The Republican journal., 1901-03-21
Vincent, S. H. Clark, and Miss Cath
crime E. Oliver.

Vincent, S. H. Clark, and Miss Cath
crime E. Oliver.
One of the great movements in popu-
lar education is the rapid introduction
of Nature Study. The Chautauqua
Summer Schools have given good deal
of attention to this subject, but in 1901
will be peculiarly fortunate in securing
the cooperation of the Nature Study
Department of Cornell University re-
cognized as the leader in this movement.
The Ithaca School of Nature Study will
also be concentration of the teach
ing staff and special students at Chau-
tauqua.
There is an increased demand among
American young men and women for
instruction in Spanish. This demand
will be met by the Chautauqua summer
schools in the so-called Pan-American
course designed to offer instruction in
elementary Spanish, in advanced Span
ish, and in certain commercial courses
in which writing of business letters in
Spanish and the usages of South Ameri-
can commerce will be taught
From these reports some idea of the
standing and Importance of Chautau-
qua work of the Assembly next sum-
mer and its success as movement
for popular education may be given
those who know little of the influence
and extension of this systematical
course of reading and home study. c..
L. S. c. comes to all, the busy house
wife, the lone reader, the teacher, the
business man; each and all find some
| line of reading or study adapted to
their need. We know no place where
one can better enjoy few weeks of the
summer vacation than at the Assembly
held at Chautauqua, n. Y. Here one
combines pleasure and rest with the ed
vocational advantages of lectures, con-
certs anG entertainments, returning to
the business life at home inspired and
encouraged; for the surroundings of
this Chautauqua town, located on the
shore of the beautiful lake are pro-
nounced by all who visit this Assembly
as delightful. This Summer City,"
with its wooded terraces fringing the
shores of Lake Chautauqua, lies 400
feet above the sea level. Prominent
among its buildings are the great Am
phitheatre seating over five thousand
people, with large chorus gallery and
pipe organ; The Hall in the Grove"
for literary and scientific lectures; the
Museum Pier House, Arcade, Admin
! istration Buildings, Alumni Buildings,
College, Kellogg Memorial Hall, Hig-
| gins Hall, Pedagogical Building and
Normal Hall, Boys Club Building and
| Gymnasium under the charge of Di-
rectors of Yale University Gymnasium,
| Denominational Houses, THE Athe-
num- spacious hotel beautifully Stu
ated amid broad lawns and equipped
with every modern convenience, the
'Jewett Home offering free accommo-
dations for young women, and five hun
dred cottages, many costing from 81, 500
to $1,000 each. A daily newspaper is
published with reports of lectures and
Chautauqua news.
| The number of visitors last summer
was over 10000, who are interested in a
great variety of pursuits, who are
grouped according to congenial tastes,
who represent all parts of the country
and not few foreign lands, who go
thither led by many different motives,
and together create community in
which physical exercise, social inter
course, recreation in many forms, ear
nest study, heartfelt worship all have
fitting place.