Volume 5 — POPULAR EDUCATION.
Reading edition
CHAUTAUQUA LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC CIRCLE.
President—Lewis Miller.
Superintendent of Instruction—J. H. Vincent, D.D.
Counselors—Lyman Abbott, D.D.; J. M. Gibson, D.D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D.D.; W. C. Wilkinson, D.D.
Office Secretary—Miss Kate F. Kimball.
General Secretary—A. M. Martin.
The C. L. S. C.
The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle is a school at home—a school after school—a college for one’s own house, by which he may become acquainted in a general way with the school and college world, into which so many of our young people go, about which their parents know so little, and the benefits of which college people themselves need to recall in their later years.
It is for busy people, who left school years ago, and who desire to pursue some systematic course of instruction.
It is for high school and college graduates, for people who never entered either high school or college, for merchants, mechanics, apprentices, mothers, busy housekeepers, farmer boys, shop girls, and for people of leisure and wealth who do not know what to do with their time. College graduates, ministers, lawyers, physicians, accomplished ladies, are taking the course. They find the required books entertaining and useful, giving them a pleasant review of studies long ago laid aside. Several of our members are over eighty years of age. Very few are under eighteen.
The C. L. S. C. Course requires about forty minutes’ time a day for the term of four years. It need not be done every day, although this is a desirable way to carry on the work. The readings are comprehensive, clear, simple, and entertaining. They vary, of course, in interest according to the taste of the reader.
More than sixty thousand names are enrolled in this so-called “People’s University.” Although not a University at all, it has put educational influence, atmosphere and ambition into the homes of the people, which will lead many thousands of youth to seek the education which colleges and universities supply.
It is an easy thing to join the C. L. S. C. No preliminary examination is required; indeed, no examination is required at any time. Members are expected to fill out certain simple memoranda year after year, and forward them to the central office of the C. L. S. C., at Plainfield, N. J. But this is no task at all. A careful reading of the books is all that is necessary in order to graduate.
The following is the distribution of the subjects and books of the regular course through the year:
October.
Brief History of Greece. (Barnes.)
Preparatory Greek Course in English.
Chautauqua Text-Book, No. 5. Greek History.
In The Chautauquan:
“Glimpses of Ancient Greek Life.”
“Greek Mythology.”
“The Temperance Teachings of Science.”
“Studies in Kitchen Science and Art.”
“Sunday Readings.”
Our Alma Mater—“Lessons in Every-Day Speech.”
November.
Preparatory Greek Course in English. (Continued.)
Art of Speech. Vol. I.
In The Chautauquan:
“Glimpses of Ancient Greek Life.”
“Greek Mythology.”
“The Temperance Teachings of Science.”
“Sunday Readings.”
December.
Preparatory Greek Course in English. (Concluded.)
Cyrus and Alexander.
In The Chautauquan:
“Glimpses of Ancient Greek Life.”
“Greek Mythology.”
“The Temperance Teachings of Science.”
“Sunday Readings.”
Our Alma Mater—“Lessons in Every-Day Speech.”
January.
College Greek Course in English.
The Character of Jesus. (Bushnell.)
In The Chautauquan:
“Glimpses of Ancient Greek Life.”
“Greek Mythology.”
“The Temperance Teachings of Science.”
“Studies in Kitchen Science and Art.”
“Sunday Readings.”
February.
College Greek Course in English.
Beginner’s Hand-Book of Chemistry.
How to Help the Poor.
In The Chautauquan:
“The Circle of the Sciences.”
“Huxley on Science.”
“Home Studies in Chemistry.”
“Sunday Readings.”
Our Alma Mater—“Lessons in Household Decoration.”
March.
College Greek Course in English. (Concluded.)
Beginner’s Hand-Book of Chemistry.
In The Chautauquan:
“The Circle of the Sciences.”
“Home Studies in Chemistry.”
“Talks About Good English.”
“Sunday Readings.”
April.
Hurst’s History of the Reformation.
Beginner’s Hand-Book of Chemistry.
In The Chautauquan:
“The Circle of the Sciences.”
“Home Studies in Chemistry.”
“Easy Lessons in Animal Biology.”
“Talks about Good English.”
“Studies in Kitchen Science and Art.”
“Sunday Readings.”
Our Alma Mater—“Lessons in Self-Discipline.”
May.
In The Chautauquan:
“Easy Lessons in Animal Biology.”
“Talks About Good English.”
“Sunday Readings.”
June.
