Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
As to the Value Of Lecture
Courses

Courses
The next day after DR.. Clary's lecture.
the writer Of this article was rejecting
ON the crowded houses which greeted
every lecturer, good. bad or indifferent,
who came to our town a few years ago,
and wondered as to the cause Of the
empty seats of today. Is it because
our community is going backwards?
Someone has suggested as a reason for
the towns apparent Indifference. that
we are satiated with the so-calledpopu-
lar lecture. and demand speakers Of a
higher order. And yet, the same per
SON expressed a fear that Father
Vaughn, the great dramatic orator, and
the lnost brilliant speaker on the
American platform today, will not
draw" sufficiently, to pay the expenses
necessary to procure such talent.
Remarks like the above make one
wonder what the people of Mo. Valley
really do crave, in the matter of enter
tainment. That we must have some
thing, the speaker of the other evening
fully demonstrated. 1t is rs poor econ
omv TO starvc the mind as To starvc
tho body.
Every intelligent person recognizes
thai he goes to college" all his life IN
his own community, and that the value
of the education he is getting lies en-
tirelv in him self. The workshop. tho
office. the store, the kitchen, the laun-
dry. furnish facilities for laboratory
practice not To he obtained at Harvard
or Yale, and for lectures on political
economy, ethics, art, music, elocution
literature, he can have instruction
along those lines from 'sheads of de
partmcnts' il he only chooses to pay
Tor il The classroom" where he
goes to obtain this kind of instruction
IS the church or the operahousc. Gem
munitics differ as TO how much the,
arc willing to pay for such privileges
The writer knows of one Iowa tow
about half tho size Of Mo Valley, whcr,
they raise twelve hundred dollar
every winter for a lecture course, ant
not an attraction on the American plat
form is too good for them.
Mo. Valley citizen may yet obtain thi
dollar tuition. A high school pupil ca
mcnt Of fifty cents.
Nt LE IlIcl IlC- tllOMS IllSC CIG nv III
tege of hearing Father Vaughn, he wi
90 away from the opera house thrille
from the tips of his toes to the ends {
his fingers He will be made I
realize. for the first time, possibly
what power. exists in the human voic
to protray every emotion common I
mankind. Allowing, then, fifty cent
for Father Vaughn's lecture and thu
is cheap-for the price of a couple {
boxes of chocolates. more, he has OF
portunitv of listening Nov. %, TO til
IColonial Saxaphone Quartettc. who al
described as being artists of the higi
est order, and Dec. 2T, he may he;
Elizabeth De Barrie Gill, a beautifv
woman of the Mrs. Scott-Giddol
style, who, for several seasons, has eli
thrallcd audiences in every STATE in I'll
Union. Lastly, he may hear, free
charge, some time i'll March, MIR. Pa
iVoelker. a speaker who is described
being the strongest number on many
lecture course.
Truly, it would seem that a our
such as the above, offers education
advantages which are well worth I'll
patronage of all our better class
citizens. IL is hoped hat the remain
ing numbers will again be met with II
!; old-time large and enthusiastic auc
ences.
Season tickets for the four remainii
! numbers OF the Lecture Course will
, sold al the rate OF 81 LOO per ticket 4
adults, and 30 cents for children.
The list of attractions is as follows
Colonial %SaNaphone Quartette, vi
toria Lynn, reader, Nov. 26.
) Elizabeth De Barrie Gill, Harpist al
!, Ientertainer, Dec. u.
Father Vaughn, the great dramat
|, orator. an. -.
Paul +. Voelker, A. NJ, human n
ture lecture, some time in March-da
not settled.
Single admission tickets to any of t
above, with the exception of Faith
Vaughan, will be 35c for adults, a
2Oc for children
Admission to Father Vaughan S LEI
urc will be soc for anvone not holding
season ticket
Those who have not been solicited
any other way may obtain seas
tickets by applying to Mrs. Lahman,
Third street.