The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-20
Big Program on Sunday
Closes l9l6Chautauqua

One Of the largest, if not the largest
attendance of the 1916 assembly, wit
messed the close of ChautauQua Sun
day. Not only was Valley City we'll
represented on the grounds, but WELL
known persons from score of neigh
boring communities came down to
spend the day. The interest in the
program did not wane in the last day,
as is sometimes customary but the
strong program that has character
lied day after day, continued until the
very close Of the session.
! The largest point Of interest Sun
day morning was a powerful sermon
by Bishop J. Poyntz Tyler, of the
North Dakota diocese of the Episcopal
church. Bishop Tyler is regarded as
one Of the keenest figures in north
west ecclesiastical circles and his SER
mon Sunday was we'll in keeping with
! the bishops reputation as a man who
breaches straight from the shoulder
The afternoon program was opened
! by the American Operate company,
an aggregation of artists OF a little diff
ferent type than the Chicago operate
company. They limited themselves
very largely, especially in the evening,
to sacred music. Their program was
replete with interesting quartet num-
bers, duets and solos, and everybody
in the park was in the auditorium
when they performed.
Bouck White, preacher from prison,
as he calls himself, of the Church of
the Social Revolution, New York City,
held the interest of the large audi
ence for over an hour, and then met
again later in the afternoon with a
large group of interested persons who
had gathered to ask questions and fur
Their enlighten themselves on the
theories of the speaker.
Bouck White opened his address
with the words, when die, I want
these words inscribed on my sepul'
chre: Here lies good citizen, but
a poor patriot He then continued to
elaborate on a distinction of the two
terms, which amounted to this, that
patriotism is associated with destruc-
ton; citizenship with construction.
The one means peace and prosperity
and fills the public purse; while the
other means war, hoWitzers and or
purse.
The speaker pointed out that war is
a game played by few capitalists at
the expense of the poorer classes, to
fill the pockets Of the rich. He ex-
hibited a cartoon, published by him
some weeks ago, antagonizing militar-
ism, and for which he was thrown
into prison, because. he said, when
your antagonize war you antagonize
the great interests
The speaker told of the advace
made in death-dealing devices since the
last great war and predicted what the
advances might be in the future, if
militarism were not checked. He pic
tured these devices as being so great
as to depopulate the globe, by the use
of enemies upon each other of deadly
disease germs and plaques, etc.
Patriotism and nationalism must
give away to internationalism and un-
iversal brotherhood to save the world
from utter destruction in time, the
speaker said, and after all, under the
surface of the skin, all races are alike,
They all have red blood.
Bouck Whites address was intense
ly interesting. Many who had come
expecting to hear more radical ad-
dress prompted by reports that pre-
coded the speaker to the state, were
somewhat surprised at his treatment
of the subject and remained to hear
his discussion of questions asked in
the second meeting.
The evening program was given over
entirely to the American operate
company and the moving pictures.
ESTHER" was the subject of that fine
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in three reels.
leaves only memories of many fine
features. The boys and girls en-
! campments, while not as large as
other years, were, nevertheless, as
full of interest as ever. Less heavy
work and more play made them de-
lightful outing for the boys and girls
and will undoubtedly bring up the at
tendance next season.
The dairy school brought some in
teresting speakers to the grounds.
This is becoming a more and more i'm
portant phase of the work each sue
ceeding year.
The matter of transportation took
the problem out Of going to and from
the park this year. The large crowds
were nearly always expeditiously ham
died and there was no complaint.
The child welfare work, while it was
designed to start little later than U.s.
ual this year, brought out a good deal
! of interest and was another valuable
phase of the work.
Such matters as these have made
the 1916 assembly interesting and prof
table, but there are also many others
that space will not allow the enumer-
, alton of.