The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-07-15
THE CHAUTAUQUA

a week. This year II paid out hand
somely, it being one Of the best years
since the chautauQua was i~naugurated
here. The program on the whole, too.
was one Of the best ever given. We
don't know Of a weak number, and
there is general satisfaction among
chautauqua patrons.
On Thursday afternoon the Bostonia
Sextette furnished the program, CIV
ing an entertainment of such merit
that it met with the hearty approval
of the crowd. C.. l.. Stats, the direc-
tor and ~clarinetist, deserves special
mention.
A lecture somewhat out of the ordin-
airy was that of A. E. Wiggam on Her
edity and Human Progress in the even
ing. With the uses of slides Mr.. Wig
gam showed the remarkable progress
that has been made in the study of
heredity during the past fifteen years.
One of the best numbers Of the
week was the debate on Friday after
noon, L. F. Lybarger and Carl d.
Thompson. The subject was: "Is So
cialism Desirable for the United
States" This was no cut-and-dried
affair, but was warm every minute.
Each Of the debators springs some-
thing entirely new on his opponent at
each debate, and this makes a very in
teresting contest for the audience. Mr..
Thompson brought out some new
points about socialism that the gen
eral public is not generally acquainted
with.
Rosani, the juggler, held the boards
in the evening and gave a good enter
tainment, the best of it's kind ever seen
here. Rosani is humorous as well
as clever and he kept the crowds at.
tention every minute.
Saturday afternoon came the big
attraction of the week, a lecture by ex-
Senator LATE Young of Iowa, who has
just returned from a trip through the
European war zone. 1t was a mistake
we believe to schedule this important
number on an afternoon, and a Satur-
day afternoon at that, as it deprived a
large number of the opportunity Of
hearing it. Still the crowd was a good
one, but it might just as well have
haap fwipa 90 largo
Mr.. Young's talk was a plain de-
scription Of the happenings in the war
countries and in the fighting trenches.
He said that there were $4,000, 900 men
under arms in Europe at the present
time. Not all of these are on the FIR
ing line Of course, but they are in
readiness, and he predicted that the
side which was able to put the most
men in the field would win. The war,
he said, would last a year and prob
ably longer. He said that the Ger
man army was the greatest fighting
but he was not so complimentary to
the Teutons in other respects. He
also took a shot at the English, whom
he said were not displaying very much
patriotism and he predicted that If
they didn't wake up and get into the
game they would get a licking. Mr..
Young gave an interesting description
of his visit to the French trenches,
which at some points were not over
forty feet from the German lines.
DR.. Russell w. Conwell gave a
strong address in the evening, deliver
ing his famous lecture, Acres Of Dia-
monds," which he has given v e FIVE
thousand times. He said that a per.
son was very unwise to go at a dis
lance to acquire wealth, as numerous
opportunities awaited n right at
home. DR.. Conwell is a Philadelphia
pastor and president of the Temple
University of hat city. The proceeds
Of his lectures goes to help educate
young men and he has assisted rel
1000 of these.
The Meistersir.gers, a very clever
Quartette, gave the preludes on Satur-
day.
DR.. Chas. S. Medbury gave the lee.
ture Sunday afternoon, his subject
being Forty Million Young Folks"
His lecture dealt entirely with the
young folks and he had many words
Of good advice for them.
The Ernest Gamble Concert Com
pany, old Brookings favorites. made
many new friends this year. They
gave the prelude Sunday afternoon
and a scored concert in the evening,
all of their work being very pleasing.
Monday afternoon we had "Potluck
With the Poet" Edmund Vance Cook
entertained and delighted his hearers,
especially the young folks. In the
evening DR.. w. A. Hunsberger lectur-
ed on the Montessori Method Of edu.
cation. This talk was very interest
ing and authoritative, as DR.. Huns