Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-10-04

lecture COuISe VI lHIS year nave been
completed. The lecture course as
offered far surpasses anything that
has ever been offered before at this
institution. Every number from
start to finish is live, up-to-date Al
traction The personnel of every
number has reputation that is ma
ton wide and some have regulations
which they made before European
audiences.
First on the lecture course. and
the one that occurs on SATURDAY.. the
10Th of October, Is the Bergen-Mary
Trio. This company has for its per-
sonnet, first, Alfred Hiles Bergen
Mr. Bergen, who has a rich baritone
voice, comes to us after a success
full tour of Europe. The fact alone
that the Lyceum bureau has taken
out policy for $4,000 on his
voice assures us of the wonderful
voice that he has,
With MIR. Bergen are three other
we'll known musicians. Leon Marx.
Yiolinist, one time played at the Met
ropolitan opera house with Nordica.
Ysaye and others. The next mem
Der of this company is Hans Drissel.
the solo violoncellist The pianist of
this group is Carl Machlin. He
comes to us from the Chicago Music
College.
Space prohibits us from telling
One-half of the nice things of this
company, or of the following attrac.
tons. Yet the names of many of
these people are familiar and need
little introduction, especially is this
true of the second attraction, that
Of Miss Katherine Ridgeway.
Miss Ridgeway is really one of us,
having started her career from Col
fax. She is a graduate of the Uni
Versity of Washington. After finish
ing at the "U" she attended the Bos-
ton School of Oratory After finish
ing there, she was member of the
Temple Quartet, which toured
Canada and the United States for
two years. Miss Ridgeway is said
to be the best known reader of the
present generation. She will be as
sisted by Miss Evangeline Bridge,
pianist, who is graduate of the New
England Conservatory of Music and
4 for number of years was an in
structor at that place, This number
will be on the 9Th of December.
The third number will come a
month later, on January 7. This will
be the noted reformer, Governor E
W. Hoch of Kansas Governor Hoch
is an interesting, eloquent speaker.
he has a good voice and has some
thing to say, His reputation as 4
speaker has gone for beyond his home
state, and the reputation which he
made while governor of Kansas will
ever be remem bered
During the latter part of the same
month, on the oath of January,
comes Strickland w. Gillian, the
humorist Mr.. Gillian, with his hu-
hor, has message hidden away that
makes even an evening of merriment
worth while as an educational factor,
On March Mr.. Ralph Bingham
On entertainer, will make us forget
al about our troubles. It might be
thought that this is hard for one man
" 40 but not so after YOU hear about
nm How does he entertain" First,
ne is story teller, not dead num-
Oer out one who tells live up-to-datS
"orles. Yet that is only one of three
VI MS wonderful accomplishments.
ne mas rich baritone voice and is
~ artist on the piano The Daily
"eporter in a sentence, places him
Oeiore us; Mr.. Bingham is humor-
4 N' Oh the first class. He dramatizes
music with his voice recites funny
'Aetehes till the tears of laughter
'o' a-down ones checks and Plays
/ ae violin like Ole Bull" A man who
Ias such talent as this combined and
4 "Ho is an artist at each and every
4 we viii be worth travelling many
4 miles to hear.
conclude this extraordinary lee
e course will be the greatest and
enest priced of them all, the Ben
e' flayers. This number will be
pay under the management of Ben
eC The company is composed Of
payers who will present either
or two well known PLAYS, The
medy of Errors" or "She Stoops
/ % Conquer"
u brief way we can say that this
lure course is so Wei suited to
Ohege and college community that
! V single number will be greatly
/ ieclated Especially is this true
n, every student possesses a