Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-08-27
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THE 1915 CHAI1rAnoI1A

Wauseon's third Chautauqua is
now matter of history, but before
it gets to be ancient history it seems
to us to be worth while to take some
sort of an inventory of what this
Chautauqua has brought us as a COM
munity and ascertain if we may if
1t was really worth what it cost.
From the commercial point of view
il may seem rather an expensive in
stitution for a community like ours
II is bound to take considerable money
out of the community and it is only
a fair question to ask what the Chau-
tauqua gives us in return for our
money. There are some things that
are worth far more to any people
than can be computed in the terms
Of dollars and cents; in our judg-
ment we believe that the Redpath
Chautauqua has brought to us and
left with us as a community far great
er value than the money that was
paid for their services. But it is one
thing to have such values brought ia
a community and quite another thing
for the people of the community to
be benefited by them; such benefits
must be appropriated by the people
themselves.
One real benefit which has accrued
to the business men Of Wauseon be-
cause Of the Chautauqua this sea-
son is the spirit of cooperation which
has been fostered by the local COM
mittee they worked together in per-
feet harmony and by cooperative
work assured the financial success Of
this years event. When a communi.
ty learns to work together for the
common good and uplift nothing shor,
Of some disaster of nature like 9
cyclone or an earthquake can checl
its real progress and prosperity. The
point to be borne in mind is, that
having learned that we can cooper.
ate, we keep right on cooperating ir
building up the community.
Another inestimable value lies il
what the Redpath workers did fol
and with the children during tn.
week they were here. Play is the
natural oppression Of Child nature
and 1t is through this expression wise
ly directed that the normal child de
velopes in mind, body and character
to heafthful happy an efficient ma
turity.
We shall reap large benefit in thi.
community If we follow the sugges
tions of the children's Chautauqus
work and furnish our children will
opportunity and facility for play
this is a point on which we expect t.
say more later and we shall be glat
to receive suggestions froIh thos,
who are awake to the splendid op
portunity in this line.
The splendid music and entertain
ments of the Chautauqua have some
thing more of value than merely tn,
pleasure, which they bring, they Sc
new and higher goal to be attain
ed in these things; they create de
sire for better class of amusement
and a taste for the higher forms O
art and they awaken in the ycunge
element a clean and vivid imagina
tion that lights the way to highel
planes of living.
Time and space does not permit ii
10 write in detail all that we hav,
in mind concerning the information
instruction, inspiration and incen
tive that was brought to us by tn,
Chautauqua lecturers. As a com
munity we shall receive the full mea
sure Of benefit as we as individual
and a people apply and act upon al
- Al
ed before us new and better ways o
living. As we do this we shall be
come rich in the things of life.