Frank H. Gamel: the American boy

              Superb pictures, and a story that reaches the heart



A delightfully accurate portrayal of the genuine boy


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Frank H. Gamel



PRESENTS A SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED
POPULAR LECTURE ON



The American Boy




HIS PRANKS, PERILS AND POSSIBILITIES


ALSO


(ILLUSTRATED)
The Greatest Question in the World
Shadowed! (In Preparation)


(NOT ILLUSTRATED)
The Young Man who Wins
Digging Doors (For Commencement)



A happy combination of startling facts and sparkling fun





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By Way of Explanation



M
R. GAMEL is a new man on the platform, but one who is sure to win his way.  Last season every audience he met was delighted.  There were no failures.  For sixteen years he has been a careful, sympathetic student of the lives of boys and young men, —and of the tendencies of the times.  He is an eloquent speaker, —original—forceful.  He is a man with a message which he knows how to deliver.  His lectures are built to 
help,
 but nobody goes to sleep while he speaks.




The Pictures
 (many of them from Mr. Gamel's own negatives made from life) are specimens of the very best in the slide-maker's art; and while the lectures are complete without them, the illustrations, as projected by a powerful, expertly managed stereoption, add much to the hearer's pleasure.





The American Boy



IS the experience and observation of sixteen years' work among boys—crystalized.  The message is primarily to parents and others who are responsible for the training of boys, and for their surroundings; but there is much of warning and inspiration for the boy himself.  It is brimful of startling facts, wholesome fun, and practical philosophy—in right proportions.





The Greatest Question in the World



IS an illustrated evangelistic address of unusual power, which has made a profound impression wherever delivered.





The Young Man who Wins



IS a masterpiece of timely counsel and inspiration, dealing with the elements that go to make up the successful character.  Prepared particularly for young men, but suitable for any audience.  Not illustrated.





Digging Doors



PREPARED for commencement occasions, is bright and spicy, yet full of encouragement and suggestion for those just entering upon the real battle of life, Not illustrated.







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To Inspire Confidence



Springfield, Mo., Daily Republican


—Much had been said and much was expected of the lecture on 
The American Boy,
 by Frank H. Gamel at the Y. M. C. A. last night, but the audience was not prepared for the rare treat that the lecturer gave in his magnificent presentation of the great subject.  With superb illustrations and elegant diction he drove home again and again the strong truths.  The lecture was one of the best given in the city for many months.





Mayfield, Ky.—Rev. B. Wrenn Webb,
 pastor Cumberland Presbyterian Church—

Mr. Gamel is an attractive, fluent, and eloquent speaker.  His lecture is characterized by a deep psychological insight into boy character.  It is practical in its philosophy, replete with humor, and tender in sympathy.




Perrysburg, Ohio—Rev. Otto Spreng.
  Pastor Evangelical Church—

The lecture by Frank H. Gamel, on 
The American Boy,
 is ideal in build and character.




Chetopa, Kans.—Rev. H. M. Gilbert.
  Pastor Presbyterian Church—

I have heard the lecture by Frank H. Gamel on 
The American Boy,
 and do not hesitate to pronounce it one of the finest things of the kind on the American platform.  Mr. Gamel possesses all the qualities that go to make a pleasing, popular speaker.  
The American Boy
 is a masterpiece and should be heard by parents, and those responsible for the training of boys everywhere.




Toledo, Ohio, Daily Blade


—The lecture was brimful of wit, eloquence and sturdy common sense, portraying the real boy in actual life, and the audience was delighted.




Cherryvale, Kans., Champion


—Mr. Gamel's presentation of the perilous condition of American young manhood is clear forceful and startling and will impress upon the minds of many parents the grave responsibilities to which they have previously given little or no attention.




Pittsburg, Kans.—Rev. John Y. Ewart, Pastor Presbyterian Church
—

Its array of facts is overwhelmingly convincing, and they are arrayed in a masterly way and enforced by apt illustrations.




Paducah, Ky., Evening Ledger


—Two of the finest lectures ever heard in this city were those from the lips of Frank H. Gamel yesterday (Sunday) under the auspices of the local Y. M. C. A. The afternoon address, 
The Young Man Who Wins,
 was an analysis of the kind of character that insures success.  In the evening, the subject was 
The American Boy—His Pranks, Perils and Possibilities.
  It was a vivid, masterly word picture of the boy as he is, and of the perils that surround him and the possibilities that await him.




