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The Sunday sermons were delivered by the Rev. William Butler, D. D., Mission- ary from India, and the Rev. E. D. Huntley, D.D., of Washington, D. C.
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Wednesday, July 16th, was denominated the Young Men's Chris- tian Association Day; Friday, July 18th, College Day; Monday, July 21st, Missionary Day; Wednesday, July 23d, Chautauqua Lit- erary and. Scientific Circle Day; Thursday, July 24th, Commence- ment Day. Special exercises marked each of the days.
On Friday afternoon, July 18th, Alumni Hall, on the south side of Whitfield Avenue, was dedicated. The erection of the building was begun in April, and in June it was completed, at a cost of $1,900; the money having been contributed by the alumni and the friends of the Round Lake Alumni Association. The dedicatory exercises at the Auditorium included an address by the zealous projector and earnest supporter of the undertaking, the Rev. H. C. Farrar, one by the Rev. William Griffin, D.D., and the reading of a dedicatory poem by the Rev. Joseph E. King, D.D., who wrote it. At Alumni Hall, a dedicatory prayer was offered by the Rev. R. H. Robinson, D.D., which was followed by the singing of the long meter doxology, and by the benediction, pronounced by the Rev. Ensign McChesney, Ph.D.
The musical and literary entertainment on Saturday evening, July 19th, was attended by more than two thousand people. On Thurs- day evening, July 24th, the exercises of Commencement Day con- cluded those of the assembly.
The first services of the sixteenth Troy Conference camp-meet- ing at Round Lake, on Tuesday evening, August 12th, 1884, were attended by more than six hundred persons. The Rev. J. H. Bond, Presiding Elder of the Plattsburgh District, had the direction of the services of the six days' meeting, which closed on Monday morning, August 18th, with a love-feast.1
The third, and last meeting of the year, was the Gospel Temper- ance meeting conducted by the Rev. John A. Copeland, of Lan- caster, New York. It began on Tuesday afternoon, August 26th, and continued to Monday evening, September Ist. The presence and addresses of ex-Governor John P. St. John, of Kansas, the
1 Sermons were preached by the following ministers: Revs. J. C. Russum, Troy; C. W. Rowley, Canajoharie; W. W. Foster, Clifton Park; H. C. Farrar, Troy; D. N. Lewis, Jonesville; S. V. Leech, D.D., Albany; Henry Graham, Gloversville; James M. King, D.D., New York; A. D. Heaxt, Westport; L. Mar- shall, Johnstown; T. G. Thompson, Granville; P. L. Dow, Quaker Springs; Joseph E. King, D.D., Fort Edward; L. N. Beaudry, Montreal; -Colman (Baptist), Bridgeport, Conn.
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presidential candidate of the Prohibition party, gave considerable fame to the meeting.1
A most enjoyable occasion was the Grand Army and Chaplains' Re- union at Round Lake, under the direction of Colonel G. A, Cantine, of Rome, N. Y., post department inspector. The Albany City Band furnished the instrumental music. On Thursday morning, Septem- ber 4th, the two days' meeting was inaugurated by an address of wel- come delivered by Col. G. A. Cantine, which was responded to by the Rev. E. L. Allen, D.D., of Highland, N, Y., department chap- lain of the Grand Army of the Republic. The posts of Troy, Albany, Cohoes, West Troy, Argyle, Schenectady and the other neighboring places were largely represented. On Friday afternoon, Col. Frederick D. Grant came from Mount McGregor, bringing
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from his sick father " cordial greetings to the old soldiers " meeting at Round Lake, of whom there were about three thousand on the
The other prominent speakers were Mrs. Laura G. Faxon, of Albert Lee, Minn .; Mrs. Letitia Youmans, Canada; Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop, Detroit; Rev. Daniel Dorchester, D.D., Natick, Mass .; Mrs. C. H. St. John, Denver, Col .; Mrs. W. H. Boole, Brooklyn; ex-Gov. John P. St. John; Rev. W. H. Boole, Brooklyn.
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grounds. That afternoon, the Rev. John P. Newman, D.D., of New York City, eloquently spoke on "the Civil War and its results." The interesting exercises of the afternoon terminated the meeting.
