The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-06-24
PROGRAMS
PLEASE MILBANk PEOPLE

PLEASE mILbANk PEOPLE
The first number of the chautauqua
course was given Saturday afternoon
by Hazel Beckwith and the Five Violin
Girls. The program was splendid
consisting of musical and vocal num-
bers with violin and flute duet and
representations. The program was
very much appreciated by the audi
ence as was evidenced by the hearty
applause. A shower of rain during
the last part made the work of the
artists doubly difficult. They also
played for the first part of the pro-
gram in the evening, after which DR..
VIM. RAIDER gave his lecture on "Uncle
Sam and American Ideals"
DR.. RAIDER gave an inspiring address
touching upon the things other than
material that go to make the great
ness of America, now generally ac-
knowledged by the world. He assert
ed that her greatness lay in the moral
qualities of her ci.izenship-that the
nation itself could not rise above the
average of the individuals Of which
it was composed, and that the home
life was the root from which the tree
-ofnational greatness must spring. He
instaned Burns "Cotter's Saturday
Night" and Whittier's "Snow-bound'' !,
as a picture Of the ideal American
home, and the ideal which had made
America great. The speaker stated
that the making, unmaking and re-
making of manhood and womanhood
was a more important Job than any
thing the politicians or statesmen had
on hand. The speaker illustrated his
talk with countless instances of per-
sonal experiences and incidents told
in pleasing and convincing manner,
and with delightful humor that
kept his audience from any sense Of
weariness, and made his every point
a telling one. IT was lecture which
every patriot could heartily enjoy and
endorse.
Rain, mud and psor ccnnec, ions
from Siseton to this city delayed the
Sunday afternoon program one hour.
The program consisted of a prelude
by the comedian, Walter Eckles and
pianist, Brother Bill" Townsend.
They were very much enjoyed by the
audience and heartily applauded ut
their evening appearance. The lee
ture in the afternoon and the SER
tnonette in the evening by Yutaki
Minaknchi, Jap, were thoroly ap-
preciated by the people who heard
him. Altho Mr.. Minaknchi spoke with
foreign accent and the audience had
to follow him closely to understand
him, the lecture contained such an
interesting message that they were
held spell-bound during the address.
He spoke Of rumored Jap-American
war, which he declared was impos-
sible and entirely unthought of by the
people Of Japan. He declared it the
greatest of folly for Japan to even
think of attacking America, her best
customer and largest creditor, and as
sured the audience that on the other
hand Japan would go long ways ito
avoid trouble with the United States.
He gave reasons and statistics to
prove his point and impressed the
crowd of his intense Americanism. He
Is q citizen Of this country, having
lived here for 23 years. He has studi-
ed in four of Americas greatest uni
versities and declared that he would
live, dis-aad 6e -SuEied IN 9merica
His talk in the evening WAS the
Christianis1tion 81 the Esrsign cSun-
tries, declaring that the foundation
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