The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-22
HAS
FINE ATTRACTION
BELL RINGERS TONIGHT AND IN
MES BAND TOMORROW.
DIR. BRIsToL's TALK ON BRAINS
Ross Crane, the Celebrated crayon
Artist, PIeases Large Audience.
Rev. Hayes Lecture, Peter
the lmpetuous Man."
(From Tuesdays Daily

(From Tuesdays Daily
The Tuesday morning session of the
great Chautauqua assembly opened
with the uusal Bible study and very
helpful and interesting talk by Rev.
A. c. Kaye on the subject, Peter, the
Impetuous Man" He was followed
by Miss Killing I'm the monologue," Bar,
barrie Frietchie." Miss King is GER
tainly successful entertainer and she
has been encored on every appear
ance. She rs one of the most pleas
ing and talented readers who have
ever appeared at the Oskaloosa Chau-
tauqua. Her freedom from affectation
is one of her many charms.
This evening the Parland and New
hall Co., male quartette, horn quartette
and bell ringers, will appear in their
popular concert which will be devia-
ton from the form Of entertainments
yet enjoyed, and on tomorrow the star
attraction of the course will appear
both afternoon and evening, the cele-
.brated Innes Orchestral Band, with
eminent soloists, both vocal and In
strumental.
The Crane Entertainment.
The feature of the program Monday
evening was one of the best treats
yet offered, in the entertaining, illus
trated lecture, Looking Human Ma
ture In the Face" by Ross Crane, with
his drawing board and crayons, model
ing board and clay, and the piano. Mr..
Crane is certainly versatile genius
and a whole show In himself, and he
never failed to call for uproarious APP
plause as, with his remarkable COM
bination of skillful manipulations with
the crayon and clay ana unusual wit,
he conducted his entertainment, which
lasted during the entire evening with
out a dry feature. No description is
adequate to explain his performance.
He is an artist with unquestionable
ability, and while his remarks were
intended primarily for entertainment,
there was a theme of happy thoughts
connected with his pictures and mod
els which could not help but bear with
them a lasting lesson. ..- .sa
DR.. Bristol on Brains
After nearly aweek OF Chautauqua,
brimful of good things, people were
evidently somewhat tired on Monday,
and felt the need of little extra rest.
However, a good crowd was present
In the afternoon, in spite of the show
ers, to listen to DR.. Frank BristoPs
excellent lecture ON Brains" which
was an eloquent appeal for education.
DR.. Bristol is a friend of the common
people" and believes thoroughly in
universal education. He saws that
the history of civilization is tho his.
tory of brains but the size and shape
of the head and weight of the brain
have absolutely nothing to do with
the mental ability of the possesor. If
it were true, the Chinese are the most
intellectual people in the world, for
they are the largest-headed and heav'
lest Drained. The brain is measured
by the size of the thought. The time
has come when there is a demand, not
that just the elect few of the politi'
clans shall have brains, but that every
citizen must have brains and every
brain must be educated. Never be.
fore has ignorance been SO nearly
synonymous with crime. First-class
success in any enterprise results af.
ter tremendous competition, and in
competition brains win. Genius is
good sense-good sense on fire. The
difference between greatness and lit.
tleness, success and failure, is the
difference between being struck with
thoughts and not being struck with
thoughts"
Dr. Bristol expressed the opinion
that it may be fortunate for young
man to have to start out into the world
penniless and nameless. It is sad
truth that the sons of many rich men
are becoming dudes and yagabonds.
Anarchists would destroy the church,
state and schools with dynamite, and
the other fellows with their appetite.
OF the two classes, the latter Is the
more dangerous element in society.
1t is time to insist that school teach
ing be regarded as one of the learned
professions-not temporary make
shift until more profitable business
turns up. Teachers ought to be hand
somely and abundantly remunerated.
They ought to receive as good an in
come as those in other professions.
There is incongruity in paying the or
binary horse jockey more for teaching
horse to trot than a teacher to teach
children to think. The average
amount paid to school teachers per
day in the state OF Iowa Is $1.01. DR..
Bristol believes in an increase OF
wages "all along the line" but he
would begin with the school teacher
who has the most brain-taxing. nerve
taxing, heart-taxing work OF any class.
chautauqua Notes.
But three more days OF chautauqua.
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