The Round Lake Sunday-School Assembly of 1885 greatly advanced the fame of the chief instructors who, with much pains- taking and zeal, acquitted themselves of their respective duties in the departments of which they had charge. The instruction of the post-graduate class was assigned to the Rev. H. C. Farrar, and that of the normal class to the Rev. B. B. Loomis. Miss Stella M. King had charge of the boys and girls' department, Miss Helena C. Augustine of the kindergarten, and Miss Martha Van Marter of the primary conferences. Miss Eliza M. Clark taught drawing, Mrs. Frank J. Harris painting, Mrs. M. F. Biscoe elocution, Mrs. K. J. Boughton clay modeling, M. A. Walter phonography, and Edward Marsh penmanship. Prof. J. E. Van Olinda was musical director and Miss Clara Stearns pianist. The long session of fourteen days, beginning on Tuesday evening, July 14th, and ending on Monday evening, July 27th, was made exceedingly interesting by profitable and enjoyable courses of study, musical and literary entertainments, and a large number of lectures on many important subjects.1 A
1 The subjects of the lectures were the following: " Work and Workers," " Mate- rialism and the Microscope," by Rev. D. H. Snowdon, Ph. D., Ill .; " An Old Castle," "College Education," by Prof. T. C. Winchester, of Wesleyan University; " Natural Law in the Spirit World," by Rev. J. Zweifel, Whitehall; " Elijah," an epic poem, by Rev. George Lansing Taylor, D.D , Brooklyn; “ English Literature and Culture," " Rise and Decline of the English Drama and the Growth of Prose," " Milton and the Poetry of the Nineteenth Century," "Some Literary Londoners of the Eighteenth Century," by Prof. William E. Mead, Troy; "The Story of a piece of Sandstone, Coal and Marble," by. Prof. W. W. McGilton, Fort Edward; "Among the Glaciers of the High Alps." by Rev. I. J. Lansing, New York; " The Pyramids," "The Tabernacle," by Rev. H. A. Starks, Albany; " Historic Art," by J. L. Corning, D.D., Terre Haute, Ind .; "The Christology of the Bible," by Rev. C. F. Burdick, Valley Falls; "Crime and its Shadows," by Rev. Silas Edgerton, chaplain of Sing Sing prison; "Beauty," by Eugene Bouton, Albany; " The Bible in the Light of Recent Discoveries in Oriental Lands," by Rev. John P. Newman, D,D., New York: "Progress of Doctrine in the New Testament," by Rev. T. G. Thompson, Granville; "Divorce, its Causes and Effects," "The Family as an American Institution," "The Divorce Question in the Light of Modern Civilization," by Rev. Samuel W. Dike, Royalton, Vt .; "Old Catacombs," by Rev. W. HI. Withrow, D.D., Toronto, Canada; " Paul at Athens," by Rev. W. W. Foster, jr., Albany; " The Uses of Ugliness," by Rev. Jahu De Witt Miller, Philadelphia; "The Industrial Policy of England," by E. A. Hartshorn, Troy; "Plato and John, the Apostle, Compared," by Rev. H. A. Buttz, D.D., Madison, N. J .; " The Word Within the Word," by Rev. A. D. Vail, D.D., New York; "Old Clothes,"
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model of the Tabernacle and a half-section of the Great Pyramid, in miniature, were erected near Alumni Hall, and were the subjects of several lectures. On Sunday, July 19th, the new auditorium was dedicated by the Rev. John P. Newman, D.D. The building, 104 by 80 feet, erected at a cost of $3,152 18, was furnished with sittings for two thousand people. The two concerts of vocal and instru- mental music, conducted by Prof. J. E. Van Olinda, were enjoyed by large audiences. The exercises on C. L. S. C. Day, July 2 1st,1
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by A. L. Blair, Saratoga Springs; "Cross Wives," by Rev. V. M. Simmons, Springfield, Mass .; "The New Testament Missionary Work," by Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer, Troy.
The sermons were preached by the Rev. H. A. Buttz, D. D., president of Drew Theological Seminary, Rev. John P. Newman, D.D., Rev. I. J. Lansing, and by Rev. Edwin F. See, Albany.
On Missionary Day addresses were made by the Rev. N. G. Clark, secretary of the A. B. C. F. M., and by Chaplain C. C. McCabe, secretary of the Missionary Society.
