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 Pontiac Cbautauqua 
 Assembly. 
 
 Park, Pontiac, Til 
 
 fourteen Days, 
 
 July 2$ to August 5, 
 
 Pcntiac Riocrticw Cbawauqua Association. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 DR. J. D. SCOULLER, Pres. A. C. NORTON, V. Pres. 
 
 DR. CHAS. H. LONG, Sec. A. M. LEGG, Treas. 
 
 A. C. FOLSOM, Superintendent. 
 
 DIRECTORS. 
 
 C. E. LEGG, E. M. JOHNSON, JOHN S. MURPHY, 
 
 D. S. MYERS, S. A. RATHBUN, C. E. DEBUTTS, 
 
 GEORGE TORRANCE, H. J. CLARK, 
 
 REV. NELSON G. LYONS, D. D. 
 
 In presenting the program for the sixth annual 
 Assembly of the Pontiac Chautauqua, the manage- 
 ment is gratified with the success which has at- 
 tended the preceding annual gatherings and de- 
 sires to express its appreciation of the splendid 
 patronage which has enabled us to strengthen our 
 nrogram, from year to year, giving the very best, 
 " f it is now conceded by all that the "Pontiac 
 -qua leads, others follow." The program 
 i for 1903 is better and stronger than 
 s extend a cordial invitation to all to 
 -teen days enjoy the great pro- 
 as well as the beauties of
 
 Location. 
 
 The PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY is held at River- 
 view Park, adjoining the city of Pontiac, a place having 
 six thousand population and the most progressive and up- 
 to-date town in the state. The Park contains twenty-one 
 acres of ground, is surrounded on three sides by the wind- 
 ing Vermillion river, is densely shaded with immense 
 trees, and is an ideal location, attractive and healthful 
 in every respect. It has many permanent improvements, 
 including an auditorium which seats 3,500 comfortably. 
 The entire grounds are lighted with electricity, the purest 
 of spring water is furnished and the sanitary arrange- 
 ments are without flaw. 
 
 Rates of Admission. 
 
 Season Tickets, Adults Not transferable $2.00 
 
 Season Tickets, Children from 10-16 1.00 
 
 Single Admission before 6 o'clock p. m., Adults 25 
 
 Single Admission before 6 o'clock p. m., children... .15 
 
 Single Admission after 6 o'clock p. m., Adults 20 
 
 Single Admission after 6 o'clock p. m., children 10 
 
 Children under 10 years free. 
 
 SEASON TICKETS are not transferable, and if pre- 
 sented by any one except the rightful owner will be taken 
 up. Holders of same will be allowed to jro in and out at 
 pleasure from 8 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at 
 night. These tickets are presented to the gate keeper 
 each time upon entering, and will be punched. 
 
 SINGLE ADMISSION TICKETS will be taken up 
 at the gate and will entitle the owner to remain at all 
 entertainments of the day after entering until 10 o'clock 
 at night, but buyers of the same must remain inside of 
 the enclosure, as no return checks will be given. 
 
 SPECIAL CLASSES in Elocution, Physical Culture, 
 and School of Fine Arts, require a small extra tuition 
 fee. The Astronomy Class, Boys' Club, Chautauqua 
 Round Table, Civic Congress, Cooking School, Free 
 Parliament, Health School, Kindergarten, Ministerial 
 Conference, Normal Bible School, Nature Study Club, 
 Reform Congress, Temperance Congress, W. C. T. t 
 Institute and Young Ladies' Outlook Club are free to all 
 holding tickets to the Assembly. 
 
 PERSONS ON THE GROUNDS in the morning must 
 be provided with tickets. The grounds will be patrolled 
 at 7 o'clock each morning by a^pollector before the gates 
 open. 
 
 TICKETS ON SALE .at' She drug store of the John 
 S. Murphy Co. after July 1st. After the Assembly opens 
 all tickets can be obtained at the ticket office on the. 
 grounds.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Tents. 
 
 The rental of tents is very low and has been placed at 
 the following price for the fourteen days, put up ready 
 for use: 
 
 Wall Tents, size 10x12 , $2.50 
 
 Wall Tents, size 12x14 3.00 
 
 Wall Tents, size 12x16 3.50 
 
 Family Compartment Tents, size 9x19 4.00 
 
 Family Compartment Tents, size 12x19 5.00 
 
 Family Compartment Tents, size 14x24 7.00 
 
 Board floors will be placed in any of the tents desired 
 at the following prices: 10x12, $1.25; 12x14, $1.75; 12x16, 
 $1.75; 9x19, $2.00; 12x19, $2.00; 14x24, 3.00. 
 
 Tents by the day 50 cents or more, according to size. 
 
 To cover the contingency of a great demand, it would 
 be well for those wishing tents to engage same before 
 July 1. Location and tents will be reserved by the pay- 
 ment of $2.00 in advance, balance on taking possession. 
 
 A ground rental fee of $1.00 will be charged parties 
 bringing their own tents. 
 
 Teams. 
 
 Season Team Ticket, either single or double $1.00 
 
 Single Team Ticket, either single or double 10 
 
 Schools and (Classes. 
 
 Those who propose to become students in the Schools 
 of Physical Culture, Elocution, Fine Arts, must secure 
 Season Tickets of general admission to the Assembly be- 
 fore their application for admission to the classes will be 
 received. Fees for instruction in those classes for the 
 full term will be as follows: 
 
 Physical Culture Class $2.00 
 
 Elocution Class 2.00 
 
 School of Fine Arts 4.00 
 
 No fees will be charged to either the Astronomy Class, 
 Boys' Club, Round Table, Civic Congress, Cooking 
 School, Free Parliament, Health School, Ministerial 
 Conference, Normal Bible School, Nature Study Club, 
 Reform Congress, Temperance Congress, W. C. T. U. 
 Institute, or Young Ladies' Outlook Club. 
 
 Camp Furniture. 
 
 Will be rented at the following prices for the entire 
 fourteen days: 
 
 Woven Wire Springs 5Gc Camp Chairs 20c 
 
 Woven Wire Cots 50c Tables 50c 
 
 Gasoline Stoves, 1 bur 75c Gasoline Stoves, 2 bur..$l 
 
 Bedding should in all cases be brought from home.
 
 JULY 23 to AUGUST 5. 
 
 Railroad Rates. 
 
 All railroads in the Western Passenger Association, 
 which include the Chicago & Alton; Illinois Central; 
 Wabash; Atchinson, Topeka & Sante Fe; Chicago & 
 North- Western; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Chicago, 
 Rock Island & Pacific; Iowa Central; Rock Island & 
 Peoria; will sell round-trip tickets at a rate of one fare 
 and one-third from points in Illinois from which the local 
 one way rate to Pontiac is $3.00 or less; excursion tick- 
 ets to be sold on July 23, July 30, August 1 and August 
 5, good to return leaving Pontiac until and including 
 August 6, 1903. On all other dates, excepting those 
 specified above, they have granted a reduced rate on the 
 certificate plan from all points in Illinois, from which 
 the local one-way rate to Pontiac is less than $3.00 and 
 more than fifty cents. Persons taking advantage of this 
 reduced rate will obtain a certificate, at the time of the 
 purchase of the ticket, from the ticket agent, showing the 
 purchase of the ticket, and upon arrival at the Chautau- 
 qua will immediately deposit the certificate with the su- 
 perintendent of the Assembly. In other words,the passen- 
 ger will pay full fare on going trip, and on presentation 
 of certificate to that effect, one hundred certificates from 
 all points having been deposited, will purchase at Pon- 
 tiac a return ticket for one-third fare. Certificates show- 
 ing the purchase of going tickets on July 22 to August 5, 
 inclusive, will be honored if presented not later than 
 August 6. 
 
 New Dining Hall. 
 
 Recognizing the fact that a permanent Dining Hall 
 would add to the comfort and pleasure of our patrons, 
 the Board of Directors have authorized the Building and 
 Grounds committee to have plans drawn by an architect 
 for a very commodius building to be in readiness for the 
 1903 Assembly. Meals will be served at popular prices, 
 and our patrons will receive the best possible service. 
 
 Expenses. 
 
 From the beginning of this enterprise every effort has 
 been made by the management to keep the expenses just 
 as low as possible and yet provide reasonable conven- 
 iences and comforts. The program is unexcelled by any 
 Assembly in the country, and our rates are from twenty- 
 five to forty per cent, lower 
 
 Booklets and Information. 
 
 For full information concerning tents, accommodations, 
 schools, copies of Illustrated Booklet, write our Superin- 
 tendent, A. C. FOLSOM, Pontiac, 111., who will gladly 
 and promptly give all information desired.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQTJA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 FFieiflL PROGRAM. 
 
 THURSDAY. JULY 23. 
 
 1:00 Music Pontiac Military Band. 
 
 1:45 Address of Welcome by Dr. J. D. Scouller, President of the 
 Chautauqua Association. Auditorium. 
 
 2:00 Lecture Hon. William Jennings Bryan. 
 
 4:00 Cnautauqua Round Table, conducted by Mrs. Jean M. Hyde, 
 of Oil City, Pa. "Masterpieces and Classics." Auditorium. 
 
 6:00 Address upon the advantages of Physical Culture and 
 Elocution by Miss Bertha ,B. Lash of Chicago. Audi- 
 torium. 
 
 7:00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 8:00 Lecture "Grumblers and Their Cure," Dr. H. W. Scars, of 
 Nashville, Tenn. Auditorium. 
 
 9:30 Heavenly Wonders through the Telescope, explained by 
 Pr. E. L. Eaton. Boat Landing. 
 
 FRIDAY. JULY 24. 
 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 W. C. T. U. Institute, conducted by Miss Marie C. Brehm, 
 State President of Illinois W. C. T. U. "The Temperance 
 Outlook." Auditorium. 
 9:00 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall, conducted by 
 
 Miss Bertha B. Lash, of Chicago. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall, conducted by Miss 
 
 Nora J. Allen. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall, conducted by Miss Mary 
 
 Gay, of Girard. 
 
