f the time; Hon. Roswell G. Horr of Michigan instructed
while he entertained us. Dr. A. J. Palmer, who had thrilled the old
soldiers with his "Company D," now gave another lecture to them on
"Comrades." Besides these we heard on the platform Dr. Philip S. Moxom,
Professor George H. Palmer of Harvard, and his wife, Alice Freeman
Palmer; President Harper, Dr. Von Hoist; Dr. Conwell, and Dr. Joseph
Cook, returning to the platform with restored vigor after some years of
nervous breakdown. Miss Willard was with us again, and with her Lady
Henry Somerset of England, the head of the W. C. T. U. in that land.

In 1894 the Department of Elocution took a new title, "The School of
Expression," and enlarged its sphere under Professor S. H. Clark of the
University of Chicago, and Mrs. Emily M. Bishop. The program of the
years shows the school of Political Science to be remarkably strong,
with such teachers as Dr. Herman Von Holst, Herbert B. Adams of Johns
Hopkins, and another Dr. Adams of Yale. Professor Graham Taylor of
Chicago spoke on social questions, capital and labor. Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt, already rising to fame, was again on the platform. General
James A. Beaver, ex-governor of Pennsylvania; Professor Richard G.
Moulton; Hon. Carroll D. Wright, United States Commissioner of Labor;
Mr. Anthony Comstock, and Dr. E. E. Hale, Chautauqua's strong friend,
were some of the speakers. Dr. Hale, always original in his methods,
said that he had only thirty minutes to speak on "Poverty and
Pauperism." He began by saying, "I will stand on one side of this desk
and speak fifteen minutes on poverty." He showed in seven points that
every one of us belonged to the class named "poverty" and each one
should help the others. Then he walked over to the other side and gave
seven points on "pauperism," for which there were reasons but no
excuses. Poverty was a blessing; most of the world's greatest
benefactors have been poor men; but pauperism is an unmitigated evil and
should be stamped out of existence. General O. O. Howard, U. S. A., was
again on the platform in 1894, also President William H. Crawford of
Allegheny College, whose lecture on "Savonarola" made a deep impression.
There was great interest to see and hear Miss Helen Keller, the
wonderful girl, blind, deaf, and dumb, who had learned to speak without
hearing a voice, and had been graduated from Radcliffe College of
Harvard University with the highest honor. Another of the lecturers