Excerpt from 1913 Yearbook, New Piasa Chautauqua The ladies composing the Cecelia Quartette need no intro duction to a Piasa Chautauqua audience. They have appeared before us on several occasions in the past. There have been many requests for their engagement this year. The Cecelias render a strictly high class entertainment. Their hosts of friends will be delighted to know that they are to be with us again, Every member of this Quartette is a finished soloist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from 1912 Yearbook New Piasa Chautauqua Steps will be built at 50 cents per step, three feet wide. Steps are not rented. Bring your own furniture for tent. Persons desiring to bring their own tents will be furnished Space at reasonable rates. Unless Specially instructed, we will build floors and pitch tents according to our judgement, but don't hesitate to write regarding this or any other matter. It is equipped with all the modern conveniences and is an ideal place to Spend the summer vacation season. Will be opened June lst. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from New Piasa Chautauqua Yearbook, 1951 When you enter the Chautauqua Automobile Gate, please bring your car to a full stop so that the Gateman in charge can check your tickets. It is not enough that you drive by without stopping and wave your hand, or call your name. The Gatemen in charge will treat you with the utmost courtesy and we ask your cooperation in giving them the information they require which is to see that every one entering the Chautauqua Grounds has a ticket. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Thirty-Third Annual Program: Season 1916, New Piasa Chautauqua; Chautauqua, Illinois Miss Vera Haines, General Secretary of the Alton Y. W. C. L. Will give the children instructions from 10 to 12 o'clock on four days a week in July. 'she is a graduate of a Chicago School and knows how to train children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This provocative exploration of the nature and history of the word in some of its social, psychological, literary, phenomenological, and religious dimensions argues that the word is initially aural and in the last analysis always remains sound; it cannot be reduced to any other category. Father Ong contends that sound is essentially an event manifesting power and personal presence, and his descriptive analysis of the development of the media of verbal expression, from their oral sources through the laborious transfer to the visual world and then to contemporary means of electronic communication, shows that the predicament of the human word is the predicament of man himself. Examining the close alliance of the spoken word with the sense of the sacred, particularly in the Hebreo-Christian tradition, he reveals that in a world where presence has penetrated time and space as never before, modern man must find the God who has given himself in the Word which brings man more into the world of sound than of sight.