The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-07-19
The Chautauqua Assembly.
OPENING OF THE FIFTEENTH CHAUTAUQUA
SEASoN-ADDRESS BY DIR. VINCENT.
Correspondence Of the journal.

OPENING OF THE FIFTEENTH CHNTAUQtA
| SEASoN-ADDRESS BY DIR. VINCENT.
Correspondence Of the journal.
| Chautauqua, \. V, July 6-The fifteenth
| Chautauqua season fully announced itself on
Independence Day hy patriotic speeches, music
fireworks and all the pride. pomp and circum'
stance of the glorious Fourth, omittiny the
hbulolIS eoncomit1ns OF the usual observation
oui>i'e-for Chauauqna is the one place in the
world where prohibition prohibits.
The chief address wa made by Chancellor
tnow Bishop Vincent; it was in his best Vein
of earnest and carrying-away eIoIuence. The
strongest points made We're in his demand for
fair elections and free schools As the conditions
Of national persistence ON the subject of the
designs of the Roman hierarchy upon our
schools and Institutions he was particularly
emphatic and impressive: and this while con-
redng TO all honest believers Of the Catholic
faith entire freedom OF worship. lie declared.
the designs of Rome Upon our schools and gov
ernnent to be iu.i,Iiou- and destructive and to
be. with suffrage pcrver>ion. the chief peril of
our freedom.
The resort takes on YEARLY more and more
the appearances Of pernanency and >olity.
1t has passed the periods OF infancy and youth
iilil Will lis DlIiutEtN dllttuN Illdlll-
tests the strength of daWning manhood. The
construction of the massive. modern Hotel
Ajhencum may De said to have inaugurated
the age Of r2rmanency and beauty in building :;
and the great tire of 's1--a veri,abc holocaust
OF the old camp-meetiEg buildingS-gavc the
infringement The opportunity TO establish ii AS
the iAel policy in private constructions. The
area burned over, the ante-as>embly settle
mtnt, which had long been an eye->orc to the
molerniZed grounds. is now Il thing of beauty
Instead. The assembly has required such lot
holders is desired to rebuild on this conspictl-
ols place. to construct i'll permanent. attractive
form: of such rs did not desire to comply with
these plans, or We're not able to. the assembly
bought their leases at high prices, cXpenling
therein about Sl0,0o0. and converting the
ground into the beautiful Miller park. Five
to ten thousand dollars are the figures now cN-
pended i'll thautauGua cottages. The old slab
structures. with cloth Or deal partitions. I'M
lla>tei'ed walls, and unpainted eNtcrior> are
| things of the past. The demolition of the
cheap buildings on The Mall and at the land
ing: the disappearance of the old auditorium
the transfer of the General Office to Hotel
Athcneum: the >uppianting of sold knower 5
Ark by the imposing Liberal Arts college; the
new po>tollice; the spacious and convenient
station house at the ,lock-the>e are anon" the
object lessons of the new dispen>aton.
Speaking Of object lessons. the reeon>tru.-
ton Of the models of Palestine and of the HOLY
Land are among the most marked improve
ment> Of til" year. DR.. Wythe. the original
ana only Palestine moIcler, who has construct
ed fifteen miniature .JerllSalemS. has made this
WORK ii Chautalilia his chef d'rnvre. lie and
his daughter have spent eight months prepar-
ing the le>i gn, from original surveys an, pho
tu4ruph>. and these can now be safely called
models of the sacred localities and of tvro-
%raphir, accuracy.
The program 1or int :llccual and moral inn
pr"Ncneht and for physical and mental relax
alton and reconstruction grows with the
growth of the movement and the upbuildng of
the place. Nothing to equal that of this year
has heretofore been attempted. The new fea-
turc> arc-a> the Old hand-bill> used to say
taken, however. to speak Of the new departure
in The recreaiNc teaturt>-the thu.ta,nIua
Athletic Club, DR.. Anderson will give i'll
>lrurtionS in the "ymna>iun: Prof. Reynolds
( \ ale 81 Will coach participants i'll outdoor
athletics; a. l.. >tagg. captain Of Yale nine,
will conduct a base bah school and organize
matches between thautaNqua mines and out
side clubs. Capt. Stag- is the best college
pitcher in the country and has been offered Sc
!uctivc salaries 10 take professional positions.
but he cannot be >rdIced from his studying for
the ministry and his Sccretaryship Of the Yale
y. Nj. G. \. \ base ban field is under con-
-trucion on the new ten thousand dollar addi-
ton to the A>>embl.'> grounds. Lawn tennis
phySira-cutrrc features. These features are
destined to d>r"I the idrn that Chautauqua is
IN educational Ilo, bed. given over to the Mid
summer madness of attempting Il liberal e,lll-
cation i'll six weeks, and populated ito use
George lncrnl>> attractive ailiterationl with
''trboi> of excited and cnacatel enthusiasts.
COLEMAN +. BISHOP.