, 1875-11-14
POPULAR EDUCATION.
Fourth Anniversary Of the Founding
Of the Chicago Athennum.
Progress of the Institution as Shown
By the Secretary's Report.
Address by the Rev. Edward Everett
Hale, of Boston.
Lessons 10 Be Drawn from Like Organizations
in En1land.

in England.
The Chicago Athennuu. having passed
through the fourth year OF it's existence, the
members and the public generally who are in-
lerested in the c4uge OF education and advance"
| ment in culturo iu Chicago mel last evening to
celebrate the event in fitting manner The
exercises were OF Il decidedly varied character.
and perhaps from this reason proved all the
more entertaining.
The meeting WAS called to order oy Judge
Booth, who announced that the exercises would
begin With
>tuslc BT THE B1ASEY quARTErTE CLUB.
This organization then gave one OF dudley
Buck's four-part songs, ''Lead, Kindly Light, :"
in good style.
ExTEAcrs FROM THE REPORT
for the past year mere read by the Secretary,
Mr. o. C. Gibbs. He refefred 10 tl44 successful
establishment Of evening class: III German
French, Latin, English literature, clocution, yo-
cal music, froo-hacd drawing, phouograpby>
bookkeeping. penman=hip, and Spanish. Iae
attendance on the classes had been unusually
x.ocd. With = low rate OF tuition, and by tho
generous assatanco Of several teachers Tho Ia
bored without compensation, the classes were
conducted ecouorl.caily and very successfully.
Day claaaes aud epeclal instruction hsa also
bcen introduced, md found to work well, and the
lectures had been source OF Interest and profit
to all connected With the Society. The social eie-
ment in the management OF the Ashe7
n@um, tho attractive features OF 8
frBt-clsss gymnasium, library, and read
ing room, and other accommodations,
wero also referred to. The total cash receipts
Of the Soclety during the year were Sl1 809-77,
recelEed from douations Memberships, gymna-
stun ticketa lectures, classes aud entertain
1nents, etc., while the expenditures we're for
rent, gas, fuel aud water, salaries furniture
printing, advertising, and all the other necessary
expenses in connection with such an institution,
and ainount.d to $l2 s03.17. The closing re-
marks OF the Secretary had reference to tia
present copdislon aud prospects OF tho Sotiety.
WHICH he r. presented as highly satiafac.o;y to
an Interested III its welfare. ...-
nr. Mur1y Nelson, ono Of thy Directors,
Bpok. OF the dnauclui condition OF ths Soclety,
Of tus necessities Of the Institution. and the good
it wns DONG
Elo Qunrsotte Club gave another selection.
after which Judge Booth announced With regret
that ;he Rev. DR.. Tiffany was prevented through
in1,spoaltlon from being present. Judge Booth
then init oduced tho speaker of the evening,
THE REV. EDWARD EgERErT HALE.
Of Boston, who spoke at Some length. Er Hale
introduced bis remarks by refafElng to what he
know O, associations uf the KIND in England.
He said they were designed to serve Particular
purposo-to take Eeu and women who worked
in the La;-tlno sud give :hen1 in the evenings
chsnse 10 oo,Atn sue n'gner eu!'ute ~ .. t. sna
prcssnt osy- n6 ansu ~ w.. ax,d Nv 49, Sa'Et
c1ea.t OF ta1s p@aSn LEI "1a u,'c ~ - 9.aua 40 - y.
wore a.c.eties for the diffusion Of knowledge,
but the ttoubla was that the kno~ledg6 @es no
we'll ditfnsed that uoboog could find it, and 1t
did no coed laaflce UNDERTOOK 10 1etaeoy sn1s'
place OF meeting va. secured ana nadaeo
THE " "%oRKlSoHESs coL1eoE
ing. "len Aaut.ce lnsstu.tei ne IRE "ofans!neh , "a!
in trllils from Scripture, aud also when Aa1-
tiueau sna Joha Ru.kln spoke. lbe speaher
himself A2pled FOR sdiais 'ion, and paio us ~
itiation Fec simply fur the lu5pcse OF taise'E
lessons IN pa'ntng ano a:a"ne AiosI t.o7a.u
Ho had never touched brush or pztrtte, anu
didn't know brush iron bso,m- Hs founa.
after paving the Zee, that he vas too late
for that evening. p1ocaastnatIon put me MAJ 4:
te. far out OF his reacts' but he Was consisted py
the fact that bis money went to Support the
College.
Ttna Rcp4ker wanted to H0V to llH IaRfera Enat