The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-31
BANNER YEAR OF
ALL CHAUTAUQUAS
Nothing but Praise for Management 10
Heard Since the Close Last
Sabbath Evening.
ARRANGE NOW FOR NEXT YEAR
Mr.. Ellison, the Superintendent, Won
. Warm Spot in Hearts Of All
He Came in Contact With.

warm Spot IN T1edTIS OF All
He Came in Contact With.
closed on Sunday night after full
week of amusement, entertainment
and education. 1t is doing no violence
to other years, to say that this year
was the banner one since the Red
path-Vawter system, seven years ago
assumed the risk and responsibility
of furnishing talent and insuring a
successful course for Denison.
1t must be admitted that since the
arrangement was made We have 70.
ceived more than was expected or
promised and this was especially true
for this year. Nothing but praise for
the management is heard since the
close of the chautauqua. 1t seems al.
most incredible that plan could be
devised whereby, so much in the way
of entertainment, could be furnished
at so small a charge and the best part
of it is that arrangements have been
made for next year on the same faV-
orable basis as in the past. 1t is not
to be inferred that unqualified indorse-
ment is given to each and every feat
ure of the chautauqu this year, and yet
there can be no question but that as
a whole this was the best year since
the course was first inaugurated. One
noticeable change over other years
was the improvement in the order on
the grounds, there being less talking
and other disturbance than on prior
years and less annoyance on the op'
ening Gay on account of bitches oc-
curing by not being ready for the
opening. Much credit is due to Mr..
Ellison, who conducted the sessions.
and we hope he may be selected for
next year, and that a new tent may be
provided by the association to keep
out the raAl as we'll as rays of the sun.
The Review of last week mentioned
the features of the program up until
the time of going to press early on
Wednesday afternoon. We cannot,
however, refrain from again mention
ing the successful work of Mr.. Clarion
D. Hardy, who had charge of the
morning hour. A number of the lead
ing citizens declare that no feature Of
the chautauqua was of greater inter-
est than the lectures by Mr.. Hardy,
interspersed and illustrated, as they
were, by both serious and humorous
readings from popular authors. 1t
may be of interest to many people to
know that Mr.. Hardy is product OF
Crawford county, having been raised
in this community where he attended
the public schools and later the nor
NAL college. His case is but another
illustration of what good work the col
lege is doing.
The music on Wednesday afternoon
and evening was furnished by the
ARTISTS Company" high grade
musical aggregation. The lecture for
the afternoon was delivered by Dr..
Lincoln r. Writ, his subject being
Conquest of the Arctic" The speak
er, while not an orator, told a most
fascinating story of experiences in the
far north, during the three years
which he spent there several years
ago. The description of his travels
by means of a sled drawn by dogs
was very interesting to his audience
and especially when he mentioned
the names of his dogs and their pecul-
iarities and the hardships endured by
them in the service Of their master.
He developed so much interest con-
cerning one of his dogs he called
"Whiskers" that many who heard him
followed him about after the lecture
to inquire more particularly about the
dog and what became of it.
The principal feature of the evening
was the lecture by DR.. Frank w. Gun
saulus, of Chicago. DR.. Gunsaulus
has a reputation of being one OF the
greatest thinkers and lecturers of the
country and naturally the people who
had never heard him were anxious to
hear him on this occasion. His sub
ject was "A Chapter in the History
of Liberty" and his remarks i'm
pressed one that while his discussion
was great, he had not given particu-
lar attention to what he intended to
say with view of giving polished
lecture. He proved his fsarlessness
by launching into a discussion Of the
political situation, and one who fol-
lowed him closely could readily dis
cover what candidate he was not in
favor of, even if he did not make it