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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1983)
CHAUTAUQUA Chautauqua u-t4tw). 1. A town and lake In southwestern New York, the site of a summer education program started in 1874. 2. An annual summer educational and recreational assembly popular through out the United States. Today the word 'Chautauqua'-is unfamiliar to many people, but 50 years ago everybody knew what it was and when it was coming. Generally, it was the biggest event of the year; people came from miles around to hear lectures and music, to see slides and drama, to debate social issues and learn of other cultures. The presentations -by teachers and preachers, yodelers and bellringers, explorers and politicians were a blend of education and entertainment. American presidents, from U. S. Grant to FDR, appeared at Chautauqua as did such other notables as Jane Addams, Thomas Edison, Madame Schumann-Heink, Booker T. Wash ington, and Amelia Earhart. The Chautauqua originated as a summer camp for Sunday School teachers. As the movement grew and imitations spread, the emphasis on religion declined. Moral and inspirational lectures remained a staple, however, and implanted the Ideas and ideals that affected the thinking of millions. Many of today's accepted theories on the dignity of the individual, equal suffrage, soil conservation, child welfare, the human ities and countless other themes were reiterated from a thousand platforms. Bringing discussion of such Issues and the entertain ment that accompanied them to rural America proved popular. There was a craving for "culture", "book learning", and "something better" that nothing other than the Chautauqua fulfilled. In 1924 alone, thirty SCHEDULE million people crowded Into Chautauqua tents and pavillions In 12,000 towns across the United States. Oregon was particularly fertile ground for Chautau quas. Over 30 towns sponsored annual assemblies and several of them achieved wide prestige. The group at Ashland operated for thirty years and when the Chautauqua programs were no longer presented, the pavlllion was used for revivals of Shakespearean plays. The Gladstone Assembly began In 1894 and regularly brought In audiences totalling well over ten thousand people. In Albany, the Chautauqua occupied a wooded island connected to Main Street by a footbridge. Hera, the pavlllion was built with streets, tents, and a miniature business district around It. The annual encampment at LaGrande drew participants from Idaho and Washington. As successful as Chautauquas were, when the end came. It came quickly. Movies and radio brought entertainment to the hinterland and new cars and improved roads further reduced Isolation. The Great Depression provided the final blow; promoting "cul ture" and making a buck are rarely compatible, especially In hard times. By 1935 the phenomenon Teddy Roosevelt called "the most American thing In America" was practically a memory. In 1980, the Chautauqua was revived in Oregon. Since then, the Oregon Committee for the Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has funded annual summer programs. We believe this year's presentations to be the best ever and without further preface now Introduce the 1983 acts and their schedule to the public. I I CELTIC SONG I MASKS of the I THE FOOL: MYTHS of GENGHIS HISPANICS and STORY WORLD CRITIC & HEALER GREEK WOMEN KHAN In OREGON ASTORIA l,0OTBA BAKER Aug ? 7 SOOwadi Art Can Sip 16-7 SOXraaarda Art CM. Aug H 7 30Ctoaaad Art Can Sop 1 J 1 00 Crotada Art Can Aug -7 30 Si FfancH Oi HaH BAN DON Aug 20 7 30 HS Chow Rm Sop 2S7 OOOt Cr Elam Sen BEND Sao7 30Hnrhcadi AudCCCC BURNS &? 247 30 Burn UnMn MS Sap 17 7 SOBum! Union HS Aug 2S 7 30 Burnt Union HS Aug 207 30 Burnt Union MS Aug 107 HtiMt School CANNON BEACH - s7 3otba COOS BAY Aug l-7 30 Pub Library Sap 2T 7 Pub Library Aug 13 1 00 Pub Library COQUILLE Sp 1(V7 30-Conw. 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