The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
RECORD BREAKING
CROWDS ATTEND
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS
AT cHAuTAuoUA.
GREAT PROGRAM YET 70 COME
Home Talent Played a Prominent
Part in Recent Sessions and
Made a Hit-K. Of p. GIee Club
..a-.. ~ This Evening. ~,.

Sunday evening was the only ser
vice at the Chautauqua on that day,
and yet in spite of this fact the audi
forum was nearly crowded. AS a
rule, so far in this Chautauqua, the
large audiences have been exception
al and the talent forthcoming will be
an incentive to still further patron
age Everything was free on Sun
day evening and here again Oska-
,loosa has always been exceptional in
that they have never required gate
admissions ON Sunday.
Our Band Makes Good.
A fine and appreciative audience
was present when the sacred concert
was given as prelude by the Iowa
Brigade Band, the pride Of Oskaloosa,
under the direction Of w. d.. Beck
man Some fine selections We're rem
dered in a most pleasing manner and
during the third, Perry Kissick took
the solo part with his cornet in a
rendition of Rock OF Ager," with
variations. Mr.: Kissick is a fine
musician and handles his instrument
Win great skill. f..
Editor Holt is Heard.
At the close of the concert Rev.
Alexander McFerran of the First
Presbyterian church offered the inyo-
cation. =" ..r ~
Hon. Hamilton Holt OF New York,
the editor of The Independent" dis
cussed the subject of The Federation
of the World" Mr.. Holt represents
the Carnegie Peace Foundation, as
does also Mr. Leland r. Robinson who
has just completed his series OF
morning lectures In his address,
Mr.. Holt proved to be thoroughly con
vefsant with the history of the peace
movement which will undoubtedly
prove one of the great movements OF
the age. He was one of the dele
gates to The Hague conference and
in June, 1909, the. Emperor OF Japan
conferred upon Mr.. Holt the Order Of
1.-THE Sacred Treasury in recognition OF
Ibis work in. promoting friendly rela
Etions ,betweenA Japan and the United
Estates. ,A His address was a strong
and powerful argument IN favor O
kpeace. 1g*. r.. ,y@..s <r. ..l.eE..z
X *. e.. Saturdays RECORD
Bright and early the days work be
tGan, and after the, deVOtfOnal exeT
'Icises by DR. ID. NJ Edwards, Mr.. lie
land r. Robinson, who goes from
here to Mount Vernon, Jefferson Co
Illinois, gave his closing lecture OIL
Some Problems Arising from thu
Present Crisis" In the discussion o
this subject many of the foggy ant
dim ideas regarding international Law
land it's purposes as 1t has to DO VIII
1.-The interests of various nations, Wer
lcleared up and explained. Foul
Ififths of the law has to do with the in
lterests of and the perpetuation o
Ipeace. Some OF the questions OF sci
warfare and the proper meaning o
!, the term contraband were also eS
planned. Mr.. Robinson stated that a
liar as the law was concerned tina
both England and Germany had vic
lated it's provisions and he explaine'
how it had been done.
In his discussion, he emphaticall,
upheld President Woodrow Wilson
and Secretary OF State Lansing 10
their firm stand in the interests o
the unfolding of the law and the In
terests Of peace. Privately Mr.. Rot
Iinson told the Herald man that n
had been delighted with his stay ii
Oskaloosa and that 1t was pleasure
for him to speak to the people, the,
we're intelligent and appreciative an
we're lawfully good listeners" HI
spoke highly OF our auditorium AM
Its fine acoustic properties. In fac
Iall of the talent are loud in thei
praise of the Oskaloosa 'Chautauquj
and they are always glad to COM
here, we'll knowing that they woul'
receive a hearty reception.
The Southern NegroeA
The Nine White Hussars appeare'
lin the prelude and feature OF thi
was the descriptive song, Case
Jones, Who Went Down With thu
Robert E. Lee" and the piccolo solo
l"Through the Air" The lecture o
1.-THE afternoon was delivered by Hon
Lincoln Mcconnell of Atlanta, Ga
who spoke regarding THE Negro q
II Have Known Him" Mr.. McCon
nell was born and raised in Tennes
Isee and his father was the sheriff o
the county at the time of the II
Klux Khan, which created such {
sensation in the South after the clos
of the war. He spoke of the trial
and discouragements that attended
both the Negro and the whites durini
the work of reconstruction. He re
lferred to the peculiar work of the pc
Ilnical carpetbagger that infested tina
section for years afterward unit
they were driven out by politica
Ichanges and reforms. He outlined
the advance and education of the ne
gro and stated that his redemption
and civilization depended upon hi
christian education and that These
lwere largely in the majority, thu
criminal classes were among tn
poor and ignorant, much the same a
Iamong the whites. His lecture wal
embellished with stories to illustrate
his points. ,a~ "
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