Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-06-15
CHAUTAUQUA IS
DRAWING NEAR

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The third annual Idaho State Chau-
tauqua will be held iii the Pinney-
Iheatre, Boise, on June 10 to 29th.
Extensive preparations are being mad
to take care of large crowd of visi-
tors that is expected at that time.
An information bureau is being or
ganized, which will be opened at the
Y. M. G. A, and which will contain
all information regarding rooms, res
taurants, points of interest ir this
city, Chautauqua meetings and other
items of interest to strangers Spec
ial rates are being offered GA Al rail
roads and visitors are being expected
from all sections of Idaho. Theatre
cars Will be run daily on the inter
urban lines. During the past week
the sale of season tickets was OPEN
ed The season tickets are going rap
Idly but are not yet all sold. Thpse
are on sale at all leading drug stores
of Boise or may be procured w mail
by addressing the secretary of the
commercial club of Boise. Season
tickets should be purchased at once r
the reason that the number is limit
ed. The Chautauqua will open at
4.30 p. m. on Wednesday, June 18th,
when a reception will be rendered |
to DR.. Edward Howard Griges at the
Boise Commercial club. It was due
in great measure to the ability and
success of DR., Griggs as a lecturer
that the first Chautauqua in Boise
was success. The Idaho State Chau-
tauqua is especially fortunate this
year in securing Dr. Griggs for This
engagement, for the reason that he
refused a number of offers and has
consented to make addresses only at
the Idaho State Chautauqul and at
the Mother Chautauqua at Chau+au-
qua Lake, New York. 1t is no ex-
aggeration to say that DR.. ,friggs is
today the foremost lecturer on cul-
tural and vital subjects in the United '
States. A graduate of the Univer- I
sity of Indiana, Dr. Griggs af. ,,rwards ,
continued his studies along special
lines at the University of Berlin |
for several years he was instructor t
In English Literature at the Uniyer- q
sity of Indiana; for two years he was /
Assistant Professor of Ethics at Le- t
and Stanford; returning to his alma t
mater he served for another two 7
Years as professor of Literature, and h
again called to Leland Stanford he a
become full Professor of Ethics and a
afterwards for several years was at s
he head of the combined department b
If Ethics and Education. Since 1899 il
le has followed the vocation of a pub e
ic lecturer and has at present prob t
Ibly the most discriminating, exact b
ng and devoted following of any n
'ublic teacher along his line of work. ii
here are half dozen of his pub 81
ished volumes, and his lectures have u
ong been a foundation of suggestion tt
nd illumination to thousands of heal
RS. We might add that in the Chau- m
auqua the people of Idaho have Il
istinct advantage over eastern cities ta
here Dr. Griggs' lectures have as y,
rule been a rather high priced lux -,
ry, being accessible only In small
nd somewhat expensive courses. In
le Idaho Chautauqua, DR.. Griggs' M
,ctures extending through the whole ca
ssembly, will like everything else on er
lie program, be included in the sea-
IN tickets. DR.. Griggs' lectures 49,
ould Of themselves be worth a pro-
nged visit to Boise, and so well Il"
nown is this brilliant and stimulat- Of
& scholar that We need do hardly CT
ore than announce his engagement or
the leading feature of this years
On Wednesday evening
ter the reception, DR.. Griggs will
oliver one of his best addresses on
e subject of "Victor Hugo"
The closing number of the Chau- 70,
u1ua. program will be an address
Mr.. John Mitchell, former presi- oii
mt of the United Mine Workers. hi
r. Mitchell is no mere agitator or an
He Is a red blooded erl
,hter, but breaches not physical vio-, un
nee, but a soberly reasoned mes mi