Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-05-05
The Midland ChautauIua Circuit Il
Des Mo'ues Will Open High
Cla sogiem in Decor
yune %.
PROGRAM " LAST
IT FULL DAYS.
One of the stron Chautauqus
Programs Ever 2 Here
Has Been Sci

of Des Moines will open the Decorah
ChautauQua here next month, June
20 to 20. A big eight day progr'
Of the best attractions obtainable
will be given and the prospects ire
that it will be the most successf Ill
Chautauqua ever held here.
DR.. G. S. Lakeland, the local man
ager, and the committee, composed
of DR.. w. r. Toye, pres. Richard
Schrubbe, treas; w. c. Adams, sec. );
E. j. Parman, Atty. E. J. Hook, VIM.
Ingvolds.ad, DR.. M. Willett and w.
E. Hoyt, are to be congratulated on
their efforts in securing such high
grade talent. 1t will be perhaps the
most successful chautauqua ever
held here, as over 500 tickets were
pledged for this year, which is
almost 200 more than last year.
Following are the various attrac.
tions which will appear on the pro-
gram in Decorah:
The Powers Shakesperean Play
Crs, consisting nf graduates and pro-
fessoIs from Leland T. Powers
School of Oratory, Boston, Mass,
the foremost school of it's kind in the
country today. They will produce
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Ella
sborately costumcd.
d The Ernest Gamble Concert Com
sSrany. This company has been on
II the road continuously for the past
NJ fourteen years, ard is one American
fcompany that has been able to max ,
(ian European tour successful from a
Financial as we'll as an artistic stand
Ctpoint. ot 3
/ Bostonian Sextette Club, c. l..
lstaats, director is likewise another
Iold established company. and "a big
Hattraction in every way.
II The Meistersingers Male Quartette
Y is another splendid organization. All
II of the members of the company have
solo voices and they sing together
with unusual harmony.
The Boyds, two member com.
Ipany which will be on the program
for preludes only have been on the
Jroad for several years and have been
filling full evenings in Lyceum as
we'll as Chautauqua. They offer an
unusual amount of variety for a two
member company.
Josephine Dominick, Reader, will
furnish preludes for one day. Mrs
Dominick is especially strong in di
alect reading.
II Hugh Anderson Operatic Quin
n tette, a company of four people witt
pianist who will give selections from
various grand operas.
4 Victor's Florentine Band of New
York City, will be the big musica
determination Of the season.
DR.. A. E. Wiggam will deliver hi:
ILLUSTRATED lecture on Heredity ant
Eugenics."
DR.. Chas. s. Medbury, pastor @
the University church of Christ, o
Des Moines, the largest church o
that denomination in the United
States with a membership arount
three thousand. He is an UNUSUAL!
forceful speaker.
N DR.. Russell H. Conwell, "Th'
Il Grand Old Man. of the Lyceum plat
form, will deliver the opening lee
ture.
The Thomp3on-Lybarger Debat
II on Socialism will ; e a red letter da
Il for the assembly. They are bot
NI.yceum and Chautauqua lecturer
OF experience.
n Edmund Vance Cook, the poet
I will give his lecture entertainment
p"Pot Luck with the Poet" He
cne Of the foremost lecturers Of tn
day, and a man with reputation
i and offers unique program.
DR.. w. A. Hunsberger will delive
an illustrated lecture on the Monies
sori method of Education. This wi
be illustrated by 5000 feet of copy
lighted film, enacted especially b
MADAM MOntessori. 1t will be o
|extremely interesting number
;chool people.
Joseph Rosani, Novelty Enter
Lainer and Manipulation, will be tn
strictly entertainment number OF tn
program. There is none other lik