Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-27
cHAurAuouA FOR 1896.
Interesting Informataon for Springfield c.
LIS. c. and Normal Claa People.

Lntere0tl08 AnnOfmmtAoo HOE oPrAnBuSs3 ~
LIS. c. and Normal Clan People.
Several hundred Springfield people have
been looking for something about the Chau-
tanqua programme for 1886. and here 1t is.
The exercises for public school teachers
will Degin July lst, instead of the 18th. as
heretofore, and the regular Assembly pre-
gramme will cover the entire month Of Au-
gust.
Rev John Hall. ID. D., of New York.
will deliver course Of ten lectures, begin
ming July ist.
The managers cleared SO. 900 last year,
and half of the sum has been used 10 dimin-
ish the debt, and the remainder is to be used
to build new dock at the point. which
will be ~ feet wide and 200
feet long, and on it will be
erected q fine three-story building to be oc-
cupied as follows: The first hoOr will be
divided into ticket offices and waiting-room
and open dock accommodations. The sec
Ond hOor will be divided up 50 as to BIZ used
for bazars. stores and promenades. The
gable story will have large reading room.
trustee Office and private rooms. The tower
will contain chime of bells costing S., 200
and an $500 clock above the chimes. The
gable and the pinnacle will be tipped with
electric lights. The building will be rooted
with ornamental slate. The plans for the
foregoing described structure have been az
cepted. and the dock will be completed at
once, aud the other Is soon as the finances
of the association will warrant, possibly
this summer. The contemplated building
will command a view of all the lake to the
Narows.
The chime of bells are those which were
on the point last year from the Clinton H.
Menely foundry at Troy, and they have a
very line tone. From their new elevated
position they can be heard all over the
grounds and over good portion OF the lake.
The clock will be donated by the Seth
Thomas clock company.
The ChautauQaa Teachers Union (for
public school people, has finally been or
ganized. DR.. I. W. Bicknell, of Boston. is
the president. Gen. Eaton. DIR. John Han
cock of Dayton. President E. 3. White OF
Indiana, and Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland.
sister Of the president, are among those who
are identified with the organization.
The American Microsc0pical Society will
hold its annual meeting at Chautauqua Au-
gust 10, II, - and Is. and the American
Association for the Advancement Of Science
xx-;li mo ko ~v, o~cnrs;~,, a., a,,,,n,, fr,,,,
Buffalo. where it win hold its usual sum
mer meeting. .g
The officers elected were as follows:
President Lewis Miller, Akron, o.: first
+. II. Root, Brffal0; second
Jacob Miller, Canton, o.;
third vice-president, Clem. Studebaker,
South Bend. Ind; secretary, W. A. Dun
can. Syracuse, n. Y; treasurer. E. A.
Skinner. Westteld, N. Y; chancellor. DIR.
J. II. Vince,G Plainfieid. n j.; trustees.
Rev. H. II. Moore. Chautauqua: W. c. J.
Hall, Jamestown: DIR. j. c. Clifford, West
field; Z. c. Norton, Chauta,lqus; II. A.
Massey, Toronto, Ont; ". II. Short,
Y Youngsville, Pa; c. Studebaker. South
Bend, Ind. VIM. Thomas, Meadviile: Prof |
J. T. Edwards, Randolph, n. Y; W. I. |
Dunn, PittsburY, Pa; and John Brown,
Bradford.
The directors Of the Chautauqua univer- |
sity re elected X. S. Holmes registrar. and
Miss X. F. Kimball secretary c. L. S. c.
DIR. Vincent's new hook on Chautauqua.
with an introduction by President Lewis |
Miller, Of Akron, will be issued from the |
Press, at Boston. in February.
The price will be one dollar. 1t il believed |
that at least hundred thousand copies |
will he called for, and that it will have |
sufficient sale to extinguish the Chautauqua
debt. |