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Babcock talks Chautauqua’s ‘lasting educational impact’ at porch discussion

Babcock talks Chautauqua’s ‘lasting educational impact’ at porch discussion

When Chautauqua Institution was founded in 1874, it became enshrined in principles of education and self-improvement. Its founders were nine years out of the Civil War and immersed in the turbulence of Reconstruction, abolition and political unrest — but instead of using their leisure time to relax, the forefathers of Chautauqua decided to form a vacation community that nurtured intellectual stimulation.