Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-06
RedOndO ChautauQua,
Col. Sprague Lectures on
Milton.
The Second Day of the Tennis Tour
nament.
The Winners of the Various Contests
The Round Table.

Col Homer B. Sprague spoke at II
a. M, in the amphitheatre, on Milton.
Col. Sprague is president of the UNI
versity of North Dakota, and has now a
reputation both as teacher aud lecturer.
The lecture was a sketch of Milton's life,
with running comments on the great
events with which he was prominently
connected, and with special reference to
his services in the cause of education
and of civil and religious liberty. His
careful training, his personal beauty, his
purity of soul, his lofty ambition, his
boldness amounting almost to audacitv
in word, the undelaying spirit and
principles OF the man were brought out
and illustrated by quotation and descrip-
ton. His first thirty years were years
OF preparation, the next twenty years
were of political strife, in which Milton
wrought magnifcently for liberty; the
last fourteen gave birth to those two i'm
mortal epics, Paradise LOST and
Paradise Regained." The lecturer
dwelt briefly, but humorousiy on
Milton's first marriage; synopsised his
Treatise on Education; quoted some of
the immortal sentences from his "Speech
for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing!"
described the arrangement and eXecu-
ton OF Charles gave some account of
the great controversy with Salmasius,
in which Milton deliberately sacrificed
his eyes that he might write his great
defence OF the People of England" "
and held up for imitation the career of
the London schoolmaster, poet and
champion OF liberty. The lecture was
especially stimulating to teachers and
students, it having been originally pre-
pared for delivery at the commencement
of the Connecticut State Normal School,
ofwhich Col. Sprague was once principal.
Round Table.
At the 5o'clock Round Table DR.. II. M.
Durbose addressed the circle on the sub.
ject of Dante and the Divine Comedy.
The speaker characterized the poet as
the father of the language, literature and
even of the dauntless spirit of Italy. He
had passionate love for his native land,
and courage that defed all difficulties.
He found no language in his country
but the vulgar Latin, and out of that
chaos he brought that beautiful language
in which passions, loves and hopes OF
the human heart have been recomitted,
in which the glories of heaven have been
sung. "And if this Italy lives for a
thousand milieniums,' said the speaker,
'she will never pass beyond the pale Of
Dante's Genius.
Mr., Dubose then took up the poems
and dwelt on it's style, its beauty, and
above all upon its rank and influence in
the literary world.
Tonight will be one of the most
prominent in the whole Chautauqua
programme. The concert consists of
two hundred voices under the direction
Of that celebrated leader A. M. Ben
ham, and Hugo Mansfeldt, the plan
ist, will participate.
In tennis today Chase beat Man
ming 6-3, 90.
Lester gave Cosby hard fight but
was beaten 2-6. Ga, 6-3.
Chase met Woodhouse and won.
Carter beat Cosby 60, 81.
Then came the finals, and according
to rule, the championship is given on
the best three out of five. Miss Carter
won it.
The foot ball game, yesterday, be-
tween the Alliance and Pasadenas was
won by the former, 100.