The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-12
GROWING CROWDS
ARE ATTENDING
CHAUIAUQUA
Greater Interest Shown Than in
Previous Years
MUSICAL FEATURES YESTERDAY
Coanzeo's Band With Miss Bentley
MUSICAL FEATURES YESTERDAY
Coanzelo's Band With Miss Bentley
as Soprano--Dr. Holmes critieises
School System.

Fridays Chautauqua entertain
ments, afternoon and evening, provid-
ed much Of interest to the large audi
ences which attended both programs.
In the afternoon, Dr. Holmes lecture
on the faults Of our educational sys-
TEN, selections by Luigi Colangelos
band, and Miss Ethel Bentley.
soprano, captivated their hearers. A
band concert in the evening with solos
by Miss Bentley and members of the.
band concluded the second of the
seven joyous days"
The address OF DR.. Holmes in the
afternoon which discussed the failings
Of the educational systems of the
country was we'll received and was
handled with the speakers customary
conclusiyeness and skill. DR.. Holmes
declared that the main fault Of our
educators is that they have no aim as
to the product which they wish to be
the result of their labors. In the edu-
cation OF tne young men and women
in the country, we should introduce a
variety OF experience, breadth OF
knowledge, and depth Of sympa.
thies and emotions.
Education is obtained in the home,
| in the school, and i'll the church. 1t
Is unfortunately true that the home in
huenee is not the same as it was years
aso. -.iS 10 & uI gri1is .sn iatlaFtriai
center as formerly it has become a
| mere social center and the boys and
girls raised therein are more like
guests than a part OF the mechanism
Of the home. This change of atmos-
| phere OF the home gives the young
man especially no sense OF RESPONSE
| bility and tends to make him inef-
| ficien;
The speaker said that the fault of
| the schools is that they have not yet
adjusted themselves to the changed
| conditions. The school must do what
| the home now refuses to do and edu-
cate the young people to meet the
| emergencies of life. School buildings
| should be open II months in the year
instead of 3 for use in training the
| young element of the town and for pre-
pairing them to become efficient citiz-
en-.
This problem Of the schools is one
to be applied TO every town and it is
| the duty of those who are looking out
for the youth of America to overcome
| the narrow selishness and inertia of
those who would block the way for an
efficient educational system.
Following his lecture, Or. Holmes
| called the attention of the audience to
the features OF future programs and
| announcement was made of the ad-
| dress to he given by DR.. A. Il. Turner
Saturday afternoon on watch Your
| STEP DR.. Turner was the local sup
|. erintendent Of the Chautauqua last
| year and is pleasantly remembered by
many Bennington people. Attention
was also called to the musical enter
tainments of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Such which will he rendered both this
afternoon and evening.
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the initial performance of Colangelo's
concert band which was thoroughly
enjoyed. The solos given by Miss
Ethel Bentley. soprano, were es.
pecially well received.
An audience which left very few
vacant seats in tho big tent Friday
evening demonstrated the expectation
of n musical treat in the presentation
of Colangclo's band for its second
concert. The band was conducted by
Luigi Colangelo Miss Bentley was
again the soloist and in no way was
the audience disappointed. for wide
variety of selections. ranging from the
classic TO the comic. left no individual
taste msatiefed Universal pleasure
in the bands entertainment was & ex.
pressed by the enthusiastic applause
OF each number