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Definition of Chautauquas
1. chautauqua [n] - See also: chautauqua
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chautauquas
Literary usage of Chautauquas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chautauqua Movement by John Heyl Vincent (1885)
"From Chautauqua came other chautauquas. These were in some cases new meetings
called from ... The alphabetical list of these " other chautauquas " is given ..."
2. The Coming Generation by William Byron Forbush (1912)
"... books and libraries, chautauquas and the lyceum, fairs and pageants, teachers'
institutes, the newspaper, church architecture, services and social life, ..."
3. Child Welfare in Kentucky: An Inquiry by the National Child Labor Committee by Edward Nicholas Clopper, Kentucky Child Labor Association, National Child Labor Committee (U.S.), Kentucky State Board of Health (1919)
"chautauquas Thorugh the medium of the chautauquas amusement and ... Some of these
chautauquas make a specialty of play and recreation propaganda. ..."
4. The Chautauquan by Chautauqua Institution (1906)
"Social and Ethical Ideals in Summer Assemblies By Frank Chapin Bray SUMMER
assemblies, popularly and indiscriminately called "chautauquas," represent many ..."
5. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1907)
"The political para- graphers hear that Governor LaFollette before large audiences
on a circuit of Western chautauquas, reads to the electorate the actual ..."