoration in 1988 of Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign, organized by the library and Abigail McCarthy. With a fund established by Mrs. Merthan, the annual lecture will in the future be held under the auspices of the University's Government Department.

Intelligence Symposium

On April 10 Associates joined the International Studies Association's Intelligence Studies Section in presenting a program entitled The Academic Contribution to Improving the Understanding and Performance of Intelligence. The distinguished panel consisted of Christopher Andrew, U.K.; Lt. Gen. William Odom, U.S.; and David Stafford, Canada. A selection from the large Russell Bowen collection on intelligence was on exhibit in the Gunlocke Room at the time, and Colonel Bowen was present to delight the audience with remarks about his collection.

Teilhard Conference

May 1, which happens to be the birth anniversary of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., was chosen as the date of conference on his thought entitled Sharing in the Great Work. Cosponsored by the Associates, the Teilhard Center and the Woodstock Theological Center, the conference featured papers by Harold J. Morowitz, Robinson Professor of Biology and Natural Philosophy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and Karl Schmitz-Moorman, Professor of Philosophy and Theology from Bochum University in West Germany. The conference lasted from 2:30 until after 10:00 p.m. In the evening Madame Simone Beaulieu, friend and correspondent of Teilhard, shared personal remembrances of the Jesuit paleontologist and philosopher. The two featured speakers were joined by two members of Georgetown's Theology Department, Rev. Thomas M. King, S.J., and Prof. John F. Haught, in a panel discussion on the influence of Teilhard in their lives. The conference concluded with a Mass on the World including readings from Teilhard.

As this newsletter goes to press, there is word that Père Pierre Leroy, S.J., colleague and friend of Teilhard for many years, has given 80 letters written to him by Teilhard for the Teilhard Center here in the Georgetown University Library. Earlier this year Père Leroy contributed a collection of 51 items consisting of published works either by or about Teilhard.