The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02

little flower girls after their escort duty
b over. They sat in rustic arbOr,
whore they consumed ice cream with
every appearance Of having earned 1t
by strenuous toll.
In the afternoon the graduates mel
again in the Hall of Philosophy and the
Chanc, llor's word Of communication as
he gave out the diplomas was heart
cnpr To all who were fortunate enough
To receive II. In the evening the ban
quot, sadly misnamed as regards the
fieshly portion of the feast, bu; usually
balanced 10y the spt oChcs. which wax
exceedingly merry under the handling
Of the man who has been called the
"wittiest POSTMASTER in the United
States" Dr. George T.. Vincent. son If
the chancellor. president OF Chautauqua
institution and Of the University II
Minnesota.
The annual circus usually falls in
recognition week. II is given 10y the
young men of the athletic club. and 1t
has merits besides hose afforded by the
satisfaction of seeing people you know
do stunts you've heard them talk about,
In the first place they are really good
stunts. In the next 1t gives every MEM
Der Of the audience amusement to sec
DIR. Vincent beating a pan and Earl
Barncs rubbing sandpapcr In a kinder
symphony tas they once did in a kinder
tauqua vaudeville in Higgins Hand
and to hear jocosc rhymes about the
officers of the institution and the
lecturers on the platform. Needless to
say there Is a parade-a parade of in
genuity In which almost all the most
prominent men of Europe and America
appear. usually on floats, and appru-
priately placardcd.
Far back in the days of simple amuse-
ments the spelling match used To stand
out as a prize taker. 1t has continued
at Chautauqua through the years and
is one Of the features Of the season. \
ten dollar gold piece acts as stlmu-
liant. and the applause Is impdrtallY
given to winners and losers alike. Last
year some twenty odd rcprrscn .atiN"s
Of New York. ohio and PENNSYLVANIA
held one side against a many rcprc.cnt-
atives of the rest Of the world on the
other Pennsylvania won. with New
York second both winners being men.
where the year before the winners We're
women The frs word msSpclled was
"bacchanal" The young woman who
tackled It made four mistakes IN the
three syllahles. 1t was evident that she
/ didn't know Bacchus from Psyche.
| Highly commendahlc In real life, hut an
| academic acquaintance with the Ninous
! god might have saved her gold piece.
For some years past the Coburn
| Players have supplied the dramatic cle-
| mcnt in the summers programme 10y
giving one or two plays of the sort
commonly called cassie. This year an
| organization of experienced amateurs
| was on the grounds throughout thu
season To- give hdlf "A dozen gooC
modern plays. The Passing OF the
Third Floor Back" was the first IN ia,
repertoire Tw" years ago the Ben
Cough version of "Bardell and Pick
wick" created great amusement: Fran
els Wilson ,who is a &. l.. :. &. eradu-
ate and who used to have a reading
circle of his actors brought a company
to the lake at another time; pageant
of Chautauqua history was the ieadinl
feature of yet another session.
ON the musical side, while there ar
always several concerts a week an
the opportunities of hearing eXcellcn
music with the best voices. an orchcstr
, chorus and big organ are frequent, tn