| 1882 | Bishop H. W. Warren | "Brain and Heart" |
| '83 | Dr. Lyman Abbott | "The Democracy of Learning" |
| '84 | Dr. W. C. Wilkinson | "Literature as a Good of Life" |
| '85 | Dr. E. E. Hale | "Questions and Answers" |
| '86 | Pres. J. H. Carlisle | "Redeeming the Time" |
| '87 | Dr. J. T. Duryea | "The True Culture" |
| '88 | Bishop H. W. Warren | "The Possibilities of Culture" |
| '89 | Dr. David Swing | "The Beautiful and the Useful" |
| '90 | Mrs. Alice F. Palmer | "Education is Life" |
| '91 | Mrs. Mary A. Livermore | "The Highest Aristocracy" |
| '92 | Dr. F. W. Gunsaulus | "The Ideal of Culture" |
| '93 | Dr. Joseph Cook | "Columnar Truths in Scripture" |
| '94 | Dr. E. E. Hale | "The Education of a Prince" |
| '95 | Dr. H. W. Mabie | "Literature as a Resource" |
| '96 | Pres. C. W. Eliot | "America's Contribution to Civilization" |
| '97 | Dr. J. F. Goucher | "Individualism" |
| '98 | Bishop J. H. Vincent | "The Chautauqua Idea" |
| '99 | Gov. G. W. Atkinson | "Modern Educational Requirements" |
| '00 | Pres. A. V. V. Raymond | "Education in its Relation to Life" |
| '01 | Pres. E. B. Andrews | "Problems of Greater America" |
| '02 | Mr. E. H. Griggs | "The Use of the Margin" |
| '03 | Hon. W. T. Harris | "University and School Extension as Supported by the Church" |
| '04 | Mr. E. H. Griggs | "Self-Culture Through the Vocation" |
| '05 | Miss Jane Addams | "Work and Play as Factors in Education" |
| '06 | Mr. E. H. Griggs | "Public Education and the Problem of Democracy" |
| '07 | Pres. E. H. Hughes | "Knowledge and Power" |
| '08 | Pres. H. C. King | "Revelation of Personality" |
| '09 | Pres. W. H. P. Faunce | "Ideals of Modern Education" |
| '10 | Mr. E. H. Griggs | "Literature and Culture" |
| '11 | Dr. G. E. Vincent | "The Larger Selfishness" |
| '12 | Dr. Earl Barnes | "Being Born Again" |
| '13 | Prof. S. C. Schmucker | "What Next?" |
| '14 | Dean Shailer Mathews | "Vocations and Avocations" |
| '15 | Pres. E. B. Bryan | "Who are Good Citizens?" |
| '16 | Mr. E. H. Griggs | "World-War and Ethics" |
| '17 | Dr. G. E. Vincent | "The Meaning of America" |
| '18 | Bishop F. J. McConnell | "Ideals of Leadership" |
| '19 | Bishop C. H. Brent | "The Opportunities of the Mind" |
| '20 | Dr. L. Howard Mellish | "The Way into Life's Greater Values" |