The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-09
CHAUTAUQUA'S Aims.
Highly Interesting Dis
course By Bishop John
H. Vincent
THE OUT-OF- SCHOOL MULTITUDE.
america Needs Men Who Think,
and They Must Have Knowl-
edge" Said the Speaker.

Bishop John H. Vincent Chancellor of
Chautauqua University lectured at the
Tabernacle last night on tie advantages
derived from the C~nautauquan system of
e ucatiou. Bishop Vincent, a handsome
and IL tellectual looking man OF probably
fifty-eight or sixty said he would talk of
"The Out of School M~ultitudes." The
Bishop said that there exists a vast popu-
lation that is out Of school. Many of
this number had completed q school
course and had become professional men,
mechanics and business men. yet they
were "Out of School, by which term he
meant that they had not improved the
foundation laid while at school.
He said also of the multi>
tude there were thousands who
were out OF school" at the age of twelve
by reason of their own acts iu disobeying
their parents or from reasons of other
sorts. OF these the youn mechanic
might be heard daily crying. "Oh, why
did not I stay nt school; why did not
father aud mother force me to do so when
/ refused TO go"
A MOTHERS MISERY.
After referring to appeared to be
an opportunity that had forever been lost
to these people, the Bishop with much
feeling pictured the mother rearing a
family of children that knew more man
she did and her misery at being unabls
10 answer the questions the children
would often ask her about their studies.
How ashamed she felt when her daughter
would say, II cau'e ask mother this for
she doesn't KNOW" Bishop Vincent SAID
it was on behalf of the multitude of
people like these that C~hautauQua made
its plea. He believed that Il woman at
forty -ivs made a better pupil than u
child, for she would be anxious to learn
aud her MUD had receiyed experience.
He referred 10 the reading of
for amusement aud said that they were
read generally for the momeutary
pleasure derived the sale as q wOma
drabk a glass of soda wafer. Il the So me
time was devoted to the reading provided
by the Ch~autauQua system. how much
improved would become the mind.
MEN MUST HAVE KNOWLEDGE.
In America 10 Que should be "out of
school," The country needs men who
think and they must AVE knowledge.
'If," said the Bishop, II mad a boy and
he said to me. Father, I have made uD
my mind to be q blacksmith would
reply, very good, my son. If you believe
that you would like co pursue such Il
trade, but to prepare yourself for it. first
go TO college, would have every me-
chanic, business man and tradesmRn
e q - -
as a blacksmith my boy would not need
a college education, as a man ne would
need IL. / van my daughter to marry q
nun she respects Tor his knowledge. aud
not te:nuse he can. as me-
chauic. make s3.75a day. That their
with the con yictien that father can
t.il them whether some literary effort
compared fayJrably with Addison or not.
Why should a blacksmith De only u ma
chiue? l want my blacksmith to be a
memoer of the church aud be an Ameri-
can citizen. for as an American citizen he
cIunot know too much, for ia ign0r-
auce lies the great peril of this grand
government. which, in this great city. as
well AS in other places, has been seized
bv a lot of rascals. lApplausel. Hands
of | say To these ahd knowledge is the
hope of the Republic"
GHAUrAUQUA's AIMS.
Bishop Vincent declared that Chau-
tauqu was giving an education to
people TOUT of school. I" 10 mechanics aud
leaple in the humber sphere. Chau-
taGqua's recreation is BIZ a change OF
occupation. That is C~hnutauqaa's SD M
mer life. He said that frequently il was
said by educated people to be absurd to
think of giving an education in six
weeks. This the Bishop admitted to be
true, out thai IN that six weeks, when
the .'out of SCHOOL, were brought uto
contact with fifty OF the most learned
specialists whom they might not otherwise
meet, inspiration was received. ~inspira-
ton to acquire knowledge which would
be pursued thereafter.
with ~Chaulauqua." said tte Bishop,
comes better homes. better pictures On
the wall. better books on the shelves,
better aspirations n more respect.
ChautsuQaa requires will power for it
necessitates the use of forty MINUTES q
dry for a year. It has been claimed that
Ch~autauqua Is superficial but granting
that this is true. it gives the idea of how
10 pursue studies in greater detail. A
view from Bunker Hill monument gives
but a superficial knowledge OF Boston.
One receives the general idea of tue city
but to s udy it more closely one must get
DOWN into i5 and pursue it's many, high
ways separa ely. So 1t is with Cnantau-
qua"