IN HOW TO ATTEND A CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. BY JEAN HALIFAX. 'N the first place, if you are not a full-fledged of sufficient height to shelter your tent from the Chautauquan-and, therefore, thoroughly sun, will keep it much cooler than if it stands posted as to the subjects under discussion-as all day long in the hot sun. There are places soon as the programs of the Summer Assembly where the sunshine is needed, of course, but I which you think of attending are printed, pro- speak only of sites in general-of no particular cure a copy, and read up on the topics of the Chautauqua Assembly grounds. lectures and discussions before you start Chautauquaward. Of course, if you are a Chautauquan of the first water you are already thoroughly posted in regard to the subjects under discussion. But to the forlorn outsider it is slightly embarrassing, to find himself puzzling over some eloquent sentence of Dr. —'s, with a most unintellectual, un Bostonian, un-Chautauquan blankness of expression, long after some wide-awake C. L. S. C.-er by his side has that same state. ment nicely packed away, classified, and labeled, in some corner of his brain, if not in his note book. Therefore, so warned, be armed; and escape this calamity by becoming so wise that you can follow each speaker as closely as-the C. L. S. C.-er. So much before you go, as regards your mental preparations. As for the physical part of your outfit, that depends largely on whether you camp or board. If you choose the latter you avoid a good deal of petty work, but you also lose much of the pleasure of these summer schools. The boarder's name is Legion; he has already learned all that he needs to know. But the camper's band is not so large, and a few suggestions may make the days-and nights-of the Chautauqua season more comfortable to those who attend for the first time. Tents, cots, and furniture can be rented on the grounds; but it is better, and usually less expensive, to take with you as far as possible the necessities of daily life, and these are not so numerous as one is inclined to think. As for the location of your summer home, if you are obliged to engage it by letter, you must often content yourself with Hobson's choice. But if you can choose for yourself, a site by a hollow or mcund, which will prevent any one else setting up a tent in too close proximity to your quarters, will usually prove the most desirable situation. It should also be convenient to the place where your drinking water is obtained, as it is no small task to carry water for a large party. And a large tree, or several trees, Often the large double tents are as cosy as some of the cottages. With the central portion curtained off from the sleeping apartments on either side, a carpet laid down over the boards, a bright cover on the big pine table, and a softly shaded student lamp shining on the family group gathered around in camp or rocking chairs, one such I remember that was as pleasant and as comfortable as any cottage. Take one hammock at least. If your party is a large one, take several. When you are resting between classes the hammocks will soon prove to you their usefulness. They can be made of ducking, with a rope put through a hem at either end, and the children of the party can swing in them to their hearts' content. A folding cot and bedding, dish-pans, cooking utensils, a tin wash-dish, tin pails, tin cups, towels, table cloths, etc.; a chair or two; if you wish it, a plain, light kitchen table; but if your goods are packed in boxes, these will serve as cupboards, and a few boards laid across them will resolve the whole into a table which answers its purpose very well. Lengths of carpet or rugs, though not necessities, add to the cosy, home-like look of your tent. A small mirror can be fastened to a tent post. Even if you are above any little vanity, you may like to know that the "sweet disorder in the dress" is as slight as the poet would advise. Take along games for amusing the children, if you have younger ones in the party. Wear dresses that dust and water will not injure. And, most important of all, attend the classes regularly, and be punctual. If you do not, you not only miss much yourself, but make the class work harder for the leader. I hope that by this time you have decided to go to Chautauqua—somewhere and somehow. There are many off-shoots of the Chautauqua by the Lake, planted all over the country—little saplings now, some of them, but destined in the not far distant future to become grand monarchs of the forests. The "groves were God's first temples"-a fitting place for these summer schools. THE SUMMER ASSEMBLIES. CHAUTAUQUA, THE Chautauqua