Popular Chautauqua lecturers: Glenn N. Merry

              Onarga Chautauqua
July 4 to 9 1915

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The National Lincoln Chautauqua System


Popular Chautauqua Lecturers

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Walter R. Poole
Long time missionary in the Fiji Islands; a brother to Charles R. Poole recently elected member of Parliament.  World traveler, student, author and missionary; the associate and compeer of leading Englishmen, Canadians, New Zealanders, Australians and Americans; a man whose observations and conclusions are matters of far more than usual interest.  Afternoon of the fourth day.

Edith Strickland Moodie
voices a real message about play.  She is a post graduate of Harvard, where she was assistant instructor; she has had special training at Wisconsin and Columbia Universities.  Miss Moodie is an able lecturer.  The afternoon of the sixth day.

Glenn N. Merry
student, literary critic, Chicago settlement worker, collegian and man of affairs.  A man of rare brains and personality who will justify watching.  In five states Prof.  Merry was marked the greatest educational advocate ever heard.  His master piece Thirty Pieces of Silver, is a social study of great importance.  Afternoon of the third day.

William Lloyd Davis
is a Community Evangelist who sets folks thinking about their own town.  Mr. Davis is a live literary critic and interpreter.  His Kipling Recital has aroused much enthusiasm for better living, better fun, and more of it.  In his Community Lecture, delivered extempore, Mr. Davis has been recognized as a great public benefactor.  Financial, sanitary, institutional, corrective, constructive, political and social conditions, will have attention from this brilliant, masterful man who, while he will speak in gracious kindliness, will not suppress nor stint any part of the relevant truth.  Afternoon and night the second day.

Rollo McBride
once a hungry, desperate beggar, has the confidence of Pittsburgh and Chicago concerning one matter: He is the organizer and sustainer of The Parting of the Ways Home in each of these cities.  Food, clothing, clean beds, baths, and a job at which the unfortunates can make headway; these are the answers offered by McBride to a very hopeless and helpless class of men.  As Presidents, Governors, Mayors, Men of Letters, and the masses have heard, and learned much from Rollo McBride, Lincoln management is glad to present him.  The afternoon of the fifth day.

Dr. William A. Ganfield
of Wisconsin, is a man for every class of people, being prominent in business, social, religious and educational fields.  Dr. Ganfield has won interstate recognition for his thinking and speaking about important and interesting subjects.  The Knight of the 20th Century is an inspirational address the afternoon the first day.  Discords and their Causes at night.  A great start for the week.

Judge George D. Alden
Knowing that Judge Alden is a son of the Mayflower, a direct descendant of John Alden and Priscilla, we expect him to be what he is, a high-minded, earnest man with deep convictions.  He is also a judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Massachusets.  He gets at the living, vital subject in telling language, striking epigram, yankee wit, practical sense, earnestness, beauty of diction and the sympathy that wins men.  The evening of the sixth day.

Maude Willis
is the Maude Adams of monologists.  World and social conditions, influences, powers and tendencies, constitute her theme.  Years of patient, detailed investigation and study lie behind her every production.  The public may assume that her qualifications are right just as they assume that Paderewski's technic is not a matter of question.  You might sometimes forget this young woman, but her theme will be written in your mind until the question involved has been answered in average human experience.  The night of the third day.


Judge George D. Alden



Edith Strickland Moodie



Glenn N. Merry



William Lloyd Davis



Rollo McBride



Dr. William A. Ganfield



Maude Willis





Music and Entertainment

Ellis Brooks' Band



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Beatrice Weller and Grace Wilson



Tyrolean Alpine Yodlers




Albert and Martha Gale
Albert and Martha Gale in Songs and Stories of the Red Man highly illustrated with actual Indian tepees, totem poles, musical instruments, and dress, give an interesting program the evening of the fifth day.  Mr. and Mrs. Gale, gifted musicians, have devoted much time and spent thousands of dollars during the past twenty years in the study of the music and musical instruments of various races; especially the Japanese, the Chinese, and the American Indian.  The traditions, folk lore, civil and religious rites, passions, tribal and inter-tribal relations, pageantry and gala occasions of the Indian will all be acted, sung and highly illustrated.  They present a carefully developed interpretation of Indian life which will be highly instructive as well as delightfully entertaining.  Mr. Gale is a celebrated story teller.



