The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, October 1883
Part 17
When we think of his birth, training, and surroundings—the child of the plantation and the graduate of the forecastle—and contrast this with his peculiar powers, his strange career, and above all in rarity his wonderful world-wide mission, it is not too much to say that Father Taylor is without a parallel in American history. “An impulsive, untrained, and erratic genius;” there was a fixed purpose and a continuity of effort, such as is seen in few lives. If extravagant in speech and inconsistent in views, his intensity, vividness, and realism, make all sound like plain common-sense. Haughty and tender, imperious and democratic, grand and simple, splendidly uncultured; a strange, terrible power among men always used for leading, driving, persuading to righteousness. He deserves a paraphrase of a higher tribute than Phillips, the Irish barrister, gave to Napoleon. Such a medley of contradictions and at the same time such individual consistency for right were never before united in the same character. In the solitude of his originality, he was always the same mysterious, incomprehensible self—a man without a model and without a shadow.
“When I am dead,” he pleaded, “I do not want to be buried in dirt. But bury me rather in the deep salt sea, where the coral rocks shall be my pillow, and the seaweeds shall be my winding-sheet, and the waves shall sing my requiem forever.”
And it was not done. Conventionality triumphed in death over the old eccentric, who had defied it as long as he lived.
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OBSERVE, the fates of men are balanced with wonderfully nice adjustments. The scale of this life, if it sinks, rises there, while if it rises here, it will sink to the ground there. What was here temporary affliction, will be there eternal triumph; what was here temporary triumph, will be there eternal and ever-enduring despair.—_Schiller._
C. L. S. C. WORK.
By Rev. J. H. VINCENT, D.D., SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTION C. L. S. C.
May the new year work be promptly begun, faithfully prosecuted, satisfactorily completed!
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October 1 is Memorial Day—the day of the beginning of our college year. The bell at Chautauqua will ring at high noon. Listen for its echoes.
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One member has already nearly finished two of the books since the meetings closed at Chautauqua. He read on the train; he read at the station; he read at the hotel; he read during the odd minutes at home. This is a good example.
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The readings for October are: History of Greece,[D] vol. 2, by Prof. T. T. Timayenis, parts 7 and 8; Chautauqua Text-Books—No. 5, Greek History, by Dr. J. H. Vincent; Primer of American Literature, by C. F. Richardson; required readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN.
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Let the members of the Class of ’83 who were not graduated in August, now begin to read up the required books, and be ready for graduation in 1884.
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In the earliest announcement of the course of study for 1883-84, the little Chautauqua Text-Book No. 22, on Biology, was given. Many members suppose that this is the substitute for “Easy Lessons in Vegetable Biology,” an altogether different book. The price of Chautauqua Text-Book No. 22 is 10 cents; the price of “Easy Lessons in Vegetable Biology” is (in the cheapest edition) 25 cents. If they will return to Phillips & Hunt, 805 Broadway, New York, the Chautauqua Text-Book and 15 cents additional, they will forward the “Easy Lessons in Vegetable Biology.”
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Students in the Class of 1887 should have Chautauqua Text-Books Nos. 4 and 5, English and Greek History. They have already been read by the other classes. Price, 10 cents each.
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Members of the C. L. S. C. are earnestly urged to read Chautauqua Text-Book No. 24, Canadian History. This should have been required in the earlier lists.
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All members of the C. L. S. C. should examine carefully the “Popular Education” circular which appears in this number of THE CHAUTAUQUAN, to ascertain if they have the complete list of books for the year.
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By the payment of one dollar, all graduates of the C. L. S. C. will be entitled to all communications from the central office for four years, the four white crystal seals, and any additional white seals which they may gain. The one dollar does not, of course, pay for special seals.
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The Chautauqua Hand-Book No. 2—known as the “Green Book”—which contains a full account of the C. L. S. C. work, is now ready. Send a two cent stamp to Miss K. F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J., and you will receive a copy.
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The Class of 1884 should send in their back reports as soon as possible. It is so much better to get all ready in advance, and not wait until the close of the year, when the general office is crowded, the secretaries busy, and mistakes easily possible.
