The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-18
The CHAuTAuQUA
At HAMILTON
lecture by Rev. McNutt and Concert
BY Stroller ouartetts Featured
the Program Of
Yesterday.
TALKED ABOUT MEN
Five Things Necessary, Said Rev.
McNutt, the Idea, the Model, Ma.
terial, Tools and co-opera-
ton, in Men Making.
Especial to The Gate CITY i

HAMILTON, ILL.,, Aug. 1.-THE aft
ternoon program on Saturday after
noon consisted of a half hours con-
cert by the strollers' quartette, follow
ed by a lecture by the Rev. Geo. i.
McNutt who took for his subject:
Things and Men, He said in part:
Several days ago / slipped OF my
clerical garb and put on overalls to
ind out some things not taught in
school. went in thinking could
solve the labor problem In three
months. stayed seven years and
left without solving it, but | learned
some things. Today was told the
story of man who was i'll, a humble
laborer who said he didn't know how
he would have endured the long sick
/ days had it not been for the kindness
and friendly visits of very busy man.
am glad there Is man with a brain
big enough to build this great dam,
and with heart big enough to visit
humble man when he was i'll. Hugh
L. Cooper is a great man in more
ways than one. We have learned the
art OF making things but we don't
know how to make men. There are
i five essentials in making men and
things, the idea, the model the mater
ial, the tools and cooperation Gods
idea in making men is that he shall
have dominion God said let us
make man in our own image that he
may have domain. God gave us the
model by which to make men, in the
man Of Gallilee. The material is the
hoy himself, the tools are the en-
vironment of the boy. Then to make
q good man of the boy we must co
operate.
The evening program consisted of ;
full concert by the Strollers' quar-
tette Part of the program consiste'
of Scotch ballads, the singers veal
ing Scotch costume. The Sunday prc
gram will be a sermon in the morr
ling, lecture by Mr.. McNutt In tn
Afternoon and concert by the Stroll
| ers in the evening. This promises t
Ebe a record breaking day in atten6
ance.
On Friday morning at ten o'cloc
| Mr.. Arthur MacMurray gave reading
| from the works of Paul Laurence Dur
1 bar. He gave a brief sketch of tn
| life of the author who died at tn
/ age of 49, In his short life he brok
| away from the limitations of his rae
| and gave to the world his share {
| literary work. The selections read b
| Mr.. MacMurray were.
i The Colored Band.
/ Angelina.
/ How Lucy Backslid.
| When Malinda Sings.
| Howdy Honey, Howdy.
| The pathos of the last poem is mos
lEpoignant since it was his last poem
/ composed when he was no longer abb
| to hold pen but dictated it wit
| faltering tones.
/ The afternoon program opened wit
| half hour concert by The Stroller
| a quartette Of four men who sing wit
i remarkable sweetness. They sang
/ On the Sea ........... Dudley Buc
| Poor Little Lamb.
/ The Anvil Chorus from Robin Hood.
The Bugle Song.
| Absent.
/ The lecture of the afternoon wa
given by Hon. Lawrence B. Stringe
| of Lincoln, Ill He is presiding jude
| of the court of claims. 1t will be r
membered that 1t was Judge Stringt
| who was the candidate for U. S. SCI
ator against Lorimer. The detail
| Of the contest Is recent history.
4 Lecture on America.
Il Judge Stringer gave a lecture
| Greater America" He spoke
/ Americas supremacy geographical
i commercially, educationally and
| American ideals. He is fluent, el
ouent speaker and the lecture was a
. plauded to the echo.
Tho ayeninp DroPram was given