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Lorado Taft WillLecture At Lairstrati' to thi* Christian peoples the tact that Buddhism does not conflict with Christianity,’' he declared.Lorado Taft, noted sculptor and member of the National Commission ot hine Arts, will lecture on the Chicago World's Fair at Chautauqua, N. Y., this summer, it was announc lt;1 by Dr. Allen D. Albert, assistant to Ku-fus C. Dawes, presid :nt of the ecu ‘ennial association.According to Mr. Taft, the World’.; hair would be the proper place for the - rection of an historical museum of sculpture and architecture in which would he exhibited reproductions of all th great masterpieces of the world.All school child'ci and university students have read of the ancient works of art, and they hear of them as recognized treasures of civilization, but comparatively few have had the onpi 1 tunity to view them,” said Mr. i Tafi in discussing his dream palace, which would be built along the lines of the famou; Trocadero, in Paris, hut larger.‘Sculpture is a mattes of shade and lighting and with the World’s Fair architectural commission paying the attention it is to the problems of arti-1 ‘i. ' l»„ hting effects, such a display a1 propose could easily be one of tin li'osf attractive features of the HKM 1 exposition.”The great international congress of lohg ons to he held during tin.1 fair i will give Buddhists of the world an 1 unprecedented opportunity to demonstrate that Buddhism does not con-, conflict with Christianity, according to » statement by Dr. Tni Hsu, of Hang- j chow, China, head of Chinese Budd hism.Dr. Tai, who visited Chicago on the invitation ef Dr. Bertold Laufer. of the Field Museum, and other Build hist sebolrrs of the city, was discus sing the coming centennial celebration with George W. Dixon, chairman of the Woi Id’s Fair committee on r#i*rfhes.When the Buddhists of the world gather in Chicago during the expo ffttan I hone tlt; bo able to realize my om great ambition which is to demon-
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Morgan Park Suburban Star
Morgan Park, Illinois, US
Fri, Mar 29, 1929
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