FOOTNOTE:
[D] Students of the new class (1887) to be organized this fall, not having read volume 1 of Timayenis’s History of Greece, will not be required to read volume 2, but, instead of volumes 1 and 2 of Timayenis’s, will read “Brief History of Greece.” Price, paper, 60 cents.
LOCAL CIRCLE NOTICE.
The full accounts of the C. L. S. C. commencement exercises at the summer Assemblies, which we publish this month, take the place of the reports from the local circles. It is only for this month, however. The department will continue to be a regular feature of the magazine. These reports have been of great service to local circles everywhere, and we earnestly request that full and exact accounts of work should be forwarded us by the president or secretary of each local circle. Let any new feature in the program be fully described; give us all the new plans for social work, give everything that will be suggestive and helpful. Several times last year we were asked how to work up a new circle, or to revive a dying one. Where leaders have had experience in building up these circles let them give testimony through the “Local Circle” column. It may help others in similar circumstances. The new and helpful features are what we want for this department. If the members will co-operate, the local circle reports will be very useful.
OUTLINE OF C. L. S. C. STUDIES.
OCTOBER, 1883.
The required readings for October are:
Parts 7 and 8 of the second volume of Timayenis’s “History of Greece” for students having read the first volume, but for students of class 1887 the first ninety-one pages of “Brief History of Greece.”
Chautauqua Text-book, No. 5, “Greek History,” by Dr. J. H. Vincent.
“Primer of American Literature,” by C. F. Richardson.
Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN.
The division is as follows:
_First Week_ (ending October 8)—1. The first three chapters of part 7 of Timayenis’s “History of Greece;” or from page 1 to “Age of Pericles,” page 23, in “Brief History of Greece.”
2. American Literature, the first two chapters.
3. Readings in American Literature in THE CHAUTAUQUAN.
4. Sunday Readings, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN, selection for October 7.
_Second Week_ (ending October 16)—1. Timayenis’s “History of Greece,” from chapter iv., part 7, to chapter ii., part 8, or in “Brief History of Greece,” from “The Age of Pericles,” page 23, to “The Civilization,” page 46.
2. American Literature, from page 30 to page 55, inclusive.
3. Readings in Physical Science in THE CHAUTAUQUAN.
4. Sunday Readings, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN, selection for October 14.
_Third Week_ (ending October 24)—1. “History of Greece” (Timayenis’s) from chapter ii., page 73, to chapter vi., page 115, or in “Brief History of Greece,” from page 46, “The Civilization,” to “Manners and Customs,” page 71.
2. American Literature, from page 56, section 34, to page 81.
3. Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN on German History and Political Economy.
4. Sunday Readings, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN, selection for October 21.
_Fourth Week_ (ending October 31)—1. “History of Greece.” Finish part eighth, or in “Brief History of Greece,” from page 71, “Manners and Customs,” to “Readings in Greek History,” page 91.
2. American Literature, from section 34, page 81, to end of volume.
3. Readings in Art, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN.
4. Sunday Readings, in THE CHAUTAUQUAN, for October 28.
POPULAR EDUCATION.
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.
1.—AIM.
This new organization aims to promote habits of reading and study in nature, art, science, and in secular and sacred literature, in connection with the routine of daily life (especially among those whose educational advantages have been limited), so as to secure to them the college student’s general outlook upon the world and life, and to develop the habit of close, connected, persistent thinking.
2.—METHODS.
It proposes to encourage individual study in lines and by text-books which shall be indicated; by local circles for mutual help and encouragement in such studies; by summer courses of lectures and “students’ sessions” at Chautauqua, and by written reports and examinations.
3.—COURSE OF STUDY.
The course of study prescribed by the C. L. S. C. shall cover a period of four years.
4.—ARRANGEMENT OF CLASSES.
_Each year’s Course of Study will be considered the “First Year” for new pupils_ whether it be the first, second, third, or fourth of the four years’ course. For example, “the class of 1887,” instead of beginning October, 1883, with the same studies which were pursued in 1882-83 by “the class of 1886,” will fall in with “the class of ’86,” and take for their first year the second year’s course of the ’86 class. The first year for “the class of 1886” will thus in due time become the fourth year for “the class of 1887.”