 9:30 Normal Bible School, conducted by Dr. E. L. Eaton, of Alle- 
 gheny, Pa. "Manifested in Character." Auditorium. 
 10:30 Lecture "The Mississippi Flotilla in the Civil War," Dr. 
 
 A. C. Byerly, of Springfield. Auditorium. 
 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall, conducted by Miss Bertha 
 
 B. Lash, of Chicago. 
 
 1 :00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 2:00 Lecture "In Clover." Prof. Joseph Carter, of Champaign. 
 
 Auditorium. 
 
 Songs by Mendelssohn Male Quartette, of Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 Reading by Miss Marguerite Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 4:00 Chautauqua Round Table. "Historic Stones of Egypt and 
 Greece," Mrs. Jean M. Hyde. Auditorium. 
 
 5:00 Temperance Congress, conducted by Dr. E. L. Eaton. "The 
 Temperance Reform the Duty of the Individual." Audi- 
 torium. 
 
 7:00 Music Pontiac Military Band. 
 
 8:00 Lecture "A Message from Mars," Prof. J. Ernest Wood- 
 land, of Rochester, N. Y. This lecture is illustrated with
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 interesting experiments in wireless telegraphy. Bells 
 
 are rung, motors are started and stopped, cannons fired, 
 
 mines exploded, electric lamps lighted and extinguished. 
 
 9:30 Heavenly Wonders through the Telescope. Boat Landing. 
 
 saruRoav, JULY 25. 
 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 W. C. T. U,, Institute. "Science, Total Abstinence and 
 
 Pledges," Miss Marie C Brehm. Auditorium. 
 9:00 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall. 
 9:30 Normal Bible School. "Revealed in Doctrine," Dr. E. L. 
 
 Eaton. Auditorium. 
 10:30 Lecture "Man and His Mission," Rev. Thomas J. Shuey, of 
 
 Rock Island. Auditorium. 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall. 
 1:00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 2:00 Lecture "The Empire of the Czar the Great Bear of the 
 North," Dr. Robert S. Mac Arthur, of New York. Audi- 
 torium. 
 
 Mendelssohn Male Quartette. 
 Miss Marguerite Smith. 
 4:00 Chautauqua Round Table. "Immortal Marbles of Greece 
 
 and Italy," Mrs. Jean M. Hyde. Auditorium. 
 5:00 Temperance Congress. "The Temperance Reform the 
 
 Duty of the State," Dr. E. L. Eaton. Auditorium. 
 7:00 Music Pontiac Military Band. 
 
 8:00 Hunter, the Wizard, of Ohio, giving one of his "phantastic 
 evenings" of Magic. Two hours of fascinating fun and 
 bewilderment. 
 10:00 Heavenly Wonders through the Telescope. 
 
 SUNDRY, JULY 26. 
 
 9:30 Normal Sunday School. Auditorium. 
 
 Junior Sunday School. Willard Hall. 
 10:30 Sermon "The Great Teacher," Dr. E. L. Eaton. Au-di- 
 
 torium. 
 
 Mendelssohn Male Quartette. 
 1:00 Sacred Concert Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 2:00 Sermon "Dr. Robert S. MacArthur, pastor of Calvary* 
 
 Baptist Church, New York. 
 Mendelssohn Male Quartette. 
 
 4:00 Sermon "The Jericho Road," Miss Marie C. Brehm. 
 7:00 Sacred Concert Pontiac Military Band 
 8:00 Illustrated Lecture Reading "Ben-Hur," Prof. J. Walter 
 Wilson, of Indianapolis, Ind., illustrated with steropticon 
 views. 
 
 MONDftY. JULY 27. 
 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 W. C. T. U. Institute. "What shall be Taught in Our Public
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Schools to Insure a Nation free from Intemperance ?" 
 Miss Marie C. Brehm. Auditorium. 
 
 Young Ladies' Outlook Club, conducted by Mrs. Barbara 
 Replogle Atkinson, of Norwalk, Ohio. "Facing the 
 Future." Willard Hall. 
 
 9:00 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall. 
 9:30 Normal Bible School. "Exhibited in Literature," Dr. E. L. 
 
 Eaton. Auditorium. 
 10:30 Lecture "Hard Lessons Learned in a Comical Fashion," 
 
 Rev. Henry Abraham, of Chicago. Auditorium. 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall. 
 1:00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 2:00 Lecture "Who was to Blame ?" President Charles A. 
 
 Blanchard, of Wheaton. Auditorium. 
 Mendelssohn Male Quartette. 
 Miss Marguerite Smith. 
 4:00 Chautauqua Round Table. "Famous Canvases of Italy and 
 
 Germany." Mrs. Jean M. Hyde. Auditorium. 
 5:00 Civic Congress, conducted by Miss Marie C. Brehm. Audi- 
 torium. 
 
 7:00 Music Pontiac Military Band. 
 
 8:00 Concert by Gavin Spence and Flora MacDonald, of Scot- 
 land, the great Scottish entertainers. 
 9:30 Heavenly Wonders through the Telescope. Boat Landing. 
 
 TUESDAY, JULY 28. 
 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 W. C. T. U. Institute. "Woman as a Law-maker," Miss 
 
 Marie C. Brehm. Auditorium. 
 Young Ladies' Outlook Club. "Essentials," Mrs. Barbara 
 
 Replogle Atkinson. Willard Hall. 
 Boys' Club, conducted by Dr. John S. Cook, of Galesburg. 
 
 Boys' Club Tent. 
 
 9:00 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall. 
 9:30 Normal Bible School. "Anticipated in Science," Dr. E. L. 
 
 Eaton. Auditorium. 
 10:30 Lecture "Some Remarkable Ps} T chic Phenomena," Dr. E. 
 
 L. Eaton. Auditorium. 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall. 
 1:00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra 
 
 Nature Study Club, conducted by Dr. John S. Cook, of 
 
 Galesburg. Willard Hall. 
 2:00 Lecture "China; Her Arts, Literature and Morality," Hon. 
 
 F. X. Schoonmaker, of Ohio. Auditorium. 
 Mendelssohn Male Quartette. 
 Miss Marguerite Smith.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 4:00 Chautauqua Round Table. "Great Books of the World," 
 Mrs. Jean M. Hyde. Auditorium. 
 
 5:00 Civic Congress. Miss Marie C. Brehm. Auditorium. 
 
 7:00 Music Pontiac Military Band. 
 
 8:00 Lecture "The Apache Warpath," Nat M. Brigham, of 
 Chicago. Illustrated with one hundred and fifty mag- 
 nificent stereopticon views. 
 
 9:30 Heavenly Wonders through the Telescope. Boat Landing. 
 
 WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. 
 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 W. C. T. U. Institute "Law Enforcement Bluff Methods," 
 
 Miss Marie C. Brehm. Auditorium. 
 Young Ladies' Outlook Club "A Good Investment," Mrs. 
 
 Barbara Replogle Atkinson. Willard Hall. 
 Boys' Club in Boy's Club Tent. 
 9:00 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall, 
 9:30 Normal Bible School "Inspiring True Devotion," Dr. E. L. 
 
 Eaton, Auditorium. 
 10:30 Lecture "The World's White Ribbon," Miss Marie C. 
 
 Brehm. Auditorium. 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall. 
 1:00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 Nature Study Club in Willard Hall. 
 
 2:00 Lecture "Ultimate America: Whither Are We Drifting 
 and What Will Be Our Final Destiny?" Dr John 
 Merritte Driver, of Chicago. Auditorium. 
 Mendelssohn Male Quartette,. 
 Miss Marguerite Smith. 
 4:00 Chautauqua Round Table "The Highest Point," Mrs. Jean 
 
 M. Hyde. Auditorium 
 
 5:00 Civic Congress Miss Marie C. Brehm. Auditorium. 
 7:00 Music Pontiac Military Band. 
 
 8 :00 Grand Concert by the Mendelssohn Male Quartette, assisted 
 by Miss Marguerite Smith, reader. 
 
 THURSDaY, JULY 30. 
 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 Ministerial Conference "What Have You Found Most Con- 
 ducive to a Live, Interesting and Helpful Prayer Meet- 
 ing? " Rev. David F. Wilson, pastor of Methodist Episco- 
 pal Church, Odell. Auditorium. 
 Young Ladies' Outlook Club "Possibilities," Mrs. Barbara 
 
 Replogle Atkinson. Willard Hall. 
 Boys' Club in Boys' Club Tent. 
 9:00 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 9:30 Health School. Lecture "The Individual Cell in Health 
 and Disease." Dr. Carolyn Geisel, of Sanitarium, Battle 
 Creek, Mich. Auditorium. 
 10:30 Lecture "Hygiene, a Preventive of Disease." Dr. Carolyn 
 
 Geisel. Auditorium. 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall. 
 1:00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 Nature Study Club in Willard Hall. 
 
 2:00 Lecture "The Struggle of the Boers for Liberty," General 
 Joubert and Captain O'Donnell, the great Boer leaders. 
 Auditorium. 
 
 Mendelssohn Male Quartette. 
 Miss Marguerite Smith. 
 
 4:00 Chautauqua Round Table "Books a Bane or a Blessing," 
 Dr. Geo. M. Brown. Field Secretary of the C. L. S. C., of 
 Derby, Conn. Auditorium. 
 
 5:00 Reform Congress, conducted by Dr. A. P. Cobb. Auditorium. 
 Cooking School, conducted by Miss Lucy Winegar, of the 
 Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich. "Nature Foods." 
 Willard Hall. 
 
 7:00 Music-Pontiac Military Band. 
 
 8:00 Lecture "Battles and Incidents of the Boer War," Gen. 
 Joubert and Captain O'Donnell. Illustrated with thrill- 
 ing stereopticon views. 
 
 FRIDAY, JULY 31. 
 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 Ministerial Conference "How Shall We Preach the Old 
 Doctrines With Profit for the Men of Today?" Audi- 
 torium. 
 Young Ladies' Outlook Club " A Larger Womanhood," 
 
 Mrs. Barbara Replogle Atkinson. Willard Hall. 
 Boys' Club in Boys' Club Tent/ 
 9:00 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall. 
 9:30 Health School "The Heart in Health and Disease," Dr- 
 
 Carolyn Geisel. Auditorium. 
 10:30 Lecture "How to Get Among the Four Hundred," Mrs. 
 
