  Chautauqua is the original recreative and educational summer resort on Chautauqua Lake; Chautauqua is the center of an elegant and literary social life; Chautauqua is the first of many similar movements in all parts of the land, and the one from which they have received their idea and inspiration; Chautauqua is the seat of the world-wide “C. L. S. C.” (the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle), which enrolls more than fifty thousand readers, and provides more than thirty distinct courses of reading and study for persons of all ages and degrees of culture; Chautauqua is a place of rest and recreation; with grounds, high, dry, perfectly drained, clean, delightful; with three lovely natural plateaus rising from the lakeside to an elevation among the very highest on the lake. The sanitary regulations are scientific and effective. The healthfulness of the place is not excelled in America. Chautauqua has a charming hotel, the Hotel AthenÆum, one of the most elegant and substantial summer hotels on the continent. Its lovely outlook on the lake, its ample piazzas, spacious halls, parlor and dining room render it equal to any hotel outside of New York City. Chautauqua provides cottage-boarding at all rates, and persons preferring cheap board to that of the more expensive and elegant Hotel AthenÆum can easily find it. Chautauqua is Chautauqua. The name of the ground is Chautauqua. The landing is Chautauqua. The postoffice is Chautauqua. The express office is Chautauqua. It is not “Point Chautauqua” or “Chautauqua Point,” or “Chautauqua Lake,” but simply Chautauqua, N. Y. Chautauqua is the children’s paradise. Games, romps, bathing, boating, calisthenics, roller skating under judicious control, bonfires, concerts, stereopticon exhibitions, a splendid museum of oriental curiosities and pictures, a useful “hour-a-day” during the Assembly season (if children wish it) of lessons, story-telling, and songs—all these make Chautauqua a most charming resort for children. SUNDAY SCHOOL NORMAL WORK.At the summer session of the Assembly the normal work is conducted in five departments, viz.:— 1. The Children’s Class, for young people, taught by the Rev. B. T. Vincent. 2. The Intermediate Normal Class, for advanced scholars and teachers, also taught by the Rev. B. T. Vincent. 3. The Sunday School Normal Class, in the two sections of the Bible and the Sunday School, taught by the Rev. J. L. Hurlbut, D. D., and Prof. R. S. Holmes. 4. The Advanced Normal, conducted by the Rev. A. E. Dunning and the Rev. Frank Russell. 5. The Primary Teachers’ Normal Class, for the instruction of teachers of little people. By Mrs. B. T. Vincent. 6. Among other exercises valuable and interesting to Sunday School workers are the following: Daily Bible Reading, under the direction of Dr. John Williamson, of Chicago, Ill.; Daily Devotional Services, led by the Rev. Dr. B. M. Adams, of New York; Occasional Question-drawers and Normal Councils, under the direction of Dr. J. H. Vincent; Sunday School Teachers’ Meetings on Saturday evenings, and the great Normal Alumni Reunion on Thursday, August 13th. Information concerning the Normal Course may be obtained by addressing either the Rev. J. L. Hurlbut, D. D., 805 Broadway, New York; or the Rev. A. E. Dunning, Congregational House, Boston, Mass. THE CHAUTAUQUA COLLEGE OF MODERN LANGUAGES.Prof. J. H. Worman, Ph. D., Director. Prof. A. Lalande, Associate, School of French. The College of Modern Languages, under the direction of the distinguished teacher and author, Dr. J. H. Worman, will open July 11th, and continue in session for six weeks. Concerning Prof. Worman, it is not necessary that anything be said in this announcement. As a teacher he is unexcelled in this country. As an author of school books in language he is widely known. Prof. Lalande, a Parisian, a thorough Frenchman, a born teacher, captivates his pupils while he leads them on to a mastery of his native tongue through his aptness to teach, distinct enunciation, and personal enthusiasm. For full information concerning the College of Modern Languages for the coming season, address as follows: German, Italian, and Spanish, Dr. J. H. Worman, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.; for French, Prof. A. Lalande, Bridgeport, Conn. THE ACADEMIA OF LATIN AND GREEK.