Assembly NEW YORK. has become an established factor in the history of American summer seasons. The coming session numbers the eighteenth since its founding, and the great length of time devoted to it, from July 1 to August 24, forcibly marks the growth of the interests attaching to Chautauqua since the first session which opened and closed inside of two weeks. The preparations making for the coming fête are on a greater scale than ever before; but this is only repeating a fact connected with each of the seventeen previous years, which proved in every case the wise foresight of the manageEach year has demanded more than its predecessor, and that there has been no disappointment in the supply is proved by the fact that the demands still increase. No better assurance than its past history gives, could be asked either by the management or by those participating in the benefits of the institution. All must be convinced by this time that Chautauqua's birthright is success. ment. The detailed public program is given in the present impression of this magazine. Greeting the eye from the pages necessary to contain it, appear the names of many of those who from the platform in former years not only delighted the audiences, but also won for themselves feelings of personal interest and friendship; the sight of the familiar names calls up pleasant memories and excites glad anticipations for the coming session. There is also a plentiful sprinkling of new names all through the list, names belonging to persons who have awakened public interest in themselves, and whom Chautauqua people especially will wish to know. All topics of timely interest will be thoroughly discussed. American history occupies a large place on the program. Among the noted speakers who will lead the thought of the audiences out into these great fields are Professors John Fiske and John B. McMaster, who are known as the greatest authorities in this line of study. To the great social questions now uppermost in public attention much thought, as will be seen, is to be given. Prominent among the speakers on such themes is Mr. Jacob Riis, author of the recent popular book, "How the Other Half Lives." No one is better qualified than he to present in a forcible and convincing manner the necessity of the public consideration of the tenement house problem. Unusual interest has been shown in all of the arrangements pertaining to the art of teaching. Col. Parker, of Chicago, is to be the Principal of the Teachers' Retreat, and is to speak on several occasions from the plat form. Dr. H. R. Palmer still continues as General Director of the School of Music, and the entire faculty remains the same as last year, which makes any comment unnecessary. The Boys and Girls' Class and the Normal Courses will be conducted on the established plan. The School of Bible Study remaining under the general management of Dr. Harper, is to be, as heretofore, at once elaborate and specific in all of its subdivisions. The Schools of Language with their competent corps of teachers are fully equipped for the highest class of work. Woman's work in its various phases is to have full representation both in class-room work and upon the lecture platform. The C. L. S. C. department stands at the very forefront of all the interests of the Assembly, and has received its corresponding amount of consideration. All of the regular exercises connected with it will be carried on as usual. On Recognition Day, August 19, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore will deliver the address to the graduating class. Chancellor Vincent will be present during the session. President Miller, as usual, will conduct the Assembly Sunday-school. Mr. George E. Vincent, to whom, as vice-chancellor, most of the arrangement of the program is due, will take the general management of the platform. ACTON PARK, THE committee of arrange INDIANA. ments are pushing their preparations for the seventh annual session of the Acton Park Assembly. All will be in readiness by the opening day, July 23; and a rich program of the exercises which are to fill all the days until the closing one, August 10, will soon be ready for publication. The President and the Superintendent of Instruction are the Rev. E. L. Dolph, D. D., and the Rev. J. W. Dashiell. Among the leading speakers already engaged are Dr. John Williamson and Dr. H. A. Buchtel, the latter of whom will give the address on Recognition Day, August 5. The interests of the C. L. S. C., whose prospects in the surrounding territory are good, will be furthered by all possible means, and the special plans devised for this purpose will be of its existence, bids fair to be still greatly inannounced