The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-07
OUR LECTURE COURSE
what It Has Done and is Doing For Barre
IA Entertainments.

What Il Has Done and is Doing For Barre
IN Entertainments.
For seventeen consecutive years Barre
has had a course Of higLclass musical and
literary entertainments under the auspices
Of the Barre Entertainment association.
ln the course have appeared nearly all the
leading lyceum lecturers Of the country
and many musical treats. They have
been Of an educational value which 1t is
impossible to estimate. The diseoRtinu-
anee Of this course wonld we believe be a
great loss to thls community. II is fur
nishing to cur people intellectual treats
which It would be impossible for them to
secure without a much larger expenditure
Of money IL the work or this association
should be discontinued On season tick
cts the average admission has for all these
years been less than 25 cents for enter
taiuments which In the large cities would
cost from Is cents to 81 so. This low
price has been possible only BY the coop.
Grafton Of large number OF our citizens,
No member Of the association Or any Off
cial has ever received any remuneration
for services rendered and at no time has
any complimentary tickets been given
away For fourteen years the association
met with financial success. At no time
during those years was there time when
the years receipts did not more than pay
the expenditures. During these years a
handsome surplus was accumulated
Things are, however, different now
During the last two years there have been
large deficiencies which have been paid
from the accumulated surplus Of the asso-
citation. It now looks as if this years
course would be the largest financial fail
ure Of any Ia the history Of the associa-
tion
The executive committee and directors
have arranged for the year what they be-
lieva to be one 81 the best courses ever
given IN Barre and the following figures
win tell the financial part Of the story.
Expense OF eight entertainments s ,zS0.
Season tickets sold, S64S 80. Admission to
date, SOL so. Total receipts to date, ST39.S0
Deficiency to date. S54020. Unless the
next six entertainments receive better
support from Won we shall have the largest
deileiency ID our history Unless the
course shall receive the general support
which it once had its days Of influence are
past and it's work must stop. It is for
YOU to say Do you care to hear Frank r.
Robertson. who gave Us last year the best
illustrated lecture ever given in Rarre9
DO y0u care To hear such able congress-
men as Charles B. Sanders and Champ
CLARKE DO you care To hear the able di-
vine, DR.. Newell d. Hilles or the greatest
entertainers in the country, Rogers and
Grileyg Or would you like to hear the
greatest musical treat Of the season, the
Boston Ladies' symphony Orchestral II
so give our course the patronage and sup
port which it merits.
Season tickets are now on sale at the
ofice Of G.. Herbert Pape Or may be pro-
cured from any member Of the executive
committee upon application. Admission
tickets win be on sale at the Red Cross
Pharmacy before each entertainment
Hoping you win lend the association you
hearty support, we are
G. Herbert Pape,
RI s. Currier,
Rev b G. Roberts,
Executive Committee.