(Summer Term of Six Weeks.) Professor Shumway writes to the Chancellor of Chautauqua University: My Dear Doctor Vincent: It gives me great pleasure to be able to offer this summer, at Chautauqua, a course in Latin and Greek of unusual merit. Of the assistant teachers, Mr. Otto is already favorably known to our pupils of last summer, and to many correspondence students as an energetic and thorough teacher. Dr. Bevier will be a great acquisition for Chautauqua. He was graduated from Rutgers with first honors, having also during his course won honors in Latin and Greek at the inter-collegiate contest. After graduation he studied at Johns Hopkins University (which conferred on him the degree Ph.D.), and then continued his studies in Europe. He was a student at the American School at Athens, Greece, and is now an enthusiastic and successful teacher. He is the author of a paper on the Olympieion (in the report of the School at Athens, published by Professor Goodwin, of Harvard). Although our session in Latin last year began a week late, and we suffered from other disadvantages, I believe our numbers in Latin reached a total unparalleled in the history of Chautauqua. What was, however, especially gratifying, was the improved quality of scholarship manifested by students. For this summer we offer the following course: 1. Roman Law (using the Institutes of Justinian) with information. Not only every lawyer, but every teacher of Latin to-day should familiarize “thon”self with Roman law, lying, as it does, at the base of Roman civilization. 2. The Latin of the early Church Fathers.—Recent publication and discussion have brought into such prominence the influence of the early Latin Fathers on church doctrine that every clergyman, present or prospective, will do well to examine this question for himself. 3. Comparative Philology (using Halsey’s Etymology; Ginn, Heath & Co.)—(Every student preparing to enter either of these three classes should at once communicate 4. Plato.—Apology and Crito, Tyler’s Ed. (Appletons.) 5. Cicero.—De Natura Deorum, Stickney’s Ed. (Ginn, Heath & Co.) 6. Homer.—Odyssey. 7. Vergil.—Æneid. 8. Horace.—Chase’s Ed. (Eldridge & Bro.) 9. Cicero.—Orations. 10. Xenophon.—Anabasis. 11. CÆsar.—De Bello Gallico (two hours per day). 12. Beginners in Greek. Harkness’s Text-Book, last ed. (Appletons.) 13. Beginners in Latin (THREE HOURS PER DAY BY THE INDUCTIVE METHOD, WITH CONSTANT USE OF LATIN QUESTION AND ANSWER). ?? Latin students must have the “Hand-Book of Latin Synonymes.” (Ginn, Heath & Co.) ?? Special rates will be made for correspondence pupils, and all are urged to attend. I hope you will give us at Chautauqua zealous students, who will concentrate their work on Latin and Greek, and especially two classes: Teachers of Latin and Greek, and those who are absolutely BEGINNERS. A clear-headed student who doesn’t know a word of Latin, can, by devoting six weeks to it, FIVE HOURS per day (Beginners and CÆsar) or ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY HOURS in six weeks—quite as much time as the average school gives in one year—make decided progress. It is thought that teachers of Latin and Greek will find of value not only the method, but also the inspiration which indubitably does arise when teachers gather. It is perhaps hardly necessary to add that the use of Latin not only in elucidating text, but also in discussing syntax, derivations, synonymes, history, geography, archÆology, etc., is an essential feature of our work in Latin. Worthy of the attention of teachers is the fact that our colloquial work is not the mere parrot-like repetition of phrases of the text. Your ob’t servant, Edgar S. Shumway, Rutgers College, February 23, 1885. THE CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF HEBREW.Dr. W. R. Harper, of the Institute of Hebrew, Director. The Chautauqua School of Hebrew will open August 4, at 2 p. m., and continue until August 31, at 12 m. The tuition fee is $10.00. This sum includes admission to the grounds. Elementary, Intermediate, Progressive, and Advanced Classes will