The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-01-14

Louis J. Alder, of the Coit-Alber
Chautauqua, was present from Cleve-
land. The sentiments of these gentle
men were put in a most entertaining
and telling fashion by their spokes-
man, Mr.. Charles F. Horner, which
was probably the amusing hit of the
evening, although he closed with a
stirring account of chautauqua' S
accomplishments in the country. The
closing remarks at the banquet were
made by the toastmaster, DR.. Paul M.
Pearson, the director of the Swarth-
more Chautauqua Association. DR..
Parsons remarks were mostly an
appreciation of the splendid spirit evil
denced by towns which form the
Swarthmore Chautauqua Association.
The celebration of January was par
ticularly to honor the thirty-four ten
year member towns. These thirty -four
towns, whose names follow, have been
on the association circuits since 1912:
Millersburg, Pa; Hommonton, N. j.;
Chestertowu, Md; Georgetown, Del;
Dover, Del; Elkton, Md; Parkesburg,
Pa; Royersford, Pa; Newtown, Pa;
Mt. Holly, N. j.; Hightstown, N. j.;
Salem, N. j.; Lansdale, Pa; Dallas
town, Pa; Lititz, Pa; Shippensburg,
Pa; fredericksburg, Pa; Columbia,
Pa; Phillipsburg, N. j.; Quakertown,
Pa. New Hope, Pa; Newton, N. j.;
Tamaqua, Pa; Chambersburg, Pa;
Westminster. Md; Bel Air, Md;
Phoenixville, Pa; Kennett, Pa; Ok
ford, Pa; Easton, Md; Pocomoke,
Nd; Crisfeld, Nd; Salisbury, Md;
Glenolden, Pa.
In 1912 there were forty-one towns.
Thirty-four of these, a remarkable
percentage, are still on the Swarth-
more lists.
DR.. Pearson in his closing remarks
raid a tribute to the vision and cour-
age of the men and women in the
original ten-year member towns who
have supported ehautauqua for these
ten years. He closed his remarks by
quoting one verse from the poem by
Edgar A. Guest, 1T Can be Done"
Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he, with a chuckle, replied
That maybe it couldn't" but he would
be one
Who wouldn't say 50 till he tried.
So he buckled right in, with trace
of grim
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
H started to sing as he tackled the
thing
That couldn't be done-and he did it..
This, DR.. Pearson said, had been
from the first the motto of the
Swarthmore Chautauqua Association.
Dr. Scott, Mr.. Crimson and DR..
Fetrie are agreed in their accounts of
the conference dinner that it gave
them more than they had ever had
5efore-an appreciation of the big
work chautauqua is doing in the coun-
nv. They had had some idea of its
size and power before, but they had
not realized that this town is but one
e 1881 other towns in this country
which support chautauqua (not all of
Il ese Swarthmore Chautauquas) They
had not realized that the guarantors
Of this town are members of a great
company of 100000 unselfish public
spirited men and women who under
wrote chautauquas in 1921. They had
not conceived of the fact that in 1921,
$4,000 persons held summer chautau-
qua season tickets. Least of all had
they thought that 35,000,000 persons
passed through chautauqua gates as a
GROSS attendance in the past year.
DR.. Scott, Mr. Crimson and Dr..
+ Petrie are agreed that Coryells Ferry
is to bee congratulated and should feel
Itself highly honored to be among the
list of pioneer towns-thirty- four in
number-which has attached ehautau-
i qua as a town institution in 1912, and
which have stood faithfully to their
ideals through the past ten years.
They rae agreed that this movement
which has meant so much to this town
in the past can mean and should mean
much more in the future, and they are
sure that if they could impart to the
gualantors and supporters of chautau-
qua in New Hope, Pa, just small
F percentage of the enthusiasm and
vision which they got at the confer
enee dinner that the success of chau-
tauqua in New Hope, Pa, would be
+ assured for years to come.