The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-12-25
VINCENT MAKES
: SPLENDID ADDRESS
LOCAL LYCEUM COURSE OPENED
y VERY AUSPICIOUSLY ON
THURSDAY EVENING.
CONGRATULATE Com. CLUB
LARGE AUDIENCE ENJOYE ED
MASTER ORATORS RAPID
FIRE MASTERPIECE.

> The University course Of entertain
nents, which are to be given the cit
zens of Sank Centre, under the man.
cement Of the Sank Centre CONNER
ial Club, opened auspiciously on
'hurday evening of last with lee
ure by Dr.. George E. Vincent, Pres
dent of the State University.
The elite of Sank Centre, four hum
red strong, gathered in the opera
.ouse and for an hour and ten minutes
istened in rapt attention to a torren-
ial food of el0quence, the like Of
yhich one hears on but few occasions
.uring lifetime.
The distinguished speaker arrived
IN the Winnipeg flyer at 8:16 P. M.
nd was at once conveyed to the opera
.ouse in a Car, where he found a
apacity audience awaiting his coming.
Dr.. Hennemann, in a few well
aosen words, introduced the Doctor,
tho popped up popped up is not an
legant word but it rs the only one
nat will describe the action) popped
> the front of the stage and popped
.eadlong into his address.
The Doctor reminds one Of his dis
inguished father, Bishop Vincent, the
under of the Chatauqua-because he
! so different. The Bishop wears a
atriarchal, clerical beard-the Doctor
+. as clean shaver as a monk; the
ishop is portly and dignifed- the
octor sur-charged with nervous
lergy and locomotes as though his
'uscles were coiled wire springs;
ords fall from the Bishops lips like
lid shot from a thirteen inch cannon
the Doctor fires his verbal message
18th the rapidity Of machine gun,
-out thirty explosions per second;
1t there is the same kindly spirit
vinkling from the eyes; the same
eep insight into human character
nat enables them to reach the human
allure chords that respond instan-
I.neously to the touch; the same sug-
lsstive humorsity that causes ripples
I Enthusiastically funny thoughts to
iase one another through the brain
ithout voicing anything humorous.
he Doctor is a second edition Of the
shop, reduced, intensified, modern
ed and improved.
The subject Of the lecture was an.
unced as the Psychology of the
owd" or the mind of the Mob"
ny other title would have answered
|, purpose just as well-certain it is
the subject had been afflicted with
small pox the lecture would have
N immune.
The lecture was divided into two
is: The first part dealt with the
lis, frenzies, spontaneities of COM
mites, commonwealth and nations
both ancient and modern times and
1e an exceedingly interesting anal
is of the reasons and motive power
lit produces the mutuality of such
theological phemonea. Any writ
description of this part of the lee
lie would be futile, it must be heard
be appreciated.
The second part Of the lecture was
!roted to "spell-binding" and Spell
sders." His description and initial
of the patent medicine "spellbind-
was work of art, an elocutonary
n and was enjoyed by the audience
nensely.
He dismissed the jury "spellbinder
IEh few words but used enough to
lavince the audience that if Fate
4 willed him into legal instead Of
Lacational lines he would have made
lslouch of jury "spellbinder" him.
Next the Doctor paId his respect
political "spellbinders" and direct
the keen shafts of his satire and
barbed lightning of his irony to
llern political methods to the huge
Ngxt Of his audience. The surest
speaker can make . hit is to |
haste the politicians and rip polit-
Jap the hack.
Iplendid as WAS the lecture and
I.nificicnt as was the impression
!. behind him, the people Of this city
1ln& see or hear the real Doctor