Whatever may be said in advocacy of these public Assemblies, enjoyed amid the trees, flowers, soft air, and artistic surroundings, there seems to a casual visitor to be too much freedom permitted between the sexes for entire respectability, and yet nothing actually repulsive was observable.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
In our village Assemblies voting is unknown.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Chautauqua has given a new word to the language; has been the pioneer in summer Assemblies and summer schools, and has become the recognized leader of the world in home education.
"Ethel Morton at Chautauqua"
Mabell S. C. Smith