Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-07-16
ATTENDANCE GAINS
INTEREST IN LADYSMiTH CAAU'
TAUQUA SHOWS INCREASE
EACH DAY
ALL ENTHySE over PROGRAMS
With Favorable Weather Balance of
Week Project Will be Spien-
did Success

From the opening program Of the
Ladysmith Chautauqua Tuesday at
ternoon. interest in and enthusiasm
for this innovation for Rusk county
has been steadily growing. Attend
ance has been climbing steadily and
with favorable weather for the re-
mainder of the week, the project
gives every indication Of being a
complete success.
Attendance the first three days
was approximately as follows: Tues
day-Aftern0on 175; evening 250.
Observation-Disclosures 1856; evening
300. Thursday-ATernoon 1926; even
ing 500.
Grossman's Hungarian Orchestra
was the musical treat-which is put
ting it mildly-on the opening day
This splendid organization gave two
most delightful concerts and the
tent should have been better filled
on both occasions.
William n. Kiekhoefer
The lecturer on the opening day
was Professor William H. Kiokh0ef-
err, of the Department Of Economics
and Sociology of the University. Mr.
KiekhOefer spoke in the afternoon
on The Springs Of Happiness"
The lecture was a portrayal of the
ends worth while in individual and
social effort; a survey OF the val
ues in life most conducive to human
happiness. From the earliest aWak
nning Of mans reflective conscious
ness dntu that consciousness ceas-
es mans most ardent desire is to
be happy, and life knows no great
er tragedy than when he becomes
convinced that happiness for him
is .rl OOssible' With an abundance
of illustrative facts drawn from in
dividual life and social conditions,
the speaker described pleasure and
wealth, position and knowledge as
springs to which men and women
go in quest Of happiness and often
and social, only comes through self
realization, and the fullest self real
izatiOn is possible only in the ser
vice of ones fellow men Thus did
the speaker blend the Old Stole ideal
of self realization with the Chris
tan ideal of service
Crusades Of Today
"Beholding the elimination in the
present world catastrophe Of the
sordid materialsm and Grass selfish
ness Of nations, many people are
inclined to say that the romance and
idealism of the crusading spirit have
forever gone Eut as l contemplate
some of the great social, economic,
and political movements Of the day,
enlisting the enthusiastic and self
sacrificing devotion of millions the
world over, | am inclined to think
that there was never more romance
or idealism in the world than in the
crusades of today" This was one
of the opening statements Of Pro
fessor Kiekhoefer's in his lecture
in the evening entitled, The Cru
sadcs Of Today" The peace, WOm-
an, eugenic temperance, and labor
movements, the movement against
commercialization, pro3ressivism and
socialism were all interpreted as
partaking of the nature Of crusades
and calling for the spirit of the cru
sader on the part of their cham
pions Professor Kiekhoefer gave
his attention particularly to phases
of the peace. woman, and labor
movements which illustrated his topic
Second Day
DR.. William Forbush was the lee
turer on the second day His tall
in the evening on THE Boy Prob
lem" was one every parent ought t
have heard DR.. FOrbush is Low
er of boys and has worked with then
and for them for years. He possess
es a practical insight into the reas
Ons that make the successful rear
ing of the boy a problem in an,
home DR.. Forbush is an enter
tanning speaker and was closely fol
lowed by his hearers
The musical numbers on WedneS
day were furnished by the nlinoi
Glee Club These four young me
gave programs that were most el
Enthusiastically received, both afte
noon and evening. Selections wit