1 On C. L. S. C. Day the Rev. John H. Vincent, D.D., New York, delivered an address.
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and on Sunday, July 26th, Young Men's Christian Association Day, were made very interesting.1
The Troy Conference camp-meeting, conducted by the Rev. Homer Eaton, D.D., Presiding Elder of the Cambridge District, began on Tuesday evening, August 11th, 1885, and closed Thursday morning, August 20th. The attendance was uniformly good, and the sermons practical and impressive.2
The five days denominated "The Oriental Week," beginning July Ist and ending July 5th, 1886, were devoted to such representations, entertainments, and exercises as contributed information respecting the manners and customs of the people of the East. Mrs. John P. Newman, of Washington, D. C., who had accompanied her dis- tinguished husband in making a tour of the world, and had collected in Eastern countries many valuable and interesting mementoes of places visited by them, having admirably planned the services, tab- leaux and exhibitions, was highly complimented for making them so attractive and instructive.
On Thursday morning, July Ist, at ten o'clock, Peter Von Finkel- stein, a native of Jerusalem, dressed as a Mohammedan muezzin, cried the hour of prayer from the bell-tower of the auditorium, when services of praise and prayer held in a number of cottages inaugurated the exercises of the "Opening Day," which in part embraced the reading of the Holy Scriptures in English, Arabic, Urdu, Hindoostanee and other languages, and also the singing of hymns in several languages spoken by people of the Orient. The illustrated lectures, the costume tableaux, and the musical and literary entertainments were very enjoyable. The Rev. John P. Newman, D.D., on Sunday, July 4th, preached a sermon in the morning, and in the evening Peter Von Finkelstein, delivered a
1 On Young Men's Christian Association Day, Sunday, July 26th, the speakers were Rev. George A. Hall, State Sec .; F. S. Wetherbee, Port Henry; Charles S. Judd, J. B. Rogers, Rev. H. A. Starks, F. W. Ober and D. A. Budge.
2 The sermons were preached by the Revs. C. M. Clark, Schoharie; D. R. Lowell, Albany; J. C. Russum, Troy; L. A. Dibble, Shelborne, Vt .; J. W. Ben- nett, Presiding Elder of the Burlington District; Henry Graham, D.D., Troy; Rev. John P. Newman, D.D., New York; E. H. Brown, Troy; C. R. Hawley, Troy; H. N. Munger, Esperance, -; M. D. Jump, Burlington, Vt .; J. Zweifel, Whitehall; G. W. Brown, Fonda; H. S. Rowe, Galway; S. M. Adsit, Charlton; C. W. Rowley, D.D., Canajoharie; G. W. Barrett, Schenectady; J. O. Knowles, D.D., Boston; J. W. Hamilton, D.D., Boston; J. H. Coleman, Gloversville; Bishop Wiliard F. Mallalieu, New Orleans; T. A. Griffin, Greenbush.
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lecture on the religious aspects of the East. Many sacred hymns and songs were charmingly sung by Mrs. Joseph F. Knapp, of Brooklyn, and Miss Anna Budden, of Pithoragarh, India, read selec- tions of prose and poetry at the evening entertainments. On Mon- day evening, July 5th, there was a brilliant display of fireworks at Prospect Park, near the lake.
FROM THE FIRST SUMMER SCHOOL TO THE FIRST ROUND LAKE MEETING, 1886.