5.—C. L. S. C. COURSE OF READING, 1883-84
I. REQUIRED.
History of Greece.[E] By Prof. T. T. Timayenis. Vol. 2; parts 7, 8, 10 and 11. Price, $1.15.
Stories in English History by the Great Historians. Edited by C. E. Bishop, Esq. Price, $1.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 16, Roman History; No. 24, Canadian History; No. 21, American History; No. 5, Greek History. Price, 10 cents each.
Preparatory Latin Course in English. By Dr. W. C. Wilkinson. Price, $1.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 23, English Literature. By Prof. J. H. Gilmore. Price, 10 cents.
Primer of American Literature. By C. F. Richardson. Price, 30 cents.
Biographical Stories by Hawthorne. Price, 15 cents.
How to Get Strong and How to Stay So. By W. Blaikie. Price, cloth, 80 cents; paper, 50 cents.
Easy Lessons in Vegetable Biology. By Dr. J. H. Wythe. Price, cloth, 40 cents; paper, 25 cents.
Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation. By J. B. Walker. Price, cloth, $1; paper, 50 cts.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 18, Christian Evidences; No. 39, Sunday-School Normal Class Work; No. 43, Good Manners; No. 4, English History. Price, 10 cents each.
THE CHAUTAUQUAN, price, $1.50, in which will be published:
Sunday Readings. Selected by Dr. J. H. Vincent. Readings in Commercial Law. By Edwin C. Reynolds, Esq. Readings in Political Economy. By Prof. George M. Steele, D.D. Readings in French History and Literature. By Dr. J. H. Vincent. Studies in American History and Literature. By A. M. Martin, Esq.
THE CHAUTAUQUAN will also contain, in the department of Required Readings, brief papers, as follows:
Readings in German History and Literature. Readings in Roman History. Readings in American Literature. Readings about the Arts, Artists, and their Masterpieces. Readings in Physical Science.
ADDITIONAL READINGS FOR STUDENTS OF THE CLASS OF 1884.
Hints for Home Reading. By Dr. Lyman Abbott. Price, cloth, $1; boards, 75 cts.
The Hall in the Grove. By Mrs. Alden. (A Story of Chautauqua and the C. L. S. C.) Price, $1.50.
Outline Study of Man. By Dr. Mark Hopkins. Price, $1.50.
II. FOR THE WHITE SEAL.
Persons who pursue the “White Seal Course” of each year, in addition to the regular course, will receive at the time of their graduation a white seal for each year, to be attached to the regular diploma.
History of Greece.[E] By Prof. T. T. Timayenis. Vol. 2. Completed. Price, $1.15.
Chautauqua Library of English History and Literature. Vol. 2. Price, cloth, 50 cents; paper, 35 cents.
Church History. By Dr. Blackburn. Price, $2.25.
Bacon’s Essays. Price, $1.25.
III. REQUIRED.—FOR THE WHITE (CRYSTAL) SEAL FOR GRADUATES OF ’82 AND ’83.
For the benefit of graduates of the C. L. S. C. who, being members of local circles, wish to continue in the same general line of reading as undergraduate members, a White Crystal Seal Course is prepared. This consists mainly of books belonging to the current year’s study, but not previously read by the graduates. An additional white seal is also offered to the graduates, the books for which are specified under paragraph 4. Some of these books were in the first four year’s course, and are therefore to be _re_-read. The payment of one dollar at one time entitles a graduate to the White Crystal and White Seals for four years. If only fifty cents is paid, it will be credited for but one year.
THE CHAUTAUQUAN. Required Reading.
History of Greece.[E] By Prof. T. T. Timayenis. Vol. 2. Completed. Price, $1.15.
Preparatory Latin Course in English. By. Dr. W. C. Wilkinson. Price, $1.
Credo. By Dr. L. T. Townsend. Price, $1.
Bacon’s Essays. Price, $1.25.
IV. REQUIRED.—FOR ADDITIONAL WHITE SEAL FOR GRADUATES OF ’82 AND ’83.
Brief History of Greece. By J. Dorman Steele. Price, 60 cents.
Stories in English History by the Great Historians. Edited by C. E. Bishop. Price, $1.
