The Chautauquan (Volume 59 ) - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1910 Excerpt: ... results of modern investigation of science and of the best things in the world's literature. I wish you all success. JOHN GRAHAM BROOKS Extension lecturer and President National Consumers' League After close observation of the work at Chautauqua and at other points in the country where its affiliated work goes on, I can say with confidence that it is among the most enlightening of our educational agencies in the United States. MARY E. WOOLEY President Mount Holyoke College It is a pleasure to express my appreciation of the work which is being done by the Chautauqua Institution. I have realized that there are many people who cannot have the advantage of long continued school and college training, whose lives are broadened and stimulated by the Chautauqua courses. A TYPICAL TESTIMONY Cults have their vogue, and after their day give place to the newer fads of the moment, the affectations of yesterday being eclipsed by the eccentricities of today, but Chautauqua is neither a cult nor a fad; it has acquired the stability of an institution, too firmly grounded to be staled by either time or custom and the part it has so conspicuously played in moulding the intellectual development of the past generation abundantly demonstrates its title to be counted as a potent factor in the intellectual life of the present and future generations. Year by year its courses grow in attractivenesss and usefulness--for the happy blending of the two qualities is primarily responsible for the enormous success it has achieved--and its beneficent work in stimulating mental and ethical development in those whose reading would otherwise be without purpose or aim becomes more and more apparent as the number becomes legion of those who owe to the inspiration of Chautauqua their broadened me...