The establishment of a Summer School at Round Lake in 1886 deserved the success which attended it. Wisely planned to afford all the educational advantages which other institutions of its kind offered, and to excel them by opening many pleasurable paths of learning by new methods of instruction and illustration, the school readily secured the position and favor which its sagacious projectors desired for it. The chairs of the different departments of instruction were filled by experienced teachers representing some of the prin- cipal universities, colleges, and institutions of learning. History, mathematics, economics, psychology, physiology, zoology, botany, geology, astronomy, chemistry, elocution, drawing, painting, modeling, music, and other branches of knowledge, were taught. Instruction in the modern and dead languages included English, Anglo-Saxon, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Two or more lectures were delivered daily by distinguished scholars, scien- tists, and travelers. Ideal tours through Europe, conversations in German and French, geological and botanical excursions, social entertainments, vocal and instrumental concerts, readings and recita- tions, microscopic exhibitions were profitably enjoyed by the large body of students. James H. Worman, Ph. D., of Vanderbilt Univer- sity, the eminent linguist and teacher, was the highly-qualified director of the school. The other members of the faculty were men and women of marked culture and ability. 1
1 James H. Worman, Ph.D., French, German, Spanish; Edward W. Bemis, D.D., Springfield, Mass. (of Johns Hopkins University), history and economics; Prof. I. P. Bishop, Chatham High School, Chatham, N. Y., history, geology and chemistry ; Charles J. Little, LL. D., Syracuse University, psychology ; Prof. A. W. Norton, Elmira, N. Y., mathematics ; Prof. M. S., Bloodgood, New York, art; Prof. William R. M. French, Chicago Art Institute, lectures on art; J. H. Hoose, Ph.D., Cortland State Normal School, teaching ; Prof. Alexander E. Frye, Normalville, Ill., geography and oratory; Gen. T. J. Morgan, D.D., Providence, R. I., pedagogy; Prof. W. E. Wilson, Rhode Island State Normal
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The five weeks' session of the school was inaugurated on Monday evening, July 12th, by a concert conducted by Prof. J. E. Van Olinda, the director of the choral music. The different selections of music were delightfully rendered by the choir of the Second Presbyterian Church of Troy and by members of the Troy Choral Union. The school closed on Thursday, August 12th.
In 1886 each of the fifteen days of the ninth Round Lake Sunday- School Assembly's session was designated by a distinctive name. Beginning with Tuesday, July 20th, the opening day, the others were the Scientific, College, Oriental, Industrial Art, Baccalaureate, Superintendents and Teachers', Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Fine Art, Children's, Missionary, Recreation (Sunday), Alumni, and Commencement. The hours of each day were usually allotted to instruction, lectures, and meetings in the following order: 8 A. M., early morning lecture, instruction of normal, intermediate and primary classes; 10 A. M., devotions; 10.50 A. M., lecture; 1.45 P. M., conference; 2.30 P. M., lecture; 4 P. M., instruction of post- graduate and normal classes; 5 P. M., kindergarten instruction; 7 P. M., conference; 8 P. M., lecture.
The Rev. H. C. Farrar, D.D., and the Rev. B. B. Loomis, who had so admirably conducted the assembly of 1885, were given the man- agement of the assembly of 1886. The board of instruction con- sisted of the Rev. B. B. Loomis, post-graduate class; the Rev. J. S. Ostrander, normal class; the Rev. H. C. Farrar, intermediate class; Mrs. J. S. Ostrander, primary class; Miss Effie M. Fraats, kindergarten; Miss Stella M. King, elocution ; Prof. J. E. Van Olinda, director of music, and Miss Clara Stearns, pianist. The daily lectures were on subjects of much interest and importance, and covered a wide field of thought, investigation, and observation.1 Be-
School, botany, physiology, zoology; Prof. T. M. Balliett, Reading, Pa., psychology; Prof. J. E. Allen, Rochester, American history; A. W. Winship, Boston, lecture on mental training; Prof. J. B. Southworth, lecture on teaching fractions; Prof. D. A. Schermerhorn, Hudson, N. Y., penmanship; Mrs. Jeanie Spring Peet, Perth Amboy, N. J., clay and sand modeling ; Miss Eliza M. Clark, Troy, N. Y., industrial drawing; Miss Mary B. White, New Bedford, Mass., model school, theory and practice of teaching; Miss Bernice Long, Saratoga High School, penmanship; Miss L. A. McEntee, New York Mills, phonography and typewriting; Miss Effie J. Fraats, Albany, kindergarten; Miss Ida M. Isdell, Albany, kindergarten; Miss O. A. Evers, Manchester, N. H., model school, mathematics; Prof. A. Pégou, Boston Parisian Academy of Music, vocalization ; Mme. A. Pégou, piano ; Prof. J. E. Van Olinda, Troy, chorus class.
