The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01
ocALA TO HAVE GREAT ARRAY
OF ARTISTS IN cHAUTAUQUA

lmanageN of the Christian Culture In
Istitutio4 who has the management
lof the aautauqua in hand, has been
lizard at work over the program, de-
Itermine0 to make it the biggest and
best chaz itauqua Florida has seen.
This great chautauqua means much
for our 8mmunity, and at this time
of the war when many of us have
Iour mindS full of our summer vaca-
tons andNmuch time to give to the
planning Dor the coming winter sea-
son, it M ght be we'll to give few
thoughts 10 the exceptional treat
that is toNcome TO us in the spring.
There Mas been during the past
forty yea no movement of wider
spread til IN the chautauqua move
5 ment and no institution which has
r brought Greater inspiration and up
: lift into communities than the chau-
r tauqua. thousands of towns all over
the UnitA States, seeing the value
of the cIbutauqua, have established
courses aid are continuing them
) from yeaA to year, yet there are many
people ya unfamiliar with the move
ment and many totally ignorant as
to the maaning of the word.
Our city is to have a chautauqua
of the genuine kind, patterned after
the mother chautauqua at Chautau-
qua, N. ~, so let us prepare for the
great event, become familiar with
the work and begin right now to
boosts it and join with our fellow
citizens in making it great and
| glorious success. Let us all get the
chautauqua idea. Let it permeate
our minds; let's talk it to our
|neighborA write it to our friends. In
short, leta get the chautauqua idea |
We have Established the chautauqua
in our ho4e town. We have joined
ranks with other progressive cities
of our staNP ?. We have allied our
selves with Ahn institution that is go
ing to accomplish wonders in max
ing our tow a better town, our citi-
zens better athens.
There was a time when many of
our fellowFcitizens could only read ]
of the gfeat statesmen, orators,
Singers, musicians and en- {
tertainers md could rarely see or I
hear themAwithout taking long pill ,
grimages. by means of the chautau- l
qua, the bet and the greatest talent !,
will be brought at the cost of a few
pennies a day to our very doors. The /
idea is one of the great ,
est moral And educational forces III
the country4
Great REFORMS that have recently i
swept oveE our country are largely 8
tb the chautauqua when
strong med have spoken freely and :
fearlessly xand millions of people
who have Kathered at these annual
t0 listen to them have had {
their conscience so awakened that q
they have demanded that those in ,
should institute reforms. {
The chaAauqua movement is thor g
oughly n6enominational and non !
political and people of all creeds and /
parties comhingle. The chautauqua {
is organizedbn high grounds and has :
high aims. ~ appeals to the thought 8
full and the cultured and seeks to dis :
place some firms of amusement that ,
are unworthN and fraught with dan
ger. b II
More and lore in these strenuous
days people fael the need of vaca-
ton. Earne& people are hardly /
willing to waAe time in a vacation
which does MT bring them little !
intellectual uNlift; hence the phe-
nomenal grow&h of the chautauqua
movement. Al chautauqua is ben
ediction to anS community in which
it abides. 1t h appeals in its varied
programs to b tn old and young and
is certain to cultivate high ideals of
living and thought. The coming
program is ON of the strongest ever
presented. here appear lecturers
of national fame; singers from the
greatest opera companies, celebrated
orchestras am bands; famed enter
tainers and lmorists: noted Bible
teachers, oraNrs, scientists, etc. Hol-
ders of seasoH tickets hear for few
cents great &cturers, concerts and
other enterta% hments which would
ordinarily cot them not less than
fifty cents to Two dollars and in some
cases of YOU own chautauqua as
high as five &dollars. Every right
minded citiz& should give his loyal
support to Il Is great chautauqua.
Later on t program will be pre-
scented throu& these columns in full.
1t can be M htioned here, however,
that among e great attractions to
aOnpar IN OIL nrnoram will hn thn