The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-02-27
PLANS FOR
ATTRACTION
Amarillo Summer School and
ChautauQua VIII Present High
Glass Entertainment
(From Mondays Daily)

! This afternoon In the directors
room at the Chamber OF Commerce,
a number OF interested citizens will
taye up for discussion the PROPOSE
ton offered by two chautauqua men
who plan to make Amarillo the head
quarters for chautauqua lecture
bureau, The propositions to be UNI
der special consideration now Is for
attractions to be given In connection
with the summer assembly and teach
ters' training school which will be
given here next summer.
To Make Amarillo Headquarters.
I'VE aim to make Amarillo the
headquarters for our work from this
time on" said w. II. Murphy in ex-
planning his plan to several men in
Superintendent Fosters office this
morning, land all attractions for this
territory will be routed through
here. We will work in connection
with the Southwestern Chautauqua
Bureau OF South McAlester, Okla
Our territory includes from Wichita
Falls north through New Mexico to
Trinidad and Pueblo in Colorado. We
have all the New Mexico territory,
down the Pecos and up the Denver,
including Albuquerque and cities In
the western part. Then down the
Pecos Valley and west We have I'll
Paso and the few other towns Of
Importance in there. We can cover
this territory thoroughly and by CO.
operating with the Oklahoma bu-
reau we can make contracts for at
fractions together and can get them
cheaper than We could any other
way"
With Mr.. Murphy mere Is Mr. S. V.
Warnicka, who will be remembered
as the tenor in the Amphion quar-
tette which visited Amarillo some
time ago. These two gentlemen will
have charge OF the work and will
make Amarillo the headquarters.
The bureau aims not only to supply
summer chautaqua attractions but
also to book winter lecture courses
for all possible towns in this sec
ton. BY the arrangements OF cir
cults as outlined by Mr. Murphy, the
bureau would be able to route at
fractions with few blank dates and
on such an economical mileage basis
that very attractive rates can be
made to the various towns on the
circuit.
In line with the policy OF making
everything about the chautauqua
and summer school as reasonable in
price as possible and in giving the
visitors as many inducements as pos
sible, it would be planned to sell all
regularly enrolled students at the
training school, tickets to all the
chautauqua attractions at very
small price. Even at this, however,
the management now believes that
course tickets could be sold at the
public at large at remarkably low
rates. AS contemplated now there
would be seven different companies
or attractions on the list furnished
by the bureau. THESE companies
would give afternoon and evening
programs all different on seven diff
ferent days, making fourteen pro-
grams in all, and the management
plans to sell course tickets for all
the attractions at not more than
$2,50 each or about Is cents per sep
arate program. The numbers on the
program would be selected from a
list OF men and companies such as
Newell Dwight Hills, Frank w.
GunsauIus, Mrs. Florence Maybrick.
Edward Reno, Edward Amhurst OFT,
the Dunbar Quartette, the Hungarian
orchestra, kellogg Haines Singing
party.
The management of the training
school plans to have other lectures
and attractions in addition to these
named by the bureau so that In in
terest and quality the offering of the
Amarillo summer school and chau-
tauqua will not be outdone by any
in the West "FNNRTNE