Dr. Guy Potter Benton

              Dr. Guy Potter Benton President Upper Iowa University

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Management of
The Mutual Lyceum Bureau

FRANK A. MORGAN, Manager
Steinway Hall, Chicago, Ill.

F. C. BENHAM, Associate Manager
Rockford, Illinois



Dr. Guy Potter Benton The Great Western Educator and Lecturer

SUBJECTS

Samuel Adams, Patriot
John Paul Jones, Naval Hero
The Life that Now Is



PRESIDENT BENTON is one of the most successful lecturers upon the American platform.  His broad education, his extended experience along literary and cultured lines, together with his naturally keen insight and searching disposition, have brought to him a wealth of rare information from which his lectures are drawn, gleaming with literary gems and abounding in patriotism and eloquent tributes.  Dr. Benton is by nature especially fitted for the lecture field.  He is a logical master in thought, a natural orator, fluent in speech, easy in platform manners and engaging in personality.  We take pleasure in recommending Dr. Benton again this season to the cultured and educated public as a man of worth, one who can entertain and at the same time instruct his audience and make them feel that for an hour and a half they have been thinking the thoughts of a master mind while they have been rested and delighted with the wit, wisdom and humor of one of nature's own true gentlemen.

The Mutual Lyceum Bureau





Portage (Wis.) Daily Democrat.
The lecture given by President Guy P. Benton at the M. E. Church last night was one of the best of the course.  Dr. Benton is a fine appearing, pleasing, forceful, rapid speaker.  His subject was historical—Samuel Adams, Patriot.  The research and technical knowledge of Colonial times, men and events reflected great credit upon the speaker.  For an hour and forty-five minutes he held the attention of his large audience by whom he was frequently applauded.  At times the climax rose to the heights of unusual oratorical power.  In the best sense Dr. Benton showed himself a scholar, rhetorician and lecturer.


The Cando (N. D.) Record.
The first of the series of lectures to be given under the auspices of the Cando High School was delivered here Monday night by Dr. Guy P. Benton who spoke on the life and character of Samuel Adams, the Revolutionary patriot who did so much to make America a free country.  The doctor, in his opening remarks, said, I bring you a message of patriotism.  The lecture proved to be all that and more.  Dr. Benton is a fluent speaker and held his audience in rapt attention for two hours while he recounted the trials of the Revolutionary fathers and told of the many stirring events with which Samuel Adams' name was connected.  Every seat in the hall was taken and the financial success of the enterprise is assured.


Kansas City Journal.
The last of the winter series of lectures was given by Professor Guy P. Benton.  His subject was Samuel Adams, Patriot, and it was handled in a masterly style and an eloquent manner.  Professor Benton was intensely patriotic.


Howard (S. D) Advance.
Very likely the theme of conversation at a majority of the Howard breakfast tables Saturday was the lecture of Dr. Guy P. Benton delivered the evening before at the opera house.  When the masses begin to talk about a subject that has been presented from the rostrum, that lecture or speech is pretty nearly always a success.  And success is its name in all the word implies.  Samuel Adams, the Patriot, was the theme and the lecture was rich in portraiture of this remarkable genius.  Dr. Benton can be assured a full house should he come to us again and we trust he will.


Bridgewater (S. D.) Democrat.
Dr. Guy P. Benton delivered a lecture at the opera house Wednesday evening, his subject being Samuel Adams, Patriot.  It was instructive and interesting.  The Doctor is an able man and no doubt has but few equals on the platform.  It would be a very good thing for the American people at the present time if they heard more such lectures.  They would perhaps much better appreciate the liberty and freedom our forefathers struggled for.




Celebrated Historical Lectures
THESE lectures have been endorsed both by prominent educators and by the rank and file of the people wherever they have been given.  For the High School, the Institute and College they have no equal.  They foster an intense interest in the subject of history, and the result of their stimulus will be felt for years, and in many instances never forgotten.  They light up the path through our country's history, and make study therein delightful and irresistible.  Dr. Benton is a young man full of life and energy, and brings you not only an evening of pleasure and enjoyment, but also a volume of rare information so beautifully illustrated and so eloquently told that its results will long linger in your soul and be a source of better citizenship and higher ideals.



