The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-02-11
Both in rs General Bearings on
National Life and Its Inspira-
ton and Helpfulness to Indi-
viduals 1t Has Proved a Factor
of National Progress.


of National Progress.
The Chautauqua Idea.
The space at our disposal
would be altogether inadequate
for setting forth all the adyan-
Itages which have come TO our
Ipeople III connection with the
| Chautauqua movement. Both in
tits general bearings on national
life and its inspiration and help
lfulness to individuals it has proved
a factor that cannot be left out
LOT the account of any estimate of
Jour national progress. Among
tits specific advantages is the fact
that it has brought our people OF
every section, in the rural districts
as we'll as the cities, in contact
with the best platform talent of
this and other lands. What this
means in broadening the intel
Electual horizon OF our people and
lin stimulating them to better &C
ton and living il would be inn
possible to tell. The movement
has also augmented to q degree
beyond estimate the educational
spirit OF our time. Personal cult
ure and social growth in things
educational have been the direct
outgrowth OF a movement repre-
scented by the Chautauqua Liter
airy and Scientific Circle. Those
10 whom the advantage OF resi-
dent college study could never
have come have yet become mem
bers of the body OF college men
and women through the agency
of the mother Chautauqua. N
goes almost without saying that
the working out of the idea has
increased the delights OF home
life III thousands OF otherwise
Iisolated communities. Through
the medium OF a list OF the best
books supplied annually. month
/ y magazine as good az the best,
and mutual inspiration which
lcomes through membership IN a
great circle OF students a multi
Itudc OF homes have come TO look
Ito Chautauqua with the fondest
lafiectiou.. 1t is easy TO under
stand also how a cosmopolitan
ism OF the best type has sprung
Iron this movement. In many OF
Jour most populous states there
lis scarcely a town Of any 'conse-
quence which does not have a
summer cncanpment whose pur-
lpose is profit, not less than pleas
lure. These encampmcnts have
Ireceived their inspiration from
the New York Chautauqua and
have adopted and adapted its
methods TO their local needs.
Thus it is that the people Of these
various communities have come
to possess an interest OF the most
wholesome sort in scores OF
Iother communities north, east,
west and south. There are many
localities IN which the Chautau-
qua encampnent has supplanted
the county fair which has long
since ceased To be an exposition
of the products OF husbandry and
general industry and had degene-
rated into a series Of horse races
with all the undesirable and un-
Icontrollable auxiliaries. Coming
together to enjoy literary and
musical programme OF ten days
or more has had an uplifting NOR
al effect which nothing else has
been able To give lis. Any com
munity therefore is To be con-
graduated which finds itself able
10 organize and maintain an insti-
tuition OF this sort. The success
| of the Waxahachie Chautanqua
is so we'll known that u needs
Ionly To be mentioned in order TO
suggest all that j. best IN the
movement. whether one looks to
growth in personal character or
an Improvement in the life and
spirit OF a community.--Dr a.
T.. Turner in the Chautauqua
Herald.
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Religious Influence.
4 While most ~ the ChautaIqua