New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-05
,.pK AND PLAY IN VARIETY.
WALK AT CHAUTAUQUA WILL
DISCLOSE
STUDY AND RECREATION IN SHADY WOOD
,,yp-DR. sCHURNAN ON MARRIAGE
rr,rcR.Pn TO THE TRIBuNH.T

.o,'ouo " y, Aug. IA walk Mt Chautauqna
.s.,ose perhaps, as great variety as Is comprised
vi" o,ber spot In the world. Here is an experience
in any ,ro hot davs Of last week: In the grove
eur"s uoIl kindergarten class Of twenty-h little
kenVee c,aht teachers held high carnival To the
% ., q triangle work and play went merrily on.
W" along in this shady woodland college,
rts awaiting clasStimc were deep in study. seated
,he forest carpet or pcrched on giant stumps OF
"" ,a trees. In another part German class held
Informal conversation while off by the Hall OF
',.sopby Dr. Richard T. Ely and his college class IN
~,ca economy we've having IA friendly gathering for
discussion Of current political questions. Members
:, ,,s art class grouped by the lake Shore busy
~,,hos a child seated by an old maple. In another
.rction young man asked to have his ankle bound
. practcal lesson by the instructor In swedish gym
..tcs demonstration In dissection, conducted by
nv Mosher under the trees near the gymnasium. was
horouphly appreciated by class Of women And 50
ne w0.k goes on, with thoroughncSs and enthusiasm.
seeming brings many forms of relaxation and enjoy
nent Last evening the college professors enjoyed a
coil on the lake, accompanied by ROger,'S Band.
Professor starr took party Of fifteen boys on hay
ride 10 M;yvillc telling Indian stories based on his
svreIiences among Western and Southern tribes with
ssr-whoop accompaniment by the lads Normal Hail
,as been gay with music every evening for week,
with practice for the pageant Of Friday and saturday,
and the stately minuet and other features Of this
elsbOae sp ctacu ar Senta'ion are enjoyed by
participants aud OnloOkers.
Four hundred students are Systematically at WORK.
in the College Of Liberal Arts. nearly 1000 In the
gymnasium. and as many more take private instruc-
lion In drawing. painting, Photography. wood cary
ng cookery, and other class work. Entries for the
ChauauQua Literary and scientific Circle Glass Of
90 are being sent In smGly and in circles, and this
class will maintain the yearly record Of being larger
than any previous one. The class OF 90 numbers
1900
Ir, sident J. G.. schurman. of Cornell University.
lecured on Marriage ana Divorce" to large audience
In The amphitheatre. lie argued against the theory
held by many evolutionary writers that originally
there 10 fixed form OF marriage, ana human
beings lived together in what is vahouSy called
promScuity Of marriage, communal marriage ana
heairisn and considered the evidence given By Sir
John Lubbock. McClennan. Bachofen, Lewis II. Nor
gan and others. lie cited positive evidence in favor
Of primeval homogeneous instinct drawn from ply
slology. zoology and psychology.
one Of the most elaborate as well as Interesting
and Instructive lectures presented to Chautau
ma audience was given this evening by Dr. II. ogden
poremIs and his son. Professor Charles A. Doremus.
Of New-Yorlx The lecture and experiments are the
first OF a series the agreement between the Mosaic
and scientific histories. Dr. Doremus began with the
statement that the earth and all the heavenly bodies
were originally I'm a gaseous state. Experiments
were then made exhibiting the various physical and
chemical properties of different gases, and some OF
them were weighed before the audience IN mammoth
balance reaching to the roof, about twenty feet
above. Gases Of different cOiOrS were shown and
their various afniucs exhibited Several Of them
zero uquefcd and then sodihcd, and to explain tho
mystery OF latent heat allowed rapidly 10
evaporate producing IL cold from 100 TO 200 degrees
below zero. Many pounds Of mercury frozen
In a few minutes, hammered on an anvil and
manipulated as If II had been lead. by intense heat
most refractory metals were Iquefe1 and
yOlatilized Hence the lecturer claimed that by the
agency OF heat earth and all objects I'm immensely
were pGimitively in the gaseous state and in this
state radiant forces must have been latent fonlcss,
void and darkness prevailing
Dr. Joseph T. Duryea in his lecture on the habits
Of ants this morning proved that The size OF the brain
does not determine the degree Of Intelligence. and that
the ant, with microscopic BRAIN is by common con
spt of naturasts the intelligent Of all animals
vaach have not received tuition from man.
II is only possible at tai, period Of the Chautauqua
TO suggest small part Of few features OF the
days programme. After college chapel there Is
choice al o'clock between the Womans Club. three
grades Of Hble instruction and chorus drill in the
Amphtheare AT 10 O'Clock daily devotional services
cNduc,ed by DR.. b. VI. Adams and f. .. Excel,
and at the hour normal class in primary Bible
work. an intermediate class. or the Girls Ouilook;
may be selected. AZ IL O'Clock there + public
lsture on popular subject at Bible conference
Amptlitheatre another public lecture Al 80 a
with another public lecture o. follow in the IAN and
the same hour the models Of Jerusalem and Pa'sine
are explained. The Round Table ~ >, distinctive
Chau,auQua ga herring twilight bad c0nCer even
Ing lecture and the chimes AT 10. rOnud ont III" day.
All this IS free every citizen and represents wide
raRce u instruction and cntcrt lnment. Chautauqua
has mach u offer m sports an1 games. including
fshrg boating driving, baseball ana other fell
sports tennis and cycling.