 Virginia B. LeRoy, ef Streator. Auditorium. 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall. 
 1:00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 Nature Study Club in Willard Hall. 
 2:00 Lecture "Left Handed Men," Dr. Thomas E. Green, of 
 
 Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Auditorium. 
 Music by the Tyrolean Yodlers. 
 4:00 Chautauqua Round Table "Making a Library," Dr. Geo. M. 
 
 Brown. Auitorium. 
 .5:00 Reform Congress. Auditorium. 
 
 Cooking School "Fruits." Miss Lucy Winegar. Willard 
 
 Hall. 
 
 7:00 Music Pontiac Military Band. 
 
 8:00 Lecture "Philosophy of Wit and Humor," Eli Perkins, of 
 New York.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 SATURDAY, AUGUST i. 
 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 Ministerial Conference "The Importance of Symstematic 
 Bible Study Among Our Young People," Rev. E. N. Bell, 
 pastor of Baptist Church, Chenoa. Auditorium. 
 Young Ladies' Outlook Club "Does It Pay? " Mrs. Barbara 
 
 Replogle Atkinson, Willard Hall. 
 Boys' Club in Boys' Club Tent. 
 9:00 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall. 
 9:30 Health School "The Blood and Circulatory System," Dr. 
 
 Carolyn Geisel. Auditorium. 
 10:30 Lecture "That Boy," Miss Lucy Page Gaston, of Chicago. 
 
 Auditorium. 
 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall. 
 1:00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 Nature Study Club in Willard Hall. 
 
 2:00 Lecture by Samuel Gompers, President of American Fed- 
 eration of Labor, Washington, D. C. 
 Music by the Tyrolean Yodlers. 
 4:00 Chautauqua Round Table "Periodical Literature," Dr. 
 
 Geo. M. Brown, Auditorium. 
 5:00 Reform Congress. Auditorium. 
 
 Cooking School "Food Combinations." Miss Lucy Wine- 
 gar. Willard Hall. 
 7:00 Music Pontiac Military Band. 
 
 8:00 Unique and pleasing entertainment by the Tyrolean Yod- 
 lers and Concert Company of Bavaria. 
 
 SUNDAY. AUGUST 2. 
 
 9:30 Normal Sunday School. Auditorium. 
 Junior Sunday School. Willard Hall. 
 10:30 . Sermon. Dr. Geo M. Brown. 
 
 1 :00 Sacred Concert Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 2:00 Sermon, Dr. William H. Crawford, President of Allegheny 
 College, Meadville, Pa. 
 
 4:00 Sermon. Dr. Joseph F. Berry, editor of Epworth Herald. 
 
 5:30 Vesper Service, conducted by Dr. Geo. M. Brown. 
 
 7:00 Lecture--"Struggles and Triumphs of the Early Christians," 
 Herbert Booth, late of Australia. Illustrated with two 
 hundred life-model stereopticon views and twenty-three 
 motion pictures. A grand and thrilling evening. 
 
 MONDAY, AUGUST 3. 
 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 Ministerial Conference "What Shall be the Definite Line 
 of Temperance Work of the Church?" Rev. Andrew 
 Scott, pastor of First Christian Church, Normal. Audi- 
 torium. 
 Boys' Club in Boys' Club Tent.
 
 10 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 9:03 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall. 
 
 9:30 Health School "Respiratory Organs in Health and Dis- 
 ease," Dr. Carolyn Geisel. Auditorium. 
 10:30 "Rest and Visit." To be participated in by all campers. 
 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall. 
 1 :00 Music- Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 Nature Study Club in Willard Hall. 
 
 2:00 Recognition Day Exercises of the C. L. S. C. Annual pro- 
 cession, passing through the Golden Gate, conferring 
 Diplomas and Recognition Address, '-The Growth of an 
 Idea,'' Dr. Geo. M. Brown. 
 Wallace Bruce Amsbary, the poet-reader. 
 Prof. T. H. Ireland, the whistler. 
 4:00 Chautauqua Round Table '-The Books We Read," Dr. Geo. 
 
 M, Brown, Auditorium. 
 
 5:00 Free Parliament, conducted by Dr. A. P. Cobb. Auditorium, 
 ooking School "Beverages." Miss Lucy Winegar. Wil- 
 lard Hall. 
 
 7:00 Music- Pontiac Military Band. 
 8:00 Readings by Wallace Bruae Amsbary, of Chicago. 
 Whistling by Prof. T. H. Ireland, of Denver, Col. 
 Motion Pictures by American Vitagraph Company of New 
 York. 
 
 TUESDAY, HUGUST 4. 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 Ministerial Conference "How Best Reach Young Men from 
 non-Christian Homes?" Rev. J. W. Drew, pastor of Con- 
 gregational Chnrch, Dwight. Auditorium. 
 Boys' Club in Boys' Club Tent. 
 9:00 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall. 
 9:30 Health School "Miracles of Digestion," Dr. Carolyn Geisel. 
 
 Auditorium. 
 
 10:30 Lecture "The United States Navy or Life on a Man-of- 
 War," Rev. Charles Laing Herald, of Findlay, Ohio. 
 Auditorium. 
 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall. 
 1:00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 Nature Study Club in Willard Hall. 
 2:00 Lecture "Representative Government, "Governor Robert 
 
 M. LaPollette, of Wisconsin. Auditorium. 
 Wallace Bruce Amsbary. the poet-reader. 
 Prof. T. H. Ireland, the whistler. 
 4:00 Chautauqua Round Table- "Reading Circles and Clubs," 
 
 Dr. Geo, M. Brown. Auditorium.^ 
 5:00 Free, Parliament. Auditorium. 
 
 Cooking School "Meat Dishes. "J Miss Lucy Winegar. 
 Willard Hall.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 11 
 
 7:00 Music Pontiac Military Band. 
 
 8:00 American' Vitagraph Company, giving a inagniBcent ex- 
 hibition of motion pictures. All the latest and best films. 
 
 Wallace Bruce Amsbary, the reader. 
 
 Prof. T. H. Ireland, the whister. 
 
 WEDNESDAY, ftUGUST 5. 
 
 8:00 Devotional Hour. Auditorium. 
 
 8:30 Ministerial Conference "The Modern Sunday School; 
 its Faults, how to Remedy; its Virtues, how to Strength- 
 en." Rev. L. F ; Cullom, paster !of Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, El Paso. 
 Boys' Club in Boys' Club Tent. 
 9:00 Physical Culture Class in Harmony Hall. 
 Kindergarten in Kindergarten Hall. 
 School of Fine Arts in Art Hall. 
 9:30 Health School. "Intestinal Diseases," Dr. ;Carolyn Geisel. 
 
 Auditorium. 
 10:30 Lecture "Luck and Pluck," Dr. Frederick S. Parkhurst, 
 
 of Le Roy, N. Y. Auditorium. 
 Elocution Class in Harmony Hall. 
 1:00 Music Vaughan's Orchestra. 
 
 Nature Study Club in Willard Hall. 
 
 2:00 Lecture (At the time of going to press with this Booklet, 
 definite announcement cannot be made as tolthe speaker 
 for this hour, but arrangements are being perfected for 
 a man of National reputation.) 
 
 4 :00 Chautauqua Round Table. "The C. L. S. C. and the Com- 
 munity," Dr. Geo. M. Brown. Auditorium. 
 5:00 Free Parliament. Auditorium. 
 
 Cooking School. "Hygienic Ices," Miss Lucy Winegar, 
 
 Willard Hall. 
 
 7:00 Music Pontiac Military Band. 
 8:00 Closing exhibition of the American Vitagraph Company. 
 
 Marvelous motion pictures, life-like and real. 
 Wallace Bruce Amsbary, the reader. 
 Prof. T. H. Ireland, the whistler. 
 10:00 "God be with you till we meet again." 
 
 It is the intention to carry out this program exactly as printed. 
 Deviations will only be made in case of accident, sickness or 
 death. Contracts for all of the above talent have been made be- 
 fore printing is done. Every attraction here announced is under 
 engagement to appear at the specified time. Some additions will 
 be made, but none of the above will be cancelled. The day and 
 hour of each speaker is fixed and there will be ao change.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Hon. William J. Bryan, 
 
 who will deliver a lecture the 
 afternoon of our opening day, 
 July 23, needs no introduction 
 as all know of him and his work. 
 His strong" personality and great 
 following is recognized by all. 
 Mr. Bryan is one of the most 
 eloquent orators of the world and 
 is certain to interest and hold the 
 attention of the large audience 
 which will assemble to hear him. 
 Be sure to remember the date, 
 Thursday, July 23, at two 
 o'clock. 
 
 Miss Marie C. Brehm, of 
 
 Chicago, state president of the 
 W. C. T. U., will deliver an ad- 
 dress July 29, and a sermon Ju- 
 ly 26. She will also conduct the 
 W. C. T. U. Institute daily, Ju- 
 ly 24 to 29 and the Civic Congress 
 July 27 to 29. Miss Brehm's ap- 
 pearance on the platform is fault- 
 less and pleasing, she is eloquent 
 and forceful in speech, practical 
 and inspiring in counsel, conse- 
 crated and devoted in life The 
 cause of the elevation of the hu- 
 man race is near and dear to her 
 heart. She is^a master workman 
 
 in the cause of temperance, of higher and better cit- 
 izenship. 
 
