Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1914 — Says Chautauqua Surpassed Any Protracted Meeting. [ARTICLE]

Says Chautauqua Surpassed Any Protracted Meeting.

It was just the grandest week Rensselaer ever had. The current of the whole Chautauqua program was t olift us mentally into another sphere; to give us different viewpoints of the various subjects discussed. There was just so pouch new thought food for those who went with an “ear to hear it”, tha£ it is now a source of supply from which we can draw daily. Unconsciously wc are sustained and encouraged by. the beautiful ideas presented. Then such a congenial atmosphere prevailed; everyone felt the power of it; drawn together above petty grievances, members felt they could not’ miss a session and they put forth every effort to get others to come. It was marvelous the way the townspeople reached out to those around them and brought them in. They are certainly to be commended. I hope we can repay them. They were so concerned about 1 country friends attending as much as they telephoned (which is very trying) fOT them to come for dinner or supper and go with them. Those who had extra tickets insisted bn some one using them. Say, to inspire and- extend good will arid to induce men and women to apply the golden rule, a < hautauqua surpasses by far any rrotracted meeting, rio difference what denomination—A Farmer’s "Wife.