Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-14
WEBSTER CITY CHAUTAU-
QUA OPENS AUSP|C|0USLY

course, he measures man by the "a
pacities of his mental faculties. He
preached the good old fashioned doc
trine that man should actually live
until he dies. His lecture was a
strong plea for efficiency in all the
avenues of public and private life.
To conquer oneself is the big task,
and as that task beat Alexander the
Great, so it has beaten many a big
ger as we'll as many smaller man.
Good books were calculated to assist
in building up strong personality.
The lecturer was sure that Ameri-
cans read too much very light liter
ature. They have done this to such
an extent that they have lost the
art of deep and clear thinking.
For the evening program the tent
was filled. After the Dunbar pro-
gram, DR.. Frederic Poole gave an il
Illustrated lecture on the Panama
Canal. The pictures were unique
and first-class, having been taken by
the lecturer himself, and through
them there ran keen appreciation
of the human contents of the STIR
ring story of Panama. There were
stereopticon slides and moving pict-
ure films. The lecturers program
wound it's way to the isthmus by
way of the coming Panama-PaciticI
Exposition now being prepared at
San Francisco, thereby whetting
ones appetite for the big show next
year-a show scheduled to cost 80
million dollars to stage. DR.. Poole
has spent some time on the isthmus
and his pictures and its accompany
ing lecture were an educative trip |
through the zone greatly appreciate
ed by the large audience. The NOV
ing pictures took the audience
through the famous cut, and finally
showed the first vessels to be lock-
ed through the canal. DR.. Poole
hopes to visit Mexico before the next
Chautauqua season, and he promises
to secure from Mexican scenes a
similar series of pictures. If this
scheme materializes, DR.. Pool would
be welcome item on next years
Chautauqua program.
At the close of yesterdays after
noon program, Miss Bertha Drown
organized a childrens class for ma
ture study and children's summer
athletics. For this work a childs
ticket is all that is needed. Parents
are invited to put their children I'M
der the care of Miss Drown for the
morning play hour, which will COM
bine play and useful instruction cal
culated to rightly develop the child
nature.
A very much worthwhile part of
program is the morning
lecture by J. Manley Phelps of the
University of Minnesota. This
Prof. Phelps lectured on
''The Drama and Life" and every
of Chautauqua Mr.. Phelps
subject will be along literary lines.
The Freeman-Tribune wishes to in
form the Webster City public that
this morning program by Mr.. Phelps
Is of such nature that it ought not
to be missed by anybody. Mr..
Phelps is natural orator. He isl
not merely a talker, nor is he mere
ly good speaker. He is born ora.
tor. Moreover, he has something to
say. His message touches literaturel
and life all along the red line where
life is supremacy interesting. His
theme today was general and intro
luctory. His general theme is liter
ature and life. On Monday morn
ng at ten o'clock he will speak on
success as illustrated in current lit
,rature. He will use three stories
rom modern literature to set forth
lis teaching-"The Man With One
Talent" by Richard Harding Davis;
he famous horse trading scene in
David Harum; and "The Man in the
Shadow" by Richard Washburn :
Child, will be three bits of current
literature studied by Mr.. Phelps on
Monday morning at ten o'clock.
These morning addresses should be
heard by all members of the wom-
EMS clubs of the city, and the gen.
eral public will find nothing on the
entire Chautauqua program more in
,eresting than these morning lect.
Tres of Mr.. Phelps.
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