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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
3
Chautauqua Institution in New York has long been a world renowned summer resort noted for education and culture. It hosts lectures concerts and platform events with presidents authors and notable figures, plus extensive athletic and recreational facilities and performances by the Chautauqua Players and music ensembles.
Chautauqua in New York hosts a vast summer program with lectures by renowned figures and a diverse musical lineup. The community of about twenty thousand draws visitors from across the United States and abroad, offering concerts, conferences, and extensive educational courses at low costs. The historic atmosphere blends sport, religion, and culture with a strong emphasis on balanced living and accessible talent.
Chautauqua New York schedules a sixty day public forum with renowned speakers Mary Antin Ward Wisconsin state adviser and civic leader Turner Bailey Panama Pacific Exposition prize juror Mrs Percy V Pennybacker federation head and Charles Rann Kennedy and his wife among notable participants for the summer program.
The program features Bishop Francis J McConnell of Denver and Dr Samuel B McCormick of the University of Pittsburgh among a wide array of speakers. Topics cover justice and the courts temperance war Europe religion and Christianity and public welfare with figures such as Justice William L Ransom ex Governor Malcolm R Patterson J Denny ONeil and William Jennings Bryan among the expected attendees.
The amateur group Chautauqua Players draws strong attention with modern and classic works in Chautauqua auditorium directed by M Papet a noted language instructor at Chicago University The troupe earned praise in New York where the House of Play Foundation hosted performances New York Times acclaim boosted their season featuring Pinero Sweet Lavender Clyde Fitch Nathan Hale and Grundy A Pair of Spectacles planned for the season
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs praises Chautauqua N Y as a center where women gain vigor and pride in their role. She says the event broadens interest in public affairs and civic life and brings speakers teachers writers and statesmen into intimate contact with audiences.
Summer Schools at Chautauqua New York report record July and August 1914 registration with over two thousand four hundred students. The program offers 110 instructors, 10 college buildings, 300 courses, and 900 children in classes.
A historical overview traces Chautauqua from Bishop Vincent and Lewis Miller's 1874 Sunday school teachers convention on Chautauqua Lake to a global educational movement. The article notes namesake towns and industries, the modern Chautauqua Institution, and its status as a leading world famous summer school and public forum.
Chautauqua New York hosts an extensive family oriented summer program with a kindergarten nursery for babies and supervision by trainee teachers from the Summer School. Older children enjoy outdoor playgrounds a steep walled Playstead and an outdoor gymnasium while Boy Scouts and Boys and Girls Club Houses offer daytime and evening activities.
America's greatest summer music center at Chautauqua N Y hosts the Russian Symphony Orchestra led by Modest Altschuler and a 500 voice chorus directed by Arthur Hallam. Music Week August 8 to 15 features operas Aida The Messiah and Parsifal with soloists Ernest Hutcheson Willian Wade Hinshaw and Sol Marcosson. Hundreds travel annually for low admission and high quality.
A bell tower honoring Lewis Miller is erected by Mrs. Thomas A. Jidi son and his daughter along with other children. A large Meneely chime set rings out from the tower.
Chautauqua Institution in New York presents a nonsectarian sixty day forum with ministers statesmen and presidents. Dean Shailer Mathews oversees the religious department with invited leaders from Congregational Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian and other denominations participating. Notable figures Dr Frank W Ceunsaulus Bishop Charles Williams Bishop Francis J McConnell and Dr Samuel B McCormick join the program.
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