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Show '' i ' " " .I i i Normal Lecture Lec-ture Course. Our cry for hettor,form of entertainment entertain-ment lu nur town bus at last teon anBwnrod. For gumo tluio pnat the leoturo nommlttpo of tlio Hriiuch Nnimal Iiub lipen working bard to get a con r ho arranged that will bo a oredit to the Institution and n aouroo of rcilned enjoyment and inspiration to tbo people of Cedar City nud atudruiH For too I'jng Codar City baa bion satisfied with tbo ubowo of inforior travel lug troupes who como Into our town nud oarry away our Ioobo onBh. giving nothing in return but the dramatization of low a worthless worth-less dlmo novel. Purenta huvo grown to see that It ia a vory bad thing to allow thoir children to road cheap lltoraturo hi the ahapo nf tlio ten cont novel, nud eo oouvertod are tboy to tbo ovll of Etioh that they would not allow ouo in their homo. Vet nt the sntno time would givo thoir ohllrdou tbo mnuoy to go nud wituesB oue of thoBB reprosoutntloua which ia tminoaauarblv worto than thn tueto reudiug of ouo. Not only do parents do th in, but they will often ppeud puveral nights i.f tbo UEunl eiv at the thoatro, when tlio monoy used tbua nould bo far moro wisely spent. Hut wn require nniUBemont; uuil sd Icnu aa no have a obauoo for nothing hotter, wn shall oontinuo to nntro nlzu travellrg oompauleo, though wo get in many oaroa productions that aro poositivoly vloioua. Coder City should staud for snnio-thlnii snnio-thlnii hotter than thia iu tbo way of entertainment Shofrhould bouuonter to which the people f outaido Hottlo-tnouta Hottlo-tnouta can nume knowing that rooltala, lecture?, thrutrcs, operas, eto , that they inlnbt see burn would be iudeed elevating and iuHpiriux nud on a par with-tboao.BQon.huth&(Jurcqcjig4itj;rD, Wo should by all menus maintain mi up-to-dnto lecture oourao that would dlvo tlio Btudouta and pooplo of Cedar u flhiiuoo to sen nud hear tlio many good thlugd that peoplo of tlio north enjoy Hnt n locturooourse, if n good oue, coata money. Ouo hundred dollars per night for a man of national renown ia in Kinail utn to raieo in a small town. Hut it can bo dnno if tlio pooplo of our town aro willing to pay tho fame price for B'iy, piioIi a rare treat aa a Shakespearean lecltil by a intin nf Fiioh ability and ao well known throughout tho United States aa Thou. 0. Truub'nod. as they will for tho ordiunry blood and thunder melodrama that wo nr so ubpiI to seeing from traveling trounue. (Tntil wo bavo tbo trivllego of oujnying snob forms of entertainment na arn arranged by tho leoturo aommitteo wo otinnot nppreainta their vnlue. Every aoliool town in Utah of any importance import-ance supports a lecture course, and Cedar will il.i the aiuiio if tho peoplo support a ood one for nno yenr; tb07 will not bo willing for n wlotor to paw. wlt'iont a veil nrrsnged and up -to data oourpo With thn olijact in view of prosnnt ing a aeries nf high olasa lioturoe, reoltala, eto , tho oammitteo have been working for aomo weeks and bsva euuoaedad in arranging for alx sploudid numbor?, thoUiatto bo given Thursday ovonlug. Den. 1G The numUerH aa thov will uppoar during the winter aro: Prof. T. 0. Trueblood cf the University f Mlohitiaii in Shake-apoaro'fl Shake-apoaro'fl "Juliua CaeBar," Deo. 10. M. E. Dirgy Unlveralty of Washington, Wash-ington, two leottires one cf which will tio "Anglo-Saxon Grit'1 during foro part of January. Dr. Patonon, H. V. U "Tbo Inner Life," latter pBrt of January Muaicul recital 'violin and vocal) to be arranged by Fred Graham of Salt Lake, middlo of February. " .Prof. Maude May Haboock, U. oi U. during Marob in a reoital During her visit she will deliver an illustrated lecture for women at tho Norinil. Aa tho tirst number, and such a rarr oue, cornea now within a week, let ia euy a word as to Prof. True-blood True-blood and the nature of hia reoital It I? recommendation enough to say that Prof. Trueblood cornea as the head of the Department of Oratory in ono at our greatest Amerloan Universities, tho University of Michigan Mich-igan at Ann Arbor. The appearance cf enoh a distinguished specialist waa secured by good fortune Uo Is ou Ilia way to tho Orient, nud has boon induced tn givo two reoltala iu tho north (Salt Lako and Provo. ) Ah Heaver and Cednr both Ho but 30 miloa fiuiu tho railroad, tbo Normal by combined olFottq on tho part of tho local opiumlttoo and that from tbo Murdoolc Academy to luduoo him to lonvo tho railroad loug enough to givo tin two reoltala. Tho presouoo uf a man of nunh wldo fame and tlio rendition of tbo wondorful piny "J alius Caesar" by suoh an emiuetit actor nud authority la indeed a tieat; and no mn u or woman, boy or girl nan alfurd to miss it. Things nf thia sort do not oomu nfton lu a life time, particularly lu an Isolated community. Prof. Trueblood ia author and joint author of four toxt books of elocution, nil of which aro used extouBivoly throughout tho United States lu high schools nud col leges. Ho ha9 appeared in all tho couteia nf the iitt nud tho proe-a roportu leproduoed aro a fow of tho many that might bo added. At ouo timo Prof. Truobiood had tho honor of reading beforo our (.;reat poot, John Greeulouf Whittter, tbo vuiorablo qunkor'a owu pooui "River-month "River-month ItocKo. " At tho coui'lublou tbo foublo old poet with faou lighted up nud trembling volno eald, "Friend, that makes mo. Ilka tho poem evn better thnn when I wroto It." PRESS NOTICES. Hrlcham Youuk University, Utah Professor Truoblood'a reading of Juliua Caoanr showed him ti bo a groat oharaotor delluoator aud a true nrtiat. Doserot News. Albion Collego, Michigan Pro-feojor Pro-feojor Truoblood'a reoital of "Juliua Ohooiu" Bhowed tho working of n master. Ho baa a oommnudiug pto heuco, charm ln voice, aplcudld artloulatiou. a guud couueptluu, and .wonderful dra'matlo power. The ono prosoiit Tho Albion CoIIoko Pieixd. Harvard Uuiveralty Profeasor Trueblood 'a Blmplo, unaireatcd nud nliuniiiug Htyio won tho inetaiifc and rapt attention of thorhudicuoo, aud elicited their heart applause Camtriilco Tribune. Univoraity of Cbloaao Hia reading ia alwaya dlgulUod, fcnolnrly, contained. contain-ed. Uo haudlea Mm lines aftor tbo iiiannor of nno Mo has weighed the in carefully, Tlnnty wai total ahsouoo of rant mill fuatfan. Tho Weoicly. |