In The Chautauquan:
“Easy Lessons in Animal Biology.”
“Talks About Good English.”
“Sunday Readings.”
Review Full Year’s Course.
INITIATION FEE.
To defray the expenses of correspondence, memoranda, etc., an annual fee of fifty cents is required. This amount should be forwarded to Miss K. F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J., by New York or Philadelphia draft, Postoffice order, or Postal note on Plainfield, N. J. Do not send postage-stamps if you can possibly avoid it.
N. B.—In sending your fee, be sure to state to which class you belong, whether 1885, 1886, 1887, or 1888.
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.
Persons desiring to unite with the C. L. S. C. should forward answers to the following questions to Dr. J. H. Vincent, Plainfield, N. J. The class graduating in 1888 should begin the study of the lessons required October, 1884. They may begin as late as January 1, 1885.
1. Give your name in full.
2. Your post-office address, with county and State.
3. Are you married or single?
4. What is your age? Are you between twenty and thirty, or thirty and forty, or forty and fifty, or fifty and sixty, etc.?
5. If married, how many children living under the age of sixteen years?[E]
6. What is your occupation?
7. With what religious denomination are you connected?
ATTENDANCE AT CHAUTAUQUA.
Persons should be present to enjoy the annual meetings at Chautauqua, but attendance there is not necessary to graduation in the C. L. S. C. Persons who have never visited Chautauqua may enjoy the advantages, diploma, and honors of the “Circle.” The Daily Assembly Herald is published on the grounds during the Chautauqua Assembly. Send $1 for the Daily Herald to T. L. Flood, Meadville, Pa.
FOR 1884-1885.
The Chautauqua Periodicals.
THE CHAUTAUQUAN.
Vol. V. 1884-1885.
The fifth volume of The Chautauquan begins with the present issue. The magazine has a new and improved make-up. A corps of the ablest writers in the country supply its columns. One-half of the Required Readings of the C. L. S. C. are published in its pages. The Special C. L. S. C. Departments will be more full and entertaining than ever.
Among its contributors are: Richard Grant White, Dr. Felix L. Oswald, Bishop Hurst, Edward Everett Hale, Miss Susan Hayes Ward, Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, Mr. Byron D. Halsted, Dr. J. H. Vincent, D. H. Wheeler, D.D., LL.D., Miss Ida M. Tarbell, A.M., Miss Frances E. Willard, Dr. G. W. Clark, Bishop H. W. Warren, LL.D., Mr. A. M. Martin, Mr. C. E. Bishop, Prof. W. C. Wilkinson, D.D., Mrs. Emily J. Bugbee, Rev. C. E. Hall, D.D., Prof. G. Browne Goode, Prof. J. T. Edwards, D.D., Prof. W. G. Williams, A.M.
THE CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY DAILY HERALD,
FOR 1884, NOW READY.
Complete sets of the eleventh volume of The Chautauqua Assembly Daily Herald are now ready. This paper, published in nineteen numbers, in August of this year, on the grounds at the great Chautauqua Assembly, offers a unique and invaluable collection of lectures not to be found elsewhere in print. The present volume contains about eighty lectures, selected from the Chautauqua program for 1884.
AN INVALUABLE COURSE OF LECTURES,
Delivered by Principal A. M. FAIRBAIRN, of England, on Philosophy, also appears in this volume of The Assembly Herald, on the following subjects: “Locke and Berkeley,” “Hume,” “The Mills,” “Positivism,” “Herbert Spencer,” “Science and the Problem of Thought.” This series of lectures is alone worth the price of the volume.
THE YOUTH’S C. L. S. C.
Something New for the Young People.
A Children’s Daily Paper, Published on the Grounds at Chautauqua in August.
The Youth’s C. L. S. C. is a fresh and entertaining sheet, published in the interests of the Chautauqua Boys and Girls. Volume I. contains twelve numbers. It is printed on heavy paper, and beautifully illustrated from designs by our Special Artist. Its pages are enriched by contributions from
Dr. J. H. Vincent,
Pansy,
Miss Minnie Barney,
Rev. B. T. Vincent,
Miss A. M. Starkweather,
Prof. Lummis,
Mrs. Frank Beard,
Wallace Bruce,
Miss M. A. Bemus.
The set gives a Picture of the Children’s World at Chautauqua. Complete sets of Vol. I. now ready. It makes an invaluable and beautiful gift for the children in the Primary Department of the Sunday-school.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
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The Assembly Daily Herald 1.00
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