 Prof. T. H. Ireland, the 
 whistler, of Denver, Col., will 
 whistle daily August 3, 4 and 5. 
 Whistling, as an art, is so rare 
 that Prof. Ireland's fascinating 
 gift of interpreting bird language 
 with a voice of 'great sweetness 
 and compass cannot fail to be 
 attractive to everybody. He is 
 highly recommended by the press 
 wherever he has given exhibi- 
 tions of his wonderfully realistic 
 whistling skill. He demonstrates 
 that bird music is real music, be- 
 ing readily reduced to a scale.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 Governor Robert M. La 
 
 Follette, of Wisconsin, will give 
 
 ' 'Representative Government, ' ' 
 
 the afternoon of Tuesday, August 
 
 4. Gov. La Follette is one of the 
 
 most brilliant of the young- 
 orators of the day. He was six 
 
 years a member of Congress, 
 
 where he won national fame as a 
 
 debater and speaker. He is an 
 
 honor to the state and nation. He 
 
 is brainy; his brain is well disci- 
 plined; his heart is in the right 
 
 place; no one questions his hon- 
 esty. His range of voice is mar- 
 velous, his gesticulations easy 
 
 and perfect. 
 
 Mrs. Virginia B. LeRoy, 
 of Streator, will give "How to Get 
 Among the Four Hundred," Fri- 
 day morning, July 31. Of her 
 and her work a well posted enter- 
 tainer says: "She brings to the 
 stage a new voice and a new mes- 
 sage, one that is timely, unique 
 and individual, and she rein- 
 forces it with a fine charm of 
 manner and a gracious and strik- 
 ing personality. I believe she 
 will score a decided popular suc- 
 cess, and this without failing to 
 please the most cultured and con- 
 servative clientele; in a word, if 
 
 I may be pardoned the idiom of the profession 'she will 
 
 make good.' " 
 Rev. Thomas J. Shuey, of 
 
 Rock Island, 111., who will give 
 
 "Man and His Mission," the 
 
 morning of July 25, is pastor of 
 
 the Memorial Christian Church 
 
 of that city and is highly appre- 
 ciated for his superior ability and 
 
 strength of personal character. 
 
 The above lecture is one of his 
 
 best, and accompanied by the 
 
 clear expression and winning 
 
 manner of the speaker is sure 
 
 to interest and please, as well as 
 
 leave lasting impress on the lives 
 
 of his hearers.
 
 14 
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Rev. Robert S. Mac 
 
 Arthur, D. D., pastor of the 
 Calvary Baptist Church, New 
 York, will give "The Empire of 
 the Czar The Great Bear of the 
 North," the afternoon of July 25, 
 and deliver a sermon Sunday, 
 July 26. Dr. Mac Arthur is not 
 only a brilliant orator, but is a 
 man of great attainments and 
 wide information. His lectures 
 and sermons are characterized by 
 gracefulness of diction, clearness 
 of expression, richness of illus- 
 tration, directness of appeal and 
 forcibleness of argument. He is indeed a power. 
 
 Miss Bertha B. Lash, of 
 
 Chicago, will have charge of the 
 Physical Culture class and Elo- 
 cution class during the entire As 
 sembly. Miss Lash is a woman 
 devoted to her profession and is a 
 most competent teacher, and those 
 joining these classes will be well 
 repaid by the valuable instruc- 
 tion they receive. The tuition is 
 very low, only nominal, and our 
 patrons should take advantage of 
 this opportunity. Instruction 
 will be given during these eleven 
 lessons sufficient forjpractice for 
 one year. 
 
 Phil Hunter, the wizard, of 
 Ohio, assisted by Dard Hunter, 
 will give one of his "phantastic 
 evenings," Saturday, July 25. 
 All the world favors mystery. As 
 the flame draws the moth, as the 
 magnet bits of iron, so mystery 
 attracts the young, the old, the 
 grave, the gay. Its enchantment 
 is irresistible and where is he 
 who wishes to resist it? Another 
 word for mystery is '"Hunter." 
 His "phantastic evening" is an 
 entertainment that really enter- 
 tains; wonderful, novel, unique, 
 something different from every- 
 thing else; two hours of fascinating fun and bewilder- 
 ment that will leave pleasant memories for year upon year.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 Mat M. Brigham, of Chi- 
 cago, who will give "The 
 Apache Warpath," the evening 
 of July 28, illustrated with ster- 
 eopticon views, is an American 
 who talks entertainingly on 
 American subjects. This lecture 
 consists of a description of 
 the western country, is full 6f 
 military scenes and martial 
 music; is most stirring and 
 vivid. It is intensely interesting 
 and instructive, giving much in- 
 formation about a section of the 
 country of which but little is 
 known by the general public. 
 
 Mrs. Jean M. Hyde, of Oil 
 
 City, Pa., will have charge of the 
 Chautauqua Round Table July 
 23 to 29. We consider ourselves 
 fortunate to have secured Mrs. 
 Hyde for this work. She is an 
 up-to-date woman, at home on all 
 topics of the day and possessing 
 the added force of being able with 
 tact and grace to impart her in- 
 formation to others. Her talks 
 are not only very interesting, 
 but show wide reading, literary 
 enthusiasm, sound judgment, 
 marked ethical earnestness and 
 sincerity of purpose. She keeps 
 her hearers interested from first to last. 
 
 Dr. A. P. Cobb, of Waynes- 
 burg, Pa., will act as platform 
 director during the entire Assem- 
 bly. This is Dr. Cobb's fourth 
 successive year in this position, 
 one that is so difficult to fill ac- 
 ceptably. Our patrons recognize 
 his ability in that line. For 
 promptness, care for the details, 
 and general all-around ability in 
 that arduous position it is gener- 
 ally conceded he has few equals. 
 The work of the platform director 
 of the Pontiac Chautauqua has 
 won many words of praise.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 General Joubert, of South 
 Africa, one of the heroes of the 
 great Boer war, will, together 
 with Captain O'Donnell, give a 
 lecture on the thrilling scenes he 
 passed through, Thursday, July 
 30, both afternoon and evening, 
 the one in the evening being illus- 
 trated with stereopticon views 
 from photos taken showing 
 camps, battle fields and incidents 
 of this great struggle. General 
 Joubert was commandant at the 
 battles of Stormburg, Magerfon- 
 tein, Modder River, etc. He was 
 shot through the stomach, back 
 and knee. 
 
 Dr. Carolyn Geisel, of the 
 
 Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich., 
 who will conduct the School of 
 Health, daily, July 30 to August 
 5, will be gladly welcomed by all 
 and especially by those who at- 
 tended this school last year. Her 
 talks at that time was so benefi- 
 cial, there was so much food for 
 thought, they contained so many 
 suggestions on this important 
 topic that there was a great de- 
 mand for her return. The spe- 
 cial topics discussed this year 
 will be no less important than 
 those of last year. 
 
 Wallace Bruce Amsbary, 
 of Chicago, the poet-reader, will 
 read daily August 3, 4 and 5. He 
 has had experience for a number 
 of years before popular audiences, 
 knows what they like, and has 
 the ability to furnish them with 
 selections that please and enter- 
 tain. He has geat versatility and 
 renders with equal charm the 
 humorous, the pathetic, or the 
 dramatic. His readiness to res- 
 pond to all demands, his unfail- 
 ing good humor and hearty cor- 
 diality make him very popular, 
 not only on the platform but in 
 "camp."
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 17 
 
 Mr. Herbert Booth, late of 
 Australia, will give "Struggles 
 and Triumphs of the Early Chris- 
 tians," the evening of Sunday, 
 August 2. This thrilling story 
 is illustrated by two hundred 
 life-model stereopticon views and 
 twenty-three motion pictures, all 
 made under Mr. Booth's own di- 
 rection and of which he holds the 
 only and original productions in 
 the world. Mr. Booth is the third 
 son of General Booth, the founder 
 of the Salvation Army, and for a 
 number of years was command- 
 ant of the Australian branch of 
 
 that organization. He has an impressive personality, 
 and this lecture is a striking one. 
 
 Miss Lucy Page Gaston, 
 
 of Chicago, superintendent of 
 the Anti-Cigarette League, will* 
 deliver an address Saturday 
 morning, August 1. Miss Gaston 
 was the founder of this organiza- 
 tion and under her guidance 
 much has been accomplished in 
 legislation and moral suasion 
 against the evils of the cigarette. 
 She is optimistic, enthusiastic 
 and aggressive along all lines 
 and will make every possible 
 effort to save the boys from their 
 insidious foe. 
 
 Rev. Henry Abraham, of 
 
 Chicago, will give "Hard Les- 
 sons Learned in a Comical Fash- 
 ion," the morning of Monday, 
 July 27. This will be a most 
 helpful talk coming from a man 
 who has mind well stored, a 
 large and successful experience 
 as a platform and pulpit orator. 
 His anecdotes and illustrations 
 are fresh and telling, serving to 
 '.'point a moral and adorn a tale. ' ' 
 Humor and pathos alternate in 
 his delineation of the battle of 
 life, of which one can see he is a 
 close observer.
 
 18 
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Hon. F. X. Schoonmaker, 
 
 of Ohio, will give "China; Her 
 Arts, Literature and Morality," 
 the afternoon of July 28. Mr. 
 Schoonmaker is without question 
 the best informed lecturer on 
 China in this country and this 
 lecture is a revelation. As an 
 orator he is unsurpassed. Presi- 
 dent Chester A. Arthur said of 
 him: "The best speaker in the 
 country, I think, as F. X. Schoon- 
 maker. " Senator Cullom says: 
 "I frankly say that I never heard 
 Mr. Schoonmaker 's equal as an 
 orator. He is, in my opinion, not 
 only the most alert, most energetic, most original, enter- 
 taining and persuasive public speaker we have, but he is 
 the greatest orator I ever heard." 
 Miss Mary Gay, of Girard, 
 who will teach classes in draw- 
 ing and sketching from nature 
 and give lessons in oil, pastel, 
 water color, crayon and pyro- 
 graphy during the entire Assem- 
 bly, is a most competent instruc- 
 tor in these branches and will 
 give the best of satisfaction. She 
 has had many years experience 
 as a teacher, both in classes in 
 College and in private studio. 
 The terms aYe given under School 
 of Fine Arfs and are very reason- 
 able. Special attention will be 
 given beginners as well as those 
 more advanced. 
 
