The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-22
DISSOLYFS
some fALLACIES
LECTURE GIVEN AT METHODIST
CHAuTAUQUA YESTERDAY
UNDER DISADVANTAGES,
MUCH APPRECIATED.

a large number of people were dis
appointed at the Methodist chautauqua
last evening in not hearing the lecture
of Ernest Wray Oneal, which had been
announced for the evening. Mr.. OneaI
arrived yesterday noon prepared To
give his lecture at 2:30 as had been
previously arranged. On being in
formed that his lecture had been post
poned until the evening in order to
give more people an opportunity to
hear him, Mr.. Oneal told of another
engagement for the evening that ne
cessitated his taking the afternoon
train. His lecture was therefore given
in the afternoon.
Mr.. Oneal appeared to a dlsadvan-
tage as the audience had come to hear
"A concert and not lecture. His
theme was Popular Fallacies," and he
won the appreciation Of all.
He based his talk on the supposition
that all men were seeking success, and
spoke particularly to the youth in his
audience. He emphasized three falla-
cies i'm particular: First. that success
could be attained without health or
proper physical development; second,
that success could be attained without
work; and third. that the goal of a
mans ambition could be reached with
out morality. Under each head he
gave several concrete examples and
also the exceptions to his argument. If
there were any to give.
"To make a successful career with
out proper physical development of
the body" said Mr. Oneal, lis like the
mounting of a Krupp gun on a fran
carriage" He spoke of the great care
exercised by the ancient Egyptians i'm
regard to the body, even after death.
Milton and Beethoven were exceptions
to the general rule of health, Milton
being hampered by his blindness, and
Beethoven by his faulty hearing.
"rrhe necessity of hard work i'm the
lives of successful men and women is
Illustrated by Edison. who said. Cen
ious is not inspiration but perspira-
ton" Genius was further defined as
the result OF hard work by Carlyle's
saying. Genius Is concentration"
Under the division of morality Mr..
Oneal said that success was getting i'm
to the right relations with other people.
and this can only be done by exercising
n due amount of morality.
In conclusion, reputation and char
..H.xtsfnar thaf
pearances do not always prove the
man. These lines contain the meat OF
his closing remarks:
Reputation is seeming, character is
being
Reputation is the photograph of the
man. character is the face"
Reputation shows the outside, char
acter the inside"
Reputation will get a position. char
acter will enable us to retain it,"
Reputation is what men say of us,
character is what the angels know
Mr.. Oneal is a very rapid speaker
and held his hearers deeply interested.
His lecture was instructive and ms
words seemed to come from wide ex-
perience, showing a wonderful power
of observation.
Last evening the Apollo quartette
and bell ringers made their last ap-
pearance. The quartette made ue-
cided hit at the chautauqua. The mu-
sicians with their varied instrumental
tion. their splendid solo selections
their clever bell ringing, their large
selection of popular and classical Sc
Iections i'm all lines of music, made u
wonderfully good impression on their
auditors.
The bell ringing was n very interest
ing feature of the program, and popu-
lar songs such as "The Storm King
"Swanee River" "Glow-worm," "Auld
lang Svne" "and "America," were
very well received. The most beautiful
selections ON the mandolin. flute, and
guitar. was undoubtedly the overture
"poet and Peasant" by Suppe.
Mr.. Holmes showed himself to be an
expert with the cornet I'm the seiec-
tions of the brass trio, and Mr. Welis
amused the audience by his stunts on
the banio. at one time playing the tre-
molo accompaniment and the melody
at the same time
The lecture w Mr.. wickersham this
evening promises to be one of the pes,
in the course and there Is no oouo'
that tho attendance will be large.
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