La Junta tribune., 1910-06-11
TAKING EDUCATION TO Thg S1o
PIE.
Mansasr Hernsr and his System, 4
Mammoth Advertising Cam
psioo.

atss and manages the most extensive
CAautauqua circuit In the world. In .
way II may be said to be the most 81
ssasivs educational system n The
eoantry.
! b q special article sader date 81
ADsil tAe Lincoln State JouFAA
sDsaks at sons length ef the pia. aa1
sesDs of tAs Relpath System. froa
which the following 10 quoted:
In . modest suite Of eincss o. ~
fesrth noor Of the Burr block In AA'
ooln sits . man Who 10 the Asvisiaa
organizing and controlling force In one
Of the largest educational instituGoea
Of America.
Much has been written about the
genius required to manage . CIRCUS.
Il IL probably all true. but even Barn,
um when he essayed to run three ringa
at one time did no. put them at dit'
ieren, places, but all under one test
Companions are odious." an ads
mittsd fact or one that IL not worthy
Of serious effort TO deny. but compast
sons are handy sometimes. And all
this is preliminary TO what Is 70
said about the Western RedpAth ChaU,
tauQua System, the headquarters Of
which are in Lincoln, and whose man.
ager. Charles F. Horner, 10 the mod
est occupant OF the modest suite Of Oh
Gees aforementioned.
When Bishop Vincent conceived the
idea Of 4 great peoples university"
on the banks OF Lake Chautauqua he
felt the crying need Of popularisins
moral and mental improvement and e
his geniu. is due the bettsrment Of
hundreds OF thousands OF the best citt
sens Of the land.
The purpose Of the Chautauana vas
10 aid both church and school. The
modern ChautauQuA claims no hiGhes
motive aud admits no msaner purpose
University extension brings TO the
home student an opportunity 70 40
0uirs the same liberal education %
tered to the more fortunate yosths
whs nay domicile At the seat OF learn
ing and sit At the feet Of personal
0amaiieL But university extsnsieo
appeals to the student who has time
70 devote to pains-takinG study. The
Caautauqua, BY populartsing sduca.
tion reaches and helps the masses oe
the people who have neither time %
inclination to devote themselves to
systematic study.
.Evsn . Poet Mvst Eat"
But however beautiful the theory Of
carrying free education to the masseo
the fact RENAME that none but the
millionaire philAnthropist can hope 70
succeed. And even af,er . seat OF
learning has been endowed strict bust
n@ss principles must be applied to its
management, to maintain Its emciency.
The need OF the ChautauQua has
been business management and the
lack OF application OF business meth
Cd. has draped the black rhrcud oves
many q platform ~hereon have
peared the brightest intsilecls -
nation.
Foreseeine the impossibi!ity OF main.
tanning the high eficisncy OF the inde
pendent ChautauQua In the towns ahd
smaller cities. Mr. Horner set about
less than five years ago TO devise some
other plan. He had had some e&pers
eBce with the management OF an in'
dependent assembly and more expert
ence with lyceum work He called 70
his aid and counsel other and expert
enced men and finally the circuit
plan" was evolved and was tried ous
In Nebraska four years ago this sea-
son.
The Rsdpath Plan.
This plan contemplztes using prao
tically the same lecturers. entertain
ers and musicians NJ each assembly
and the location OF the stands At such
convenient distances that no time 10
wasted In making the moves. few
good towns IN Nebrsska we're tried
and the success Of the undertaking
was 10 marked that other places we're
added to the circuit the following go.
son and Kansas Vas annexed TO me
western territory. Last year Colorado
was entered and one Chastau(ua vas
held in Wyoming at Cheyenne.
Durisg the coming summer season
this sysiem will conduct betwssa ssv.
suty and eighty assemblies In Ne
braska. Kansas. Colorado. wyon'sS
and Oklahoma and Texas. Making this
the largest chsuisuaua circuit In tAs
world.
Juas 20 and ciose the sixth day e4<
September. jus, In time for the opspS
lag Of the schools and the COLLEGES. p
The arst Chautsuoua Of the sessS
~,li open at Enid. Oklahoma. The
lecturers. estertainers aAd musicians
for that day will MI the program and
move on 10 another ioWa where they
Wiil open another assembly on tho
following day. In the meantime
the talent" for the second day
at the opening town viii give place
10 the performers for the third day,
and they Ia turn gill 60 to the secoad
town. Thus seven Chsutauquas Of
seven days each will be IL session sim.
ulisneously. This will continue iroo
June 20 10 September O.
BY way Of supplsmsnting the state.
menis In the Journal article. . few
facts aad figures may b intsrsssiag.
More than go people viii bs en-.
ninvaA IN - vs<,ns rsn~~t,t>. o.. a..