1 The lectures were: "The Regal Power of the Teacher," by Rev. James M. King, D. D., New York; " Native Mettle," and " Landmarks of Scott," by Wallace
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sides the vocal music conducted by Prof. J. E. Van Olinda, the sing- ing of the Courtney Ladies' Quartette of New York, and of the Wyoming Trio, and the soirée musicale of Prof. A. and Mme. A. Pégou, of the Boston Parisian Academy of Music, assisted by Mme. H. E. Cuvellier, of Washington, D. C., and the humorous readings and recitations of Charles F. Underhill, of New York, delightfully entertained large audiences at the auditorium and Alumni Hall. On Wednesday, July 28th, the Round Lake Society of Fine Arts was organized by the election of the Rev. H. C. Farrar, D.D., president; J. H. Worman, Ph.D., vice president, Rev. B. B. Loomis, secretary and treasurer.
The session of the assembly closed on Tuesday, August 3d.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Saratoga County held its third annual meeting at Round Lake on Tuesday and Wed- nesday, August 17th and 18th.
Bruce, Poughkeepsie; "The Practical Value of the Microscope," by R. H. Ward, M.D., Troy; "Political Economy," by Edward W. Bemis, D.D., Springfield, Mass .; "The Broader Education," by Rev. J. Harwood Pattison, D.D., Rochester; " The Scholar for the Times," by Charles J. Little, LL. D., Syracuse University; "Parliamentary Practice " (four lectures), by Rev. T. B. Neely, D. D., Pottsville, Pa .; "Egypt, Ancient and Modern," by Hon. George S. Batcheller, Saratoga Springs; " Pyramid of Ghizeh," by Rev. H. A. Starks, Albany; " Industrial Educa- tion," by Hon. Arthur MacArthur, Washington, D. C .; "Artist and Publisher," and " Art and Christian Worship," by Rev. Edward L. Hyde, Middleborough, Mass .; "Chatterton, the Boy-Poet of a Century Ago," by Rev. Albert Danker, Ph. D., Watertown; " Mosaic Era," by Hon. William H. Tefft, Whitehall; " West- minster Abbey," and "The Yellowstone," by Rev. George H. Wells, Montreal; " The Earth," by Prof. Alexander E. Frye, Normalville, Ill .; " Effects of Alcohol on Nutrition," by Prof. W. E. Wilson, Providence, R. I .; " Public Speakers and their Methods," by Rev. Samuel Mckean, D.D., Lansingburgh; " The Art of Reading," by Alfred Ayres; " The Missionary Outlook," by Rev. C. C. Creegan, Syracuse; " Aggressive Christian Work," by Rev. Robert S. MacArthur, D. D., New York; " The Outlook of Foreign Missions," by Rev. I. J. Lansing, Brooklyn; "A Knapsack Tour from New York to Central India," by Rev. T. F. Clark, -; "John and Jonathan," by Rev. Robert Nourse, Washington, D. C .; " Poets and Poetry," by Rev. G. W. Adams, -- , Pa .; "The Lost Doctrine," by H. K. Carroll, LL.D., New York; " Bible Inspiration," by Prof. W. J. Shaw, Montreal; "Bible Astronomy in the Light of Modern Science," by R. C. Cooke, Whitehall; " Possibilities and Perils of Our Country," by Rev. Jahu De Witt Mil- ler, Philadelphia; "Court, Camp, and Church," by Rev. E. M. Mills, Ph.D., Elmira.
Sermons were preached by Bishop R. S. Foster, D.D., LL.D., Boston; Gen. Thomas J. Morgan, D.D., Providence, R. I .; Rev. Robert Nourse; Rev. E. M. Mills, Ph. D .; Prof. W. I. Shaw.
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The first Round Lake meeting, conducted by the Rev. R. H. Robinson, D.D., president of the association, began on Thursday evening, August 19th, with a service of praise and prayer. The first
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sermon was preached by the Rev. H. C. Farrar, D.D., on the fol- lowing Friday morning.1 From Wednesday, August 25th, to the close of the meeting on Sunday night, August 29th, the noted revi- valists, the Revs. Sam. Jones, of Cartersville, Ga., and Sam. Small, of Atlanta, Ga., preached with marked acceptance and power to great throngs of people, numbering from five to fifteen thousand. The singing of Prof. E. O. Excel, of Chicago, and J. Maxwell, of Cin-
1 Discourses were afterward delivered by the Revs. D. F. Brooks, Ketcham's Corners; L. N. Beaudry, Montreal; L. H. King, D.D., New York; Joseph E. King, D. D., Fort Edward; D. Halloran, Newport, N. J .; P. N. Chase, Roxbury, N. Y .; J. M. Edgerton, Round Lake; Samuel Meredith, Presiding Elder of Sara- toga District; J. J. Noe, Middlebury, Vt .; J. G. Fallon, Schuylerville.
