President Fairbairn, of England, has requested the postponement of his
lectures on English Philosophy until the season of 1884.
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The new building for the “School of Languages” and the “Teachers’
Retreat,” will not be erected this spring.
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The C. T. R. and the C. S. L. will open July 14, Saturday, with one of
the most brilliant popular programs ever given at Chautauqua.
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The “Ideal Summer Trip to Europe,” by the “Chautauqua Foreign
Tourists,” packing a three mouths’ journey “abroad” into fifteen days
at home, will begin on Monday, July 16.
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Dr. Chas. J. Little, of Dickinson College, will give ten “Thirty Minute
Talks” before the “Retreat,” on “A Teacher’s Look at the Soul, or the
Relations of Psychology to the Art of Teaching.” He will also lecture
on “Literature of the Nineteenth Century.”
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Profs. Sherwin and Case have control of the musical department this
year. There are rumors concerning a “Chautauqua quartette,” a band,
rare choruses, a class in “Music Teaching in the Public Schools,” grand
concerts, classic music, etc.
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Edward L. Wilson, Esq., of Philadelphia, with the new “Chautauqua
stereopticon,” and over one thousand views in Europe, Egypt, Arabia,
and Palestine, will, it is hoped, be present at the “Retreat.”
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Melvil Dui, of Boston, will open at Chautauqua, July 14 a “Museum of
Useful Things for Students and Teachers.” He will lecture on “The
Metric System.”
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Wallace Bruce, Esq., at the C. T. R., on “Walter Scott,” “Men of the
People,” “Shakespere’s Heroines,” “Legends of the Hudson,” “Growth and
Influence of Poetry,” “Bacon and Shakspere.”
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“The Day Fireworks,” in all probability this year—July 14. “Not a
menagerie in the air?” Why not?
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A “Pestalozzi Day” and a “Rugby Day” this year at the C. T. R.
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Dr. J. T. Edwards’s course of illustrated lectures on “Physical
Science;” Prof. W. D. MacClintock on “Anglo-Saxon, Chaucer, and
Shakspere;” Mrs. Kraus-Boelte on “Kindergarten;” Prof. Frank Beard on
“Art;” E. A. Spring, sculptor, on “Clay-Modeling;” Prof. R. L. Cummock
on “Elocution;” with sermons by Drs. Sims, Payne, etc., help to make a
rich program for the C. T. R. of ’83.
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It is just like Lewis Miller, Esq., of Akron, O., to present that
magnificent stereopticon to the C. T. R. He dreams—and lo, his dreams
are deeds!
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Picnics, excursions on the lake, spelling school (prizes), public
debate, parlor receptions, museum, concerts, etc., at the C. T. R.
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A course of lessons in “Cookery,” by Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, of Chicago.
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Prof. W. D. Bridge, V.D.M., will continue his instructions in
“Stenography.”
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The excursion rate from New York City to Chautauqua and back, last
year, was eighteen dollars.
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