Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29
NEWS OF gHAUTAUQUA
Prominent clergymen Delivered Lee
lures Some Washington People
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Special Dispatch to The Star
CHAuTAUQUA. July 2s.-Two OF the
greatest of oratorios were rendered at
Chaueauqua this week under the direction
OF Mr.. Alfred Hallam. The Elijah" was
sung Monday night and THE Messiah,
Friday night by a chorus of 500 voices. to-
gether with the soloists, Mrs. Genieve
Clark Wilson of Chicago, soprano; Miss
Clara Taylor pf Pittsburg. second soprano;
Miss Genieve. Wheat of Pittsburg con-
tralto; Mr.. Cecil James. tenor. and Mr..
Frank Croxton, basso. In the opinion of
competent musical critics these were the
most finished productions yet given at
Chautauqua, and Indicated that the season
of 1908 will be the high-water mark in
ChautauQua music. The climax will come
on August 4, at which time Rossinis great
cratorio, Moses in Egypt will be present
ed This oratorfo is arranged for nine SOLO
lists, and In order to secure this unprece-
dented number the singers for the first
period have been engaged to remain until
after this performance, combining with the
singers of the second period, and including
with them one of the faculty Of the music
school already on the grounds. On account
OF the length Of the oratorio, which Direc-
tor Hallam Is reluctant to cut the first part
OF the oratorfo will be given In the great
amphitheater between and o'clock in the
afternoon. and the remainder OF the pro-
gram viii follow at in the evening. This
is the most ambitious work ever attempted
at Chautauqua.
President Booker T. Washington of Tus-
kegee Institute addressed Chautauqua au-
dience of 5000 people on Sunday afternoon
upon The Education of the Negro" He
made q strong plea that neither the white
people nor the negro of the south should be
judged by their worst types, but that both
should be judged by their best. TT is only
the stories of crime and passion. manifested
by the lower elements In both races, that
are telegraphed throughout the country.
We hear of the f1endish assaults, the low
lust, the nnobs and the lynching. but we
never hear Of the educated, cultured, indus
tffous negro and the great majority of the
southern whites who are working earnestly
for the uplifting of the negroes and the
solution Of the problem Of the two races,
The audience was in evident sympathy with
President Washington's sentiment and sew
eral thousand people insisted upon having
an opportunity to shake hands with him at
the close of the address. Before leaving
Chautauqua he spoke to several hundred
negroes in Higgins Hall and urged them to
be Industrious, to keep away from the cities
and to learn agriculture and work farm
as the only means of making themselves
and their race respected.
Under the captaincy of Otto F. Monahab,
the Chautauqua base ball team is having
an unbroken series of victories, having de-
feated the Prospects of Buffalo, jamestown
Y NJ c. A. the Pleasantyille semi-profes-
S1OE ais ana the SOlliHS SSHtCi uihS' iiS
first of these was the only one scoring
against the locals. the Buffalonians securing
one lone run. Among the members OF TINS
years Chautauqua team are such Well
known college athletes as Sharpe and Rock
well of Yale, Whittemore Of Brown, Parry
of Chicago Bender of Nebraska and wal
lace of Dartmouth. Capt. Monahan would
be glad to arrange games with any New
York state teams.
DR.. Hills Speaks.
Rev. DR.. Howard Dwight Hills, success
sor to Henry Ward Beecher in the pastorate
of the Plymouth Church Of Brooklyn, mas
been the principal speaker at Chautauqua
during music week, conducting the deVo-
tional hours each morning and giving
popular IectuHe in the afternoon In ms
lecture of Thursday DR.. Hills particularly
discussed the present-day industrial situa-
ton, arguing that the trade unions should
forthwith fully recognize the right OF nom
tons should be placed on basis of abso-
lutte integrity and fair dealing. II the Wnoie
industrial fabric is not ia be demolished py
the persistent attacks of the state SOCIAL
lists.
THE annual tennis tournament will take
MACE during the week of August Dill, ana
will bring together some of the best racquet
experts in the east. Inquiries and entries
should be addressed TO the CHautauqua
Athletic Club.
The old picket fence, which was a dis
tinctive feature of early Chautauqua is
giving way to new and more artistic
fence of wrought iron. Thirteen hundred
feet of the new fence is already in position
and the cottagers and others are subschlb-
ing the necessary funds to complete the line
along the entire length of the highway
boundary
Chautauouans are eagerly awaiting the
arrival of DR.. S. c. Schumacher of West
chester Normal School, who will deliver
series of interesting nature study talks on
-I,o Ttn1r 4olt nj a M q
and August l, and 4. DR.. Schumacher mas
wide fund of knowledge in connection
with his subject and an unequaled charm
in the popular presentation OF genuinely
scientific knowledge His audiences are al
ways large and always Increase as ms
series continues.
Water base ball has become popular at
ChaIltauoua A series OF platforms have
been. erected in about four feet of water
in front of the athletic club The game Is
played with a rubber ball and light bat
and forms exciting afternoon diversion.
The entire collection of the worid-famous
Tissot pictures illustratin the Old Tesla
ment are on exhibition at Chautauqua
throughout the season. In order TO pro-
duce these Tissot found it necessary to
study the Jew and the Arab at home in
Palestine and In the desert, and he spared
no pains to gather every detail of scenery
OF types of character and or architecture
tfat his pictures might be as nearly true
as possible. His interpre tatfons Of the
Bible are reverent, but Individual The op
portunity to see at first hand the results
of his enormous labors has never been
equaled at Chautauqua.
Perhaps the strongest lecture combna-
ton ever offered at any American assem-
bly, is that for the week of August oil at
Chautauqua. including DR.. Frank Gunsaul-
lus, Mr. Edward Howard Griggs, Bishop
John II. Vincent, Prof. S. H Clark, Prof.
F. H. Green and DR.. ]. Wilbur Chapman.
Baccalaureate Sermon.
Tho haooa1aprao+a carron, IN fl,a
graduating class of Chautauqua Literary
and Scientific Circle will be preached by
Bishop John H. Vincent on Sunday August
II On Wednesday, August 10, is Rec
ignition day and the graduating exercises
of the class of 1906 of the c. l. S. G..
will be held.
The Recognition day address will be by
Edward Howard Griggs on Public Educa-
ton and the Problem of Democracy" On
Recognition day will also take place the
formal dedication of the new hall of philos-
ophy.