The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-07-03
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TEE caAurAUQUAs oF EAasAs.
As proud aud Justly bOasiful as
Kansas IL Gifts public school system.
ss thoroughly we'll Differed ~ the
schools are and as watehful a. the
people are Of them, the educational
interests Of the state are immeasur-
ably supplemented and benefited by
the Chautauqua assemblies In the
summer, during the school vacation.
which have become 20 common that
there IL scarcely q town OF import-
ance In the state without its as
sembly, The Chautauqua meeting
II Ottawa has been held for several
years, has become nationally famed
and II always we'll attended, visitors
by the thousands reoPllng the park
In tents during the season aud par
ticipating In the exercises. listening
to lectures aud forming classes.
which are Taught not only religion.
but philosophy. ethics, told by
travels, etc, while the medication
OF morals IL the prime feature. The
assembly ai Topeka has all the
same characteristics, the meeting o,
Winfield and so on throughout the
state nj various places.
Al these meetings, ~ we say, not
only IL instruction impaired,
lessons well worth learning taught,
but they bring great bodies Of people
together for the Interchange Of
thought and the reception OF the
the best current ideas. They are
grand social gatherings. The people
are brought together, become Sc
auslnted, become identified In in
isrests, and sre made better citizens
by being thus brought into contact,
made more tolerant and more de-
termined aud become possessed OF
ideas that deIoOalize their views and
enlarge them 10 the broad gauge
condition Of loving not only home,
but state and country. They inspire
and teach patriotism.
They are great places for the
children--the youth are taught, Iu-
structed, told many odd, wonderful
things, and the corps OF lecturers In
attendance are men and women Of
varied experience, learned and
enthusiastic In their specialties.
But In addition to the intellectual
benefits, the moral, religious and
patriotic teachings at these meet
ings, they are wholesome IN health
giving. Families attend them aud
camp out. Mothers and fathers find
relaxation from home duties and
business, and the children are given
freedom commensurate with their
fresh air surroundings. No one
leaves . Chatauqua other than bene-
flied In mind and body.
Kansas, as IL said, IL greatly given
to these meetings. Other towns
than those having them are seeking
to establish them. This inspires the
people to plant beautiful groves, TO
arrange ana adOrn natural parks
and the country IL thus beautilied,
for these meetings are held in the
temples Of nature, the sylvan groves,
aud are not confined by wall and
topped 10y other ways than the green
leaves Of the trees. Kansas affects
these meetings, and Missouri, with
It's beautiful forests, natural groves
beautifyin every landscape, would
do well to initiate Kansas IN this
respect. While decorum II observed
aud insisted upon there IL none Of
the conventional restraint at these
meetings imposed at society or
fashionable summer resorts-styIe
lie not insisted upon, and the only
requirement IL that the people shall
enjoy themselves in thaIr own way,
always remembering the main
object Of the meetings 10 instruc-
ton, that every visitor depart wiser
than he came.
The above Is clipped from the
Kansas City GlObe. There can be
no doubt that vast benefits are de-
rived from the assemblies Of the
Chautauqus Association. Not only
morally and Intellectually. but
pecuniarily. A gentleman OF this
city was at Ottawa the other day
and visited the Assembly. He says
there must have been $1,000 people.
Everyone Of those fifty thousand
spent at least n dollar In Ottawa.
Comment Is unnecessary. Salina,
with her beautiful park, railroad
facilities and other advantages
ought to have an Assembly. As q
money transaction Il will Pay i'm
mensely.