 Dr. Charles A. Blanchard, 
 president of Wheaton College, 
 will give "Who Was to Blame? " 
 the afternoon of July 27. This 
 is a strong temperance address 
 given by a true and devoted advo- 
 cate, one who thoroughly believes 
 in the need of a reform along 
 these lines and can testify by his 
 words the faith which is in him. 
 Dr. Blanchard is recognized as a 
 strong, able lecturer who will 
 present the truth, as he sees it, 
 without fear or favor. His pre- 
 sentation of this pertinent subject 
 will be a fair and honest one.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 19 
 
 Rev. Joseph F. Berry, D. 
 
 D., of Chicago, the efficient and 
 genial General Secretary of Ep- 
 worth League, will deliver a ser- 
 mon, the afternoon of Sunday, 
 August 2. By his success in 
 quickly establishing the Epworth 
 Herald as one of the most influ- 
 ential and widely circulated 
 young people's periodical in the 
 world, Dr. Berry is credited with 
 one of the great achievements of 
 modern journalism. Not only is 
 he a gifted editor but is a plat- 
 form speaker of extraordinary 
 power and brilliancy. His style is peculiarly his own; 
 he sparkles like a diamond and drives home the truths 
 he utters. 
 
 Flora MacDonald, of Scotland, 
 who in connection with Gavin Spence, 
 gives an entertainment the evening of 
 July 27, is one whose modesty and grace 
 are so charming that she captivates her 
 audience as scon as she appears Her 
 dramatic ability coupled with her re- 
 markably sweet and clear voice and her 
 skill as a pianist place her on a plane 
 with Mr. Spence, so you at once con- 
 clude them to be most versatile. The 
 blendingof their voices inducts is in per- 
 fect accord, and each shows wonderful 
 power, range and modulation. To hear 
 their musical voices and see t hem dressed 
 in the garb of Old Gaul is worth more 
 than the price of admission itself. 
 
 Dr. George M. Brown, of 
 
 Derby, Conn., Field Secretary of 
 the C. L. S. C., will deliver the 
 Recognition Day address, "The 
 Growth of an Idea," August 3; 
 will conduct the Vesper Service 
 August 2 and have charge of the 
 Chautauqua Round Table, July 
 30 to August 5. Dr. Brown's gen- 
 ial manner as well as his admira- 
 ble lectures and addresses have 
 won many friends both for himself 
 and the Chautauqua work. He 
 has a fine voice, graceful deliv- 
 ery, cordial manner, and is a very 
 popular worker.
 
 30 
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Samuel Gompers, of Wash- 
 ington, D. C., president Amer- 
 ican Federation of Labor, who 
 will deliver an address Saturday 
 afternoon, August 1, has won 
 his present eminent position as a 
 labor leader by many years of 
 active work and close study in 
 his special sphere of life. Him- 
 self a laborer his sympathies 
 have been direct and practical. 
 From his first election as presi- 
 dent of the Federation, he has 
 assisted in almost every big 
 reform in the laws effecting 
 labor and has appeared before 
 
 commissions, national and state, which from time to 
 time have investigated industrial conditions. 
 
 Miss Marguerite Smith, of 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, thefamous child 
 impersonator, will read daily 
 July24to30. In her special field 
 of child-lore she stands alone, the 
 acknowledged queen of the realm. 
 The interpretation of the won- 
 drous and quaint thoughts and 
 quainter speeches of childhood is 
 the unique invention of Miss 
 Smith's wonderful genius. With 
 the witchcraft of her art she turns 
 the platform into a veritable kin- 
 dergarten and peoples it with 
 beautiful, living, mischevious 
 and charming little folks, of all 
 
 ages from the lisping two-year-old to the awkward school 
 boy of fifteen. 
 
 Rev. A.. C.Byerly, of Spring- 
 field, will give ''The Mississippi 
 Flotilla during the Givil War," 
 the morning of July 24. This 
 lecture is of thrilling interest. It 
 abounds in incidents, is humorous 
 and pathetic. It will provoke 
 laughter, inspire patriotism and 
 supply unwritten chapters in the 
 history of that great war. The 
 subject is unique and the speaker 
 being a participant in the stir- 
 ring scenes he describes adds the 
 charm of his personal experience 
 to the interesting tale.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 21 
 
 Dr. H. W. Sears, of the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Publish- 
 ing House, Nashville, Tenn., 
 will give his humorous lecture 
 "Grumblers and Their Cure," 
 the evening of July 23. Dr. Sears 
 will be remembered as being 
 with us last year. That he 
 brought sunshine, gladness and 
 mirth into the lives of his hear- 
 ers for ninety minutes, and left 
 an impression that will remain 
 with them during the remainder 
 of their lives, none will gainsay. 
 He sees only the sunny side of 
 life, and helps thousands of oth- 
 ers to see as he does. 
 
 Mrs. Barbara Replogle 
 Atkinson, of Norwalk, Ohio, 
 will conduct the Young L/adies' 
 Outlook Club, July 27 to August 
 1. MrvS. Atkinson is greatly in- 
 |- terested in young ladies and will 
 make this Club of great help and 
 benefit to all those becoming 
 members. The topics are given 
 elsewhere in this Booklet and 
 presented in the manner they 
 will be are certain to be appre- 
 ciated. While it is desired that 
 members of the Club should at- 
 tend every day, it is not obliga- 
 tory and those who can be pres- 
 ent at only a few of the sessions are heartily welcome. 
 
 Dr. John S. Cook, of Gales- 
 
 burg, has been secured to con- 
 duct the Boys' Club and the Na- 
 ture Study Club, daily, July 28 to 
 August 5. On account of his 
 great love for and interest in the 
 boys, Doctor Cook is especially 
 well fitted to have charge of the 
 Boys' Club and make the meet- 
 ings of that organization most in- 
 teresting. The Nature Study 
 Club will bring to light many 
 important facts concerning ob- 
 jects about us and regarding 
 which most of us are ignorant.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Dr. John M. Driver, of 
 
 Chicago, who is the popular suc- 
 cessor of Dr. H. W. Thomas and 
 Frank Crane at the famous Peo- 
 ple's Church, of Chicago, will 
 give "Ultimate America: Whither 
 Are We Drifting and What Will 
 Be Our Final Destiny," the 
 afternoon of July 29. Dr. Driver 
 is an orator as well as a thinker. 
 He thrills, he instructs, he up- 
 lifts, he thoroughly interests. 
 This lecture is full of wit and 
 humor, and bristles with points 
 of the most profound importance 
 to any audience. 
 Miss Lucy Winegar, of the 
 Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich., 
 who will conduct the Cooking 
 School, daily, July 30 to August 
 5, is a very competent instructor. 
 She thoroughly understands her 
 duties and has the happy faculty 
 of imparting information to oth- 
 ers in a clear, lucid manner. We 
 believe our patrons will appre- 
 ciate her labor and will attend 
 the school in large numbers. It 
 should be borne in mind that 
 there is no extra charge made 
 for attending these demonstra- 
 tions and lectures. 
 
 Dr. E. L. Eaton, of Alle- 
 gheny, Pa., will be with us 
 from July 24 to 29. This an- 
 nouncement to those familiar with 
 the Pontiac Chautauqua tells the 
 story. He is the last of the "old 
 guard," being the only one of 
 those on our program the first 
 year to be retained year after 
 year including this. He is 
 greatly loved and admired. He 
 will conduct the Normal Bible 
 School July 24 to 29; the Astron- 
 omy class, with "peeps" through 
 his telescope, the same dates; the 
 Temperance Congress July 24 
 and 25 and will deliver a sermon Sunday, July 26.
 
 -JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 Dr. Thomas E. Green, of 
 
 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will give 
 "Left Handed Men," Friday 
 afternoon, July 31. To those who 
 heard his eloquent oration last 
 year he needs no introduction. 
 A dignified presence, a deep flex- 
 ible voice and a dramatic delivery 
 combine to hold the attention of 
 his entire audience to the end. 
 Dr. Green is indeed an orator, a 
 genius in the art of marshaling 
 his thoughts in regnant words 
 and sentences. It is indeed a 
 pleasure to listen to a man whose 
 power of language and finish are 
 so eminently conspicious. 
 
 Miss Nora J. Allen, of 
 
 Pontiac, who so successfully con- 
 ducted our Kindergarten last 
 year, has been again secured. 
 She was entirely satisfactory to 
 the management and patrons last 
 year and the little ones were 
 happy while with her. There is 
 no charge for children from three 
 to six who are actual campers, 
 and only a small fee for others. 
 Mothers leave your little ones at 
 the Kindergarten and rest easy, 
 they will be in good hands. Miss 
 Allen uses the most approved me- 
 thods to please and instruct the 
 children. 
 
 Rev. Charles Laing Her- 
 ald, of Findlay, Ohio, will give 
 "The United States Navy or Life 
 on a Man-of-War," the morning 
 of August 4. This lecture does 
 not deal with the dry technical- 
 ities of the navy. It is alive with 
 the every-day life of the sailor. 
 Mr. Herald served Uncle Sam for 
 six years in the navy. He is 
 thoroughly conversant with the 
 experiences of a sailor and a ma- 
 rine on board a war-ship. His 
 talk is an intelligent and compre- 
 hensive representation of what a 
 seaman's life on a fighting ship 
 really is.
 
 '24 
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Dr. William H. Crawford, 
 
 president of the Alleghany Col- 
 lege, Meadville, Pa., will deliver 
 a sermon the afternoon of Sun- 
 day, August 2. Dr. Crawford is 
 recognized as one of the most elo- 
 quent and strongest pulpit orators 
 in the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church. He is not only an ac- 
 complished orator but a deep 
 thinker and his sermon is sure to 
 be one of the very best. A charm- 
 ing personality, a clear well- 
 modulated voice and a noble spirit 
 combine to make the message he 
 delivers impressive and one that 
 will prove an inspiration and help to all his hearers. 
 
 Gavin Spence, of Scotland, who 
 
 in connection with Flora MacDonald, 
 gives an interesting program the even- 
 ing of July 27, is one of the greatest 
 Scottish entertainers who have ever vis- 
 ited this country. The Scottish char- 
 acter has a reputation for dry wit and 
 humor which is admirably portrayed 
 by Gavin Spence in his songs and anec- 
 dotes. The costumes of these entertain- 
 ers is especially pleasing and to a large 
 percentage very instructive. Their 
 singing is surpassed by few concert 
 singers. Gavin Spence in his kilts is 
 a typical Highlander, and the costume 
 worn is complete from feathers to shoes, 
 rendering his interpretation of the Scot- 
 tish folk-lore and ballads all the more 
 realistic. 
 
