New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-27
NEW PLAN OF BIBLE STUDY
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF THE SACRED
SCRIPTURES FORMED AT CHAUTAUQUA.
BoYEsEN on RUSSIAN NovELIsTs AND Mill
IsTs-ooNTRAsT BETWEEN THE. POETS
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Chautauqua July 26.-The American Institute OF
the Sacred Scriptures, whose formation was an
nounced In o-day's Tribune Is TO be entirely unde-
nomnational Its object officially stated by It's
bylaws, is to encourage and promote the pholos-
ea historical and excgetical study OF the Sacred
Scriptures" The names of Professor George j. Ste
vcns, OF Yale; President Gates, OF Rutgers College,
and Dr. Thayer of Harvard complete the list OF mem
bers of the governing body OF twelve which was pub
lshed this morning. prospectus will be Issued I'D
the fall and the pondence course will begin on
October l. The present Institute of Hebrew was
organized in 1884 for five years, with headquarters at
New-Eaven, Conn. Its term expires December l.
In connection with the organization the Chal-
tauqua School of the English Bible Will De reorganzed
the Chautauqla Session OF the Institute OF the
Sacred Scriptures. The work In Hebrew and In New
Testament Greek will then be detached from the COL
lege Of Liberal Arts and merged into one concern.
The first session of the Bible school began July
and closed to-day. AS previously announced1 over
eighty students have attended The session Will pegn
tomorrow and will last until August 10.
Russian Novests and Nihllists7 the attractive
title of Professor Boyesens fourth lecture Like Mr.
Howcs Mr. Boyesen thinks Tolsoi unques tionably
the greatest novelist living, and considers that
TO have written a work like Anna karenina is OF
itself title to Immortality. Western novciistS seem
TO him to be insignificant triners beside the great
Russian who selects grand themes and handles
them with tremendous primitive veor and truth.
Iic AYERS that he has read no other DOCKS
so moral IN tone and so entirely truthful
as the one named and challenges anybody to find any
thing in English literature that will surpass in pathos
and profound veraciiy certain Of its SCENES Tour
genief's Memoirs OF a Sportsman" which led Alex
ander II to iiberate the serfs, he lkens to Uncle
Toms Cabn.' to which, however, It IS Infinitely SUI
perior in artistic value. Professor Boyesens
cpa11v
and he told several anecdotes of their mutual
experiences.
The history of literature In Russia he said
Is so far book OF marves. The country is in a
state Of transition flom barbartsm, intellectually,
socially and morally. 1t is stin moro than half
Asiatic. Tourgenieff said once that the only thing
Russia had contributed to civilization the hout
and NlhHists are really selfsacrhcing fanatics who
deliberately risk their lives in the effort to superim
pose the Of civilization upon the basis OF
barbarfsm.'
Mrs. Frank Beard, in an entertaining talk about
Poet .Iumorists,' paid special attention to John g.
SAKE and Thomas Hood. Saxe's poems, she thinks
while giving little evidence Of fine poetic genius
evnce considerable inventive power. In his satires
he has seldom gone out of the beaten track, simply
ringing the changes on timewom commonplace, and
he rarely combines p&thos with his humor. Hood. on
the contrary, abounds I'm every form of humor. sake
wrote almost nothing that appeals to the finer I'm
pulses while Hood full OF moral earnestness and
serious purpose. Mrs Beard has good style and
an attractive manner, and her lectures are always
well attended.
The opening lecture In connection with the school
for training university extension workers delivered
by Dr. Broadlls this afternoon. He gavc the students
and professors several useful hints based his own
long experience in public speaking. His address was
model in the art OF which 1t treated and embodied the
good points of all the landlords one could read in
week His cardinal principles are Have something
m than
The Woogn Baseball Club beat the Chautauquas
in a match this afternoon with a of to ).
The CHARLES Z. Rogers Band, which has been en-
gagged for open-air and to an orchestra
the different entertainments. will arrive tomorrow
f. ROgers Louis Noble c. 4. Bronson. William Bron-
son. IfA Davis Ira Bonner, T. TrlX 5. W. Bachelor,
d. Brown. G.. b. simmons, g. V. Roscoe, Ii. Hutchn-
son. W. 5. WarZ and A. Fisher.
Among the arrivals b. W. King Of Cleveland; ;
John C. May and wife, of Lexington, KY; J. p. Hanna
wife, OF Pittsburg: Clara E. Byers, OF Cleveland,
and Mrs. c. NJ. Lawnson, of Lima, Ohio.