Easy Lessons in Vegetable Biology. By Dr. J. H. Wythe. Price, cloth, 40 cents; paper, 25 cents.
Biographical Stories. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. Price, 15 cents.
How to Get Strong and How to Stay So. By W. Blaikie. Price, cloth, 80 cents; paper, 50 cents.
Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation. By J. B. Walker. Price, cloth, $1; paper, 50 cts.
Primer of American Literature. By C. F. Richardson. Price, 30 cents.
Chautauqua Text-Books, Nos. 4, 5, 16, 18, 21, 23, 39 and 43. Price, each, 10 cents. #/
The following is the distribution of the books and readings through the year:
_October._
History of Greece.[E] Vol. 2. By Prof. T. T. Timayenis. Parts 7 and 8.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 5, Greek History. By Dr. J. H. Vincent.
Primer of American Literature. By C. F. Richardson.
Required Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN
_November._
History of Greece.[F] Vol. 2. By Prof. T. T. Timayenis. Parts 10 and 11.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 5, Greek History. By Dr. J. H. Vincent.
Required Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN
_December._
Easy Lessons in Vegetable Biology. Dr. J. H. Wythe.
Biographical Stories. By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Required Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN
_January._
Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation. By J. B. Walker. 14 chapters.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 18, Christian Evidences. By Dr. J. H. Vincent.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 39, Sunday School Normal Class Work.
Required Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN
_February._
Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation. By J. B. Walker. Completed.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 21, American History; No. 24, Canadian History.
How to Get Strong and How to Stay So. By W. Blaikie.
Required Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN
_March._
Preparatory Latin Course in English. By Dr. W. C. Wilkinson. Half of book.
Required Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN
_April._
Preparatory Latin Course in English. By Dr. W. C. Wilkinson. Completed.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 16, Roman History. By Dr. J. H. Vincent.
Required Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN
_May._
Stories in English History by the Great Historians. By C. E. Bishop. Half of book.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 4, English History. By Dr. J. H. Vincent.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 23, English Literature. By Prof. J. H. Gilmore.
Required Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN
_June._
Stories in English History by the Great Historians. Completed.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 4, English History. By Dr. J. H. Vincent.
Chautauqua Text-Books.—No. 43, Good Manners. By J—— P——.
Required Readings in THE CHAUTAUQUAN
6.—SPECIAL COURSES.
Members of the C. L. S. C. may take, in addition to the regular course above prescribed, one or more special courses, and pass an examination upon them. Pupils will receive credit and testimonial seals to be appended to the regular diploma, according to the merit of examinations on these supplemental courses.
7.—THE PREPARATORY COURSE.
Persons who are too young, or not sufficiently advanced in their studies to take the regular C. L. S. C. course, may adopt certain _preparatory lessons_ for one or more years.
For circulars of the preparatory course, address Miss K. F. KIMBALL, Plainfield, New Jersey.
8.—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, Post-office order on Plainfield, N. J., or the new Postal Note, to be ready about September 1.) Do not send postage-stamps if you can possibly avoid it. _Three_-cent stamps will not be received.
N. B.—In sending your fee, be sure to state to which class you belong, whether 1884, 1885, 1886, or 1887.
9.—APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.
Persons desiring to unite with the C. L. S. C. should forward answers to the following questions to MISS K. F. KIMBALL, PLAINFIELD, N. J. The class graduating in 1887 should begin the study of the lessons required October, 1883. They _may_ begin as late as January 1, 1884.
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?[G]
6. What is your occupation?
7. With what religious denomination are you connected?
8. Do you, after mature deliberation, resolve, if able, to prosecute the four years’ course of study presented by the C. L. S. C.?
9. Do you promise, if practicable, to give an average of four hours a week to the reading and study required by this course?
10. How much more than the time specified do you hope to give to this course of study?
10.—TIME REQUIRED.
An average of forty minutes’ reading each week-day will enable the student in nine months to complete the books required for the year. More time than this will probably be spent by many persons, and for their accommodation a special course of reading on the same subjects has been indicated. The habit of thinking steadily upon worthy themes during one’s secular toil will lighten labor, brighten life, and develop power.
