CHAUTAUQUA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3349, 29 November 1919, Page 4

CHAUTAUQUA.

Next Tuesday the big brown tent of Chautauqua, on the Taihape Recreation Ground, will be the I'€l’ldeVf)‘l:; of every intellectual resident of this great district. For a whole week froni ’l‘uesday afternoon and evening, some of the best lecturers on earth; nm.~:ici-ans of admitted genius, will instrtct,.interest and amuse the immense audiences that are already assured L-,7 the sale of season tickets, tickets which are transferable to any nle'.nl>er of a family., Chautauqua has undergone considerable change since it made its first appearance here last year; it is no longer an American «)rg:tlli.s;stioxl. for it is -now purely a New Zealand organisation. Its virtues are not lim ited similarly to those of an oz'dillal';:' travelling company. I‘he New Zealand Chautauqua, under the presidency of the Hon. Geo. Fowlds, of Auckland, gathers its lecturers from amongst the greatest scientists and sociologists of the world, and its musicians are selected from the highest class artists from as lb-road a source. Last year the lectures given by _Chaneellur Bradford were worth the cost of the whole season ticket, but the ax-=l-age quality of Chautauqua is almost infinitely better than what it was last yeav-, and if the Taihape people display a desire by their attell-dance for emertainmcnt that is essentially lllStL".l(‘.i.l‘~"e and intellectual as well as ‘being genuinely amusing,,no expense will be spared in improving, as far: as material renders it possible, the programme submitted each successive year. Taihape businessmen who saw Chautauqua in Auckland, in Te Aroha, in Morrinsville, all affirm that it surpasses, immeasurably, the 1.-. -Lt:-ammo submitted last year. We hope residents of this district will help in the development of this New '7-e»'ilan(‘L Chautauqua to its highest I:r‘-.~.1.‘-= limits, by their attendance and patronage. ' "The president,’ are Hon. Gee. Foxlvldsi assures the public that it is ishing on _”Moziday‘, n_ight,_ ‘December, Bth. ' 5 ‘ ‘ “v” ‘-45’

money is raised is used to increase the quality and magnitude of the‘ work the organisation has set out to accomplish. As the Taihape season opens next Tuesday it is advisable that seat» eon tickets should be procured at once; these tickets admit the holder, or, any one of his family to each programme, afternoon and evening, finishing on Monday night we-3k.