"Movies, jazz, and the radio," in the opinion of the meeting of the Harvard Ethical Club, yesterday, is the answer to the question, "What Are the Cultural Interests of Young People Today?"
Mr. Percival Chubb of the St. Louis, Brooklyn, and Boston Ethical Societies, who led the discussion, was not at all optimistic concerning the future of the youth of today, who are becoming more and more engrossed in the material things of life.
One of the worst influences in this tendency, he said, is that of the moving pictures. "I have only seen one really worth-while film," he said, "which was one starring the diver, Annette Kellerman. The beauty and grace of her performance could not be equalled outside of the sculpture of classic Greece and yet even this was marred by the taint of realism. Whenever she would strike the water someone behind the screen struck a cymbal to represent the splash."
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