Detroit, Mich.—I. G. Jenkins,
 General Secretary R. R. Y. M. C. A.—

Mr. Gamel's lecture on 
The American Boy
 cannot help but prove fruitful for good wherever presented.  It emphasizes facts which must awaken serious thought on the part of every parent.




New Brighton, Pa.—L. B. Hindman.
  General Secretary Y. M. C. A.—

Frank H. Gamel has given 
The American Boy
 and 
The Young Man Who Wins
 under our auspices.  The former is a remarkable treatment of that most difficult problem—the boy problem.  It should be heard by every parent in our country.  It will prove intensely interesting to old and young alike.  The illustrations of 
real boys
 cannot be improved upon, and show every phase of boy life from the cradle until his hair turns to its original color again.  
The Young Man Who Wins
 will prove an inspiration to every young man who has an ounce of energy and a desire to get on in this world.  I wish every young man might hear it.  The verdict of those who heard it here was:  
the best address we have heard in this room
 (the Association hall).





He's in danger of sunstroke when the garden must be weeded, but—







The Witnesses all Agree



Overwhelmingly convincing—irresistibly funny




Bright, witty, earnest and interesting




Cherrvale, Kans.—C. A. Mitchell,
 Cashier First National Bank—

I had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Frank H. Gamel's lecture, 
The American Boy—His Perils and Possibilities,
 and I wish I knew of some way of getting it before the boys and boys' parents all over this land.  I have never heard or read anything touching the subject that presented it in so forcible a manner or that presented such an array of startling facts, holding the intense interest of the hearers from beginning to end.




Berwick, Pa.—John R. Riebe,
 General Secretary Y. M. C. A.—

Mr. F. H. Gamel's address on 
The Young Man Who Wins,
 was without exception, conceded to be one of the raciest, most sensible and altogether sound addresses ever delivered to an audience of men in our building.  Gamel is forceful, logical, convincing.




Newark, Ohio—A. A. Ebersole,
 General Secretary Y. M. C. A.—

We have just had Frank H. Gamel deliver his two illustrated lectures in our Association hall.  Among all the speakers we have had last season or this, I can truthfully say that his presentation of the claims of Jesus Christ upon the young man's life is the most sensible and at the same time the most effective and altogether satisfactory that we have yet had.




Sioux City, Iowa—Chas. B. Hall,
 General Secretary Y. M. C. A.—

Mr. Gamel's work here was a great success.  
The American Boy,
 which he gave at the 
Monday night popular,
 made a deep impression and has the entertainment features in it necessary to hold a mixed audience.  I feel sure much good was accomplished.  If he is in this vicinity next year be sure and save dates for us.



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Columbus, Kans.—Prof. C. S. Bowman,
 Principal Cherokee County High School—

The audience that assembled last night to listen to Frank H. Gamel's lecture, 
The American Boy,
 received a genuine treat, and to say that they were pleased is to put it mildly indeed.  They were enthusiastic in their praise of the lecture.  We have had some of the best talent in our lecture courses that the country affords and none of them have given more complete satisfaction than Mr. Gamel.  He has a wonderful lecture, one that every parent and child in this country ought to hear.




Joplin, Mo.—Rev. L. H. Shane,
 pastor First Presbyterian Church—

The pictures are fine, and the manipulation of the lantern perfect.  The lecture is entertaining and helpful in a high degree, and the delivery very pleasing.  It is just such a lecture as all parents and youths should hear.




Parsons, Kans.—Prof. T. S. Johnson,
 Supt. City Schools—

Clear, suggestive, forcible.  If you don't want the moral tone of your community raised let him alone.




Parsons, Kans.—Maude Ellison,
 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Labette County, Kansas—

Frank H. Gamel delivered his popular illustrated lecture, 
The American Boy,
 at a joint meeting of the Teachers' Association of Cherokee, Montgomery and Labette counties, Feb. 20th, greatly to the delight of all who heard him.  His language and pictures are of the best, and his power to control and hold an audience marvelous.




A magnificent presentation of a great subject




A masterpiece—Should be heard by parents everywhere




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