New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-09

| scngcrs 10 Mayvlllc, where tho paper printed
Ii appeared during three weeks In August OF that
| year. three weeks IN August OF ST., and was then
published as eght-pagc monthly for three years
at Meadville, Penn In 1879 II was involved I'm debt.
Its editor had conduc ted It from he first as private
venture, and his proposition to mlarge II and pub
ush In It part of the required radny Of the c. L.
s C. was accepted By tho Manages OF tho assembly.
In It's new form the paper was called The Chau
tauquan.' The first year the drculaton went up
flOm 900 TO 5000 copies, and 1t has since grad
uay increased until the beennlni Of the last volume,
OF which 81 900 copies wcro princd. This growth Is
rerarIcd as phenomenal. Dr. FOUd left the pulpit
several years ago to give his Wide time to his mag
azinc lie has erected a large publishing house at
Mcadvlllc and has also recently built handsome Offices
here lie is a wcll-lnown figure the great Methodist
conferences Is a versatile writer and speaker and
skilled organizer and has recently been much talked Of
for CoHgfess In Crawford County. lie is loofed upon
as one Of the strong men OF Chau auqua.
The director of an important special course IS
Professor Frederick starr who is registrar Of the
assembly. and also the Instructor In geology and
anthropOlogy. Dr. starr Is a ge1ial gentleman who
can make a witty speech and hnoTs how to popularzc
the dry facts OF science for mixed audience, as
well as how present them effectively ia the class
ROOM lie was born in 1888, at Auburn, ~. l., was
graduated from Lafay ctte Cole9, Easton, Penn, In
1882 has taught at Upper Alton ILL.,, at Lock Haven,
natural science at Coe COLLEGE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
This Is his third year at Chmtauqua lie has
prosecuted extensive researches among the lnhahs
I'm Iowa, and has lived with he sacs ana foAes'
His lectures on anthropOlogy am VALUABLE cohul-
button to the popular knowledge Of the SUBJECT
They are shortly to be repeated at the PEABODY
Institute in Baltimore. In personal appearance
Professor Starr bears striking resemblance " d
distinguished Chinese mandarin.
I'm Of plXmOuth Church, chicago,
who preached here last Sunday and has since Delivered
four lectures on "Orcat Christians OF the Mlddie
Ageso Is a young man OF rare gifts HIS eloqlehce
is fiery and his style dramatic. He was Dorm ~
Chesterville little CROSSROADS village IN OHIO, about
thirty-throe years ago. His ancestors on one sN'3
were OF the ancient Spanish family OF Gohzaiz, Oh
whose name his own IS a peryerslon. Through his
mother he is related to the Connecticut llaweys'
His father was a country lawyer, fond OF pubic
speaklng and a dillgcnt reader Of Emerson, ana his
grandmother, stanch Presbyterian and as dilisent
reader of Jonathan Edwards, assisted in bringing nm
mn Tho RESULT was that at the age Of six he was more
Interested I'm Demosthenes Philips attack on 'he
Greeks than in our own Ciy War, and when his
father took him one day for a twenty slx mile ride
across country horseback to hear Wendell Philips,
his WEAKNESS was dispellcd by che hint that eio-
oucnce IS best studied by examples Another OF
his fathers favorito expressions was Genius IS Dig
and he seems to have dug to some purpose But
Phillips Brooks Is the teacher to whom he owes most
Mr. Brooks's advice 90 young orators he says 10
sccl 70 interest an audience IN a subject In the same
way that they became interested In it themselves
have found simply invaluable l recommend ~ 70 an
young oratOrs.' Dr. Gunsaulus was gaduatcu III
1870 from the Ohio wesleyan University Whch ohiy
nineteen years Of age, and began Immediately .t ~
preach. lie was for five years in charge Oh me
IJIph Street CongrcgatlO nal Church al Columbus. hO
for she next three years at the Central COngresaoha
