The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-09-25
A VISIT TO CHAUTAUQUA.

! morning at ten. Our quarters were
small owing to the great number of PEG
| pie there, but we were not in them
much. The table was good, the land
lady very nice, and We met many pleas.
ant people, [ had to answer MANY
| questions, and some OF them such ridicu.
lous things! The first morning we took a
nap instead of going out, we were SO
| tired, but after dinner heard Joseph
! Cook lecture on Phillips, Cough and
| Beecher. He was very good, but so long
that one gets very tired. We also heard
splendid concert by the Hungarian
band. Sunday was very full, We started
out at 8 o'clock to the devotional exer-
cises, and at 9: 80 to Sunday School. A
Mrs. Crafts was to conduct the ehildren's
department and we were anxious to see
how she carried it On-she was splendid
l sat with class of little boys but did
not have to do any teaching. From
there We went to the Amphitheatre to
hear Bishop Vincent's Baccaolaureate
sermon. 1t was just grand to be in that
building that holds between five and six
thousand and every seat filed, besides
people with their own camp chairs or
standing just Outside-it is open all the
way round SO that it is not necessary to
be inside. In the afternoon we took a
walk and at four came the vesper SER
vice; at 7: 80 the song service, and after
that the night vigil. A person can at
tend something every hour of the day if
one wishes. Monday morning we went
to the children's Bible class. Willie
would have enjoyed being there very
much to have seen Frank Baird draw. |
had heard so much about him that was
quite anxious to see him. He is an odd
looking man and funny also. At II was
a lecture by DIR. Gunsaulus on Oliver
Cromwell. He is gentleman of only a
little over thirty but a magnificent
speaker. Some call him the Beecher of
the West. So many said they liked him
better than Cook. NJ - and | both
did. That afternoon Cook lectured again
but we did not feel like listening to him,
so at L went to a meeting of the class
of 1887. | was welcomed very cordially,
and it was proposed that carry the ban
ner of our class in the procession on
Wednesday, but as | had never passed
through the arches that could not be. [
met Miss Mcclure, cousin o. Mrs Will
lie Hopper, and several others who were
acquainted with Island people. That
evening we attended another concert
besides the music there was a recitation
by an elOcutiOnist.
Tuesday morning we went through the
museum and visited several other places
before going to hear DIR. Gunsaulus lee
ture on the American view of Washing
ton. Every one was so glad to see him
appear on the platform that the Chau-
tauqua salute was first given him and
then perfect round of applau e. The
salute is the waving of the handkerchief,
and it was pretty sight to see several
thousand waving at once. At 3: 80 we
went to the question drawer, people
handed in questions and Cook answered
them without any preparation whatever
l enjoyed him then as he was so con-
stantly changing his subjects. AS soon
as he was through Mr.. Leon Vincent lee
tured on Thackeray.
A promenade concert was announced
for the evening, and of course every one
went down to the beach. Not very far
from the lake is the Hotel Atheneum,
surrounded with the most beautiful |
grounds; these were brilliantly lighted |
with lanterns-both the house and |
grounds-in fact most of the cottages
were decorated. Then on the lake was a |
fountain showing different colors, and a |
bonfire also in the lake, besides fire. |
works and the band playing. It was just |
lovely and we hated to leave. About 9 |
it looked rather cloudy and we thought |
it best to go home. Just the moment |
We got up stairs it began to pour and a |
great many of the lanterns were spoiled. |
Oh how cold it was Wednesday morn
ing. AS it was the day we wanted to
wear white but instead we had to put on
WOODEN dresses and our jackets. This |
was recognition day. and of course
every one turned out. Mamie and [ |
had to separate. for the morning-she
had joined the class '92 so went with
them while l joined the '87's The grad
uating class, you know, passes through
the arches and those who have received
their diplomas but have had no oppor-
tunity to march are allowed to 60 with
them. There were twenty-one of our
class who marched. We formed in line,
then the gate was unlocked while We
went thrOugh-we were marching in
tours but here we separated and went
two by two through the gate and the
two arches. While we were marching
the choir stood at the entrance to the
Hall of Philosophy singing, and eighty
eight little girls dressed in white with
wreaths on strewed flowers in our path.
In the hall we all had our seats and
were greeted by Bishop Vincent. The
class of '86 was called the Plymouth
Rocks and their flower the geranium,
in the front of the hall was
what was meant to represent Plymouth
Rock and the decorations were in gera-
mum, the class motto, etc. We were
only there few minutes and then were
TO pass to the Amphitheatre. We
wished to join the rest OF our class who
had passed throughsthe arches, so while
The 1855 were forming we ran across lots
and came out by our President. The
now was very long one, for
irst came the band and those who had
graduated before the under classes. We
Ill separated and allowed the graduates
% pass between our lines, while we
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