St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-06
Lecture Course.

Some days ago the GLOBE gave notice of a
lecture course to transpire during the COM
| ing winter under the auspices of the G. A.
r. who are running frank and File'' this
week at the Opera house, the proceeds Of
which are to be used in the construction of
soldiers monument which is 70 adorn a pub
lie square in this city The movement thus
inaugurated by the Grand Army here is the
first one of the kind in the state and while
located in Mankato will be of interest to
every part of Southern Minnesota. 1t is a
movement that will be followed by other
places all over the county in time
and it is eminently fitting and proper
that the heroic soldiers of the army
of the Union in the late civil war should be
perpetuated in the memory of posterity by
the erection of this monument. The ciu-
zens of ancient Greece and Rome built mon
ments and columns to commemorate deeds
of valor Of their heroes by personal proves,
but we are not to commemorate one or two
Of our heroes, but all of them. 1t will not
be monument to Wilkin, George OF Cor
ham, or any other single one of our gallant
and honored dead, but each Uuion soldier of
Minnesota in the great civil war, who fought
and fell or who fought and shall live out the
full measure of his days, will forever be per-
sonally remembered by those who knew him,
or shall ever hear his name by this monu-
ment, and when the future generations have
forgotten his name the monument will stand
as a reminder to all who pass within range
of it that Minnesota soldiers were part of the
grand whole which saved the nation in its
hour of peril. The enterprise of which this
brief sketch is given seems to have entered
/ into the heart of every citizen of this city and
were spread to adjoining towns, as the full
houses with which Rank and File is favored
testiies, The first lecture of the course al
] luded to will occur at the Opera house on
December IL, by Judge A. w. Tourgee upon
the subject ''Give US a Rest.' The well
known ability of the lecturer will
command of itself full house
while the object for which it is given will in
duce numbers who do not usually patronize
public gatherings to attend. The lecture
will be full of interest to all classes of peo-
| pie, and to secure desirable seats it viii be
well to apply early The new opera house
well warmed and lighted is splendid place
OF entertain ment and will comfortably en-
terrain 500 people. People from abroad
can secure the best seats upon application
to Gen. (. NJ. Pope, Mankato, secretary Of
| lecture committee, who will represent them
at the drawing of seats for the course, which
will transpire on Friday, Dee. 18th, at p.
m. Season tickets for the full course of six
| entertainments can be had for 81. so, of any
member of the lecture committee. or for the
first lecture at fifty cents. At least one Of
the course will be graded as high as $1O0 for
/ single ticket, and perhaps two of them, so
| that season tickets become an object The
full committee are w. W. P Mcconnell,
chairman; Gen. E. VI. Pope, secretary; Z.
j. Davis, s. w. Burgers and J. II. Davis.
| From any Of these citizens of Mankato any
one can obtain season or single tickets. If
Judge TOurgee talks as well as he writes, no
one can afford to miss his lecture on next
| Friday night.