The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-03
At CHAUTAUQuA.
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isAL ASSEMBLY.


1he h<S. TT Hammer - Portland
Or. delivered aiccture on The ssrssxsrsl
t'hxasaa4uz, At $50 =. IN, Taesssy
| Fov health and recreation. Tr. 4 ana.
rser sabd there Gas na place zuperis.
10 chantanqma IT. sisaatsen i -
feet above Lake Erie sua Hs0c feel
| stscve the SEA.
| TIE association owned $50 acres or,
which had been hE,lis 80 cottage. be
sides building for Hectares, ssass<sc 1ni
gysssisastse exercises II uas not only
necessary 10 have q ticket to get III
hszs fs~rSBn mast shex his ticket be
fe-~ he WIS allowed 10 leave the
grounds. The ticket system was a
perfecs one
II lecture j. prolonged lsysnd is
usual length, Il i an established ruie
that no dinner he'll was permitted 10
riax ansil the lecture was ever The
Es5ltee regulations are excellent. ard
good order prevails a, al times. II
there Is q breach ni the pxace. the of
fender i reprored IN ss kindly mar
ner that il xoaii ne. allow him any cg-
pnrtsinssy q taking umbrage Among
the am0seBents of eshautaaqna may
y =
eFoqast, Ks rana~tic exercises and rid
issx II the coaster. In the zmphithea-
ter, which helds laaa prarie. are held
pear aud where i heard instrumental
turs OF Ghautauqtia i is music, and
It alone would repay visit
Orc could aiso hear the leading fec
trs~ 4.f l.
Buckley. Small, Brooks, Vincent. Ed
we're spelling matches. giee clubs, the
Swedish choir, Boston stars. Hnngar-
ian band. fireworks and the islumi-
mated fleet.
DIR. Hummer spoke feelingly of
W. r. Sherwin, the SWEET singer of
Chautaaqna, who had done 50 much
for the association, but whose voice
would neverroore be heard in the hall
| or grove. but who, though dead
would continue 10 live in the hearts of
the people; his name would be a. ini-
mortal as the hymns he wrote.
Above all, Chautauqua was religious
in lis character and aims. Although
founded by Methodism it gathered
under its influence all denominations
"
quarters where their adherents might
ind a welcome and home. Every
morning there i a prayer meeting in
charge OF Mr.. Adams, OF New York.
where every session abundant showers
of grace fan upon the worshiPsr. The
music, the entertainments and the
lectures prove that Chantaaaua stands
by her watchword by keeping her
heavenly father in the midst
The leading spirit OF chautauqua is
its author, DR. Vincent. lie IS host
ia himself. OF late years he has been
50 occupied with ether assemblies
that much OF his work has fallen upon
his son DR.. Hummer remark
that Chantaaqpa was heaven on earth
He could imagine nothing beyond it,
What was said OF the New York
Assembly il is TO be hoped may be
said OF the Puget Sound association
some future day.
RECOGNITION SERVICES.
At $50 Recognition services were
held. The following Is the list Of the
graduates of the class OF IS; W H.
Reeves, Miss Margaret L. Denny, Miss
Sarah l.. Denny, Miss Minta Foster,
Miss Nareissa L. Latimer, Mrs Eliza
beth Macintosh, Miss Anna Tappan,
Miss Jennie w. Tappan, Mrs. Hattie
Morrill,, Mrs. Mary IL. Abrams, Rev.
u. ] Pierce. Only four were present,
Mr., Reeves, Miss Margaret Denny,
Mrs. Abrams and Rev. Pierce After
Appropriate music and an able address
by Rev. A. ] Hanson, the graduates
received their diplomT
by Rev. and Mrs. Hanson. This was
the most successful OF all. DR.. Kun
mer, Rev 10y and Prof Miller OF
Oregon spoke Of Chautangua work.
The young people OF the First Meth.
odist Episcopal church Of Seattle
went over and assisted in the exercises
Miss CiasSon sang two selections in
her own sweet way, and Messrs. Hub
bard and Mcpherson spoke briefly.
After an hour or two the Seattleites
were sufficiently composed 10 return
home. After singing Coronation, "
the meeting adjourned, with many
good wishes for Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson.
wEuSEspAy's ExERcIsEs.
The lectureon The Renaissance" by
the Rev. Arthur j. Brown OF Portland
WIS mastery effort and held the close
attention OF the audience for an hour
Mr. Brown Is yeli-built man and
has a presence and magnetisn that at
once enlists the sympathies Of bis
audience. Although the lecture vas
read, il was done in so pleasing
manner that all forgot all else save She
matter in hand
The ri-e of learning. the speaker
said, was slow, and those who watched
it became impatient lest its beams
should never light the earth again. As
a man wakes, rubS his eyes, shakes of
his drowaDess, 50 learning came from
the darkness OF the middle ages TO
leave lasting imprint Oh the history
OF literature. The Renal sance pro
daeed such ine.i a. Dante, Petrarch
and Boccacclo, y hose fame sill endure
throughout cob5ng time and whose
works have cot k.cnlei themselves TO
scholars Of eve Egaeration.
Some Of the a iuction Of this
period as compareda tia those Of to-
DAY show boW Sid FoTld has grown
in thought and the amer OF express
ing il. The noou3E is always brighter
than the morning fEd Sc it il With
literature
The most striking characteTistcsA OF
the Renaissance wa. it- pagauisp 1t
was revival OF Pag'n learning Men
eaala not devote Their time 10 The re
suscitation OF clasie models without
imhihing the spirit o. the age, which