be organized. For further information, correspond with Dr. W. R. Harper, Morgan Park, near Chicago, Ill. THE CHAUTAUQUA COLLEGE OF ENGLISH AND ANGLO-SAXON.The Chautauqua College of English and Anglo-Saxon is under the direction of Prof. W. D. McClintock, who has by steadiness, fidelity, tact, and rich scholarship commanded the respect and enthusiastic devotion of his pupils during several summers at Chautauqua. For particulars concerning the Summer School of English, address Prof. W. D. McClintock, Millersburgh, Ky. THE CHAUTAUQUA TEACHERS’ RETREAT.The Teachers’ Retreat is a three weeks’ meeting of secular school teachers, opening July 11, 1885, for lectures, illustrative exercises, biographical studies, and scientific experiments, combined with the recreative delights of a summer vacation and the quickening influence of the summer school. The teachers in the “Retreat” for this season are: Dr. J. W. Dickinson, of Boston, Dr. J. T. Edwards, of Randolph, N. Y., W. C. J. Hall, Esq., of Jamestown, N. Y., Prof. R. L. Cumnock, of Evanston, Ill., Prof. C. R. Wells, of Syracuse, N. Y., Prof. W. D. Bridge, of New Haven, Conn., Prof. Henry Lummis, of Boston, Prof. E. A. Spring, of Perth Amboy, N. J., Mrs. A. L. Blanchard, of New York City, Miss Mary A. Bemis, of Fredonia, N. Y., Prof. Walton N. Ellis, etc. Lessons in experimental science, microscopy, kindergarten, elocution, the science and art of pedagogy, penmanship and book-keeping, mineralogy and geology, calisthenics, phonography, stenograph reporting, botany and forestry, drawing, painting, needle-work, clay modeling, voice culture, harmony, organ instruction, etc. Tickets of admission to the Chautauqua Teachers’ Retreat for the three weeks in July, $5.00. This ticket admits to all general Amphitheater exercises, lectures, concerts, etc., and to the following: The special and general exercises of the “Chautauqua Foreign Tourists’” ideal excursion through Italy, brilliantly illustrated with the stereopticon; fourteen lessons in pedagogy; fourteen lessons in the practical application of pedagogical science; four tourists’ conferences; four expositions of method in chemistry; one exposition of method in penmanship; one exposition of method in elocution; two admissions to each of the several classes in the Schools of Language; two lectures on school method, by Prof. Edward E. Smith, superintendent of schools in Syracuse, N. Y.; one exposition of method in standard phonography; one exposition of method in reporting by the stenograph; ten half-hour drills in school calisthenics, etc. For circulars, address W. A. Duncan, Esq., Syracuse, N. Y. THE AMERICAN CHURCH-SCHOOL OF CHURCH WORK.Rev. George P. Hays, D. D., of Denver, Director. Dr. Hays will open at Chautauqua this season a “School of Church Work,” for the benefit of the laity in all denominations and in all branches of Christian activity. [See announcements in May issue of Assembly Herald.] CHAUTAUQUA IDEAL FOREIGN TOUR.Among the most instructive and entertaining features of the Chautauqua season is the annual “foreign tour” to some of the “lands beyond the sea.” The “Ideal Foreign Tour” this year will be made through Italy. Foreign tourists’ conferences, parlor soirees, stereopticon illustrated lectures, and a large library of well-selected works on foreign travel, with a large variety of engravings, photographs, etc., will furnish abundant enjoyment and profit to all the members of the Teachers’ Retreat and the members of any department of the Schools of Language. SCHOOL OF ORATORY.Prof. R. L. Cumnock, Director. The school will open on the 13th of July, and continue in session six weeks. The instruction in elocution will be thorough, practical and progressive. Four classes will be organized: Juvenile, General, Advanced, Ministerial.
For further particulars, address Prof. R. L. Cumnock, Evanston, Ill. Prof. Cumnock will give two public readings at Chautauqua during the season. LESSONS IN ART.Mrs. A. L. Blanchard, of the American Art School, New York, will conduct this department at Chautauqua the coming season. She will give thorough instructions in free-hand drawing, all branches of painting, crayon portraiture, and art needle-work.