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cinnati, who accompanied the famous evangelists, was exceedingly impressive.
WATER-WORKS.
In the fall of 1886 plans were considered by the association for conducting more water to the grounds from the unfailing springs on the west side of the railroad, and to effect a system of sewers for the inhabited part of the property. Charles D. Hammond, M. B. Sherman, Silas Owen, E. A. Hartshorn, and the Rev. William Griffin, D.D., were appointed a commission having the superintendence and direction of the projected improvements, which were begun in April, 1887. A receiving reservoir was constructed east of the sup- plying springs on the wooded declivity west of the railroad. Two storage tanks, severally having a capacity of 37,000 gallons, were built on the eminence west of the pump-house on the north side of the receiving reservoir, from which water is now pumped into the tanks. Connected with the main from them, lateral pipes branching to different points were laid to supply the cottages and other build- ings with water. Hydrants and drinking fountains were judiciously located about the grounds. The use of the water is available to a height of eighty feet. The work of laying the pipes and of con- structing the reservoir and tanks was accomplished early in June.
The sewerage of the grounds by adequate conduits was also satis- factorily accomplished. The sanitary benefits of the system are the more appreciable, inasmuch as no sewage contaminates the water of the lake.
M. B. SHERMAN HOSE COMPANY.
The M. B. Sherman Hose Company, of Round Lake, was organ- ized June 18th, 1887, by the election of the following officers : Charles P. Ide, president; M. L. Barnes, vice-president; Charles D. Rogers, secretary; J. F. Fellows, treasurer; A. E. Batchelder, cap- tain; F. A. Converse, first assistant; T. N. Derby, second assistant. The company comprises thirty members. A fine hose carriage was presented to the Round Lake Association by M. B. Sherman, of Albany, one of the trustees of the association. Five hundred feet of hose were furnished the company by the association.
EVENTS OF 1887.
The opening day of the Round Lake Summer School of 1887, on Tuesday, July 12th, was auspiciously fair and pleasant. The exer-
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cises at the auditorium at 10.30 A. M., attracted there an audience numbering more than two thousand people. The Citizens' Band of Ballston Spa, and the Schaghticoke Glee Club, pleasurablenter- tained them with instrumental and vocal music. Prof. George Pren- tice, of Wesleyan University, read the CXXVII. Psalm, and the Rev. Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, of Minneapolis, Minn., offered a prayer. The Rev. William Griffin, D.D., the president of the association, in a brief address adverted to the advanced position which Round Lake had taken as a seat of religious, mental and moral culture, and the gratifying evidences of its prosperity and growth. The Rev. John P. Newman, D.D., with his brilliant elocution, delivered a thought- ful address on " The moral value of education." The critical and comprehensive view taken by Gen. L. P. di Cesnola, of “ The prac- tical value of the museum," was highly instructive. The Hon. William M. Evarts made the occasion memorable by his cogent arguments and rational conclusions respecting " The national value of education." The short address by the Hon. Warner Miller, claimed by the enthusiastic audience, was one of pertinent observa- tions on popular education. The Hon. Levi P. Morton, who, with other distinguished men, was present, although likewise solicited, politely bowed his declination to address the urgent audience. The poetical contribution, entitled "Opening Day at Round Lake," by the Rev. Joseph E. King, D.D., elicited much applause.
In the afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the Grant memorials were unveiled in the George West Museum of Art and Archaeology by Mrs. John P. Newman, in the presence of a large number of persons.
At the auditorium in the evening, short speeches were made by prominent men interested in the welfare of the association. After- ward, a display of fireworks was made on the western hill.
The direction of the summer school of 1887, has been given to J. H. Worman, Ph.D., who so successfully and ably conducted the school of 1886. The departinents of methods and practice, fine arts, oratory and expression, history and economics, languages, natural science, industrial art, the model primary and intermediate school and the kindergarten have accomplished and experienced teachers1. The four weeks' session of the school will end on August 5th.
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