The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-13

TERMS: ix soSRe1 Me9tYSs Ysa5; e. ia ceaas aayance
waiver of the prevailing order Of
prison classes having spiritual, rath-
er than purely intellectual purpose
in their maintenance.
During Gen. G. McC. Reeves incum-
bency of the wardenship his interest
in the circle was manifested by the
frequency with which he and his good
wife attended the sessions, and, if fur
ther evidence be required, I can do no
better than to quote from letter he
addressed to the circle about the time
his official relations with the institu-
ton were severed. He wrote, in part,
as follows:
81 realize most fully the valuable
work your society has done and is
doing, not only so far as concerns
your individual members, but In
creating sentiment in favor of
education and morality among
those who perhaps, have given too
little thought to these things in
their lives hitherto
That our present esteemed warden
the Hon. Henry Wolfer-considers
the circle to be more than nominal
factor among the educational features
of the institution is amply demon
strated by the following paragraph
taken verbatim from his biennial re-
port made to The Honorable: The
Board of Control of State Institutions.
It reads:
"The regular course of Chautau-
qua studies have been kept up as
usual. Perfect harmony among
it's members prevails and all of
its meetings are conducted in
gentlemanly and orderly manner.
The best educated prisoners of the
Institution, including school-teach-
ers, are members of the Chautau-
qua. The society keeps up with
the regular Chautauqua work and
ts.=lts snemher Of the
officers, prescribes its laws of gov
ernment, and exercises full power
in all matters pertaining to its con-
duct and management. Not
|
misuse of privilege has come to my
notice during the past ten years,
which, think, argues we'll in favor
of the continuance of the priv
ileges extended to the society"
That the executive department of
the Chautauqua System of Education
has evinced lively interest in the
welfare of our circle, from the date OF
its inception, is fact fully reflected in
the numerous letters now on file with
the secretary, many of which bear the
signature of Miss Kate F. Kimball,
Executive Secretary of the G. L. S. G.
Amidst the stress of her official
duties she has not infrequently found
the time-in exemplification of the
Chautauqua spirit-to add line OF
personal encouragement.
The Pierian Circle has been signally
honored at the hands of Bishop John
H. Vincent, Chancellor of the Chau.
tauqua movement, and an incident to
, be recorded among the important
events in the history of the circle oc.
Cured on July 22nd, 1900, when the
, chancellor favored this institution
, with his presence.
, In the language of one who was
present: "His words of cheer and
3 kindness inspired new life and hopes
among the members of this circle
: AS slight token of esteem the mem
| bers united in presenting the chancel
q lor with an elaborately embroidered
' sofa pillow, accompanied by an en-
q crossed address,, and writing, on ont
q occasion, concerning it Miss Kimbal
! said: "The pillow presented by th'
s Pierian Circle to Chancellor Vincen
2 hangs in the Office at Chautauqu'
+ every year and a little bulletin boart
contains clippings from THE MIRROR.
i Our circle was one among many t
f contribute letter to birthday bool
q composed in honor of the chancellor
j. 10th birthday, February 23rd, 1907
i Responding to this tribute, in mem
It orandum letter from the beautiful cit
q of Zurich, Switzerland, the chancello
); said, in part: 81 cannot write person
n al letter to all my good friends VIII
10 have remembered me on the occasio
le of my arrival at the 10th year-post
NV pilgrimage. ** 1 must, there
o fore, resort to my Memorandum-Lette
% plan and permit the type to do wha
I my pen dare not attempt"