THE ORGAN.Isaac V. Flagler, of Syracuse University, will preside at the organ. A full program for ten organ recitals will be given in an early program. Many of the organ selections are not to be found in this country elsewhere, and will be played for the first time at Chautauqua. They were sent to Prof. Flagler by the composers, whose acquaintance he made in Europe. The principal purposes of organ-playing will be demonstrated theoretically and practically by Mr. Flagler. 1. Playing for divine services. 2. Playing for concerts and exhibitions. 3. Playing accompaniments. Especial attention will be given to manual and pedal technique, and the art of registration, or the employment of such stops as will display not only the different degrees of power, but also the utmost variety of tone color. Terms for a course of lessons on the organ at Chautauqua, $10.00. KINDERGARTEN.This department will be in charge of Miss Mary A. Bemis, a pupil of Mrs. Kraus-Boelte, of New York, and for years teacher in this department at Chautauqua. An opportunity will be given, as last year, to observe the children under training by Miss Bemis. After each recitation, parents and teachers may receive practical instruction in the use of kindergarten material and the application of kindergarten principles to home and school life. PHONOGRAPHY AND THE STENOGRAPH.This department will be in charge of Prof. W. D. Bridge, of New Haven, Conn., for thirty years a shorthand writer, and for many years a practical shorthand reporter. For the last four years he his been engaged constantly with Dr. Vincent as shorthand secretary and assistant. Classes for beginners and advanced pupils in “Standard Phonography” will be organized. There will also be organized in this department of shorthand one or more classes in instruction on the “Stenograph,” the newly invented machine for practical reporting. A competent teacher will be in attendance from July 11th to August 24th. Terms: $10.00 for either department, “Standard Phonography,” or the “Stenograph,” in classes; seventy-five cents per hour in private. For full information concerning this department, address Prof. W. D. Bridge, New Haven, Conn., up to July 1st; after that, at Chautauqua, N. Y. THE CHAUTAUQUA MISSIONARY INSTITUTEWill open Saturday, August 1st, and continue for several days, with conferences on important missionary topics, conducted by earnest men and women; with lectures, sermons and platform meetings. MUSIC AT CHAUTAUQUA.The arrangements for musical entertainment this year will exceed those of any former year in the history of Chautauqua. The season of 1885 may justly be called the “summer of song” at Chautauqua. Among the attractions are the following: A grand chorus under the direction of Prof. W. F. Sherwin, of the New England Conservatory of Music, in Boston; Prof. C. C. Case, of Akron, Ohio; and Prof. A. T. Schauffler, of New York City; The famous Schubert Quartette (male), of Chicago, will be present from August 8th to 22d; Miss Dora Henninges, of Cleveland, Ohio, mezzo soprano, will be at Chautauqua from August 4th to 18th. Prof. Isaac V. Flagler, of Syracuse, N. Y., will preside at the great organ during the season; Miss Adele M. Dodge, of Williamsport, Pa., will preside at the piano. Mr. H. N. Hutchins, of Chicago, Ill., one of the greatest cornetists in America, will be at Chautauqua from August 4th to 18th. THE FISK JUBILEE SINGERS.The original company who so charmed Chautauqua three years ago with their matchless music, will be at Chautauqua July 11-18, and July 28-August 5. In this company are four of the original members of the earliest Fisk Jubilee Company, our old friends: Miss Jennie Jackson, soprano; Mrs. Maggie L. Porter-Cole, soprano; Miss Minnie W. Tate, contralto, and Miss Georgia M. Gordon, soprano. THE PLATFORM.The entire program has not been completed, but the following lecturers are engaged: Dr. Geo. C. Lorimer, of Chicago, Ill.; Dr. B. G. Northrop, of Connecticut; Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, of Boston, Mass., who will lecture on Wendell Phillips, and a Dream of To-morrow; Miss Kate Field, of Boston; Dr. Geo. Dana Boardman, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Rev. Robert Nourse, now of Washington, D. C.; Philip Phillips; Rev. J. W. A. Stewart, of Ontario; H. K. Carroll, Esq., editor of The Independent, N. Y.; Col. Homer B. Sprague, Boston, Mass., who will deliver two lectures on Shakspere, and two on Milton; Miss L. M. Von Finkelstein, of Jerusalem; Bishop R. S. Foster, of Boston, Mass.; Dr. J. M. Buckley, of New York; W. M. R. French, the brilliant crayonist; Dr. C. F. Deems, of New York; Edward Everett Hale, of Boston; Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, of Minnesota; It is hoped that John B. Gough and Frank Beard may be present. Other names will be announced in due time. The distinguished English orator and scientist, George Sexton, M.A., LL.D., will deliver several lectures on scientific subjects. The full program of the Chautauqua Assembly and the Schools will be ready in a short time. Questions addressed to Dr. J. H. Vincent, Plainfield, N. J., or W. A. Duncan, Esq., Syracuse, N. Y., will receive prompt attention. |
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