A. R. Taylor, President State Normal School, Emporia, Kan.

Prof. Guy P. Benton lectured to our students and faculty one afternoon some time since, and made a most pleasing impression on everybody.  He is a good thinker, a clear writer, and is witty and entertaining.  His influence will be for better and higher things.

Walter W. Davis, Iowa College, Grinnell, la.

I am only too glad to say a word for President Benton.  I believe his ability as a progressive and earnest educator is unexcelled in the state.  I have heard him speak twice and his words were eloquent.  He is both entertaining and instructive.  His lecture on Samuel Adams, Patriot, was enthusiastically received by his audience and cannot fail to find willing listeners.  I endorse the man and his work most cordially.

Arthur W. Davis, Ex-County Supt., Pocahontas County, la.

President Guy P. Benton gave two lectures before my institute.  He gave universal satisfaction.  His lectures were carefully written and very skillfully delivered.  He entertains and at the same time instructs his hearers.  Our teachers consider him the best they have heard for years.

Grant E. Finch, Principal West Union Public School, West Union, la.

Regarding President Benton's ability as a lecturer would say that I consider him excellent.  I heard him give Samuel Adams before a teachers' institute and know that he held his audience well on that occasion.

L. W. Stillwell, County Supt., Anderson Co., Garnett, Kan.

Guy P. Benton delivered his lecture before the teachers of this county, and it is but fair to say that it was the grandest treat that the teachers of this county ever enjoyed.  Prof.  Benton is a scholar, a gentleman, and a lecturer; he will entertain, please and instruct.  We hope to have him with us again in the near future.

The Chicago Lyceum Bureau.

Dr. Benton gave his lecture here Thursday, Feb. 28th.  The crowd was not as large as usual because of a Catholic mission, a large Masonic gathering and other local attractions.  The audience, however, were captivated, and are a unit in saying that his lecture was the best thing on the course, some going so far as to say that it was worth all the others combined.  We will want him next year.—G. E. Bunsa, Elroy, Wis.

The Chicago Lyceum Bureau.

The best number on our course was given by Dr. Benton Friday evening.  His lecture was a rare treat.  Everyone liked him very much.  Many have already spoken to me about having him again.  We shall want him another year without fail.

We are all very much pleased with our course, and glad that we ventured to get such a course in Sharon.  We are also very much pleased with our dealings with the Chicago Lyceum Bureau, and hope to have further dealings with you.—E. T. Towne, Sharon, Wis.

The Chicago Lyceum Bureau.

Dr. Benton was with us Friday evening, Jan. 11th.  He is all right.  The lasting impression with the people is that he is an orator, eloquent and patriotic.  He is A No. I.  He is par excellence.—M. F. Moine, Garner, la.

Arthur E. Bennett, Vice-Prin.  Normal School, New Mexico.

Thought, combined with forceful delivery, apt illustration and happy incident, are the elements of the ideal lecture.  These are realized in Prof. Benton.

J. A. Eckenrod, Principal of Schools, Fredericksburg, la.

President Guy P. Benton delivered his lecture on Samuel Adams, Patriot, to a full house last night.  It was a literary gem.  Pronounced by all as the most pleasing, competent, witty, oratorical and educational discourse ever delivered from a platform in this place.  President Benton will be among the first to be called for our course next season.





Fredericksburg (la.) News.
Dr. Guy P. Benton delivered the first number of the Fredericksburg High School Lecture Course at the opera house last evening.  The Epochal American was his subject.  This is a new lecture and was delivered by Dr. Benton before an audience for the first time last night.  Dr. Benton is a forceful speaker and held the close attention of his hearers from the beginning to the close of his address.
The Epochal American is a lecture that is full of meat, and no one who heard the cultured speaker last evening give a word picture of the early life of the rail-splitter, Abraham Lincoln, and the early life and environments of President Roosevelt, who was born in the heart of the nation's metropolis, surrounded by all the advantages that wealth could purchase, could not help but think that here, in America, no matter under what condition one may be born, the chance is equal between the poor and the rich, for the one who earnestly strives to reach the upper rounds on the ladder of success in this life.  The highest compliment that we can pay the speaker is to say that a lecture course in Fredericksburg that does not include him among the speakers will prove a disappointment to many of our citizens.