Church in Newton, Mass. and then for Two Years az
tIc Memorial PRESBYTERIAN ChulCn IN lAlu-
more Ills connection with Plymouth Caufcn ua i i's
from 1851 HIS duties outside OF 96d me mPPm ub "r and ia
Sunday school with $500 children. Dr. GUhsaulu1
IS enthusiastic student Of English htsralHrs anu
church history, and lectures on these supJef,s az
Wellesley and Johns Hopkins. lie is also coec ,
of rare editions. and possesses Joseph Auqson dsS
Spanish face, with clustering locks, eyes wien aP
pear black but are not, and wears insaC e
has written a book on the TRANSPORTATION Oh Ors''
He IS married and has five children ,,.o -
Professor Sylvester Buinham OF ne asm'o ny Or
Harper met with general approval IS large man Wiz I
black hair and bea'l and brlant DacA eSts. it
orn he throws T all his energy into his subject and
invariably carries his audience win MINI IRE tn,nks
He born at Exeter n Y was eIsdgated r IpCn
Bowdon College IN ISL and and from t tSe Gerpe Of
ID d. at Bowdoin IN 1886. lie has been pastor
of the Amherst Baptist Church an Instructor az N0es
anr III and Old Testament Excgesis at Hamilton
He has visited Europe. frequently, and KNOWS ai'o
Profssor Gcorg B. stevens Of Yale, who teaches
Greek at Chauauqua, is an old Aaskan raven as'
fe for En- English 0I and Dutch descent
is tall and heavy, has blue eyes ana sue
WHISPERS and looks IKE Gyo nau s spent fwo
years at Cornell was graduated from the k9GneS ,
sieTgaG pastor of the First CONGREGATIONAL Church
Buffalo, was called TO the firSt ProsoyteHm omait
al udy Iie q believed to be the only American VINO
ever obtained the degree of ID. d. from German
university on examination IL was T Thls sOto9 Dribt
as professor Of New Testament Interpretation anu
Criticism at Yale. the post he now holds cnou,ouo,a
Professor Mahefy is charmed win Chautau4ua
and hens the lake scenery to hat s q bas already
decided that the country is too noisy and humO
ousiy declares that the seagull is created 10 over
so the American woman is endowed with sharp
vice which may be heard above tho uiliNcfsai an
but has, nevertheless, taken the stump aEainst ne
Liberals in England, and hopes to see MI Parhau
Tho relation between England and Ireland he
SAYS Is equal that of the North AMI sonth before
the Civil War. and l really see no prospect or maj
except In much the same way. 1t would
be absIrd 10 give ireland home rule while the majority
Of her people are dlsloya. Ireland ought really TO
but II Is hardly likely that that viii ever be done
Coleman f. Bishop. tho former Eifor OF Juds'
a 'ia t olohr,,aj war agaiust the Allegheny
Professor ". D. bridge bishop vhccnts private
secretary IS veteran preacher and an enthusiastic
member of the C. L. ;. c. lie was born at DlA-
hurry Mass where the French cable lands, almost
in sight OF plymouth Rock. He has preached i2f
eighteen years i'm Methodist Episcopal puPts III
Massachusetts, and has been attached TO Ohau'auq""
in his present capacity since 1850. o,,.-.
Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus. of Plymouth Curh, Cnic All
Irr bis views on the Influence Of the ROmish Church
in the United States. IIe protested against inc use
OF the American flag 20 conceal any PGles lhhlhte'.
Dr Cunsaulus left ChautauQua this afternoon; aier
having hecn unanimously elected president Oh the AS
semhy choir . - TO. ,rob,Tr,s
lect,.s 10 day As the controversy between tnNh'
who assert that Greek art original ara tn9Se VINO
con fond lint If was Initiated from the EcNpuans ne
think in a general way, that both sides are rSht
Tbora is MT Tho smallest doubt that the Greeks Dor
or,J ercat deal from the ancicns NJ the FAST, anu
yyerc At the same time. the most original people III
the world. $1,000, . -. A., r-nra,hin, CbcIo
-. ,,,roiI Mass with a membership OF fourteen,
a 10 rcn,esented also the Argongut Circle 81 FlN"-
Voc ana the Vincent CirgleJ Of Bridgeport.