The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-25
IHEPEOPLE'S FORUM



In the Issue OF your most valuable
paper of the 22d inst, YOU made A
most timely suggestion along line
which should prove of deep Interest
10 a great number ii the people OF cus
own city and Of our neIghborina
cities taat are now within easy reach
Of each other because Of the splendid
Recommendations anorded by our ran
road and street cars.
The suggestion made relative to the
opportiine time and the urgent neces
sity for higher class course Of Lectures
and entertainments which should
tend to Affect in time a broader de.
yelopment Of the mind, and conse,
quently. fmplant and inspire q truer
and better enlightenment all around
among the people of our city and the
surrounding cities near us, gives cause
for us to approve Of most heartily the
good idea mentioned by you 81
To that end ycn have kindly request.
ed your many readers to express their
views on the subject through your col.
nitmns. and while so doing, give plans
appropriate and practicable which
would make most effective. and at the
same time, become stablished per.
manentty lecture course association.
literary lyceum club, or something
of the kind, which Would have for It's
chiefest purpose the promotion OF the
public by obtaining the best lectures
and entertainments TO be had.
No one should hesitate for moment
to question the wisdom in. doing some
thing to bring about an organization
of some kind which would have for
its highest aim such a course of high
class lectures and entertainments as
would interest enough people to guar
antee the greatest success to those
who would venture to bring here for
the coming winter season OF 19o7-Os
three or four of the highest class at
fractions 4obtalnable.
,of course, there Is no. money In
such a worthy project, and 1t is not
the purpose that there should be, ex-
cepting that such an interest should
be taken by those who devise this met.
itorious organization SO THAI IT would
about pay for all the outlay of money
expended in securing the better attrac-
tons brought here.
With that end in view, there is no
doubt as to the possibility Of the plan,
and especially after 800 or 400 sea
son tickets are sold in advance at q
rate lower than the regular price adj
mission tickets. reproductions Of the
better class will attract a hundred or
more Of our people to another city
three or four times season, and 1t
a much greater expense, how many
more of our people would go to the
kind Of attractions given mere at a re-
duced expense, not saying anythirg
about the convenience aTorded byEhav-
ing such productioa rs here
Your suggestion is a good one, and
IL comes at the rigiia time. We would
suggest further that committee be ap.
pointed at once so that an organiza-
ton can be SO effected in time to book
such attractions as we should have
for the coming winter season. We,
therefore, nominate mat the West
virginian name good live man. The
Times another of the same kind. and
the two. when named, get together i'm.
medfateiy and select a third.
When the three persons are named,
let them begin at once TO bring about
such an organization as will give our
city and the other cities near us lee.
lures and entertainments Of a high.
er order than we have ever had be.
fore. Why should We, be compelled to
so so far away in order to see, hear
aud learn something we never knew,
at a great expense, when we ought to
have, the same here for the opportun-
ity and benefit of all, and at reduced
price? !
This kind OF an opportunity would
be of an everlasting benefit to great
number of people in our section, Such
a thing might finally conduce to a
broader field OF literary training Of a
better kind that we already have. In
fact, 1t is thrust at US often In the way
OF inquiry, Have you any Shakespeare
clubs. or any kind of literary organi.
cations in the city You boast of SC
highly?
"READER."
Any man can tel q lie. hnt Il takes