New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-12
THE RELIGION OF THE CREEKS.
PROF. srAMAN.s LEcrURn AT CHAUTAUQUA
TIE ANCESTRY OF TIE CAPE coDDIR5-
HOW ELLIS AND RTNIIrM-A SPELLING BEE
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Chautauqua July 1.-THE season Of work ard OF
play Is fully in motion and tie college Speci' oiae''
outdoor sports and games. and The platform lectures
and exercises. each furnish chapter OF dai} W'F
dents public le>.0n in bread making was gwen
in the amphithcatre ut 10 O'Clock by MIR Ewing
Professor owen seaman delighted lis first Chautauqua
audience this morning with the Introductory lecture
10 his course on Greek Art and social Inc. Ills
manner is simple and graceful, his cnuncal0h un
usually clear. and his English cilect VIGOROUS ann
idiomaic. lie is entirely free from The mahn'i''I"S
which cause 80 much comment in the case OF many
speakers from Great Britain. Mr. seaman wore MS
college gown. a plea sanr innovation nj Cha"''nP"a'
The lecturer asserted that the avcIag' Greek c'uHei'
OF Perices's time. transferred 10 this age ana i'lr
with the science and material advancement OF lhe
centuries would be perfectly at home. ana superior
In true culture and intelligence b the average Eng
ushrlan or American. lie further SLOWED the inter
dependence of Greek art, religion and athletes, de.
mOusiIatinp how each stimulated the other and pro
duced a unity Of purpose which largely accounts for
the artistic and aesthetic prcmnencc u the lcllencs
II is easy to understand why Professor seaman is 50
popular University Extension lecturer IN England.
As ne stood speaking under the wooden PartcnOn On
the grove. he seemed admirable type OF perfect
physical development and rich mental culture, He
would have been quite at home in the
pOrticOs and gymnaSia Of ancient Athens.
lie said The Greek, knew nothing of the re-
suits Of modern discovery invention. but | am
not sure that there is not something about all
patented designs that Is paralyzing to the cause Of
civilization rightly cons dered These merely the
sdjuncts of a complex civilization and not necessity
OF civilization N,elf. The measure Of the true aud
not the accidental civilization OF people must be
found IN their attachments in art and literature, III
taste and cxtre, lin refinement Of thought and
manners. not less tlnn in their poll heal systems
or their civil, military and religious institutions
The Greeks nation OF Observers They Oh
served by the eye rather than BY the mind. In
these DAYS have grown accustomed ~ regard
everyth ng through the medium OF words. II Is al
age Of generalization and statistics. in which We
have no time inclination to study detail for our
selves but content to have the large statements
Of results presented 10 US in print or from the plat
form We remember dctI Is Of conversation, too.
better than can remember details Of visible
surroundings. But the Greek had tune to observe;
they bud eyes to the teauiitul in nature. they
did ROT wear ont their souls best energy in Struggling
for success ip lfc. Physical and social causes
bned 10 assist their taste for concrete beauty. Men
were regarded a. citizens rather than individuals.
The duudgery done BY slaves. Their language