Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-08-09
Chautauqun as an Educator.

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ChnuiauquR as nn Educator.
1t must be evident to those who have
read III the daily papers of the past month
reports of the assemblies held in every sec
ton of the United States, that the Chau-
tauqua idea is spreading rapidly And
this is true, not alone of our own country,
but of several others Last summer the
university of Oxford, in England, was the
scene of an assembly at the opening of
which full credit for the suggestion of the
plan was given to our own Chautauqua
and arrangements were made to hold at
least two other assemblies in England the
present season. A leading editorial in the
BlackpOol ENG Times describes briefly
what Chautaugua has done III America,
and strongly urges the adoption of similar
methods in England. 1t quotes John Stu
art Mill saving that unless higher wants
substituted for the lower among the
masses of the people, the result of our adj
vanced civilization will be a larger but less
happy population, and affirms that no ed
ucational idea has yet been introduced
IN England which can compare with this
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/ mysterious powers upon us students That
1t sl'npiy oHerS lhe very oesI opportunities
III every department Oh human knowledge
Ahe runner VIM prepares hlihselI LOT
contest seeks tine assistance OF professional
trainers not 10 supply nun with ne" legs
put 10 Train The legs lie mas TO their highest
eHlclehcy. 90 the student enters the col
/ iege' mol TO DE PROVIDED with new brains,
Out 10 develop tine Drains with winch he Is
ALREADY endowed snail we say then to
Vhe a'hIeue' VINO ior many reasons cannot
OBTAIN tine services OF the professional, That
Tor MN speed oil loot Is hopeless Shall
we say 10 the amoltlous student, VINO can
| not go To college or university that the
hlgher education Is beyond ms reach
Or DAVID SWING III recent article on
seH-education III tine chicago journal, has
answered TINS question wisely ana well.
After the youth mas passed through the
common schooI' oil country or CITY, SEIZED
ucatlon not only becomes possible, but easy
80 much depends upon sell that the college
course Is valuable only so tar as the stu
dent eXerts ms own personal wlll-power
and makes himself master OF the situa
uoh' Inc ChAutauquA plan Is 10 give the
sell educator every possible assistance to
hoiu out encouragement 10 economlze time
ana enort' and by scheme al association,
10 introduce That ieehng OF common inter
est with other people which Is so pleasant
feature OF college NE, and which ought not
10 De denied 10 those who have already
suffered disappointment III losing an acad-
eliilc training d. swing, after showing
SOME OIL the advantages OF seli-educatlon,
goes on 10 say That the young man who
| proposes To educate himself should read
ana study III very broad manner Tor two
OF uhree years that he may test the differ
ent forms OF truth, and thus learn which
Is gong To be sweetest for him. This Is
one OF tile principles on which the
Chautauqua Literary Scientific Circle Is
founded It's reading for four years gives
broad view OF most OF the subjects which
/ go 10 make up what is known rs Liberal
education Ihls course tests the reader
upon many Sides and ottentlmes has been
the means OF unearthlng hidden talent.
nut II appeals not to those only who early
III lie nave started out with desire to ac-
/ quire d thorough education 1t comes to
the father and mother IN the home, and Of
lers them a glimpse OF the college world of
"hlch sons and daughters are part. Su-
perhclal II may be, but If 1t only serves 70
establish common ground OF Intelligent
ana sympathetic conversation, 1t will have
done an important work III the household.
IN lonely frontier homes. IN prosperous