 Rev. Frederick S. ParK= 
 hurst, Ph. D., of LeRoy, N. Y., 
 will give his helpful lecture, 
 "Luck and Pluck," Wednesday 
 morning, August 5. Dr. Park- 
 hurst comes highly commended 
 to us as an interesting lecturer 
 and the superstitions of "Luck" 
 and better elements of "Pluck" 
 are eloquently and humorously 
 presented. In this age when so 
 much is ascribed to the former a 
 little wholesome credit to the lat- 
 ter will not be out of place, and 
 Dr. Parkhurst gives this in an 
 interesting manner.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 25 
 
 Hon. Joseph Carter, of 
 
 Champaign, will give his "In 
 Clover, " the afternoon of July 24. 
 Mr. Carter is a most interesting 
 speaker, and this lecture is his 
 very best, as it is educational, 
 instructive and at the same time 
 popular and full of interest. His 
 "In Clover" will certainly give 
 us food for thought and this after- 
 noon will be pleasantly remem- 
 bered during the coming months. 
 Mr. Carter is in great demand at 
 Farmers' Institutes and educa- 
 tional gatherings for the helpful- 
 ness of his lectures are conceded 
 by all. 
 
 Captain O'Donnell, the 
 dashing Irish officer of the Irish 
 Brigade, of the great Boer war, 
 will, together with General Jou- 
 bert, give an eloquent address on 
 that struggle which "staggered 
 humanity," the afternoon and 
 evening of Thursday, July 30. 
 Captain O'Donnell was captured 
 seventeen times and escaped each 
 time, his experiences being most 
 thrilling. The world admits the 
 bravery and daring of the Boers 
 and it is indeed a privilege to 
 hear and see these leaders. 
 
 Prof. J. Walter Wilson, of 
 
 Indianapolis, Ind. , will give a lec- 
 ture-reading of ' 'Ben-Hur, ' ' illus- 
 trated with stereopticon views, 
 Sunday evening, July 26. No 
 book of modern times has had 
 the hold and fascination for all 
 classes of people as Wallace's 
 masterpiece, and Prof. Wilson 
 gives to this work a beautiful 
 interpretation, assisted by the 
 splendid views used in connection 
 therewith. Many of the slides 
 used to illustrate this lecture are 
 from negatives made from life- 
 models expressly for this work 
 and are shown by a first-class machine handled by a 
 skillful operator.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 E.H Perkins, of New York, 
 will give "Philosophy of Wit and 
 Humor," the evening of July 31. 
 For over twenty- five years Eli 
 Perkins has been delighting the 
 people of America with his orig- 
 inal oratory, questions, fun and 
 jokes. He has his imitators but 
 they pale into insignificance. He 
 is in a class by himself. This 
 lecture is up-to-date. It evolutes 
 and changes every year, and is 
 full of the newest and freshest 
 wit, humor and philosophy. It 
 is a lecture entertainment. 
 
 At the time of going to press 
 with this Booklet, the speaker for 
 the two o'clock hour of the after- 
 noon of the closing day, Wednes- 
 day, August 5, has not been en- 
 gaged. Negotiations are now. 
 pending with a man of national 
 reputation and a great orator 
 but announcement will not be 
 made until the contract is signed. 
 Our patrons may be sure of a 
 magnificent treat as our last day 
 is always one of the very best of 
 the fourteen. 
 
 Speaker 
 
 at 
 Two O'clock 
 
 on 
 August 5. 
 
 J. Ernest Woodland, M. S., 
 
 of Rochester, N. Y.. will 
 give "A Message from Mars," 
 illustrated with interesting ex- 
 periments in wireless telegraphy, 
 the evening of July 24. Prof. 
 Woodland brings with him the 
 latest type of apparatus for wire- 
 less telegraphy and sets up be- 
 fore the audience a complete 
 working Marconi station from 
 which messages are sent and re 
 ceived from all parts of the Au 
 ditorium. Bells are rung, motors 
 are started and stopped, cannon? 
 fired, mines exploded, electric lamps lighted and extin 
 guished and other experiments that rival the magic o: 
 Herrmann and Kellar.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 27 
 
 The Great Telescope 
 
 which Dr. Eaton brings with him and places at the dis- 
 posal of our patrons every clear evening 1 at 9:30, July 24 
 to 28, is an Alvin Clark, six-inch objective, and seven 
 and one-half feet long; it is nine hundred times 
 stronger than the naked 
 eye, and magnifies from 
 forty- five to seven hun- 
 dred and twenty diame- 
 ters. It is equatorially 
 mounted. The Doctor 
 will train it on interest- 
 ing, objects such as the 
 moon, planets, star clus- 
 ters, etc., and will give 
 full explanation of these 
 wonders, which are in- 
 tensely interesting when 
 seen through the valua- 
 ble medium of this pow- 
 erful glass. Do not fail 
 to take advantage of this 
 great opportunity to 
 view the wonders of the 
 heavens and have them 
 explained by so gifted, 
 enthusiastic and cour- 
 teous a gentleman as 
 Dr. Eaton. 
 
 The American Vitagraph Company, 
 
 of New York, has been secured for the evenings of August 
 3, 4 and 5, and will give exhibitions of the wonderful 
 
 moving pictures. 
 This company has 
 one of the very best 
 machines and the 
 films used will be 
 of the best and up- 
 to-date subjects. 
 The views are 
 larger, steadier, 
 more graphic and 
 interesting than 
 any others ever 
 shown. It repro- 
 duces nature and natural movements with the exactness 
 that sometimes startles the spectator, and it seems hard 
 to realize that one is gazing at a counterfeit presentment 
 of nature and motion, and not the real thing.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 The Tyrolean Yodlers and Concert Company, 
 
 of Bavaria, will be with us July 31 and August 1 and 
 give one of their unique entertainments the evening- of 
 August 1. The power of music to sway the feelings of 
 
 mankind has never been 
 more cleverly executed 
 than by the famous Reil- 
 hofer Tyrolean Yodlers 
 and Concert Company. 
 The vast number of peo- 
 ple who have heard them 
 have been completely 
 charmed with their yod- 
 ling and echo songs, as 
 well as their stringed 
 instrument play ing. Not 
 the least feature of their 
 program is the droll 
 mimicry of great person- 
 ages by Franz Reilhofer. 
 The Reilhofer Troupe 
 present an opportunity, 
 not only of hearing them 
 sing these famous echo 
 and yodling songs, but 
 
 also of seeing them in their magnificent native costumes 
 playing upon Zithers, Xylophones, Alpine Violins and 
 Moutain Flutes. Their repertoire of the classic and 
 popular is very extensive. 
 
 Nature Study Club. 
 
 Each day at one o'clock, July 28 to August 5, in Willard 
 Hall, Dr. Cook will give an address and hold a confer- 
 ence on topics related to Nature Study. Some of the 
 topics will be: "The Study of Nature" (introductory); 
 "Some Illinois Bird Problems;" "How to Begin or What 
 Shall I Look For;" "Little Things and Large Prob- 
 lems;" "To What End," or "Is It Worth While? " At 
 every Conference time will be given for the asking of 
 questions and suggestions from the audience. The ob- 
 ject of these Conferences is to call attention to the vast 
 wealth of material all around us, awaiting the seeing 
 eye and understanding mind to interpret it for the pleas- 
 ure and profit of mankind; to suggest some methods by 
 which even the "busy" man or woman may enjoy the 
 pleasure of reading nature's secrets from her open page; 
 to emphasize the importance of these common things, not 
 only as a source of exquisite pleasure but as worthy of 
 our serious attention. In addition to the Conferences, Dr. 
 Cook will conduct field excursions, whenever a sufficient 
 number desire.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 Mendelssohn Male Quartette, 
 
 of Cincinnati, Ohio, composed of J. Lincoln Newhall, 
 
 first tenor; Wm.C. 
 
 Smith, second ten- 
 or; H. S. Barirett, 
 baritone; U. L. 
 Alkire, basso; has 
 been engaged for 
 one week and will 
 sing daily, July 
 24 to 30, and give 
 a full concert the 
 evening of July 29. 
 Talent, proper 
 training, experi- 
 ence and conscien- 
 tious effort com- 
 bine to give the 
 work of the Men- 
 delssohn Male 
 Quartette the 
 stamp of the gen- 
 uine. Strong indi- 
 vidually and col- 
 lectively they know 
 how to please and 
 entertain, as well 
 as to sing the more 
 standard and 
 classical selec- 
 tions. They are 
 singers, entertain- 
 ers and cultured 
 gentlemen who 
 please and satisfy. 
 
 
 Male 
 
 School of Fine Arts. 
 
 This is a new department which we introduce this 
 year. Miss Mary Gay, of Girard, will be the artist in 
 charge, who will teach classes in drawing and sketching 
 from nature and give lessons in oil, pastel, water color 
 and crayon as may be desired. She will also give spe- 
 cial attention to pyrography, the artistic and decorative 
 results possible in which must be seen to be appreciated. 
 This school will be held in "Art Hall," a tent erected 
 for that special purpose. Miss Gay is a most competent 
 instructor, who has been most successful in her chosen 
 profession. Lessons will be given from nine to twelve 
 o'clock each week day morning. Terms are very low 
 being forty cents for each lesson or $4.00 for term of 
 eleven lessons.
 
 30 
 
 PONTIAC CHATJTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 OFFICERS PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 DB. J. D. SCOULLEB, Pres. A. C. NOBTON, Vice Pres. 
 
 A. C. FOLSOM, SUPERINTENDENT. 
 DB. CHAS. H. LONG, Secretary. A. M. LEGG, Treasurer. 
 
 Chautauqua Round Tables. 
 
