Charlevoix county herald., 1910-10-29
Lecture Course
Ene List of Attractions Secured
By The High School.

A notable course OF lectures and en-.
tertainments has been arranged fol
East Jordan under the auspices OF
the public schools. The attractions
are all among the very best known on
the lyceum platform today. The en-
tire course is booked with Redpath
Iyceum Bureau, the bure9u which be-
IAN its long career OF more than
forty years With such men as JOhu B.
Cough, Wenedell Phillips aud Henry
Ward Beecher and which has been the
booking center for big attractions
both lectures and musicals from that
day to this.
STRICKLAND W. GILLIAN.
The opening number OF this notable
course, is Strickland w. Gillian. Mr..
Gillian Is too well known to the Am
erican readers TO require extensive
I comment here. Not only is he news
paper, magazine and platform humor-
ist, but he is poet and philosopher.
The Ladies Home Journal OF last jan
uary, contained five original poems OF
Gillilan's with an Introductory para
gragh by the editor who commented
upon the versatility OF writer who
being the author Of five tender and
serious poems there given, had also
written the famous "Off Agin, On
Agin, Gone Agin - Finnigin." His
literary work has also appeared in the
Woman's Home Companion. Success,
Judge, Life, Saturday Evening Post
and many other publications.
Mr.. Gillian Is one of the positive
and distinct personalities presented in
the world through the iyceum and the
public prints. He is not copyist,
neither in manner or matter. his orig
inality being his most distinctive
characteristic besides his merit.
One Of Mr.. Gillilan'S humorous / Ct
ures is entitled: Sunshine and AwK-
wardness". Another is: "A Sample
Case OF humOr."
NHMr. Gillian will appear in East Jor-
dan on the evening of November 8.
EDWARD AMHERST OFT.
The second number on the course
will be a lecture by Edward Amherst
OFT. DR.. OFT Is not only lecturer
but an author. He has appeared be-
fore more than three thousand aud
fences Ia America and more than
twenty-five Thousand copies of his
books have been sold American aud.
fences can scarce get enough of this
man and his purposeful oratory.
Every lecture should answer some
one OF the fundamental inquiries of
the mind. If a lecture is also humor-
Gus and highly entertaining, so much
the better. Although known as the
purposeful orator and author DR.. OFT
yet combines much OF the hurnor and
entertainment ia each OF his lectures
His lecture on "Sour Grapes" in
which he treats extensively OF her.
edity and environment, he has deliver
ed nearly one thousand times. Dur
the original New York Chautauaua in
GwD lectures. For two years DR.. OFT
was president or the International
Lyceum Association and he has done
much for the lyceum movement In
general throughout this country.
We are wont to think in this day Of
rush and worry there Is no time for
the art Of oratory. Social and econ
oAic conditions have made il neces-
@ry that each man should cultivate
Tue art Of being brief; OF speaking only
when 1t is absolutely necessary and
then say ing what he wants to say as
eXpeditiously as possible There are
those among us who regret this tend
ency Of the times sincerely, just as we
loss OF other cultural leisure. We
would like TO go back to the days Of
the old Greeks and Romans, when men
and women had time TO talk things
over and indulge in frequent flights
OF oratory.
Oratory, however, Is not dead yet.
Upon this point also concerning DR..
Ut, both as q public speaker and as
teacher of oratUry, Governor Cummins
of Iowa has this to say: ut is curious
error to assume that the day OF the
orator has passed. Upon the contrary,
i believe his influence is greater to
DAY than ever before. Therefore,
feel deep interest in the work DR..
OFT 10 doing. He is an accomplished
speaker, close and indefatigable
student and eminently fitted to train
men. whether old or young, 10 the
art of public speaking The date OF
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