New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-20
MRS. CAMPBELL,S LECTURES
CROWDS HEAR HER TALK ABOUT WOMEN
AT CHAUTAUQUA
PREPARATIONS AT TIE GROUNDS TO OBSERVE
RECOGNITION DAY-ELECTIoN OF
CLASS OFFICER,
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBCNE-I

Chautauoua ~ y Aug. 10.-Chautauqua is always
crowded with earnest and intelligent women, ana JIG
lectures have been better attended TINS season man
those Of Mrs Helen Campbell on the economic cond
ton OF women. In spite Of the wet weather tIie
Hall CT Philosophy almost filled to Overlooking
this afternoon when she began her second address
Mrs Campbell reads from manuscript but she mas
good delivery and holds large audience with ease
Her subject to-day tho social and economic
condition of women in the past The subugation OF
vSy7fcH BY men, she said. is the story OF all Time
though In the rude races the size and weight Of the
brain differ far less according TO sex than In the
civilized Physi strength Is the same, with the
advantage at times on the side Of women MrS'
Campbell traced the evolution OF economic thought
with regard to woman from the time of Aristotle 10
the beginning Of this century. she cxplalhed ina.
durlpg that period, though women shared many OF
the material benefits conferred by science and cduca-
ton. their industrial position altered but slightly
In France they had a position unknown In any othcr
country though they had no place in any system
Of the economists, and their labor was not accounted
An import,nt force until there came the INDUSTRIAL
revolution which accompanied the great poiitlcal
revolution.
On Thursday Mrs Campbell Will consider the conol-
ton of women during this century.
Tomorrow is Recognition Day Of the G. L. :. c. Glass
of 1890 and unusual preparations are making to ccc-
bratc IL on handsome scale. The programme is inii
~ reading circle appointments. Several reading circle
receptions were held during the day. The class OF
1855 have elected the following officers for the ensuing
year: President the Rev. A. f. Dunning; vceprcsI
dcnts-s H. French Pittsburg: Mrs. McCabe' Sidney
Ohio: the Rev. J.. A. stevens, Perry y. Y; Mrs d. A.
Cunningham Wheeling; Miss ". +. Scatcs, Evanston
ILL.,; Mrs. NJ c. +. Warner, Newiork MISS T. T.
Conn., Brooklyn: j. VI. Hunter, Barre ont; MIS- W. r.
Cragin Evanston ILL.,: Mrs. Lucy b. Reeves, Soat'lc'
Wash. Mrs Elizabeth T. Lehman. Philadelphia; l. T.
Gale Frederick, Nd; II. A. Taylor, Cleveland MIS-
NJ S. Case Highland Falls. Conn.,; secretary, W. NC
Kay East Norwich, n. y; treasurer Russell L. HAN
New Canaan, Conn; local secretary ana lredS"Iel
6 4 Espcy. Allegheny, Penn; trustee Of class buIid
ing the Rev. L. A. stevens Perry y. " class chiVh
icler, Mrs. A. c. Teller, Brooklyn.
Tho 80 class elected the following officers: Pre'i
dent tho Rev J. II. Mckee. Olean n. y; secretary
Mrs f. y. Dawson, Ashtabula ilarbor, ONO treas
urer O. NJ Allen No e24 Main-st, Buffalo CORE
spondlng secretary, the Rev. :. VI. Gay, hoheNe
y Y; vice-prcslden Mrs. c. O. DckcnSoh
Marietta Ohio; Mrs. Hargarc. D. IaNlor' be.il'"
Conn: Mrs. Georgia Grinng. Philadelphia MIS-
Fannie Steele Newark, y. j.; the Rev NJ H.
Chapman, Hannibal No.; Miss MARY nehemiah
Cedar RAPIDS IOWA Miss Jennie Il. HAYES Mendoza
ILL., Mrs Emma Estes, Buchanan, Mich: The Kew
F. E. LAWYER, GAINESVILLE, Tenn; :. . Person Ne"
ark " Y; Mrs. NJ 5. Allison, Who'ne' |enas T.
Robbins, Washington. ID. c.; Miss Mary a. Gage con
cord y H. the Rev Watson Swadner Marion whit Ipa
Louisville Mrs Hattie X. Miller, Topeka Mrs. c. "
Ferguson. Brandon WIS; Miss Anne BthtT' idN,oie
X. l.. Mrs. Beard Denver; Miss Ellen H. keHt.
Louisa, Va; Mrs. Albert G. Grggs Wilmington DG
Darling Chelsea. Vt; Frank 5. Wallace, pasadena.
Cal: Miss Lizzie :. Drake. Kitery, Nc; Mis- Rosa
stannus, Tacoma. Wash. ME-. $. & Brachhill, Ridge
way, Ont Mrs. Kkabcth, Mack MIL village Nova
scotia Miss Ellen ~ Church. Toxic, japan trustee Of
Union Glass Building the Rev >. NJ. Day llonc"Se'
MY.
The c. L. 5. c. class of 1894 have met and or
ganizcd JOHN IIabbertOn, the author Of Helen
babies has inst Joined the class aud Was made pT
dent The Rev A. G. Ellis Of jamestown; the Kcv.
f. d. Ledyard Of steubcnville, Ohio. and the Rev VI
Crosby OF Nebraska. vico presidents.
Dr. a. NJ. Fairbalrn. Of Oxford, delivered another
of his aDstuse lectures on Leaders Of Religions
Thought in the Nineteenth Century dealing cspcc ally
with strauss and the Tubingen school The kcv.
l.. H. Gould. of ALASKA, spoke on Home Missions ~
the c. l. :. C.. Hall this morning; The membcrs OF
the 1874 normal class met at the simpson ave cottage
of Hrs. l. Eaton Tfcre was dl'cu olo| tiis
Moments Clnb. Leland Powers rcccd n dTam1iHt
lion of "David Copperield. The Young Folks Read
ing Union held conference and u night the grounds
were Illuminated with lanterns ~ {, customary on the
eve OF Recognition Day, and the band gave prone
made concert on the hotel lawn Among ne arrival
Of President Arthur; MIS- Alice freeman Palmer
Wyman Grand Haven, Mich. and E. Clapp, New York