Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19
TIE CHAUFsUCUA,

In arecant article by Theodore L. Flood,
d. D., editor of The Chaatauquan, the Off
cial paper of the Chautauqna Literary and
Scientific Circle, which institution was
organized few years since by the Rev.
DR.. Vincent, and now has its branches CT
circles ia all parts of the United States,
the writer, speaking of the objects ard
advantages afforded by the Society, says ::
The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific
Circle has been called the Peoples College.
That it is indeed a school for the thou
sands who pursue It's course of study, no
one has questioned, but the warmest en-
thusisst for the G. L. S. G. has never
recommended it to young men and women
with means and opportunity TO pursue 3
regular college course. On the contrary,
it has been claim from the beginning that
it tends to arouse in many home the am.
bition to have son and daughter enjoy the
advantages of the college training. But
to the thousands Of G. L. S. c. stu.
dents to whom opportunity is past,
or to whom it never came, for want of time
and money, to those and other thousands
of well wishers, it will be of interest to
consider how and to what extent this So
ciety may be substitute. The college
has facilities for taking the student Of
physics into apparatus-room and labora-
tory, where he may witness experiment
and illustration Of great practical value
The G. L S. G. student reaches the same
facts and conclusions through the cuts and
explanation of text books, supplemented
In many cases by experiments of his own,
which. though rude, are often the most
valuable Of all. Although the operations
and formula of higher mathematics are
not wrought out by the c. L. s. G. stu
dent, yet their results, with ali the
various practical applications, are brought
to his knowledge. It's student does not
have the benefit of critical study of
Latin and Greek, but he gets, through his
tory and the literatures Of these languages,
as large an acquaintance with Greece and
Rome. Horace Greeley, when reminded
of the impossibility OF his obtaining
good knowledge of the old classic authors,
because of his ignorance OF the languages
in Whioh they wrote, replied that he did
not think it necessary "to eat few feet
of lead pipe every day in order to get
pint of Croton water"
Whatever may be the strength or weak.
mesa of such reasoning, it must be admit
ted that acquaintance with the thought
and feeling OF mankind ia the highest of.
language study. This, through faithful
and scholarly translations, the G. L. S. G.
studena receives. In the departments OF
genera, history and English literature, the
Society has q wider range, and requires
more than the college. II has it's special
courses which correspond with the idea
of elective studies in the more advanced
colleges Of the times. Il possesses, too,
the advantages OF all the improved meth
ODDS OF instruction, SO far as circumstances
will permit of their application-the iect
ure, The text. book, the question and an
swer. The student may lose something
by reason of the long distance between
himself and the author or lecturer who is
his teacher, but he is somewhat compen.
stated by the better facilities which he
possesses for the development of habits of
personal investigation and self-reliance.
The G. L. S. G. is not the college, but in
many features it is like the college, and
is the best substitute for it known.