The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-27
Hoping you are well, / am
Yours as Ever
SIDE LIGHTS OF ANNIVERSARY
WEEK.
BY REV. H. C. HITCHCOCK.

WEEK.
BY REV. H. C. HITCHCOCK.
Shall I send you few words as a
kind of Souvenir of my vacation visit
to the Hub? ?" Strange place for a va
cation, perhaps you will say. But, beg
ging your pardon, not SO strange after
all. Just the place to go, and especial
ly for Western man. For, letpeople
of semi-savage tendencies say what
they will in apology tor such barbaric
foolishness as camping out in the
Adirondacl1s, canoeing in Kanuckia,"
and fighting mosquitoes in the Wilds Of
Lake Superior, as a method of recovery
from professional fatigues, [ do stout
ly maintain that good old Warm-heart-
ed Boston is the best place after all for
a tired minister to fly to for rest. On
a fourth OF fifth trial like it better
and better The original monkey,
china panzee, gorilla, or whatever the
DarWinian "clittur'' was in our pri-
meyal humanity, may properly enough
''take to the woods for repose as to
his own native lair. But, my dear sir,
to the truly civilized man, the most
truly restful and soothing thing in all
the world, is the air of q high civiliza-
! ton!
Now, you have heard, OF course, that
| this is anniversary week. The great
gums of the platform are going off ev-
cry hour, and already the atmosphere
has been so violently agitated that yes
terday a steady and much-needed rain
began to fall, which also continues to
day with no present prospect of clear
| ing Perhaps after the mighty orators
have departed we shall see blue sky
again. [ have attended as many of the
meetings as might cOmpOrt with phys
ical comfort, and especially with pre-
ferred interviews with dear old friends.
Your faithful regular correspondent,
of course, will write up for your col
umns such of the gatherings as will be
of special interest to the great COngre-
gational constituency of the Ado09ace.
| shall not undertake any Of that work
for you. fear, however, that even
his wary pen will miss some of the lit
| tie "side shows" which, nevertheless,
your readers ought to know of. The
third annual meeting, for example, of
the New England Union Of
OBERLIN ALUMNI
was of course, to the eye of the loyal
Oberlinite at least, one of the grand
events of the week. It came Wednes-
day afternoon, right in the center Of
the warm heart of the week, and a
warm time it was, as it always is when
members of the Oberlin family get to-
gether. The collation., which was
spread in Pilgrim Hall in the Congre-
gational House, was rather more
sumptuous than the old-time, far-famed
bran-bread proyender which many Of
the early Oberlin students remember,
and but few of them regret After
CONNECTIONS came the speeches. We had
the genial eloquence Of such speakers
as Rev. Mr.. Quincy, President Of the
Union, Prof. Barbour, of Yale College,
Lorenzo White, of Reading, Hughes,
of South Boston, W. E. G. Wright, of
Danvers, Lucy Stone, Brooks, of Rox-
bury, the two Andover pastors. Wright
rich after-feast, Astounding in remin-
iscence and laughter-prOvOking Incl
dent. Letters were read from Presi-
dent Fairchild, DR.. Morgan, Prof. |
Shurtleff, and from Mrs. Johnston, |
principal of the Ladies Department. |
A suggestion in Mrs. Johnston's letter
led to the appointment of an enter
prising Boston committee to secure
some art collections for alma Mater.
Rev. DR.. Barbour, of New Haven, was
elected President of the Union for thei
next year, and Mr.. Lee, of the Congre-I
gdtionoliSt, Secretary. The number
present was just thirty-three, fully one
half of them clergymen, showing that
the children OF the once-despised ODER
lin are becoming no incons1derable AMI
element in and about this venerated
capital of the Puritans. The AdcGnce,
always for a
SOUND ORTHODOXY
in the Interior, will want to know how
the battle goes on this old fighting
ground of Eastern Massachusetts. Any
token of surrender to the charminglyl
vague and mystical Indebtedness of
the so-called "liberalism?" Not much.
Yesterday, Murray, of Music Hall
fame, who had already stepped down
and out Of Park Street pulpit, was
definitely allowed by vote Of the Mas
sachusetts Convention of Congregation
al Ministers to step down and out ],