 These Round Tables will be conducted by Dr. Geo. 
 M. Brown, Field Secretary of the C. L. S. C. and by 
 Mrs. JeanM. Hyde, of Oil City, Pa., and will be held 
 daily during- the entire Assembly in the Auditorium at 
 four o'clock. 
 
 The following topics will be presented by Mrs. Hyde: 
 July 23 "Masterpieces and Classics. " 
 July 24 "Historic Stone of Egypt and Greece." 
 July 25 "Immortal Marbles of Greece and Italy." 
 July 27 "Famous Canvases of Italy and Germany." 
 July 28 "Great Books of the World." 
 July 29 "The Highest Point." 
 
 The following topics will be presented by Dr. Brown: 
 July 30 "Books a Bane or a Blessing." 
 July 31 "Making a Library." 
 August 1 "Periodical Literature." 
 August 3 "The Books We Read." 
 August 4 "Reading Circles and Clubs." 
 August 5 "The C. L. S. C. and the Community." 
 The conductors of these Round Tables may be found 
 at the C. L. S. C. Headquarters Tent at other hours, 
 eager and willing to talk Circles.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 31 
 
 The Pontiac Military Band 
 
 is too well known in this section to need special com- 
 mendation at our hands. It is under the efficient leader- 
 ship of Prof. J. S. Daugherty, and includes some of the 
 finest musicians in this section of the state. It will give 
 concerts every evening during the entire Assembly. 
 
 W. C. T. U. Institute. 
 
 Miss Marie C. Brehm, of Chicago, state president of 
 the W. C. T. U. of Illinois, will conduct the Institute 
 daily, July 24 to 29, at 8:30 o'clock in the morning in the 
 Auditorium. Miss Brehm is a trusty leader and under 
 her guidance the Institute will be most interesting. The 
 program as outlined is as follows : 
 
 July 24 "The Temperance Outlook," 
 
 July 25-f- ' 'Science, Total Abstinence and Pledges." 
 
 July 27 "What Shall be Taught in our Public Schools 
 
 to Insure a Nation Free From Intemperance. " 
 July 28 "Woman as a Law Maker." 
 July 29 "Law Enforcement Bluff Methods." 
 
 A Reform Congress. 
 
 A Reform Congress will be held daily, July 30 to August 
 1, at the five o'clock hour in the Auditorium. At this 
 Congress various reform questions will be discussed by 
 those who attend. Dr. A. P. Cobb will have general 
 charge.
 
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 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 DIRECTORS PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Rv. N. G. LYONS, D. D. H. J. CLARK 
 
 GEORGE TORRANCE C. E. DEBUTTS 
 
 C. E. LEGG 
 
 D. S. MYERS JOHN S. MURPHY 
 
 S. A. RATHBUN E. M. JOHNSON 
 
 Cooking School. 
 
 This School will be conducted under the auspices c: 
 the International Health Association, by Miss Luc; 
 Winegar, proficient teacher from the Sanitarium, Battl* 
 Creek, Mich., who will give daily demonstrations, Juh 
 30 to August 5, at five o'clock in Willard Hall, in th 
 preparation of appetizing wholesome and nutritious foods 
 The following is an outline of the subjects: 
 July 30. "Nature Foods." Grains; nuts; fruits. Foot 
 
 elements, where found, how best prepared for th 
 
 boy's use. Gluten pudding. Gluten puffs. Glute 
 
 gruel. 
 July 31 "Fruits." Raw; Canned. Fruit pudding 
 
 Fruit juices. Fruit salads. 
 August 1 "Food Combinations." When and how t 
 
 use milk. Custards, egg-nogs, kumyss, buttermilk 
 
 sterilized milk. 
 Augusts "Beverages." Caramel-cereal. Pine-appl 
 
 nectar. Grape juice. 
 August 4 "Meat Dishes." Nature proteids. Protos 
 
 hash. Protose patties. 
 August 5 "Hygienic Ices." Fruit ice. Malted nut 
 
 ice-cream.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 Vaughan's Orchestra, 
 
 of Pontiac, "the tried and true, " will give concerts 
 every afternoon during the entire Assembly. Under the 
 efficient leadership of Prof. H. N. Vaughan it has 
 gained an enviable reputation. The concerts will be 
 most enjoyable and prove to our patrons it is deserving 
 of all the praise it has received past seasons. 
 
 Free Kindergarten. 
 
 The Kindergarten will be open every week day morn- 
 ing from nine to twelve o'clock, for the reception and 
 training of a limited number of children. Miss Nora J. 
 Allen, of Pontiac, will be in charge. No fees will be 
 charged for children from three to six years of age, ac- 
 tual campers. A nominal fee will be charged others. 
 Mothers should avail themselves of this opportunity for 
 their children; it will not only greatly benefit the little 
 ones, but relieve the mothers of the care of them during 
 these hours. 
 
 Elocution Class. 
 
 This department will be in charge of Miss Bertha B. 
 Lash, of Chicago, a very competent teacher. Lessons 
 will be given every week day morning at 10:30 in Har- 
 mony Hall. She will give instructions privately or in 
 classes, in reading, voice culture, dramatic art, and cor- 
 rects stammering and other defects of speech. Class fee 
 two dollars for the entire Assembly. Fees for private 
 instruction given upon application to Miss Lash.
 
 34 
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY IN WALL TENT. 
 
 Normal Bible School. 
 
 Dr. E. L. Eaton, pastor of the M. E. Church, Alle- 
 gheny, Pa., has consented to conduct this department 
 for the sixth season. July 24 to 29, in the Auditorium at 
 9:30 a. m. His eminent ability and success in this work, 
 as shown in the many years he has been with us, justify 
 us in assuring an exceedingly profitable and helpful ses- 
 sion. His topics are as follows: 
 
 July 24 
 July 25 
 July 27 
 July 28 
 July 29 
 
 'Manifested in Character." 
 'Revealed in Doctrine." 
 'Exhibited in Literature." 
 'Anticipated in Science." 
 'Inspiring True Devotion." 
 
 Free Parliament. 
 
 The Free Parliament will be held daily, August 3 to 
 5, at the five o'clock hour in the Auditorium. Dr. A. P. 
 Cobb, our platform director, will be in charge. As its 
 name would indicate, this will be an open meeting for all 
 who wish to speak. The particular purpose of this Par- 
 liament is to take up and discuss in brief speeches the 
 salient thoughts and positions assumed by the speakers 
 of that particular day. A most interesting time is had 
 at these meetings.
 
 23 TO AUGUST 1 5. 
 
 HEADQUARTER TENT ON BROADWAY. 
 
 Health School. 
 
 This School will be conducted daily, July 30 to August 
 5, under the auspices of the International Health Asso- 
 ciation by Dr. Carolyn Geisel, a physician of fifteen 
 years' experience and practice, assisted by a graduate 
 nurse trained at the Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich., 
 who will give practical lessons in the care of the sick. 
 The following is an outline of the subjects: 
 July 30 "The Individual Cell in Health and Disease. " 
 Anatomy and physiology of; microscopical demon- 
 stration of. Nature methods in the sick room. How 
 nature cures a disease. Cold mitten friction. Cold 
 towel bath. 
 
 July 31- "The Heart in Health and Disease. " Dilitation 
 of heart. Irritable heart. Alcoholism, Rheumatism. 
 August 1 "The Blood and Circulatory System. " Red 
 blood cells, white blood cells, microscopical demon- 
 stration of. Apoplexy. Arteriesclerosis. Mainten- 
 ance of circulatory balance. 
 
 August 3 "Respiratory Organs in Health and Dis- 
 ease." Breathing exercises. Catarrh. Bronchitis. 
 Pneumonia. 
 
 August 4 "Miracles of Digestion." Why doesn't the 
 stomach digest itself. Hyperpepsia. Hypopepsia. 
 Apepsia. Moist abdominal girdle. Hot and cold 
 trunk pack. 
 
 August 5 "Intestinal Diseases." Colic. Summer 
 diarrhea of children. Constipation. Appendicitis, 
 Enteroptosis. Exercises for trunk muscles.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 YOUNG FOLKS ENJOYING PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA. 
 
 The Ministerial Conference 
 
 will be held daily, July 30 to August 5, at 8:30 o'clock 
 a. m. in the Auditorium. Short papers will be presented 
 on the topics outlined below and then discussed by those 
 present. Every patron of the Assembly is welcome to 
 this Conference whether a clergyman or not. Topics and 
 leaders are as follows: 
 
 July 30. "What have you found most conducive to a live, 
 interesting and helpful prayer meeting?" Rev. 
 David F. Wilson, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal 
 Church, Odell. 
 
 July 31. "How shall we preach the old doctrines with 
 profit for the men of to-day?" 
 
 August 1. "The importance of systematic Bible study 
 among our young people." Rev. E. N. Bell, pastor 
 of Baptist Church, Chenoa. 
 
 August 3. "What shall be the definite line of temper- 
 ance work of the church?" Rev. Andrew Scott, 
 pastor of the First Christian Church, Normal. 
 
 August 4. "How best reach young men from non-Chris- 
 tian homes?" Rev. J. W. Drew, pastor of the Con- 
 gregational Church, Dwight. 
 
 August 5. "The modern Sunday School; its faults, how 
 to remedy; its virtues, how to strengthen." Rev. L. 
 , F. Cullom, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal 
 / Church, El Paso.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 3? 
 
 Young Ladies' Outlook Club. 
 
 This Club will be conducted by Mrs. Barbara 
 Replogle Atkinson, of Norwalk, Ohio, daily, July 27 to 
 August 1, at 8:30 o'clock in the morning- in Willard Hall. 
 All young ladies who have passed the age of fourteen 
 will be welcomed as members. There are no fees con- 
 nected therewith. The following topics will be discussed 
 by Mrs. Atkinson in her well-known, interesting and 
 helpful manner: 
 
 July 27. 'Facing the Future." 
 
 July 28. 'Essentials." 
 
 July 29. 'A Good Investment." 
 
 July 30. 'Possibilities." 
 
 July 31. 'A Larger Womanhood." 
 
 August 1. "Does it Pay ?" 
 
 The Temperance Congress. 
 
