The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-12-14
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LECTURES The educational advantages of I
Garrettsvile are not all confined to its schools |
For several years there has been a lecture |
course and many OF the most popular lecturers |
have spoken to Garrettsville audience as well
as some who are not as popular A general
criticism of the professional lecturer will ap
ply to those who have spoken in town as
well as elsewhere, and that is that the chief
aim of these speakers seems to be to endeavor
to please the audience rather than to instruct
them We have seen them feel out cautiously
on this and that line till they seemingly hit the
right one and then they put on a full head of
steam and rush along regardless of instruction
and too often of truth. We have in mind one
who spoke here not many ages ago, who under
| the guise of scientific lecture mixed a vast
amount of fancy and fiction with very few
grains of fact. When cautiously giving evolu-
tion whack and receiving the applause of
some who knew nothing about the theory and
| cared less. he went off into senseless TRADE
| against it regardless of the fact that there Is
| not now living original scientific Investigator
| of any reliability but what has adopted this
theory and considers it as firmly established as
any of the modern sciences; if ever the guilt
bility of an audience was fully tested it was
when he made the declaration that this earth
would become as dead and liteless as the moon
IN the short space OF fifteen hunt red years. Yet
there are few such as him who are still EN-
ployed by lecture committees to instruct the
/ dear people on scientific subjects at the low
rate SO called at least, OF $50 an hour or $50 an
evening The new lecture committee oil this
season are claiming to give their patrons about
, S7O0 worth OF lecturers ard entertainments
| TIyat of 9th n
ities In the mark ct. is probably subject to lib
eral discount While on this subject Nigh
mention the recent prohibition lecturer. Mis-
anna Shaw, gifted versatile speaker. Ii thu
! object OF the lecturer was to please those wit
employed her il was decided success If t.
, convince those who disagreed with the Prohi
: bliton party it was stupendous failure. Bit
Ter, aggressive sarcasm is not the argument L
convince an opponent
n PoLITICs.-1h subject is not as interesting
Y | as it was few weeks ago The republican
2 are gradually recovering from the stunning Ell
fects oi their overwhelming defeat. and are feel
: ing around to see where they are and wha
= next. Their Democratic opponents should nc
latter then selves that the Republican party
: dead or even sleepeth. The former should re
member that their opponents had them killed
l. great many times in just that way. The Re
publicans expect to be successful in the nea
l. luiure. Success not built however. on the glC
II RES of high protection, but on the mis- take
u that their opponents have in the past been yer
l, successful in making. The question which
l. now being asked is"Nho will be the next pos
e master at Garret@svilIe?' We have heard
81 at least three candidates although it will
"a more than year before the present occupa,
6 of that position will be expected to surrende
rs the position.
Is There is perhaps no study among the high,
20 branches taught in our schools. seminaries an
y colleges OF more practical Importance than pt
Y. itical economy, yet we are knowing an II
stance not outside of the Western Reserv
to where the grave and reverend members OF tn
board of education pitched this study out of Il
" high school course and whys 1t might ha'
lie been because that II failed to teach that his
il protection made heaven and earth and all th
he IN them is.
ty Our prohibition friends do not seem able
ne comprehend why it is that prohibition Can u
have the same rights that it once had before
d. was laid out on platform and lugged into pc
e; itics :. they feel aggrieved and hurt becau
,st some object to political prohibition bei
en- preached from the pulpit; they fail to unde
he stand that their party has the right to prea
OF politics from the pulpit, other parties just
te claim the same ght. In order to get it in a.
be have an audience to hear it they occasional
all exhibit a considerable degree of cunning. sol
ill might call it low cunning. such as changing
published program of Sunday evenings pc
he formapce by injecting an exceedingly radio
ID. political prohibition address. We hope tt
lal your readers will not take it that such qnt
ID tiopabe politics occur in Garrettsvlle. for it
a only in the far woolly west such practices q
hought of
ed JENKINS