Portage (Wis.) Daily Register.
A good-sized audience heard the lecture by Prof. Guy P. Benton at the M. E. Church last evening.  His subject was Samuel Adams, Patriot, and all present were well satisfied with the able and scholarly manner in which he spoke.  For an hour and three-quarters he poured forth a perfect torrent of historical research, the detail of which made the colonial characters to live again.  Samuel Adams the lecturer depicted as the great far-seeing conservator of the Revolution, the modest Christian gentleman and patriot, who has not received proper recognition in history.  Dr. Benton's language was superb, his presence commanding, his speech forcible and very rapid.  At times sallies of wit and oratorical climaxes thrilled his audience.


The Rolla (N. D.) Turtle Mountain Star.
The first lecture in the Rolla public school course was given at the town hall Tuesday evening by Dr. Guy P. Benton, who spoke on the subject, Samuel Adams, Patriot.  It was a masterly address from every standpoint.  Dr. Benton's style is admirable.  His diction is pure, his thought lofty, his knowledge of the subject profound.  His manner is easy and graceful, but at times he is almost dramatic in his portrayal of the stirring events of the American Revolution.  To listen to such a speaker is an intellectual treat.  Dr. Benton was greeted by a large audience who expressed their approval by frequent bursts of applause.


Cedar Falls (la.) Normal Eyte.
Dr. Benton is a thorough scholar and an enthusiastic student of present day questions.


Owatonna (Minn.) Chronicle.
When the good-sized audience assembled at the Metropolitan Saturday evening to hear H. Darwin McIlrath lecture on China, and were informed by Manager Nelson that Mr. McIlrath was unable to meet his engagement at this time and that Professor Guy P. Benton of Iowa University was present to take his place, deep disappointment was felt; but, after Professor Benton had concluded a masterly lecture on the subject of Samuel Adams, the majority of those present felt that generous amends had been made for their disappointment.
Professor Benton was placed in a most embarrassing and trying position, and that his lecture was so well received under the circumstances is a testimonial of its worth.
Professor Benton's address was full of fine climaxes and of educational value.



Stuart (la.) Herald.
Dr. Guy P. Benton closed the Stuart lecture course Monday evening with his lecture on Samuel Adams, Patriot.  His theme was inspiring and he handled it with the skill of a born orator.  His wealth of information in the history of the colonies and nation made his lecture fresh and instructive.  To the young his lecture is a mine of wealth in historical lore and an inspiration in patriotism and love of country.  We can but believe that if all the numbers of the course had been given by lecturers of Prof.  Benton's caliber and high purpose, with the musical monologues and laugh-provokers left out, that they would have been better patronized.


The Cando (N. D.) Herald.
The lecture on Monday night by Dr. Guy P. Benton was well attended, and those who were there enjoyed a treat which is seldom afforded to people of as small a city as Cando.  That Dr. Benton is a scholar as well as an orator of a high order was the impression conveyed to all who listened to his discourse.  The lecture was highly interesting and instructive, the two most essential attributes of the numbers of a successful lecture course.


Newman (III.) Independent.
His lecture was full of the richest of thoughts and the eloquence of the speaker captivated his auditors who sat for nearly two hours with attentive ears.  Certainly Dr. Benton has made thorough preparation for the platform and is capable of entertaining the most enlightened audience.  His flights of eloquence were frequent and his witticisms were woven into the lecture in such a way as to alleviate the mind and at the same time not break the chain of thought.  Such lectures are most certain to lead men to better action and place the morality of the community on a higher plane.  It certainly is beneficial and uplifting even to the persons of ordinary intellect to listen to presentation of rich thoughts clothed in beautiful language from the mind of so talented a man, and the people of Newman and surrounding country should never miss such an opportunity.



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