at a later date. creased during its third season. BAY VIEW, THE characteristic which has MICHIGAN. won for Bay View its reputation is, that the most of its lecture course is planned to supplement the work done in the University Schools, and is thus made to yield the most effective results. For the coming season, July 22-August 12, the special lecturers will be Dr. J. M. Buckley, Mrs. Lydia von Finkelstein Mountford, Mr. Louis C. Elson, Homer Moore, Prof. C. J. Little, Prof. J. B. De Motte, Pres. Stanley Hall, Dr. C. M. Coburn, Dr. L. Dickerman, and Miss M. E. Beedy. The general course embraces such names as the Rev. Russell H. Conwell, Dr. S. A. Steele, Mr. Robarts Harper, Bishop John P. Newman, George W. Cable, the Rev. A. J. Palmer, the Rev. Robert McIntyre, Miss Florence Balgarnie, the Rev. D. W. Fiske, Egerton R. Young, H. H. Emmet, and others. For Recognition Day, August 8, Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer has been invited to deliver the address. For the numerous departments of instruction able leaders have been provided. Numerous improvements have been made on the grounds since last year, and every effort has been put forth to make the coming session, which will be the sixth in the history of Bay View, the most successful one yet held. The President is Mr. H. M. Loud, and the Superintendent of Instruction is Mr. J. M. Hall. BEATRICE, THE managers of the Beatrice NEBRASKA. Chautauqua announce rare attractions for the approaching Assembly to be held from June 23 to July 6 inclusive. A few of the names included in the long list of speakers are Sam P. Jones, Dr. P. S. Henson, Dr. A. A. Willits, ex-President Hayes, Dr. Powers, the Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, Prof. Freeman, Robert Nourse, and Prof. W. W. French, the crayon artist. some The class instruction will be especially fine. The music will be in charge of Prof. C. C. Case. Madame Rosa Linde will be the soloist of the occasion, and the Swedish Male Quartet will be present for a week. Dr. M. M. Parkhurst will conduct the Ministers' Institute. Prof. W. W. Carnes will conduct classes in elocution and give platform readings. The Sunday-school Normal Class for adults will be in charge of Dr. E. L. Eaton. There will be in all twelve different courses of study in charge of able and enthusiastic instructors. Bishop J. P. Newman is the President of the Assembly, and Dr. W. L. Davidson the Superintendent of Instruction. The great progress which the Assembly has made in the two years On Recognition Day, July 2, a large graduating class will be present, pass through the usual exercises marking the day, and receive their diplomas. BLACK HILLS, THE second session of SOUTH DAKOTA, the Black Hills Assembly is to open on August II and close August 26.. Many improvements in the buildings and grounds will then be noticed by those who were in attendance last year. Every thing is being done by the management to show that this, among the youngest of the Assemblies, means to march abreast with them all in the matter of progress. The President is Mr. T. T. Evans, and the Superintendent of Instruction, Chancellor J. W. Hancher. For the C. L. S. C. there will be daily Round Tables. Recognition Day will be observed on August 26, on which occasion Dr. Freeman and Chancellor Hancher will be the speakers. The various classes, including those in Bible study for adults and for young people, normal training, English literature, music, elocution, and methods of teaching are all provided with experienced directors. Among the speakers to appear on the popular platform are Prof. J. C. Freeman, LL. D., Dr. S. P. Leland, Jahu DeWitt Miller, the Revs. P. E. Holp and C. B. Mitchell, and Dr. J. D. Searles. BLUFF PARK, IOWA. DURING nearly the entire summer, from June 3 to September 1, the Bluff Park Association will continue in session, this forming its eighth annual gathering. But of this time, only that included between the dates of July 16 and July 27 will be given to the Assembly proper. The latter will be under the direction of the President, Prof. D. L. Musselman, and the Superintendent of Instruction, the Rev. O. E. Hart. On July 24, Recognition Day, the graduating class will be addressed by Dr. Charles S. H. Dunn, and the day will conclude with a Chautauqua Camp Fire and illumination at night. The musical department will be in charge of Prof. J. H. Rheem; that of elocution in charge of Miss Orrie Brown. The leading platform speakers engaged up to the present time are, Dr. Chris. Galeener, Dr. L. F. Berry, W. E. Muse, Esq., the Rev. J. E. Corley, Dr. T. J. Fairall, the Rev. J. H. Poland. CHESTER, OF all the Chautauquas now in ILLINOIS. operation none