11.—MEMORANDA.
The annual “examinations” will be held at the homes of the members, and in writing. Duplicate Memoranda are forwarded, one copy being retained by each student and the other filled out and forwarded to the office at Plainfield, N. J.
12.—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.”
13.—MISCELLANEOUS.
For the history of the C. L. S. C., an explanation of the LOCAL CIRCLES, the MEMORIAL DAYS to be observed by all true C. L. S. C. members, ST. PAUL’S GROVE at Chautauqua, etc., etc., address (inclose two-cent stamp) Miss K. F. KIMBALL, Plainfield, N. J., who will forward the “Chautauqua Hand-Book, No. 2,” sixty-four pages. Blank forms, containing the ten questions given in paragraph 9, will also be sent on application.
14.—CHAUTAUQUA PERIODICALS.
THE CHAUTAUQUAN, organ of the C. L. S. C.; 76 pages; ten numbers; $1.50 per year. CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY DAILY HERALD, organ of Chautauqua meetings; 8 pages; 48 columns. Daily in August; 19 numbers. Contains the lectures delivered at Chautauqua; $1 per volume. Both periodicals one year, $2.50. Address Dr. Theodore L. Flood, Editor and Proprietor, Meadville, Pa.
15.—BOOKS OF THE C. L. S. C.
For all the books address Phillips & Hunt, New York, or Walden & Stowe, Cincinnati or Chicago.
FOOTNOTES:
[E] Students of the new class (1887) to be organized this fall, and graduates of the classes of 1882 and 1883, not having read volume 1 of Timayenis’s History of Greece, will not be required to read volume 2, but instead of volume 2 of Timayenis’s, will read “Brief History of Greece.” Price, paper, 60 cts.
[F] Students of the new class (1887) to be organized this fall, not having read volume 1 of Timayenis’s History of Greece, will not be required to read volume 2, but instead of volume 2, of Timayenis’s, will read “Brief History of Greece.” Price, paper, 60 cts.
[G] We ask this question to ascertain the possible future intellectual and moral influence of this “Circle” on your homes.
[_Not required._]
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
By A. M. MARTIN, GENERAL SECRETARY C. L. S. C.
I.—ONE HUNDRED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON “HISTORY OF GREECE,” VOL. II., PARTS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH—THEBAN SUPREMACY, AND MACEDONIAN HELLENISM.
1. Q. What was the character of the Thebans in the fifth and fourth centuries before Christ? A. They were brave soldiers, and possessed souls, if not always noble, yet ever resolute; bodies, if not prepossessing, yet athletic and well prepared, by exercise and thorough drill from early childhood, for every military duty.
2. Q. What two names are permanently associated with the rise of Theban power? A. Epaminondas and Pelopidas.
3. Q. What was the training and what some of the striking characteristics of Epaminondas? A. He was trained from early youth in all the branches of gymnastics and military duty; was distinguished by the diligent care he took of his intellectual education; was modest and wholly devoid of a boasting spirit, and was indifferent to money.
4. Q. What did Epaminondas, with Pelopidas, organize that filled Hellas with the fame of its achievements, and fell only when the autonomy of Hellas disappeared? A. The famous lochos, or band, composed of three hundred picked men, bound together by the closest ties of friendship, and devoted to each other to the death.
5. Q. What was the effect upon the Spartans of the war against the Thebans, the latter being assisted by the Athenians, during the first part of the fourth century before Christ? A. The Spartans were daily losing their prestige and becoming humbled.
6. Q. What was the most noted of the combats of the Thebans with the Lacedæmonians in Bœotia at this time, which served as a sort of prelude to that of Leuktra? A. The battle of Tegyra, in which the Thebans, led by Pelopidas, achieved a splendid victory.
7. Q. What disastrous visitations heightened the despondency of the Spartans in 372 B. C.? A. The terrible earthquakes and rains which during that year occurred in the Peloponnesus, and which they regarded as tokens of the wrath of the god Poseidon.
8. Q. What was the result of the Athenians having established their new naval dominion on the Ionian Sea? A. They had no longer ground on which to continue the war, and they therefore sent to Sparta for peace.