 This Congress will be held July 24 and 25, in the 
 
 Auditorium at five o'clock, and will be conducted by Dr. 
 
 E. L. Eaton. The topics discussed by him will be as 
 
 follows: 
 
 July 24 "The Temperance Reform The Duty of the 
 
 Individual." 
 
 July 25 The Temperance Reform The Duty of the 
 State." 
 
 Devotional Hour. 
 
 Each morning at eight o'clock, Devotional exercises 
 will be held in the Auditorium and all are invited to 
 attend. Arrangements will be made to have prominent 
 ministers, representing various denominations lead. 
 This hour will precede the Ministerial Conference and 
 W. C. T. U. Institute, and be a helpful beginning to the 
 work of the day.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 The Golden Gate. 
 
 This great Mecca towards 
 which the eyes and thoughts 
 of every C. L. S. C. reader 
 turn, especially at this time 
 of the year, will be passed 
 by those entitled Augusts, 
 that being Recognition Day. 
 Dr. Geo. M. Brown will 
 have charge of the graduat- 
 ingclass and deliver the ad- 
 dress entitled "The Growth 
 of an Idea,*' at two o'clock 
 that day. This being the 
 twenty-fifth anniversary of 
 the founding of the C. L. S. 
 C., let all the Chautau- 
 quans make a special 
 effort to be present on that 
 occasion. Graduates of 1903 
 
 will instruct Miss Kate F. Kimball, Chautauqua, N. Y., 
 to forward their diplomas to the Superintendent of this 
 Assembly. If any who order them thus sent find it im- 
 possible to attend Recognition Day, they will be return- 
 ed if the request is made. Graduates of previous years 
 are also entitled to pass the Gate. 
 
 Auditorium and Electric Pans. 
 
 A great deal of pleasure and comfort in hearing the 
 program at a Chautauqua Assembly depends upon the 
 Auditorium. Many so-called Chautauquas use a tent for 
 that purpose, which is very unsatisfactory to the au- 
 dience. At the Pontiac Chautauqua we have erected 
 a permanent building, with a board floor and very com- 
 fortable seats, having a seating capacity of four thousand 
 people. Its acoustic properties are very satisfactory. 
 Prom the first it has been lighted with electricity, and in 
 1901 we added electric fans, an innovation at Chautau- 
 qua, which add greatly to the coolness of the building. 
 Come to Pontiac and be comfortable. 
 
 Civic Congress. 
 
 A Civic Congress will be held daily, July 27 to 29, at 
 the five o'clock hour in the Auditorium, conducted by 
 Miss Marie C. Brehm, assisted by other well-known 
 workers. At this Congress many interesting questions 
 * \vill be discussed such as "The Initiative and Referen- 
 dum." "Public Ownership of Public Utilities." "Is it 
 Possible to Change Our Method of Taxation ?" "Would 
 Proportional Representation Represent the People better 
 than Political Parties." This will be a most valuable 
 Congress.
 
 JULY 23 TO AUGUST 5. 
 
 Physical. Culture Class. 
 
 As our Physical Culture teacher we have secured Miss 
 Bertha B. Lash, of Chicago. The training" is systematic 
 and progressive, there being movements for restoring and 
 maintaining health, for bringing the physical powers 
 fully under control. This course is invaluable to the 
 awkward and undeve'oped, the se f-conscious, the 
 nervous and to all who desire health, power, influence, 
 grace, beauty and winning address. The class will 
 receive instruction daily, during the entire session, at 
 nine o'clock in the morning, at Harmony Hall. The 
 tuition fee has been placed at only one dollar per week, 
 so that all might avail themselves of this opportunity. 
 It is suggested that any having special suits for physical 
 culture or gymnastics bring them to the Assembly as 
 arrangements will be made for those who desire, to use 
 them. Private instruction will be given at other hours 
 by Miss Lash, terms to be had upon application to her. 
 
 The Boys' Club. 
 
 This Club, which was organized two years ago at our 
 Assembly, has been such a pronounced success, that the 
 instructor of it, Dr. John S. Cook, of Galesburg, is 
 again engaged for the same work. It will be conducted 
 along similar lines as in former years. The club will 
 hold its sessions daily, July 28 to August 5, in a large 
 tent designated Boys' Club Tent and will meet at eight 
 o'clock each morning. Physical exercise and field excur- 
 sions will constitute a part of the program. Formal and 
 informal talks will be given as the interest of the Club 
 shall make desirable. The observation and study of 
 natural objects will be encouraged. While no didactic 
 instruction will be attempted, high standards of life and 
 conduct will ever be in mind. There are no fees to join. 
 All boys between the age of ten and sixteen are eligible 
 to membership, the only qualification being the observ- 
 ance of the rules. 
 
 The Future Benefits. 
 
 The impetus gathered at this Assembly, if husbanded 
 carefully, will carry one through the year and through 
 the deep shadows and well up the heights where the 
 glories are. To those longing for a wider outlook on the 
 world and its work, and who because of the rough ways 
 of life are denied much time for study, and whose oppor- 
 tunities for improvement are limited, because of narrow 
 and unfavorable surroundings, the Chautauqua Assembly 
 comes like a benediction full of much promise, bringing 
 light, sunshine and happiness into many lives.
 
 PONTIAC CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Items of Interest. 
 
 BOARD AND LODGING may be secured on the grounds 
 or at the hotels or private houses if desired. 
 
 ELECTRICITY. The entire Park as well as the Audi- 
 torium is brilliantly lighted by electric lights. 
 
 SPECIAL POLICE will carefully guard the grounds both 
 day and night. Campers will be as safe as at home. 
 
 PURE SPRING WATER will be supplied in abundance 
 and there need be no hesitancy in "drinking hearty." 
 
 A FLEET OF Row BOATS, with a competent man in 
 charge, will be kept at reasonable prices for patrons. 
 
 ELECTRIC FANS. The Auditorium is supplied with 
 electric fans, thus insuring cool and pure air on the 
 warmest of days. 
 
 STRAW OR HAY for filling beds will be provided free. 
 Campers should be sure to bring bed blankets, as those 
 cannot be rented. 
 
 GATE KEEPERS will not be allowed to give return pass- 
 es. Purchase season tickets if you wish to go in and out 
 without paying gate fee each time. 
 
 THE GROUNDS WILL BE PATROLLED at seven o'clock 
 each morning and all persons will be required to present 
 tickets good for that day to the collector. 
 
 UPON SUNDAY all amusements which may tend to inter- 
 fere with devotional exercises or the strict observance of 
 the Sabbath day are strictly prohibited. 
 
 IF You WISH TO HEAR the best lecturers, singers, en- 
 tertainers and preachers which the country affords, and 
 money can procure, come to the Pontiac Chautauqua. 
 
 A BUREAU OF INFORMATION will be located adjoining 
 the Superintendent's office. Go thereto make inquiries, 
 and you will receive prompt and courteous answers. 
 
 BOARD AND LODGING on the grounds in tents, by the 
 day or the session, may be secured. Rooms for rent in 
 the city will be on file at the Bureau of Information. 
 
 REGISTER YOUR NAME immediately upon entering the 
 grounds at the Bureau of Information, so you may be 
 found by your friends. If you wish to find friends, call 
 there and consult the register. 
 
 A CHECK ROOM will be provided at the Bureau of In- 
 formation, where all small packages, such as valises, 
 umbrellas, lunch baskets, etc., may be checked at five 
 cents, and bicycles at ten cents,
 
 Items of Interest. 
 
 No SALE OF GOODS, soliciting- or transacting of busi- 
 ness, or distributing of advertisements or other articles, 
 will be al owe-i upon the grounds, except under the per- 
 mit and direction of the Superintendent. 
 
 BEST GROCERY STORES IN THE CITY will take your 
 orders each morning at your tent door, or you can order 
 by telephone and goods will be delivered at same prices 
 you would pay for them in the city. 
 
 No AMUSEMENT OF UNLAWFUL or objectionable charac- 
 ter will be allowed upon the grounds, and those of ap- 
 proved character must be so conducted as to time and 
 place as not to interfere with the regular exercises of the 
 Assembly. 
 
 BELLS WILL BE RUNG to indicate the hours of exer- 
 cises on the grounds, and also at eleven o'clock p. m., af- 
 ter which a 1 loud talking or any act which will tend to 
 disturb people camping on the grounds, shall cease until 
 six o'clock a. m. 
 
 Two DOLLARS BUYS A SEASON TICKET admitting you 
 to eighty-four magnificent lectures, entertainments and 
 concerts, only two and one-third cents each; to say noth- 
 ing of the sp'endid schools and classes. Can you afford 
 to miss it? Come and bring your friends. 
 
 MAIL DIRECTED TO THE CHAUTAUQUA will be delivered 
 at 9:00 a. m and 4:00 p m., each day excepting Sunday. 
 Outgoing mail will leave the Park at 8:00 a. m., 12:00 
 noon and 3:00 p. m. Postoffice will be loc-ited at Bureau 
 of Information, adjoining the Superintendent's office. 
 
 RIVERVIEW PARK, where the Assembly is held, is very 
 heavily timbered, affording the most abundant shade for 
 tenters, and it is impossible to conceive of a more favora- 
 ble location for a Chautauqua. The water supply is 
 abundant and of excellent spring water, and great care 
 is taken with the sanitary arrangements. 
 
 THE PROGRAM FOR 1903 is a very strong one. The list 
 of speakers, entertainers and musicians embrace the very 
 best engaged in such work and is so varied HS to profit- 
 ably entertain and please all who attend. The classes, 
 too, are in the hands of competent instructors, thus en- 
 abling our Assembly to offer patrons a season of rest, 
 recreation, pleasure and instruction at a very small cost. 
 
 THIS ILLUSTRATED PROGRAM BOOKLET mailed upon 
 application. If you wish it sent to any of your friends, 
 drop a line to Superintendent A. C. FOLSOM, Pontiac, 
 111., and it will be promptly forwarded. If you wish in- 
 formation regarding tents, prices, or anything concern- 
 ing the Assembly, write him and he will promptly and 
 gladly give all needed information.
 
 ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Vermillion River above River view Park,