has heretofore been in charge of a woman. But the Chester Assembly begins its career with Mrs. Clara Holbrook Smith as its Superintendent, who as sumes the entire responsibility of the undertaking, including the engaging of speakers, and the keeping of all parts of the work in running order. This newcomer into the great sisterhood of Assemblies will hold its first session July 3-July 20. All the departments of instruction are placed in the hands of efficient directors, Prof. H. S. Jacoby leading the Sunday-school Normal classes, and Prof. N. Coe Stewart being musical director. There will be daily Round Tables for the C. L. S. C., and the usual services will be observed on Recognition Day, July 16. From the public platform there will be lectures by Dr. Talmage, Miss Willard, Mrs. Gen. Logan, Mrs. Zerelda Wallace, Jahu DeWitt Miller, Prof. Charles F. Underhill, J. F. Ambrose, W. F. Crafts, the Hon. Owen Scott, Judge Robert Bell, Mrs. Mary A. Holmes, Col. C. H. Jones, and many others. One of the greatest attractions of the session will be the Ben Hur Tableaux. Several special days will be celebrated such as G. A. R. Day, Press Day, Epworth League Day, Christian Endeavor Day, Temperance Day. That the influence of the whole Assembly may be such as to cause the stepping heavenward of all who come to its great christening party, is the desire of the management. Chester is a thriving city of about 3,000 people situated at the confluence of the Kaskaskia River with the Mississippi, seventy miles below St. Louis, Missouri. The Assembly will be held in a grove adjoining the city, on a high bluff commanding a view unsurpassed for grandeur and beauty. CLARION, THE fourth annual sesREYNOLDSVILLE, sion of the Clarion AsPENNSYLVANIA. sembly convenes July 22 and closes August 12. In the line of improvements there have been erected since last year a Seminary Summer School Building and a Chautauqua Normal Union Hall. The hotel has been improved, and a C. L. S. C. park has been laid out, which for the coming session is to be provided with a large tent. The leading officers are the President, the Rev. F. H. Beck, and the Superintendent, Dr. D. Latshaw. The lecturers already engaged are: Dr. W. F. Crafts, Dr. C. A. Holmes, Mrs. C. B. Buell, H. H. Moore, D. D., J. M. Thoburn, the Rev. J. B. Neff, the Rev. Wm. Branfield, Dr. Conway, Dr. C. W. Smith, N. T. Arnold, Esq., the Hon. W. P. Jenks, Dr. N. H. Holmes, Prof. A. J. Davis, Dr. I. C. Ketler. The Normal Union Course is placed in charge of the Rev. C. C. Hunt. The Rev. L. Beers is Principal of the Seminary School. The Rev. G. H. Clarke, President of the Assembly, and Prof. J. H. Pillsbury, its Superintendent of Instruction, are using every means to make the coming session the most enjoyable and profitable yet held, and they have excellent prospects to cheer them in their endeavors. A large new building, containing Normal Hall, C. L. S. C. Headquarters, and Director's Office, is now ready for use. The departments of instruction are the Normal Union Course, Music, Elocution, and Kindergarten, presided over respectively by Prof. J. H. Pillsbury and the Rev. G. H. Clarke, Prof. G. C. Gow, Prof. R. G. Hibbard, and Miss Bertha Vella. The leading speakers for the session are the Rev. J. H. Mansfield, D.D., the Rev. W. L. Davidson, Prof. Daniel Dorchester, the Rev. C. M. Melden, the Rev. H. C. Farrar, D. D., the Rev. H. C. Hovey, Prof. C. T. Winchester, Robert Collyer, Dr. Russell, D. W. Robertson. Musical attractions are Miss Bell Goldthwaite and the Ladies' Schubert Quartette. COUNCIL BLUFFS AND THE following OMAHA, IOWA. speakers have promised to lecture at the Council Bluffs and Omaha Assembly during the coming season, July 2-21: Lyman Abbott, Lysander Dickerman, John J. Ingalls, James A. Green, L. H. Vincent, Jahu DeWitt Miller, Dr. Emory Miller, Mrs. Lydia von Finkelstein Mountford. F. O. Gleason, the President, and the Rev. A. H. Gillet, the Superintendent, are furthering all plans to make the season, the third one in the history of the Assembly, the best yet held. Many improvements are made on the grounds. The departments of instruction to be open are the Normal Class for Sunday-school workers, an Itinerants' Club, and lecture courses on literature and comparative religion. Dr. Lyman Abbott is to deliver the address on Recognition Day, July 16. Through the entire session the members of the C. L. S. C. will meet regularly at their Round Tables. FREEMONT, THE first meeting of the FreeNEBRASKA. mont Assembly is to be held June 23-July 6. Preparations for a fine and prosperous opening have been made. An auditorium capable of seating 3,000 persons has been constructed, as also have other buildings suitable