The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-04-06
The Lecture Course.

The following is a list of the mum.
bers as selected although the order
of their coming has not been deter
mined yet az the dates have not
been set. The first number is to
be a ten piece orchestra the
Grounds" under the leadership OF
MIR. Rounds himself. They were
organized in 1895 and have played
in every state in the Union. This
orchestra is guaranteed to be better
than the Ramos Spanish orchestra
that was SO we'll liked here last
year.
Another number is Gilbert AT
Lee Eldridge an impersonator ap-
pearing In costumed character
sketches. He impersonates David
Harum, julius Caesar, Samantha
Allen, Enoch Arden etc.
Edward S. Guilbert, Lecturer,
will probably give the famous lect-
ure "Gareth among the pots and
pans" 1t might be we'll to read
Tennyson's "King Arthur" SO you
will know who Gareth was.
The Morrison entertainers, Miss
Bess Gearhart Morrison reader
and Miss Florence Dogget, harp
list. We all enjoy harp music hnt
our privilege Of listening to. it is
limited to al occasional flight of
Dagos so every one will be pleased
to know that the committee has
secured this number.
Then last but by no means least
"The S~trollers" a male quartette,
and not only a male quartette but
having among their number al
impersonator, u pianist, bell ring
ers and Gordon Steele, known
when younger as ''rhe boy wonder
violinist."
The committee of the M. d. G.
In turning over the management of
the lecture course to the new com
mittee desire to thank those of the
community who we're counted a.
mong their patrons and wish to
state that the deficit was not pear.
ly SO high as was at first reported,
being somewhat less than twenty
dollars. This was not bad when
you consider that two of the mum.
bers came during the holi day sea.
son and only a week apart.
In canvassing the town to see
what support might be expected for
next year the committee met with
a great many peculiar yet interest
ing ideas of ~#haastt d lecture course
really is intended to be. They met
expressions like "Graft," "Beg-
etc. There have been lee
ture courses in Scotland off and on
for many years, and in all these
years never a member of a COM
mittee put SO much as one cent
his own pocket. On the other
hand it was necessary several times
those committeeman to reach
into their pockets and pull out
fuuney TO make up a loss,
Why then, do they undertake
such a thing? Because in nine
out of ten, yes, i'll nineteen
owns out of twenty, the lecture
course furnishes the only clean en-
;ertainment that ever comes to the
;own. The lecture course is edn-
,atlonal ii brings to you good mu-
tic instead Of rag time; sensible,
interesting, logical lectures instead
vulgar monolognes clean i'm
PRESENTATIONS instead Of cheap john
transformers, etc. etc.
II doesn't take the place Of the
SHOW" it isn't intended to. If
7ou are SO constituted that you re-
lily enjoy, and want your children
Q attend the class Of shows that
We generally have come to our
own, go. It is your privilege, but
lon't forget the lecture curse. 1t
will help to take the taste out Of
four mouth.
And the committee men are not
cuttnroats and g~rafters,
they are men who M%ill;np 10