New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-18
CHAUTAUQUANS KEPT BUSY.
A REGULAR FUsILADE OF LECTURES.
THE THIRSTY INTELLECT NAY DRINK IN
KNOWLEDGE ALMOST EVERY HOUR
OF THE DAY.
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Cbautauqua July l7-There is music everywhere at
chautauQua. The birds begin early in the morning.
later the chimes ring out their notes on the matuthal
ar next the swelling strains from the grand organ
take up the refrain at the chapel exercises. and then
when the sun mounts TO his meridian spendor. the
whole grove seems TO break forth into kind OF
creation chorus In the day musical rectals. chor
rchearsals and solo singing fiji the air with melody
and when the twilight steals silently but sweetly over
the camp the beautiful vespcr service music NAV DC
heard floating on the and banshng the thoughts
Of the day.
The Chautauqua programme opened today with a
delightful lecture recital by Mr. Fagler In the Amph-
theatre. His subject was the great composer R0ssni
AT 80 p. m. DR.. William T. Harris. United states
Commissioner OF Education, entertained Large audience
IN the Hall OF Philosophy, by talk on The Philoso-
ply Of Educston.H and at O'Clock in the same place.
Professv5 ohn Bach McNaster, OF philadelphia lectured
on @Thc f truegle for Free Trade and the sailors
Rights The @. L. 5. c. Round Table occurred at
4 y NJ and in the evening. Mrs Kelso, Of Chicago,
gave a delightful reading The Apollo ouartette, Of
Boston also entertained the big audience by number
Of choice selections.
Mrs Ewtng's lecture to-day was on Eggs and
omeletess These lectures have become so interesting
that the male part OF the Assembly are turning out
with spoons and napkins TO hear them The speaker
to-day told how to make picnic eggs,' which are to
be eaten with the proverbal picnic lemenade and
picnic pies. When young man asks VINO Iald such
eyes, said Mrs Ewing 70 the young women, "you must
give polite and suggestive answer ana therefore say
sthe cooking school goose
The Business Education Convention continued its
sessions to-day These were the papers read: Pen
mauship in the Advanced Department OF Business
college by A p Root Philadelphia; Cores pOndence
and how TO Interest the Class Penmanshp" by T. J.
Risinger Utica, " y; English in the Business
Practice Department Lesson by W. c. Ramsdell,
Wilmington Del practical Measurements Lesson, by
c. H. McCargar, Ottawa
Commissioner Harrs's lecture listened TO with
great interest He said in substance Education Is
made possible by the fact that develop himself
In three directions by Of ideals. Religion
that man is in the image of God. and this gives him
susceptibility to education The plant can be cult
waited the animal be trained, but man alone can
be educated There are three kinds of piey involved
in this education into the Divine Image, namely the
pety Of the heart the piety Of the intellect and the
piety Of the VIII. All institutions educate The family
gives the child his bundle of personal habits Society
.eacbes the individual how specialize his work and
how 10 cooperate with his fellows in producing IN
dusry The state educates constantly by it's presence
IN the mind Of the individual sort Of higher sell
The Church eiucates by defining the Divine ideal arn
teaching that habit Of mind which refers all acuohs
70 an ultimate standard of right The school renfoTes
these Institutions but it especially furnishes kind OF
transition FROM the education Of the family to that Of
civil society Hence arise the different grades OF
.
schools from the kindergarten which most resembles
The family nurture up to the university which Is 10
train the individual for his special vocation in civil
society," The speaker deprecated the present tendency
70 dsparase college work. He held that it would not
DO TO base specialization directly upon secondary ed-
cation.
Professor McMasters lecture TO-DAY was intensely
interesting He began with account Of the origin
tof the impressment Of American seamen. ana the
exercise of the right of search by Great Britain He
chen gave list of the most notorious cases nom
sjsO4 down He next showed how, when the United
Estates attempted 10 retaqte for the Chesapeahe ana
Ioopard affair found il impossible 70 enforce the
otal noninteceurse act, fer three reasons Fst ne
lcause the annual revenue derived rom the EnghsA
Imports was over 100000; second, because me
iexpOrts to England over S2OOOO.OOO a year
and third, because all the cotton Goth used IN the
North was in gland. and nOnintercourse meant
no shirts. ,.4 i,
Professor Francis Thorpe, of the University Of
Pennsylvania has lust arrived here and will follow
Professor McIlaster. The latter has been discussing
1.-THE Institutional side Of American history professor
Thorpe will take up the cons ttuti0nal side.
+ Dr. Anderson, head Of the Department of PHYSICAL
Culture gave big reception to his students tonight
Mrs. Emma Ewing also gave an ideal dinner to ner
class The menu was elaborate and the cooking
could not have been improved on.