Ellis Brooks' Band
Ellis Brooks' Military and Concert Band.  No band master in America is better known for his actual achievements than Ellis Brooks, composer, organizer and leader of national and international fame for more than twenty years.  Mr. Brooks has toured the world twice, playing extended engagements in famous cities and musical centers.  Now, Chicago boasts his fame, having brought him to her service from New York and Boston.  His interpretations of the great masters are no less remarkable and thrilling than his patriotic, old time, popular and original compositions.  In any case he touches the people, appealing to the American's love of good sentiment and delightful melody.

Victor Herbert, The Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sousa, and other noted musical leaders and organizations have frequently played Ellis Brooks' compositions, some of which will be given in this personally conducted tour.

Lincoln management is glad and proud to present Mr. Brooks and his great Chicago Military and Concert Band, afternoon and night of the fourth day.

The musical library of this composer, valued at more than $40,000, is one of the boasts of Chicago.  It is the greatest collection of musical authority in America.



Craven Family Orchestra
Called a Family of Geniuses.  Father and four daughters, the youngest fourteen.  The father, leader, plays the cornet.  Miss Opal, soprano, has a sweet, clear voice; she plays the clarinet, and cornet also.  Irene, cornetist and accompanist.  Irma, all instruments; and Norma, the youngest, a very accomplished trap drummer, whose appearances have proven near-sensational events wherever she has gone.  The Cravens put on many features, among which are a brass quartet, readings by Miss Opal, and a standard orchestra arrangement.

The family is strongly musical and the girls have been under the instruction and training of their father from early childhood.  The Cravens are a first class company of born musicans, admirably trained.

Scores of communities in Iowa, Missouri and Kansas are asking for this family back the third year.

Afternoon and night, the first day.



Colonial Concert Company
Five young women who will sing, perform upon instruments, and enact scenes from Grand Operas including one English Opera, one Japanese sketch, some humorous readings, trios, and ensemble numbers.  Sacred concerts in surplice will be given on Sundays.  This company has been organized and trained by Lutie Baker Gunn of Boston, and is unqualifiedly commended to lovers of good music and fine entertainment.  The range of voices in this company is unusual.  Miss Beers, celebrated pupil of Sandor Radanovits, is a beautiful, high lyric soprano, and Miss Ward possesses a very rich, low contralto.  Miss Muriel Beebe, reader and accompanist, will give some unusually happy and entertaining numbers during the program.  Miss Albertina Buser is widely celebrated for her skill in playing the zither.  Miss June McMurtry, mezzo-soprano and violinist.


Chicago Artists Quartette
The Chicago Artists Quartette will appear in concert the afternoon of the sixth day preceding Miss Edith Strickland Moodie's lecture.  Their concert repertoire is very large, covering a wide range of compositions.  At night they will render parts of celebrated grand operas in costume.  The varied spirit and emotional powers of the quartet have won them able, definite and high praise.  Carl E. Craven, tenor, is a well known Chicago artist; as is Miss Sturdevant, contralto, and A. E. Mossback, bass.  Florence Hedstrum, soprano, is a Michigan celebrity along with Marguerite Wickes, whose readings have been highly praised by critical audiences in village, town and city over many states.  The artists will bring the week's program to a gratifying climax which all Chautauquans should certainly enjoy.



Tyrolean Alpine Yodlers
This company of genuine Bavarians and Swiss under the personal direction of C. L. Grobecker of St. Louis World's Fair fame, will give the preludes afternoon and night, the second day.  Appearing in the picturesque costumes of their nations, and playing the unique instruments of the Alpine peoples, the company will afford not only musical variety but novelty as well.  Their program is one of much interest; they will sing the famed folk songs and warbling and Yodle songs of their native lands, all of which music they will render faultlessly; for some years they have been under the direction of Herr Grobecker who is affectionately termed The Tyrolean Daddy.  In addition the Yodlers will sing some of the national and popular songs of America as they interpret them.  An exceptional and delightful entertainment.



Beatrice Stuart Weller Company
Miss Beatrice Stuart Weller began her art study in the Iowa State Normal; she has carried it through the universities of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Louisiana; in the latter institution she had charge of the Art Department some years.  Because of her marked success as an entertainer as well as teacher, she has been urged to do Chautauqua work.  Her landscapes, drawn as she tells delightful stories prove rare and real talent, fortified by years of study under masterful teachers.  In all, some idea of the how runs through Miss Weller's entertainments.  She contributes much toward the personal interest of her audiences.

