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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Chautauqua #12798 12/13/2000 12:07 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia paulb addict paulb addict Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia I'm currently reading (and greatly enjoying) William Maxwell's "Time will darken it" written in 1949 and set in 1912. In one section he describes the 'Draperville Chautauqua', which SOED defines as a summer school or similar educational course. I'd not come across this word before -- is it still in use anywhere in the US? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Chautauqua #12799 12/13/2000 12:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... I read it in Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance (Pirsig); it is something like an (oral) educational talk (I am not sure now, maybe in American Indian cultures? - or something similar) Ciao Emanuela Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Chautauqua #12800 12/13/2000 1:08 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 emanuela, that was one of those definitive books for me - it seemed to crystallize so many strands of thought into one strong rope! I have re-read it periodically ever since; think it may be time to revisit. Thanks for the idea. (this is where we need the namaste emoticon!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Chautauqua #12801 12/13/2000 2:42 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... ... / .... \ | . || . | |_ / \_| ???????? I am not satisfied, but without dots he doesn't accept spaces...Any way, you can easily see the two closed hands...Someone can of course do better... Emanuela Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Chautauqua #12802 12/13/2000 3:55 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Is it still in use anywhere in the US? Etymology: Chautauqua Lake Date: 1873 : an institution that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries providing popular education combined with entertainment in the form of lectures, concerts, and plays often presented outdoors or in a tent [M-W10] ...and it has made a BIG comeback in the late 20th C (in no small part due to Pirsig). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Chautauqua #12803 12/13/2000 4:21 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It is well known in musical circles. The original is a music camp in Chautauqua, NY at the far western end of the state. There are others across the country. http://www.chautauqua-inst.org/homebase.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Chautauqua #12804 12/13/2000 6:22 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Here in Colorado, in Boulder actually, we have a Chatauqua. It's a very large old building sort of out in the woods, and houses a great many different cultural activities. Plays, recitals, concerts, readings, etc. On Sunday they serve a very mean brunch. So chatauqua can be more than a concept, it can be the very building itself. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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