The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-09-14
CHAuTAUQUANS
DISCUSS TALENT
Delegates in Iowa Alliance Prepare
for Next Years Lectures.
MEDICORES TO BE WELDED OUT
Intention is to Keep Only Entertain.
ers Of AbiIity-Presiden Shock
ley Gives Views on Chautau-
quas and Purposes.

Des Moines, Stpt. Is. - Special:
Confidential reports concerning the
successes and failures of the past sea-
sons talent features the opening ses-
sion of the fourth annual convention
of the Iowa Chautauqua Alliance at
the Slavery yesterday afternoon. The
talent was graded according to merit
able 20 secure engagements for the
coming year.
The great value of such an alliance,
according to President G. w. Shock
ley, of OSkalOOSa, in his address, is
to meet and discuss the seasons sue
cesses and failures with a view to
securing the best possible talent for
next season, as no responsible bureau
wants mediocre talent. The system
of reports regarding the talent issued
annually by the alliance is alone
worth many times the cost of member
ship, he says.
"The chau;auqua is the peoples
forum where politics, morals, educa-
ton and religion may be discussed
from a nOn-partisan and non-sectar
ian standpoint" declared President
Snockley. THE Chautauqua brings to
the people at a time when the largest
number may attend, the messages
most vital in the present day life. 1t
is distinctly an uplift movement, and
it is pertinent observation that
gambling, horse racing and degrading
street fairs have given way to Chau-
tauquas which were never founded
for the purpose of exploiting any one
idea, either religious, moral, political
or commercial
Il believe tina the real live asso-
Citations fthe state are members OF
this alliance, which is mutual co.
operation society between the bureaus
and it's members"
Besides the bureau representatives,
tent and awning agents and talent,
the following delegates have reported:
A. w. Beeson, Pennington; w. T.
Grimes, Allerton; H. J. Hoogenakka
and F. NJ. Hopkins, Guthrie Center;
George d. KOser and A. A. Slade,
Iowa City; NJ. F. Coons, Goldfeld;
Julius ROhrer and F. D. BabcOck, Ida
Grove; DR.. A. d. Clark and David E.
Darrah, Charles City; G. d. ThOmp,
son, Mrs. w. G. Zitterell and Mrs. ].
f. King, Webster City; G. w. Shock
ley and c. Yer Ploeg, Oskaloosa;
Paul StiIlman and J. A. Henderson,
jefferson; G.. L. Smith and ]. J.
Grove, Ames; 7. V. Dugan and w. F.
Craig, Winterset; w. NJ. Carlisle. Mis-
souri, Valley; q. ". Spencer, Rock
well City; J. r. Caldwell and A. E.
Jackson, Of the Central Iowa Chautau-
qua association OF Tama and Toledo,
and Ross Mclaughlin, Guthrie Center.
The sessions today are being devot-
ed to brief but concise discussions
relative to the improvement of the
chautauquas throughout the state.
DIR. Frederick A. Cook, the Arctic
explorer, and his manager, S. J. Nc
Cracker, of Chicago, visited Des
MOines and the chautauquans yester-
day prior to making lecture tour
through southern Iowa, Missouri and
Kansas.
DR.. Cook announces that he will
sail for Europe Oct. |, in order to be
given a hearing concerning his al
legged discovery of the north pole be-
fore the International Geographical
congress, he Royal Geographical so
ciety and the Scotch Geographical So
Ciety.
My mission is to present my own
case and to uncover the unfairness of
the opposition rather than to chal,
lengc Peary's attainment" declared
DR. Cook. The verdict of history
will be the verdict of the people, as
they are the judges of the case"