The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-17
THE HOOSIER CHAUTAUQUA
Many People at the Second Days Session
of Spring Fountain Park Assembly.
Address BY Hon. George VI. Balm. of Kentucky-
The Special Departments, with Their
Observation-Disclosures Share.
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EAGLE LAKE, near w aIsaW, NO.. July
16.-The second day of the assembly at
Spring Fountain Park was one filled with
the cream of intellectual research. The
environments were all propitious. tending
to enhance the spirits and add to the bodily
enjoy ment of the vast crowd that thronGed
the grounds. Kendallville and Ligonier
sent in an excursion of ! 200 people. which.
added to the other lesser efforts and the en-
thusiastic townfolk, swelled the attend
ance on the second days session to fully
$500
A stroll through the special departments
of the assembly proved very interesting.
and to one not knowing the pur-
port of this assembly is liable
to be productive OF Innumerable
ejaculations of surprise and delight as the
rounds are made. The Interdenomina-
tional Ministerial lnstitute-a department.
of eminently practical character. of great
good to ali ministers IN their pastoral and
pulpit works. under the superintendent
of Revs. NJ. NJ. Parkhursr. ID. d., of Mil
waukee. Wis. and Rev. w. ID. Parr. A. NJ.
b. D., of Elkhart. The kindergarten
fortunate as to its superintendent, having
secured the services of Mrs. E. A. Baker.
superintendent of the indianapolis Free Kim
dergarten and Domestic Training schools.
The musical department. is under tho
direction of Prof. ID. A. Clppinger. A. NJ.
of Chicago. Professor Clipplnger is q
thorough musician. well versed In tho
methods of the masters of Berlin. Milan,
Paris and London. where he has spent
many years of his life in fitting himself for
his chosen profession. A. A. SOuthwOrth,
of Valparaiso, Ind, has charge of the ex-
RI Aan nrfn nd M nh2rf
Cowden. Lit. d.. of Dayt ton, o., isthe super
intendent of the normal department-the
lessons laid down In the Chautauqua Nor-
NAL Union being used here L. j. Sanders.
A. NJ Phi. D., president of Otterbein Uni
versity, is the superintendent of the school
of pedagogies, introducing his profound
and philosophical lectures on The Uncon:
scious in Education" and The Nature and
End of Education" DIR. Sanders is also in
charge of the school of philosophy. men
tai and moral science. These departments
handle the weighty subjects. and are q
mighty factor In the assembly's summer
college. The department. of English
language and literature is under the
superintendent of Prof Orrin b. Clark,
| nj. A.. who occupies the chair of English
! language in the Indiana State University.
| This department Is highly instructive in its
| special line-the best methods being taught
by the best instructors.
/ Besides these the woman's department,
| including lessons in practical and scientific
~,
mothers meetings. etc. under the SUI
pervIsion of able and well-known
tutors and lecturers. make the spe-
| cial departments OF the assembly of
| surely IS a fact that the advantages offered
| here are superior In q great degree to any
| similar endeavor in the West 10 give the
| people a literary treat and intellectual
| feast.
At o'clock this afternoon an immense
i crowd assembled the auditorium.
and after The Water-mill," q vocal
selection, by the Linden Quartet.
association, DR.. Woolpert. introduced
Col. George W. Balm, of Lexington. KY,
the speaker Of the afternoon. His subject
was The Golden Gate; or. the Age and
gested to the speaker by trip to the State
| of California. and not being SO much a de-
| scrlption of his travels as a recount of the
moral lessons brought to his notice by his
observations during his journey. He claims
| that the age In which We live Is the grand
| est and most sublime that ever ex-
listed anywh here = at any. place. Talk
4 to me OF the good old times"
| he said. Talk to me of the advantages and
| grandeur of Methuseiah. Why, we live
| more in twenty years than Methuselah did
| in all his life This is emphatically an age
| of physical progress-and moral. too" He
| grew sentimental on the subject of the
| American indians and their treatment by
| the whites declaring that such oppression
was blot on American history. He took
up the question of the land and times
| in which We live. and said that
while we were barassed and bait
ed by ominous Questions. such as
| strikes, sectional troubles political strifes,
| ETC.. the bright side was the undercurrent
| which would eventually sweep this coun-
4 try into the halCyOI of repOse and quietude.
| He is an Optimist and believes that on the
| great national railroad track principle has
| the right of way, and Will. in the end. come
| out triumphant. Passing from point to
| point treating each place and it's associated
observations with interest. he cOmpleted his
sojourn in the land of flowers and started
| on his return trip home. which
loved spot formed che subject of his pero-
ration. His eloquence this subject
| touched the heart of every one in the au-
] dience The lecture abOunded with hn-
NOR. wit and pathos. and the audience was
| continually vacillating from tears to laugh
| ter and from laughter to tears, with Occa-
| sional stops of appreciation for the speakers
keen flashes of wit during the whole of
this delightful journey to the Golden Gate.
| Mrs. Josephine K. Nichols this evening
| presented another illustrated lecture on
| "A Day at the Universal Exposition of
| 1889" which was we'll received by the au-
dience. Taken all in all. it was a most
profitable and interesting day at the Spring
| Enuntoip park Assarnhlv