The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, February 1884, No. 5.

Some good teachers, here and there, are working on the problem of how to make arithmetic educational as well as useful. A person who has lively recollections of days and weeks a...

On the afternoon of graduation an address was delivered by Dr. G. P. Hays, an old Chautauquan, who delivered an admirable address. In the evening we had a camp fire, and though...

Although the sea is inhabited at all depths, according to the best knowledge we have at present much the largest part lies beyond daylight. Light only penetrates a few fathoms—a...

The current which the Orinoco causes between the continent of South America and the island of Trinidad is so powerful that ships which attempt to struggle against it with outspr...

7. Q. What description is given of the physical appearance of the majority of the girls in any of our cities or towns, as seen passing to and from school? A. Instead of high che...

In the huge world that roars hard by Be happy if they can! Calm soul of all things! Make it mine To feel, amid the city’s jar That there abides a peace of thine Man did not make...

Volcanoes, then, mark the position of some of the holes or orifices, whereby heated materials from the inside of the earth are thrown up to the surface. They occur in all quarte...

But I must close. We have it on the authority of the Bible, and we read it in the constitution of man, that there is “a time to weep and a time to laugh.” There will also be amp...

“What recollections of childhood crowd upon my memory. I am carried back to my first impressions of the life of man. It seems to me always, in these moments of calm, that I shou...

It is well, therefore, that all should prepare for the decline of power in recreations, as well as in much graver things. There are many that do not lose their charm or their ut...

5. _The Preparation of the Teaching Plan._—The teacher should know not only what he is to teach, but _how_ he is to teach it; in what order of thought; with what opening sentenc...

It is a pitiful fall, but it is such, and science not only declares it, but proves it so to be. A pitiful let-down, that men throughout all ages who have called themselves wine-...

John Brown, of Ossawatomie fame, has been glorified in poetry and song. There has been a bewitching charm about his name to a multitude of people, and the events of the past dec...

The plan or floor disposition of a Greek building, always simple, was well arranged for effect, and capable of being understood at once. All confusion, uncertainty or complicati...

Then here’s to our boyhood, its gold and its gray! The stars of its winter, the dews of its May! And when we have done with our life-lasting toys, Dear Father, take care of thy...

=Ohio= (Athens).—Our local circle held its first meeting this year, on October 1, with twenty members present. The leaven is working gradually, and each year we are able to reco...

The office will send out free to all members of the Circle, within a few weeks, a copy of “Memorial Days of the C. L. S. C.,” with readings for those days.

REQUIRED READING FOR FEBRUARY German History V.—Summary from the Reformation to the Present Time 251 Selections from German Literature Alexander von Humboldt 253 Heinrich Heine...

P. 253, c. 1.—“Humboldt.” (1769-1859.) Humboldt has been one of the most expert and far reaching scientists of modern times. His love for research led him to explorations early...

“Now, I do not betray any great plans which have already been devised, but I give utterance to dreams and hopes which I know exist in the minds of a great many Chautauqua worker...

Abell, Mary L Abbott, G Elliott Agard, Eaton J Avery, Mary S Babcock, Anna W Bain, Arvilla E Morse Bannister, Miss Alice G Barnhart, Jeremiah Bartlett, Miss Clara A Beal, Letta...

Allen, Mrs L M Austin, Almira L Barrows, Edward C Bennett, Mrs A G Burritt, Alice, M D Carrick, Mary A Chapin, Mrs Alice E Chapman, M A Crane, Mrs E T Curtis, Wm Tontes Gafney,...