The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-09
LECTURES FOR THE PEOPLE
A Course Planned by the Daughters
of the American Revolution.

Prominent ScieatistS, Jurists. and
Writers to Deliver DiScourSes-The
Proposed Permanent Home of the
Society May BE Located Here.
TIE District Convention Of the Society
OF tha Daughters or the American Ravo-
tuition. which viii BE held in This city
next month. viii. according 20 the state
uent of prominent member OF the So
ciety. consider plan Tor the institution
Of cd lecture course for the DeorIe.-. to-
5s given under the auspices OF the Daugh-
tors this winter The lectures. it is ex-
planned. are % Dee for the people in the
double sense that they will De- on topics
ol general. but not technical. interest.
ana that they VIII Dee free to ali who care
10 hear them The place where the lee
lures VIII be- given has not YET been de-
clced upon. but it Is the intention 90 hold
them on the second ana fourth FRIDAYS
Of each month. from December t1 MAY
Inclusive. a number Of prominent Scien-
lists. JuTists. and literary people have al
ready been engaged Cor the course. and
IL is the Intention 90 have an experienced
shorthand reporter 60 take the various
lectures down verbatim and that al the
close Of the season they be bound ia a
convenient volume or single pamphlet for
free distribution
In discussing the inception Of the idea.
member of the society yesterday. said.
The people Of this c.yy. on an average
are more Intelligent than the people Of
any other commuDi,y They are mostly
people that are given 90 Office work and
90 reading books of some kind or another
They consequently patruuize lecture
WOULD do have studied chat subject
long enough TO justify me 20 make this
assertion Notwithstanding this fact
there seems 90 be more creduIftv and SUI
persution among this class Of people than
among any other Take our city. ror in
stance IL is the home Of soOthsayers and
fortune tellers. In other cities they are
driven out by the police. but here they
are welcome and the people furnish them
a good sustenauCe- This seems surprising.
but it is fact Our people must be ed
ucated 10 such a standard where they viii
ridicule che idea Of placing confidence in
the fortune teller. exc and We intend 70
DO that But that is only one instance
There are many other fields In which we
can make our-elves useful Take, for in
stance, a complete course i'm the study
OF the Coustitvr ;On Of the United States.
thInk IN that way we viii be working
Tor the higher patriotism That is the
object Of our society. and not to give it's
members the assurance that they are
more aEist0cratic than their ueighb0rs
because some of their ancestors were
helpers in the forming Of this Republic
our common country LOYALTY 70 the
country does not mean alone lighting for
that country by force Of arms. but 10 also
means the developing Of a citizenship
whose Intelligence and love Of peace and
equality and freedom viii make war. in
the course OF time. an unnecessary meas
ure- Il Is our duty 10 educate a citizen
snip which VIII bring honor to our COun-
Try by COnQuests OF peace and not BY
cOnqueSts Of war That IS what we are
intending % do in our little way this win
ter
Speaking Of the proposed scheme to
erect in this city a permanent home for
the Daughters Of the Society Of the Am
erican Revolution Continental Hall
Buiiding-the daughter said that every
effort would be MADE this winter TO in
duce Congress TO give a suitable site for
the building
The question OF taking up subscriptions
Tor the erection n memorial arch in
this city in honor the memory Of the
late President Mckinley will also be
brought up for discussion at the District
conference next month