Theatre assembled on Thursday afternoon for the first general meeting} [since the group was organized some Seven months ago. Mrs. Chester Fritz presided and opened the meeting with informal talk during which she. sketched the history of the and outlined the programme for the: coming few months. She said PYEAbout seven months ago, a few art
people came along to runch one day fud we talked again, as we had done before, of the organization of some kind of a centre for all aris. Mrs. John 'S. Potter and Mrs. Florence Purdy Johnson went about looking at places and by sheer luck it was ar-Fanged that the group could take over an attic in 60 Nanking Road, it we would repair and redecorate the place. Luckily we had some money left from the Avshalomoft Bal-ott and we used it to mend the root and floors, to paint and polish, fand patch and instal. The rpeult. is what the majority of you have seen fas_our studio and offices.
"The 1. A. T. has grown beyond our hopes and we are having rather a dificult time in keeping up with it. We have an advisory committee of a group who have definite experience, either as amateurs or professionals, in the arts, who at present are engaged in reading and. translating manuscripts, trying to arrange art exhibits and a variety of events which will please the different tastes of our different members."
Mts. Frite also announced that Mrs. Alyene Sholes, director of "Lady Precious Stream," had been appoint-Jed general secretary of the I. A. T. and. that Dr, Sze Ming-sze had put the organization on a sound business footing in. inaugurating 'a bookkeeping system The chairman also pointed out thatthe LAT. primarily was in existence to provide a cultural and. artistic centre in Shanghai, She Sald—"There really is no - other: Justification for our existence; no Jother necessity to employ our ener~
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