Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-27

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ary cooperation 10 rec that there viii
be no overlapping of inseregts. no
1 trite methods Of treatment. and. above
all. that there may be complete unity
IN each program.
All of the yarious gysiena attempt
10 give some Inspiration. spur some N
the many hearers with ambition. and
afford accurate material fDr com.
nunity discussion Of matters with
which every American citizen and an
other inhabitants of our country
should be thorouehly familiar. There
arc also special morning and aftef-
noon programs for the children. Quo
teacher in southern school stated
that the Cbautauqua meant AZ much
to her spiis IN culture, right living
and inspiration az q whole year Ia
school. The chautouqua is lnfrodgc-
\ ing the long frowncd upon .emm-
ming idea foshionabiy clothed ard
dignlned as Intensive training
a Century Old.
what was evidently the Ilfo germ
Df the whole Chauiaudua idea was
the plan whieh originated Is ne brain
Of one Josiah H0lbrook. son II a
I Revolutionary veteran. when Sc Or
/ 2anlzed 40 farmers and mechanics into
Afiilbury Branch number ono II tho
American Jyceum IN Maamchusetts
I'm 1876. Mr. Hoibfools later founded
the Concord Lyceum ana the Boston
| lyceum of which Daniel Websier vas
the lrst president.
/ The evolution II the lvceum into
the ChantaUqua. however. was tho
I idea of the late Bishop John 81. Win.
cent ~ the Methodist Episcopal
/ Church. II rs interesting to note. in
this connection. that Bishop vineent.
like abraham Lincoln. who vvas a
friend ard ndrnirer of the Bishop. wss
sell educated By a cabin Fireplace.
Ills motto was Education ends ouiy
| with life Or. Vincent wag RESPONSE
bic for the first meeting on the shores
Of Lake Chautauqua. %ew York. u
! what mas become known AZ the
| Mother Chautauaua Of The World II
1870. Or. Vincent undoubtedly had
a deep understanding 81 America and
her people Uueounted homes hase
fsit the influence of his life. Millions
! of people who had been financially Or
otherwise denied the privileges ~ a
/ college education had the string re-
moved from their regret when LAKE.
/ Chautauqua under the supervision 81
| Dr. Vincent. opened possibilities oe
Iachievfn0 concentrated wisdom Botn
the summer school and the home read
ing courses offered through this me-
diuTn have proved cxceedinly ropu-
lar
Many, also are the distinguished
men ard women VINO have spoken
from Chautaudua platforms an over
the country. The American sense of
hunor has made much of the facE
that statesmen returned travellers,
writer's and other professionals tenn
lporarily out ~ a Job have taken up
lChsUfaBaua lecturing IN homeopathic
doses. Most of them have been suc-
cessful in interesting the public -
they have gratihed that innate curl
oslty which always invests + human
spectator when viewing mnch-tais-
ed-of specimen ~ more or less ZOO
logical oddly. N the latest fashions
Of Chautauquas. however, in addition
\ 70 the especially prepared mental
menus there are some chautauquA
! systems which choose their men and
give them assignments 20 90 out into
/ the wide, wide world and manufac-
ture material to interest the Chau-
/ tauaua Of the future.
/ Ralph Waldo Emerson was the first
famous professional lecturer on \
i lyceum program. He spoke IN one
hall % times without pay FOR his
| services but before he finished. he was
getting $500 night Henry Ward
Beecher. another OF the pioneer lyceum
| and Chautaucua lecturers. was fond of
/ telling the story Of how ~once down
East I was paid for my services with
/ I2 bushels Of potatoes
/ other famous Chautauqua speak
erg are: Marx Twain. oliver Wendell
/ Holmes. James Russell Lowell. Louis
/ Agassiz, Henry James. Matthew
Arnold Julia Ward Howe. irwin S.
4 Cobb. former President Taft. w. J.
/ Bryan. Rear Admiral Cary r. Cray
son, physician TO three presidents
| Stephen Leacock. Senator W. s. KEN
yon. DR.. Harvey Wiley, and Edna
/ Ferber.
Larger each day Is the number ut
1 talented individuals who are coming
I 10 realize that Il they have a real.
sincere message to get over to the
American public. the Chautanqua IS
one Of the happiest mediums avail
able. No one has ever yet attempted
/ u dispute the fact that we may bs
young but were perfectly willing "a
| learn anything that comes our way
The American public can be depended
upon to stop, look and listen when
ever Ii pays To enter a khakt-eoyered
college.