Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-05-25
THIRD ANNUAL CHAUTAyQUA
Comprehensive ard Attract We Pro
gram has been
Prepared

WIZ NC Heiu III TinHey lneatrc, bOlS
June 10 to 20, and the board Of direc
tors has announced a very compre
nensive and attractive program.
mas been the aim Of the State Chau
tauqua Association to make the stand
ard of the Idaho Assembly consider
aoly higher than anything else In tn
west and in the previous two years
mas MADE good In that way. Tha
this years program will be equal to
Al nol superior to the other two is tn,
oelief of all those who are thorough
~ acquainted with the talent and Il
IS expected that the attendance a
the third Assembly will be greater
tnan ever.
Less attention will be paid this veal
60 class work, both the agriculture
ald physical culture classes havint
| been dropped. This is for the sole
reason that the Chautauqua Associ
atlon has not yet been able to estab
ilsh itself in the country and these
Two classes do not fit well with tn,
other parts of a city Chautauqua
Ihls, however, has enabled the boaru
% devote more funds to its genera,
program and 1t is felt that the dit
4erence will be shown In the results
The principal lecturer for this
Jear are DR.. Edward Howard Griges
II New York, John Mitchell, vice
president of the American Fedora
tion of labor, and for many years
president of the United Mine Work
ers and Cora Mel Patten, whose rep
utation is unexcelled as a lecturer
and reader.
Dr. Griggs proved the big featur.
OF the First Chautauqua Assembly ey
er held in Idaho, it was his wonderful.
work which placed the Chautauqua
ON such high standard In this state
and his return has been welcomed
by all those who know anything OF
his previous work. He will give ap-
proximately l8 lectures. consisting OF
two courses of 8 lectures each, one
on the Great Biographies and the
other on THE Ethics Of Personal
Llfe.' one lecture on julius Caesar
and one on Victor Hugo. The last
lecture is taken from DIR. Griggs
wonderful course OH Great Moral
Leaders and his lecture on julius
Caesar Is well known as the mos.
powerful one he has dealing with
the characters of Shakespeare. DR..
Griggs was professor in the Indi.
ana University and the Leland Stan.
ford University for a good many
years, he has established q reputa.
tion as powerful lecturer on social
moral and historical questions which
places him in the front rank of Amer
leans who are on the platform ana
the Idaho State Chautauqua is the
only one at which he will lecture this |
year except that at Chautauqua
Lake, New York.
John Mitchell is we'll known to ey.
cry informed citizen of the country.
tie has beer the greatest of Ameri-
cas- great labo: leaders, has welded
more powerful influence in labor
and money circles than any otter m,
nan and Is best known for his s;.n.
ty good judgment and loyai:y.
While a very firm believer In the
'ause of labor, he is not radical O,
'ne-sided in the matter but has been
IDLE to obtain for his following rore
results and real benefits than
my other leader the country has cy.
# known.
His subject will be "The Philo-
ophy, Purposes, and Ideals Of the
Trade Union Movement" a subject
N which no man can talk like John
litchell and on which his word Is
bsolute authority. 1t Is expected
hat the people of Idaho will well
ONE a chance to hear this famous
nan especially at this time when la.
or questions are uppermost In their
linds. Mr., Mitchell will lecture on
aturday night, June 29th, the last 4
light of the Assembly.
Cora Mel Patten will be at the
hautauqua five days and will give
reading every afternoon. Miss Pat.
IN Is undoubtedly the best known
oman reader in the United States
'day. She is equal in her own line
Prof. S, II. Clark who was at the
hautauqua in 1911. His work is
different from hers, she 20. n
lg more into modern hooks and Z