By

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, D.D.

PREFACE

WHY AND WHEREFORE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Story of Chautauqua

CHAPTER I

THE PLACE

CHAPTER II

THE FOUNDERS

CHAPTER III

SOME PRIMAL PRINCIPLES

CHAPTER IV

THE BEGINNINGS

CHAPTER V

THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER VI

THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL YEAR

CHAPTER VII

A NEW NAME AND NEW FACES

CHAPTER VIII

THE CHAUTAUQUA READING CIRCLE

CHAPTER IX

CHAUTAUQUA ALL THE YEAR

CHAPTER X

THE SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES

CHAPTER XI

HOTELS, HEADQUARTERS, AND HAND-SHAKING (1880)

CHAPTER XII

DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY AT CHAUTAUQUA (1881)

CHAPTER XIII

THE FIRST RECOGNITION DAY (1882)

FOOTNOTE:

CHAPTER XIV

SOME STORIES OF THE C. L. S. C. (1883, 1884)

CHAPTER XV

THE CHAPLAIN'S LEG AND OTHER TRUE TALES (1885-1888)

CHAPTER XVI

A NEW LEAF IN LUKE'S GOSPEL (1889-1892)

CHAPTER XVII

CLUB LIFE AT CHAUTAUQUA (1893-1896)

FOOTNOTE:

CHAPTER XVIII

ROUNDING OUT THE OLD CENTURY (1897-1900)

CHAPTER XIX

OPENING THE NEW CENTURY (1901-1904)

CHAPTER XX

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT CHAUTAUQUA (1905-1908)

CHAPTER XXI

THE PAGEANT OF THE PAST (1909-1912)

CHAPTER XXII

WAR CLOUDS AND WAR DRUMS (1913-1916)

CHAPTER XXIII

WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH (1917-1920)

CHAPTER XXIV

CHAUTAUQUA'S ELDER DAUGHTERS

CHAPTER XXV

YOUNGER DAUGHTERS OF CHAUTAUQUA

APPENDIX

DISTINGUISHED PREACHERS AT CHAUTAUQUA

COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AND OTHER EDUCATORS

AUTHORS AND EDITORS

LEADERS IN SOCIAL REFORM

POLITICAL LEADERS

DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNERS

CHAUTAUQUA RECOGNITION DAY ORATIONS

CLASS DIRECTORY, CHAUTAUQUA HOME READING CIRCLES—C. L. S. C.

Class 1882, "The Pioneers"

Class 1883, "The Vincents"

Class 1884, "The Irrepressibles"

Class 1885, "The Invincibles"

Class 1886, "The Progressives"

Class 1887, "The Pansy"

Class 1888, "The Plymouth Rock"

Class 1889, "The Argonauts"

Class 1890, "The Pierians"

Class 1891, "The Olympians"

Class 1892, "Columbia"

Class 1893, "The Athenians"

Class 1894, "The Philomatheans"

Class 1895, "The Pathfinders"

Class 1896, "The Truth-Seekers"

Class 1897, "The Romans"

Class 1898, "The Laniers"

Class 1899, "The Patriots"

Class 1900, "The Nineteenth Century"

Class 1901, "The Twentieth Century"

Class 1902, "The Altrurians"

Class 1903, "The Quarter Century"

Class 1904, "Lewis Miller"

Class 1905, "The Cosmopolitan"

Class 1906, "John Ruskin"

Class 1907, "George Washington"

Class 1908, "Tennyson"

Class 1909, "Dante"

Class 1910, "Gladstone"

Class 1911, "Longfellow"

Class 1912, "Shakespeare"

Class 1913, "Athene"

Class 1914, "Dickens"

Class 1915, "Jane Addams"

Class 1916, "The Internationals"

Class 1917, "Emerson"

Class 1918, "The Arthurians"

Class 1919, "America"

Class 1920, "The Optimists"

Class 1921, "The Adelphians"

Class 1922, "The Crusaders"

Class 1923, "The Victory"

Class 1924, "The New Era"

THE TRUSTEES OF CHAUTAUQUA

THE FIRST CHAUTAUQUA TRUSTEES (SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY)

THE FIRST TRUSTEES OF THE CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION (1898)

General Officers

Trustees

Local Officers

BOARD OF TRUSTEES—1920

Honorary Trustees

Educational Council

INDEX

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