New-York tribune., 1890-07-15
WORK IN SOUTH AFRICA.
ENDEAvORING TO DlPLANT CHAUTAUQUA
IDEAS IN THE DARK CONTINENT.
MISS NJ. p LANDFEAR's EXPERIENcEs-EF-
FORTS TO KEEP UP A READING CIRCLE
THE ASSEMBLY PROGRAMME
OF THE DAY.
OF THE DAY.
THE ASSEMBLY Pr
ny TELEGRAPH TO THE 1nIBuxE.I


Cbautauoua. July 14.-Hcnry VI. Stanley has an un-
known ally in the civilization of Africa in Miss NJ F.
Landfear of Wellington. Cape Colony. Miss Landfear
is the South African secretary Of the Chauauqua Read
ing Circle and she has come here 70 tell Of her educa-
tona work in that part Of the world. She is modest
soft voiced lady, with some onglna views ana ra'y
way OF expressing thcm.
One gets very much behind the times In living long
or. ~ America she said this afternoon cone needs
n come back al least once in five years TO ovcrtake
t,s countrv as il speeds | have been dazcd at
WAT | have seen. Our ChautauQua work 50 far has
BEN successful. II started by Miss Theresa u.
Cannbol IN 1882 and was carried on by myself in
necton with graduating class of the iluguenot semi
nary At Wellington, where l am teacher which is a
south African reproduction of the Mount Il0l-
woke seminary At first had class Of
only twenty five composed mainly Of the AmcTi-
can teachers at the seminary. Last Christmas We
had 500 When You consider the small number
Of white people in part Of the world, that is a
large circle. All She inhabitants of south Africa away
ND to the zanbes River could be put into New ork
and not fill ii and laborng. we do, in the twilight
Of the darkness Of the dark continent, there IS an in
spraon in the thought Of what lies beyond We feel
that we working not only for the people on tho
southern Coast bit for Africans all the way mp to the
Congo. Our clrCs are composed of ministers. teach
ers doctors trsdepeoplc and working people of all
kinds There hembcrs all over Cape Colony in
the orange Free elt, IN Natdl ana III INC lIdlsN d''l'
There have been elcvc circles formed, but somc have
died ont For the population is shifting Many lead
inc members Of the crcs have gone up TO tho gold
fields in the Transvaal have become infected with
the gold fever. dy ! mean 10 20 10 the gold
fields myself to If thv can't be Interested again
in the work. But their scattering means the scattering
Of the Chautauqua idea.
Nothing can convey n'ton Of the mental con
dition Of the south African whites. They may be
glac IcIaCS fhath
come from Europe and are Interested in European
things the utterly uneiucated Who can neither read
nor write and the partially educacd, who have been
10 the local Government schools. There Is crying
ned for ChautauQua work all thrVlgh the country.
7 heard Of one place where In confirmation class Of
100 IN the Dutch Reformed Church dlly 10 per cont
Of the candidates could read the Bible With any f:cncy.
Many Dutch Bocrs living in isolated pl@es send their
children 70 the small district bOardg- schools for
tbrao months and then consider their cdctt!on com
plete All classes have dradiulLy ha.nW hpr'A. h.
The whole people In south AFRICA must De itcd up De
ora the neLr can have much 10 apl' 20 h~t lc!oI"
leaving Africa ! helped 10 form reading uiJn among
is the r,t thing OF the kind ON the continent ana We
hone soon 10 d. more II We coud oHN nave q
CGartauoua secretary IN that country. Win 'NtinS
10 Do mi ChaitauQua work feel that IL "oh"El"1h
rnucb for tbe future OF south Africa.
What l. Music q" was tic tiir OF an enc <
lecture. v Professor !. Y. ElaSl'r. Inc pro- HH'
fo day iuclVdrd a paper ON "0hrUcI oy 80.
" n NcCMntocR and an illustrated Lecture pH W.
BengOuch the Canadian arl~t. ,,..-.. SOL,
on Wednesday tlr new Cbutt'qId Ittc'atS a. 19,,t
Circle building which ha~ been e,cc"u OS '"c .i,, i
tauoua century Press will DE dedlcacd' h'''''i
Vincent Will conduct the ceremonies.