New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-13
THE MAN OF THE TIME.
MISS WEISH'S LECTURE ON COLUMBUS.
GAMES OF CHAUTAUoUAs FIELD DAY-CLosE OF
THE GIRLS CLUB-ANNIvERSARY
OF THE PIONEER CLASS.
fpY TELEGRAPH TO The TDBUSE:.


sChautauoua ~ w. Aug. Io-wo0d fires In the
ample hrepaces OF the hotel and the swift flow OF
the lake ruined with white caps arc the remaining
Suggestions OF the heavy storm Just passed. Miss
Enc Meade Welsh held interested audience for
a hour and a half the Amphitheatrc this morning.
Her subject was 1.-THE Man OF lime, Christopher
Columbus, Miss Welsh said: "The man Of the
time Is the man who avails himself Of opportunity.
The glory Of Christopher Columbus did not lie so
much 10 his conceiving the Idea Of western passage
in being willing TO make the attempt himself with
the ships and Instruments then at command The
lecturer treated the discovery Of America from a
scientific point of view the result Of evolution
she did not sympathize with modern critical scholar
ship IN Its effort to detract from the glory Of
Columbus. and thought Harvard critic and carto-
grapher could not enter into sympathy with that
poetic and scientific mind that brcathed the breath OF
life mo the data furnished by Marco Polo, Toscanei
snd the ancient geographers. She thought that none
Of the new theories about Columbus could change
materially the traditional lines which his life had
been written, and that Washington 1rving's life re
manned booA Of such accuracy and discriminating
impartaty to leave far behind it other history
Of the discovery Of America She spoke with Ell.
thusissm OF the accurate scholarly life OF Columbus
BY Charles Kendall Adams. Miss Welsh, who is the
secretary q the C. l.. S. C., class OF o5, had an
audience Of several thousand. She speaks entirely
without notes. In clear, rich voice. and is minute
and careful student OF American history.
Professor q. d. seymour, Of Yalc, and also OF the
Chautauqua College of Liberal Arts, lectured in the
Hall of Philosophy this afternoon on the transmission
Of ancient books to the Assyrans and Baby lonians
and the literature clay tablets and stone columns
The lecturer traced the development OF written lit
erasure and the influence Of the writing materials on
the form Of the roll book. Papyrus became the
favorite material for ancient literature in the second
or third century b. O., and maintained its prominence
until the third and fourth centuries after Christ, when
the processes Of preparing sns for the reception OF
writing were perfected, and the older works Of lit.
srature were copied on parchment from the Trailer
papyus. Thus the three chief manuscripts of the
Greek Testament were copied at that time. The
original Epistles Of St. Paul probably written
npyrus and must have disappeared early. The IN
vention OF printing and the form Of the early printed
books received the lecturers attention. The hopes
which bad been cherished by scholars Of finding some
literary treasure In old monastery or in the
library Of the Sultan had been disappointed. I'm
psrtant literary gifts had been received from an
unexpected quarter Last year added about 1 per
cent to our known stock Of classical Greek literature
from papyrus fragments found in the tombs of Egypt
some from the third century, B. c.. and others from
the first century after Christ the most important being
Aristote's Constitution Of Athens.
The fed-day exercises Of the Department OF Physical
Culture were held early in the week the ball park
Every event hotly contested. There were three
heats in the eighty yard dash, T. G. Sherman COM
ing In first and Charles Herndon second. Tines IL
seconds. g. Woodruff won In putting the shot, throw
ng the pound shot Al feet IL inches. There
were heats in the high hurdle Of eighty yards
In tho finals, J. c. King first and A. X Allinger
second nme-12 Ia seconds. A. p. Durrs and
H. s. Petit tied In the poe-vault, at feet IL
inches. Cartwright, the Yale vaulter, did feet
3 inches, but handicapped. In the
.ow hurdle sOyard race, there were TWO
last heats, and in the finals G. J. King won first
and A. K. Alinger, second. Time-1O 1-2 seconds.
In the broad jump T. c. Sherman gave all other
competitors handicap Of feet, and made an actual
lump Of 81 feet l inch G.. J. King got second
place. With a jump Of Is feet inch. Woodruff
throw the l0yound hammer 81 feet inches, and
rrenAmsn made 81 feet Woodruff gave all other
osmnsatss handicap Of % feet. The potato race
ejiuiAed much amdsement for the crowd. but made
TIE Contestants DO some rapid work Herndon' was
arst ana King second. Tme-69 1:2 seconds Tho
last event. the running high jump, was won by
Antager with Balt second. Heights feet
Ib-day the annual gymnasium exhibition took place
n The amphitbentre, the programme consuniig four
houry. On cleared space there were exhibitions OF
American, German, French and Swedish gymnastics,
which were at credit TO the faculty and n reve
latiou to many audience phenomenal In size even
for the Chautauqua Amphiheatre. Floor spac, elair
rallery and even the rafters utilized. After
march Of 300 students there effective callsthenic
names Dy the little folks and bell and wand exhibition
BY the boys class. Tho horizontal bar work was