for Assembly work. The leading officers elected are for President, the Hon. Jacob Faw cett, and for Superintendent, Dr. A. W. Patten. Their aim is to bring this young Assembly to the front as a vigorous member in the numerous sisterhood. The Chautauqua Normal Union, the Ministers' Institute, the Teachers' Retreat, and special courses of lectures are the departments of instruction for which provisions have been made. Bishop Vincent delivers the Recognition address on July 2. The Round Table will meet daily. The lecturers engaged are Dr. A. A. Wright, Prof. E. S. Shelton, W. F. Crafts, C. F. Creighton, A. K. Goudy, James Clement Ambrose, Conrad Haney, W. M. R. French, Leon H. Vincent, Robert McIntyre, the Hon. John M. Thurston. THE Glen Echo As GLEN ECHO, WASHINGTON,D.C. sembly sprang into life with a gift of eighty acres of unincumbered land situated on the high banks of the Potomac River, and on the very boundaries of the Nation's Capital. With its magnificent river front, delightful shade, running streams, leaping cascades, and picturesque rock forms, it is an ideal location for such an institution. Two great buildings are now nearly completed, the amphitheater of stone and iron, which will seat six thousand people, and the Hall of Philosophy, of stone. The sites of other buildings soon to be erected are already chosen farther up the stream; these buildings are an Academy of Fine Arts, lecture halls, a chapel, and Class Headquarters. The general program arranged for the opening season, June 16-July 4, comprises lectures, concerts, readings, spectacular entertainments, and other features. The speakers will be Dr.T. DeWitt Talmage, Hon. John J. Ingalls, Chancellor John H. Vincent, Dr. W. R. Harper, the Rev. Russell Conwell, the Rev. Thos. Dixon, Prof. John B. DeMotte, Dr. Lysander Dickerman, Dr. Lyman Abbott, Dr. W. L. Davidson, Mr. James A. Green, Dr. Samuel G. Smith, Jahu DeWitt Miller, Thomas Nelson Page, Maurice Thompson, Dr. George L. Spinning, Mr. H. A. Moore, P. von F. Mamreov, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Miss Annie Shaw, Prof. W. A. Scott, Leon H. Vincent, Miss Jane Meade Welch, and others. In the way of music there will be conJ-July. certs, in which the Washington Marine Band, the Rogers Orchestra, and a grand chorus of 500 voices will be heard. The New York Stars, the Swedish Male Quartet, and other first-class musical organizations will appear. A large chorus pipe-organ is to be ready for the Opening Day. The summer school is to continue through July and August. Departments of instruction provided for embrace special classes, including Music, French, Physical Culture, Oratory, Delsarte, and Kindergarten; the Institute of Biblical Literature; Sunday-school Normal Classes, and Christian Work. There will be several special courses of lectures. The President, Mr. Edwin Baltzley, the Superintendent, Dr. A. H. Gillet, and all the other officers of the association are making the best of preparations for all of the C. L. S. C. interests. The Assembly will start off with daily meetings of the Round Table, and there will be the customary observances on Recognition Day, June 25. Thus thoroughly well equipped in all particulars for its first session, every prospect for this favored new Assembly is most auspicious. HEDDING, EAST EPPING, AUGUST 16–22 is the time NEW HAMPSHIRE. selected for the sixth session of the Hedding Assembly. It is the aim of the officers of whom the Rev. J. M. Dutton is President and the Rev. O.S. Baketel, Superintendent-to make this the best season in the series. All departments of instruction are manned by most competent directors. The session of the summer schoolknown as the Hedding Academia-continues from July 25 through till the close of the Assembly. The C. L. S. C. Office is placed in charge of Mrs. Rosie M. Baketel. All questions of interest to the members of the C. L. S. C. will be freely discussed at the Round Tables. Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer will give the Recognition address on August 20. Among the lecturers are the Revs. J. W. Adams, D. W. C. Durgin, R. S. MacArthur, D.D., and J. M. Buckley, D.D., Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, the Revs. T. J. B. House, Brevard Sinclair, Prof. Olin A. Curtis, and others. W. E. Thomas has charge of the music, with his celebrated orchestra, and the Ariel Ladies' Quartette. Among the special features of the season are out-door band concerts and stereopticon lectures. HIRAM, OHIO. PRESIDENT E. V. Zollars and Superintendent F. Frendley, with all of the other officers of the Hiram Assembly, are putting forth every effort to win for the undertaking the support which is due it from the |