The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-26
LYCEUM TO BE ORGANIZED.
sAYANNAHIANs TAKING AN INTER-
EST IN THE MOVEMENT.

GeOrgians Who VIII Spend Day
at Tybee and On the Fishing
Banks.
There is no good reason why Savan-
nah should not be one of the principal
cities of the circuit of the Southern Ly-
ceum Association said Rev. c. H.
Strong, rector of the St. Johns church.
This association is for the purpose of
establishing a system of lectures through
out the southern states, and the lectures
are to be given by some of the most promi-
nent speakers we have in this country.
1T has been determined to have a
branch Of the Southern Lyceum Associa-
tion in thirty-six of the largest cities of
the south. In some of these cities the
system has already been tried and found
TO be all that was expected. Augusta and
Atlanta have tried it and found that it is
all that could be desired, the average cost
to the members of the lyceum being only
16 2-3 cents per entertainment.
II believe that Savannah is a better city
for lectures of a high class than any other
city of the southern states, and 1 am
firmly of the opinion that there ought to
be such an institution here. We are go
ing to do our best to establish it, We
have had a system of lectures here in
seasons gone by and they were successful,
not alone for the good that they accom-
plished, but likewise for the financial end
in view, the members having made a sue
cess of the entertainments, and having
cash in hand after the lectures we're
given.
I'VE need some such system in Savan-
nah. The people here are an intellectual
people, who would much prefer to spend
an evening at a lecture where mental
culture is to be had than at some other
sort of an amusement where there was
nothing but momentary entertainment to
be enjoyed
THE lyceum has been tried, as said, in
Augusta and Atlanta with admirable re-
suits, and we hope that we can have it
established here. There will be a meet
ing of the committee of twenty at the
office of the superintendent of public
schools, Tuesday afternoon at o'clock,
and we hope that all of the members of
the committee will be present. This COM
mittee is composed of some of the best
men of the city, and their names ought
to add much to the Importance and signif-
icence Of the meeting that is to be held
to arrange for the programme that we
intend to carry out this winter. other
cities are falling in line and Savannah
ought not to be left out"
but for the breeze that has been blow
ing to-day the heat would be insuffera-
ble,' remarked a citizen on Bay street
yesterday. But 1t is the breeze that is
the salvation of Savannah. Other cities
are hotter than this in point of the real
suffering from heat, but Savannah catch
es the breeze, and thus lays the other
cities out"
Mr.. Walter Crosby, who is directing the
government work on the new Notifications
on Tybee Island will be host tomorrow
for a congenial and convivial party of
friends from Atlanta The party will con-
sist Of Mr.. Clark Howell, editor of the
Constitution; MIR. Charles Hill, solicitor
general of the Atlanta circuit; Mr.. George
Brown, one of the leading insurance men
of the capitol city; MIR. f. H. Richard
son, editor of tho Atlanta Journal: Mr..
Arnold Broyles, prominent member of
the aldermanic board of Atlanta; Mr.. j.
p. Leach, superintendent of the Pullman
Car Company; Mr.. Sam Webb, agent in
Atlanta for the Central railroad; Mr.. Hen
ry Wakefield, editor of the American
Press Association for the south; Mr.. Tom
Gentry, superintendent of the Atlanta tel
ephone exchange; Messrs. Die Clarke,
George May and Others
Mr. Crosby, who is a prince at enter
gramme for the visitors. He will char
ter a tug boat, which will leave Savan-
nah after breakfast Sunday morning for
a trip to the black fish banks, and will
spend the entire day on the water with
his friends from the interior. He will then
bring them back to Tybee, unless 1t be the
wish of some to return to Atlanta that
night, in which case he will have the boat
return to the city.
MIR. Crosby is himself an Atlanta man,
and he will take. especial delight in show
ing his friends over the work that is be-
ing done on the coast of Georgia for the
government by passing near the work in
the boat as they speed out on their trip
through Tybee roads.
The colored Masons in Savannah were
much interested yesterday in the reports
from Rome, Ca, of the elections in the
grand lodge for the state of Georgia, the
annual communication having been in
progress there for the past two or three
days. The attendance was large, there
being more than 400 delegates IN attend
ance, which shows the advance of the
colored Masonic order in the state. The
officers elected for the next term, accord
ing to the advices received by some of the
local officers, were as follows: W. e. Ter
ny of Columbus, grand master; William
Goodman of Atlanta, senior grand warden;
j. II. Covington of Americas, junior grand
warden; l.. II. Burdell of Macon, grand
treasurer and Sol c. johnson Of Savan-
nah grand secretary. The grand lodge
will adjourn tonight, and the delegates
from the various cities will return to their
homes.
"One thing has grown out of the recent
celebrations in Savannah in honor of the
Queen Of England which will bear great
results" said a rominent Savannahan
yesterday. II refer to the fact that the
Englishmen have come TO be better ac-
quainted themselves, and the Scotchmen
and the Englishmen have met together and
they will know in future better than they
knew before what a conspicuous place is
being held by their fellow countrymen
here. More than this. the general public
mas been taught by these meetings-the
personel-that we have more native born
Englishmen than we knew we had and
mat they are III the front ranks Of prog
tess.
savannah has always seemed to take
most interest IN the English visitors with
N her gates than most OF the cities OF
the United States. No flag Is welcomed
~ our harbors with more genuine cor