Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-19
LONG BEACH.
The Session of the Chautauauans
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hhe session OF tine ChautauQu mans
Yesterday.
There was considerable excitement at
Long Beach yesterday morning, owing
to the injunction which had been served
to prevent the holding of Chautauoua
session, but at 8 O'Clock telephone mes
sage announced that the injunction had
been raised, and the ladies Immediately
began active work at decorating. AT the
back Of the platform, in letters of ever
green, was the class name, "The
Argonauts." At the front of the plat
form was bank of white flowers. with
sc. L. S. C. 's9 Glass;" in scarlet ger
aniums. Four arches of flowers were
constructed along the line of march OF
the procession, and evergreens were
placed in every available place. At II
O'Clock, on the arrival Of the train, Rev.
DIR. Hirst, President of the Pacific Coast
@. L. s. @, and the other speakers were
escorted to the tabernacle. The Chautau-
quans wore their class badges. At :l5
the procession of 100 Chautauouans
marched in and occupied four rows of
seats. Upon the platform were Rev.
DR.. Hirst, Rev. DIR. Dinex, Mrs. Field,
Mrs. More, Superintendent Cole and
Rev. DR.. Cherrington. The Jinglers
sang ''Too Late" and the congregation
sang "Gloria Patri." Rev. DR.. Cheering
ton led in prayer, after which Rev. DR..
Dinex delivered an interesting address.
Prof. Grow read telegram announcing
the fact that the injunction case had
been dismissed. Mrs. Field delivered
an address upon Chautauquan affairs, as
also did Prof. Marks, of Chicago, and
Mrs. More, of Los Angeles.
At O'Clock the Chautauquans met
again, and committee was appointed
to draw resolutions with reference to next
years Assembly. At 9:15 O'Clock the
Round Table meeting was led by DR..
Hirst. DR.. Blake, of Scotland,
led in prayer. Twelve circles from
California, one from New York,
one from Cincinnati, one from Pennsyl.
vania, three from Kansas, two from
Michigan, two from Iowa, Wisconsin,
Massachusetts and Oregon were repre-
sented.
At Z 80 procession OF Chautauuuans
was formed at the park and marched to
the tabernacle, where the class of 'S9 was
seated on the platform. Mrs. Field read
her poem, "The Argonauts," to the class,
and the Jinglers gave several songs, after
which Recognition Day" programme
waescarried out. DIR. Hirst delivered an
address.
Following is the list of graduates who
received diplomas: Professor and Mrs.
Grow, Rev. and Mrs. Wachob, Mrs.
Scott, Mrs. Bunch, Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs.
Hopkins, Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Baker, Miss
Emery, Miss ElWood, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Baskerville.
At 10 O'Clock in the morning, in
the Presbyterian church, Miss Lille
Lewis was married to Hugh Finley by
Rev. Mr.. Young. The couple left for
San Francisco.
A brilliant display of fireworks was
given last evening on the beach. .
The Committee on Resolutions re ported
the following, which was adopted:
WHEREAS, AS members of the G. L.
S. A, representing many circles in
Southern California, met in convention
at Long Beach this 18th day of July,
1889, we hereby take action as follows:
Resolved, First, that we recognize the
Chautauqua Assembly as one of the
pressing needs Of our work in this portion
of the State.
ResolUed, That inasmuch as no such AS
sembly has been held during the last
two years, we hereby declare it to be the
united aud earnest wish of this conven-
tion that an Assembly to be known as
the Long Beach Assembly of the G. J.. s.
O., be held in this place at such time as
NAV hereafter be determined, it being
understood that such Assem- bly, is to CO.
operate with the general officers of the
@. L. S. G. for the Pacific Coast.