Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-07-05

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training classes for the boys and girls,
began work at the armory this morn
ing. Prof. Larimore is assisted by
the two young men who were with
him last year, and the youngsters
have a great treat in store for them
for the next ten days. There will be
swimming lessons in the afternoon
and all kinds of good clean sport for
the kiddies, under the best of leader
ship. Any parent who can possibly
have his boy or girl under the pro-
fessor's direction is playing a losing
game for himself and losing much of
life for the child if he withholds them
from this privilege.
Miss Edna e. Lowe, the popular
reader and health lecturer of the
1914 assembly, is here again for the
first five days of the session and gave
her first health lecture this morning
at l in the auditorium. Miss loves
evening recital on Thursday, 'If
Were King" promises to be especial
ly interesting.
DR.. Gilbert and Prof Berchtold of
the University of Oregon and Oregon
Agricultural College, respectively, be-
gin their classes in the morning and
their work in past years makes any
comment superfluous as to the value
and interest of their morning lee
lures. "Old Willamette" has repre-
sentative here this year in Dean
Alden, who is to give a course of lee
lures on Recent European History" !"
The w. c. 7. U. work is under the
able leadership of Mrs. Jennie NJ.
Kemp state president of that organ
ization. The Bible study is to be con-
Quoted by DR.. w. A. Elliott of Of
tawa; round table discussions will be
directed by Prof. Briscoe. All Of
these classes are worth the time of
even very busy people, for they touch
upon practical problems and subjects
of everyday concern.
The program of the twenty-third
assembly is a great array of first-class
talent, which is sure to please
Prof. Baumgardt is to give three
lectures, commencing with this even
ing. All those who heard this man
in 1913 and can possibly do so will
be on hand, for his pictures are of
surprising beauty and his comments
make them doubly interesting.
On Friday and Saturday come the
Floyds of Boston, expert magical en-
tertainers; Newell Dwight Hills, one
of the big headliners of eastern Chau-
tauquas; Nels Darling, "The Town
Doctor and Community Builder" and
the celebrated Schumann Quintet,
who captured our audiences in 1912
by their wonderful music and kindly
ways.
Saturday is Ashland day." and
Ashland should make the most of its
day. Nels Darling, who is here at
that time, is worth getting acquaint-
ed with, and the Schumann Quintet
will do their best to keep everybody
happy.
Chautauqua comes but once year
but when it comes it bring a great
supply of instructive entertainment,
high grade musical attractions and
good, wholesome fun, which is an up
lift to the community and benefit
to the people of Ashland in more
ways than one will ever know. This
will make twenty-three years of
Chautauqua advantages for our city,
and we have every reason to be proud
of our assembly, for people who come
from afar have often commented on
the work of the Southern Oregon
Chautauqua and especially of the true
Chautauqua spirit back of it. No
other institution outside of the
church and the public school has
brought so much real benefit to our
city; no other one thing has done so
much to advertise Ashland among the
better class Of people; many of our
best citizens have settled here be-
cause of the Chautauqua; our splen-
did park system, which has now be-
come one of Ashland's best known at
fractions, had it's origin in the old
Chautauqua park which was saved
with all its natural beauty by the
timely purchase of the Chautauqua
Association in the hard times of 1893,
and greatly developed under the di-
rection of the Ladies Chautauqua
Park Club. Like the school and like
the church, the benefits of Chautau-
qua are gradual and many pass them
without proper credit, but benefits
that go on slowly and steadily are
usually the ones that count most. 1t
is impossible to estimate the value
of such high grade assembly to this
community. Too much thanks can
not be given to the officers Of the