The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-30
FROM GRANT JONES.


in Ohio.
FROM GRANT JONES.
Grant Jones, formerly of this city,
writes the following to the Eagle about
the new home of the Chautauquas He
dates his letter Boulder, Colo, and says:
Among the canons and cool retreats of the
Rocky Mountains, in the scholastic little
city of Boulder, Colo, twenty-nine miles
northeast of Denver, is a unique western
home of the Chautauqua association.
Here in shady places and beside mountain
waters, the Chautauquans of the south
and west will congregate in thousands on
July 4th TO dedicate the hot months to
moral and intellectual development and
to health and pleasure Chautauuua
workers of a dozen western and southern
states are the active participants in build
ing and identifying a new assembly
ground-a great Rocky mountain Chau-
tauqua home, that in the brief space of
one year has become the Christian and
intellectual Mecca of nearly half the
Chautauquans of the United States.
An immense campus. beautifully water
ed and walled about with great mountains
is soon TO become a city Of tents. where
thousands Of people from the congested
east, south and west are to make a tenn
porary abode amidst the widest grandeur
of the Rocky Mountains. and yet sur
rounded by the highest culture Of advanc-
ed civilization This is the plan of earn
est Chautauquans from the Mississippi 10
the Pacific and from Canada TO the Gulf.
To accomplish this result thousands of
dollars are being spent in the erection of
buildings and in identifying grounds. A
congregation of intellectual lights such as
has never before characterized a Chau-
tauqua gathering in America is prophesi-
ed for Boulder, Colorado. this season. IN
fact, the leading educators and public men
Of the entire country have been urged to
attend, and nearly half hundred of Am
erica's best platform orators and lecturers
have already consented to aid in the great
movement.
In this galaxy of celebrities expected 70
actively participate in the Rocky Noun
tain Assembly during the summer are the
following:
Secretary of Treasury Lyman ]. Gage.
Colonel w. ]. Bryan
Senator William z. Mason. Of Illinois.
Mayor Carter H. Harrison, of Chicago.
Miss Bertha NJ. Baker. of New York.
General II. c. Merriam, of the United
States Army.
E. o. Lyle. of the National Educational
association.
Mrs. J. D. Sherwood of the Chicago Art
Institute
President Henry Wade Rogers of
Northwestern University
President David Starr Jordon. of Leland
Stanford University
President R. F. Weidner Of Chicago Iu-
theran Theological Seminary.
In addition to the above coterie Of tai
ent, more than a score Of special instruc-
tors. eminent in the different branches OF
science and literature, have been engaged
Tor the summer.
Boulder, Colorado, Is a home Of culture
and refinement. It is the seat Of Colo
RADIOS State University, and islocated in a
beautiful valley at the very foot Of the
great continental divide. Thousands Of
feet above it. and almost encompassinF it.
rise the picturesque and mighty Rockies.
whose lofty peaks. covered with snow. de-
cool the atmosphere Of the very
Of Boulder that enraptu~e the
visitor are Red Rocks. Boulder Canon.
Lovers Leap. Profile Rock. Falls of Camp
Albion, and the almost unsurpassed wild
granduers Of Arapahoe Mountain.
A mammoth auditorium has been built
with a seating capacity Of nearly 500
people. Fand here the Chautauquans viii
assemble 10 listen TO the orators and lee
turers. In addition 10 thousands Of tents.
seventy cottages are being constructed 20
accommodate those Of the southern visi-
tors who might find the change front their
heated atmosphere TO a life under canvas
II the mountains a little too cool" These
cottages VIII contain from three 10 Eve
rooms each and viii be OF artistic archi-
lecture and picturesGuely located on tina
grounds. These VIII be rented 70 the
visitors az a nominal cost Of from fifteen
20 thirty dollars for the entire season. \
dining hail has already been constructed
on the grounds that will seat over four
hundred people at a single sitting. thus
giving accommodations 70 those who may
not care 10 provide themselves with cook
inS outfits.
This ChaUtauQua movement that has as
suned such widespread educational pro-
portions was insugurated a year aso b.
OF the society in Texas and Colo
RADIO. and i has since borne the name
''TexaS-C Colorado Chau,auqua Associa-
ton although its grounds at Boulder
have practically become a national cam
pus for The ChautaUqua workers.
The first session Of the Texas-Co.o-ado
was held al Boulder last
summer and Win meaEer Rcc0mm citations |
drew nearly saeso people. principally from
Texas. Colorado and she adjoining states
This year the association proposes 20 open
its gates 20 The world" on july an. AMID
stirring strains OF patriotic and sacred
music and bursts o. o-ato~y from some
Of the most gifted platform speakers OF
the country. over 5oeo1 Chzu1aucuans
are expected 10 participate in the sun
mer's work There vii Ne bur i've days
devoted TO sta5y each week. the remain
ing days 70 oe given up q extended trins
10 Colo-ados most Interesting scenic a.
fractions. such as Platte Caa1n. Clear
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