The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-11
THE LYCEUM COURSE
OFFERINGS OF
THE COUNTY'S BEST MUS
TCAL AND LITERARY
ENTERTAINERS
Season Will be Opened Next Friday
Night With a Brilliant Attrac-
tion-The Great Thomas
Concert Co. Coming.

COlum BUS mas attained a world
wide reputation on account of the
excellence of the musical and literary
entertainments presented in this city.
Indeed the high standard of the at
fractions presented here, the appre-
citation of them manifested by our
people, has stamped this city as a
musical center, and Columbians are
known far and near for their dis
eliminating taste in matters musical
and literary. This reputation has
been gained by having within this
city in the college lyceum course
some of the greatest artists now be-
fore the public in the entire world.
The college lyceum course has been
recognized as one of the strongest
and best in the entire South, and it
has presented attractions the very
best to be found offered in its field
With this end in view, that of sus-
tanning the reputation of the institu-
ton and the fame of this city, in
mapping out the course for the pres
| ent season the greatest care has been
| taken to secure none but the best
of entertainments, and in offering
| the people an opportunity to patron
ize this course this season the posi-
tive guarantee is given that the en-
| tertainments, both musical and lit
erary, will be of the very highest
order. This purpose has been stead
| fastIy adhered to in the bookings this
| season, and those who join the col
! lege lyceum course will have the op-
| portunity of hearing the foremost
and best artists of the country this
season.
The idea and great purpose un-
derlying this movement is not for
| profit. The course is undertaken
| that the great number of students
in the institution may have the op-
portunity of hearing the best musical
and literary artists before the coun-
try as part of their education at
this school. They are given oppor-
tunities which they would never get
at home, many of them, and they
go home enriched in mind and heart
with memories of some of the world s
greatest artists. This being the pur-
pose of the college, the course which
it offers to the people is far above
the average, its cost is far in ad-
vance OF the average course. and in
artistic worth and merit it is as fine
as money and care can make it.
The course this season will consist
Of ten of the very finest and best
musical and literary entertainments
on the road. They will be presented
on Friday nights in so far as possi- |
BILE. For the ten entertainments the
price of a double season ticket, ad-
mitting a man and his wife or any
two of a family will be only five
dollars. This ticket will enable the |
holder of it to see entertainments the |
price of which for members outside I
of the course will be from one dollar I
TO one and a half dollars, for the |
very small sum of twenty-five cents
apiece. The season ticket for a single /.
person Will be three dollars, or at
the rate of thirty cents a piece, for
each entertainment. Only five of the
have been booked up to
this time, the management preferring
to take time and care that none but +
the best attractions may be secured /
The tickets are sold with the guar
antee that ten of the. very best en-
tertainments will be given. That
the people of this city may know the
character of the offerings this season
it is only necessary to mention the
five already secured. They are the
John Thomas Concert Company, con- :
sisting Of the gifted and we'll known
humorist. John Thomas, assisted by +.
Annie Webster Thomas, the violin
virtuoso. and Clara Stone, the pianist
This attraction, being a pleasing COM
bination of myrth and melody, will
be the opening bill on the next Fri .
day night In addition to this there
is Opie Reid, the Southern novelist :
and story teller; the Jaunita Boyn- !.
ton Company, including. besides Miss
Boynton, a gifted reader, Miss Ethel
Johnston, the we'll known soprano:
Pallas Brown, the violinist, and An
ME Lewis Vivian, pianist. Another
great musical offering will be the :
Italian Boys, five of Italy's most gift
ed young artists, in charming Sc
lection of classical and popular mu- .
sic. One of the country's greatest !
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