With Miss Weller is Mrs. Walter R. Poole from New Zealand, highly praised soprano, and Miss Grace Wilson, pupil of Greta Allum of Wheaton, Illinois, an accompanist of rapidly growing fame.

People who find delight in crayon work, illustration, humor and good music should hear this company, afternoon and night the fifth day.




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LINCOLN CHAUTAUQUAS
Lincoln Chautauqua All Star Six Day Program
1915


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Program
Marked
HOURS OF SESSIONS:

MORNING:

8 to 11.  Junior Chautauqua
At the Playgrounds.  (For Season Ticket Holders)

AFTERNOON:

2:30.  First Part of Program at Tent
3:15.  Second Part of Program at Tent
3:30.  Games and Stories at Playgrounds

NIGHT:

7:30.  First Part of Program at Tent
8:15.  Second Part of Program at Tent





FIRST DAY

MORNING — Junior Chautauqua.
AFTERNOON — Formal Opening.

Prelude — The Craven Orchestra.
Address — Dr. William A. Ganfield.
Admission, 15 and 25 cents
Children's Hour — At the Playground.

NIGHT — Popular Concert — The Craven Orchestra.

Lecture — Dr. William A. Ganfield.
Admission, 15 and 25 cents




SECOND DAY

MORNING — Junior Chautauqua.
AFTERNOON — Prelude — Alpine Singers and Yodlers.

Lecture Recital — Kipling, William Lloyd Davis.
Admission, 15 and 25 cents
Children's Hour — At the Playground.

NIGHT —

Musical Entertainment — Alpine Singers and Yodlers.
Address — Community Welfare, William Lloyd Davis.
Admission, 15 and 35 cents




THIRD DAY

MORNING — Junior Chautauqua.
AFTERNOON — Prelude — Colonial Concert Company.

Lecture — Glenn N. Merry.
Admission, 15 and 25 cents
Children's Hour — At the Playground.

NIGHT —

Musical Entertainment — Colonial Concert Company.
Dramatic Recital — Maude Willis.
Admission, 15 and 35 cents




FOURTH DAY

MORNING — Junior Chautauqua.
AFTERNOON —

Grand Concert — Ellis Brooks and his Military Band.
Lecture — Walter R. Poole.
Admission, 15 and 35 cents
Children's Hour — At the Playground.

NIGHT — Popular Concert — Brooks' Band.
Admission, 25 and 50 cents



FIFTH DAY

MORNING — Junior Chautauqua.
AFTERNOON — Prelude — Beatrice Weller Co.

Lecture — Rollo McBride.
Admission, 15 and 25 cents
Children's Hour — At the Playground.

NIGHT —

Concert and Cartoon Lecture — Beatrice Weller Co.
Indian Entertainment — The Gales.
Admission, 15 and 35 cents




SIXTH DAY

MORNING — Junior Chautauqua.
AFTERNOON — Concert — Chicago Artists Quartet.

Lecture — Edith Strickland Moodie.
Admission, 15 and 35 cents
Children's Hour — At the Playground.

NIGHT — Lecture — Judge George D. Alden.

Grand Closing Number — The Opera Martha
Given in costume by the Chicago Artists Quartet.
Admission, 25 and 50 cents




The Lincoln Junior Chautauqua will be given, mainly, on the Chautauqua Playgrounds each week.  A graduate playground expert will have charge, and the real fun, joy, and benefit of play will be illustrated as well as advocated.  In the afternoons, following certain parts of the Senior program, story telling, folk games, songs and camp fire circles will be directed.  The Junior Chautauqua is a movement in keeping with a new era of education for the children of America.

Buy season tickets and save more than half.  You get full benefit of program only by attending regularly.  Total Adult Single Admissions, $4.00.  Total Youths' Single Admissions, $2.00.  Youths' Season Tickets, 8 to 15 years, $1.00 (Good to the Junior Chautauqua)

ANNOUNCEMENT:  Vesper services and other features suitable arranged for Sunday.  This is your Chautauqua, put on at the instance of your people.  Help to make it a great and happy community occasion

PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
NATIONAL LINCOLN CHAUTAUQUA SYSTEM
ALONZO E. WILSON, President and General Manager

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