El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-08
.LYCEUM COURSE
BROUGHT HERE
Rotarians to Offer Ten Mum
bers, Including Ben
Greet Players.

The people Of Fl Paso VIII enjoy the
benefits OF a lyceum course. consisting
OF ten high class entertainments, which
will be given next winter under the
auspices of the FL Paso Rotary club.
This was decided at the regular weekly
luncheon of the Rotarians Thursday in
the grill room of the Sheldon hotel
The lyceum course VIII include such
prominent entertainers as the Ben
Greet players and Thomas Brooks
Fletcher.
The course viii be- supplied by the
Redpath lyceum bureau
Season tickets viii be sold and the
course viii be held in the high school
auditorium. all the profits TO 20 TO the
high school
After the plan had 5een put before
the Rotarlans by Miss Nerna Nastine,
representing the lyceum bureau. -. a
Martin made a talk urging its accept
ance as an educs tional step in the p-o-
-ress of FL PasO-
p. ". Kayser moved that the course
be contra cted for. and il was done with
a unanimous vote Of the members
The Iyceum course consists OF The
following:
The Ben Greet Shaksperean players;
tho Ada Roach Co presenting In the
Heart Of the Immigrant" 4 musical en-
Thomas Brooks Fletcher. lecturer;
Montague Light opera company; Roila
Mcbride. the public defender OF Pitts
burg, and lecturer: The Home Land
Male Quartet; Schumann quintet pre-
senting an instrumental entertainment;
MOntraville Wood. scientific and dem
onstrative lecturer St Claire sisters
in a vocal and Instrumental entertani-
7nent. and Colby. the cartoonist- Tor
merIy with the Chicago News
The club also decided TO wire L. VI
Dudley and R. F. Thomason. represent
atives in the state legislature. that 1t
IS the sense Of the Fl PaSO Rotary
club that il is to the interests Of Fl
Paso and FL Paso county in gen$ral
that the bill which passed the senate
regarding the division of FL PaSo coun-
ty- be enacted.
The motion TO send this message was
made by Edward Kayser and the bene-
fits TO be derived from the proposed
division were explained by g W
Groom. former county attorney
An application from r Q Waters.
general manager of the Oakland Auto
Saies Co Tor membership in the club
was read and referred 10 the proper
III Groom explained that the new
county would assume its portion Of the
III Paso tax burden and that II would
be created from that portion OF Il
PaSo county now paying = comparative
" small amount in taxes and receiv-
ing. possibly, more money for its sup
port and upkeep in administration and
road work than II pays in
Music By Quartet.
During the luncheon, music was fur
uished by the First Presbyterian
church quartet. consisting Of the Mes
danes Walter Howe. J. J. Raster, {. J.
Andrews and A H Goldstein- Mrs.
T. J. Pearce was at the piano Several
visiting Rotarians gave short talks IN
which they expressed their gratifica-
ton and surprise at the progress FL
Paso has made during the past few
years
Frank J Simmons had charge OF the
meeting as chairman He distributed
souvenir clothes brushes TO the mem
BERG.
h. E Van Surdam distributed com
tickets to all the members
TO q concert to be given at Hotel Shell !
don on February T.
Robins Lectures Saturday.
The matter of entertaining Raymond
Robins at dinner on Saturday was dis
cussed and it was decided to have the
luncheon al L o'clock noon in the big
dining room OF the Sheldon. open TO the