The mirror., 1922-03-16

MAIuCdPOilS anu OtucI POlutS, tWO special
cars coming from Minneapolis. The at
tendance was one that would have filled
any theatrical managers heart with joy.
AT two o'clock, promptly, President W..
]. McC. stepped forth to deliver his ad-
dress of welcome, he was greeted so en-
Enthusiastically that several moments elapsed
ere he could proceed. Mr.. McC. has
fine delivery, speaks very clearly and
could be heard distinctly to the uttermost
recesses of the auditorium. If he should
take up the profession of public speaking,
we bespeak an unquestionable success for
him in that field. In making his address
he said:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
1t is a great pleasure to see so large an
audience here this afternoon. 1t is crafty
ing and inspiring to know that our Circle
has so many friends. As President of the
Pierian Chautauqua 1 extend to each and
every one of you, on behalf of its members
sincere and hearty welcome and cor
dial invitation to attend our future quar-
terly meetings.
Comparing today's programme with
programme of last year brings to mind
the story of the Minnesotian who pur-
chased from peddler in the city of Tia
Juana, Mexico, a diminutive Chihuahua
terrier. The dog was about the size of
"hot tamale" and the peddler assured him
it would never, become larger. Two
months later the Minnesotian was again
in Tia Juana and encountered the same
peddler. Look! Senior, said the peddler,
forgetting his former customers face, Chi
huahua dog ver' leettle." every little is
he, exclaimed the Minnesotian, always
stays like that l suppose?"
Isl, Senor, always"
you're liar, said the Minnesotian,
you sold me one of those pups two months
ago and he's the size of Saint Bernard,
right now."
For moment the pedder was embar-
rassed. But only for moment.
"Where you live, Senor?" he asked.
81 live in Minnesota" was the reply.
ooh! well, said the peddler, everything
grow beeg in Minnesota
And so am inclined to agree with the
Mexican peddler, as our programme has
increased considerably in size compared
with programmes of previous quarterly
meetings.
We are making departure from the
usual programme and have arranged for
this afternoon vaudeville performance
in place of the customary literary one; be-
lieving that music and bit of merriment
are as much part of an educational sys-
tenn as other studies that tend to make up
the curriculum of an organization such as
ours. l would like to talk to you at length
and tell you just what the Pierian Chau-
tauqua is doing for its members in this
institution, but its merits are too numerous
to record in the limits of this address.
Among the members of the Chautauqua
are men who are thoroughly conversant
with the arts, the sciences, and the COM
mercial industries, men who are capable
of disseminating their knowledge, and so
l say what the public schools, universities
and colleges are doing for the girls and
boys of America, the Pierian Chautauqua
is doing in measure, not only for its
members individually but through them
for the entire prison population. For in
the final analysis the Pierian Chautauqua
is school, school wherein the pupils
may discover by assiduous application their
particular fitness for a particular task
Certainly every individual, every man,
regardless of his status is capable of doing
one thing better than anything else, and
so it is the aim of the Pierian Chautauqua
to help him determine what that one thing
is so that he NAV proceed more success-