Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-26
LECTURE SYSTEM IN THE so;Tu
Il A"ai1ens "a LfveI. Intcre.t fin ts,er-
AIRY Affairs.
From the Louisville Courier Iurn,I

From the Louisville Courier Journal
TIE movement which was hcpup las,
spring TO introduce and domestica.e :, ,b.
southern states the lecture platform sys.
tenn, which has fiourished SO long I'm this
New England states ard has plavea 90
important a part In advancing the ideas
anu meiho Dis of that robust section of rbe
ohioh' mas raised the experimental stage
ana reached point where its complets
success Is no longer matter of doubt
lie southern Lyceum Association now
includes all the leading cities and most of
the ieaalns towns from Virginia to Texas
FROM the first lyceum organized in Angus
a. va, piancn fyceGms have been estab-
lshed. amorg other places. in Richmond.
Charleston, Atlanta Memphis Nashville
Elrnln CHAM. Ficksburg. Little Rock Cal
weston ard Dallas. The circuit thus created
taxes IN an eA;ersive and diversified re-
Slon, nut wherever the plan has been cam
Nassed. it has me; with Immediate and ex-
traorQlEary success. There is no reason
why 1t should not and may rot become. a
permanent part of the educational ma
chinery of the south
The lecture always a pleasing feature OF
intellectual progress in aspiring commune
lies. and often potential agent of popular
development upon the frontiers of civ:liza-
lon, has sustained accelerated movement
and increased Importance both in Europe
and America during this closing decade of
the century. The NEST eminent men of the
world have not thought the lecture forum
he'7eath their talents and dignity and have
sought IL az Offering peculiar advantages
10 the PRONUNCIATION Of truth In Germany
France and England. as well as in tho
United States. from the statesman to tho
man OF science, the Thinker, the writer thu
orator, have had recourse to the rostrum
OF the lecture room for the propagation of
their ideas for the edification of men
and women. From Schlegel and Freitag,
from Brrnetiere and Roarget from Her
bert Spencer. Max Miller and Anthony
Hope. to men like Gordon. Ingalls,, Whit
, comb kiley and Mark Twain. the lecture
/; field OF all lands is crowded with eminent,
brilliant and eloquent men.
II is the aim of the Southern Lyceum
Association to bring this lecture forum and
its representative leaders more accessible
to the interest of the United States and
nearer to the eople of the south. The gen
era! plan is to establish in each community
en- association lyceum. whose duty il will
he to organize a regular course Of lectures.
The sale Of o;@ or 900 course tickets. for
sums ranging from s. to S., the course. in
sures in advance prosperous and distiE-
guished lecture season. Wherever the idea
has been suggested it has met with immedI-
ate success.
Mr.. Hugh c. Middleton. the secretary of
the association. of which Mr.. Henry Wat
terson is president, General John b. Cor
don, vice president. and such men as Will
liam l.. Wilson. William Preston Johnston
and Governor Taylor of Tennessee are the
!, directors, makes Augusta, Ga, his head
quarters, but has Travelled much through
out the territory embraced by the opera
ports that the prospects for the coming
winter are bright beyond any of the ex-
pectations with which the organization set
out-less than year ago.