The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-09-23

prluge, anu Dr. j. II. Kellogg, Editor OF
Good Health and superintendent of the
Battle Creek Sanitaripm. One of the
special lectures of the same week was
given by Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth of
the Volunteers of American
Recognition Week followed, beginning
August 18th with Recognition Day, one
of the unique and interesting occasions
of the summer. When the C. L. S. C..
graduates pass through the Golden Gate
of the Hall of Philosophy and receive
their diplomas for four years of required
reading, fell on August 18th. Mrs. Frost
graduated with the class of 1909 and is
an enthusiastic C. L. S. C. reader. The
annual baccalaureate sermon was preach
ed on the preceding Sunday by Bishop
John N. Vincent and the Recognition Day
address was made by w. H. P. Faunce of
Brown University, Providence, R. l. A
lecture series during the week on Organic
Evolution" was conducted by Professor J.
M. Coulter and another on 1.-THE Social
Aspects Of School Life" by Professor J.
j. Findlay. There was biographical
lecture series by DR.. Frank W. Gunsau-
lus on "Mendelssohn, "Gladstone" and
Lincoln.
The last day of the week was Grange
Day, which led up to the last topic of the
season, Country Life. The work of the
Agricultural Department of the summer
schools is directly related to Grange Day.
and grangers from all the surrounding
counties came in for the exercises, which
included, besides one public address.
special conferences on farm topics and
program of field sports for the young
grangers. Gov. B. B. Glenn of North
Carolina made the address. National
Conservation Day was observed August
18th, and there was an address by Mr.
H. M. Wilson, Chief Engineer of the
United States Geological Survey, on the
Conservation of Mineral Resources. /"
and lectures during the week on country
life, topics by Professor ]. w. jerks of
Cornell, DR.. c. W. Stiles, Chief of the
Division of Zoology, United States Pub
lie Health and Marine Hospital Service,
Professor Herbert J. Weber of Cornell.
and Mr.. J. Horace Mcfarland, President
of the American Civic Association.
But this is not the only side of life at
Chautauqua. Mrs. Frost was particular
ly interested in the musical program
which, striking as it always is at Chau-
tauqua, was never better than this sea-
son. The most important single event
was the appearance of the New York
Symphony Orchestra under the direction
OF Walter Damrosch, July "a, when it was
estimated that II, 900 people were on the
grounds, and 5000 in the Amphitheater
for the concert. Orchestral and vocal
concerts are given usually twice week,
and band concerts out of doors on the in
tervening days. Four soloists of reputa-
ton We're engaged for the first half of
the season and three for the last half.
These were Mrs. Frances Hewitt Bovine,
soprano, New York; Miss Florence L.
Flske, contralto, New York; Mr.. Henry
ID. Bastow, tenor, Jamaica, L. l.: Mr..
Bertram Schwahn, baritone, New York:
Miss Elizabeth Dodge, soprano, London:
Mr.. Alfred D. Shaw, tenor, New York:
Mr.. Herbert Waterous, basso, New
York. Their work was supplemented by
large volunteer choir and by the Chau-
tauqua Orchestra under the direction of
Mr.. Alfred Hallam. The heads of the
Music Department of the Summer
Schools, Mr.. William H. Sherwood,
pianist and Mr.. Sol Marcesson, violnist.
assisted frequently at the public concerts.
Even the children on the grounds are en-
listed and there is a large Junior choir
that is heard several times each summer
in cantatas. This season has presented
as never before musical feast of amaz-
ing proportions. Among the more i'm
portant numbers were the "Elijah' of
Mendelssohn, 1.-The Mermaid by Julian
Edwards, a choral arrangement of
Gounod's Faust, the complete cycle
VI SOleIluSe-4 dy loi I1ldWdCld anu
Franco Leoni's ''Gate of Life. In adj
dition to these, Unto the World by Peter
Benoit and the Children of Bethlehem
by Gilbert Pierne were presented by the
Children's Choir. AS the two choirs are
made up for the most part Of unframed
singers the results achieved are the more
remarkable. Interesting among the spec
ial concerts were the presentation of
Lane Wilson's song cycle, Flora Holi-
day." by the July quartet, and the Ten
nyson concert given for the Tennyson
centenary.
1t was on Old First Night that enthu-
siasm reached its height and the Chau-
tauqua spirit was most evident, for every
year on the first Tuesday in August ex-
ercises are held to commemorate the
founding of Chautauqua Assembly thirty
six years ago by Bishop John H. Vincent
and Lewis Miller. The presence of Bishop
Vincent, who is so much beloved and hon
ored, gives peculiar sentiment to the &C.
casion. This is deepened by the reading
of responsive service that was read on
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