New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-23
DRAWN TO CHAUTAUQUA
BUSINESS EDUCATORS MEET AT THE LAKE
SIDE.
LECTURES AND A LESSON IN MEMORY TRAIN
ING-BETTER POSTAL FACILITIES
WANTED AT THE ASSEMBLY.
INV rr,rcpAPu TO THE TRIBuYE-I


Chautauqua July o2.-Chautauqua not only attracts
ytldents summer residents and politicians who work
% adjust their little differences but the Business Educa-
tors Association of America has discovered that 1t is an
deal place for holding annual conventions, and III
sructors in commercial colleges all over TINS country
and in Canada have assembled here TO begin TO morrow
a seven DAYS discussion of the methods and principles
of teaching the arts they profess f. il. FELTON,, OF
Cleveland is the president Of the association, and
L. l. Williams Of Rochester, the chairman OF It's
executive committee. II has about $50 members, has
been established twelve years and has held conven-
,ops In prevcns wears in New York and at Cleveland
Milwaukee. Minneapolis and other places y paper
on the The Responsibilities of Business College WORK
will be read by Mrs. Sara \. spencer OF Washington
& : Packard of New-York who is expected tOmor
row morning. will discuss the question Does Educt
ton Educatcl7 and l.. R. Hopkins also OF New'i orK'
will talk about banking The plan is to hold hve hoUI
and half sessions and TO give special attention 10
the subjects Of bookkeeping, arithmetic Correspondence
shorthand penmanshp and cvics, embracing under ule
last head political economy and commercial law - g.
Williams of Rochester, is president and \. y. Palmer,
Of Cedar Rapids Iowa, vice president OF the Pehmah
ship Department. A. wit, Of Dayton, ono, ana W. A.
Warmer Toronto, will attend TO bookkeeping '" W.
Elliott OF Burlington, Iowa. and byron HOrtoh' {"
Ntny-Yor9x. 20 arithmetic and calculations; Byron
Smith of Hamilton, ont, and Mrs. Sara a. Spencer
OF WASHINGTON to English and correspondence; C. NJ
Miller of New York, and ~ j. Barnes, of st. LOUIS
10 shorthand and typewTtlng, and G. W. blo"I' "a
jacksonville, ILL.,, and J. NJ Mehan, of Des MOnes'
Iowa TO civcs. There are about zoo purely CON
nercial colleges jill the country, exclusive OF lho
commercial departments at ordinary educational
institutions intended to arrange the programme
of the convention 10 permit its members 10 lte
part in the public exercises Of the Assembly
DR.. Il. F. Weidner. of the Augustana seminary at
Rock Island ILL.,, lectuNd this afternoon on the zen
eraI Principles of Christian Ethics" He defined
morality contrasted morality and religion discussed the
essential character of Christian morality, the relation
Of ethics TO dogmatcs and theological and anthopo
logical postulates Mrs Abba G.. Wooson talked about
and general gorcation of brute force, ana Professor
W. ". White, of Xenia. Ohio, gave specimen lesson
In system of memory training which VIII tcach
ChautsuQua audiences 10 dispense with notebooks
This evening Professor Martin ID. Ooge, OF Ann Arbor
at one time director OF the American school at Athens
gave illustrated lecture on - Ancient ana MODERN
Athens"
Missionary Institute will be held here on August .
The secretaries are Mrs. William Hoffman, Mrs. ID. ~
Cunningham, Of Wheeling, and Mrs. B. O. Vincent;
Of Greeley Col \ conference OF teachers unforeseen
in university education will be held here week from
Complaints are made of the Inconvenience OF the
postal service TO this point. There are three Hals
through Mayville at the northern end of the lake
and Is taken there by horse and wagon. Thls In
wolves the serious delay OF registered letters ana
restriction Of communication with points To the south
restoration Of the rail and steamboat service from
jamestown would be generally welcomed ~
Among the arrivals are Professor J0hn L. Mchee'
of Danvlle University, KY. Miss L. Cox ana MIS- NJ
Warrington Bermuda the Rev: George +: heFrick, OF
Warsoyan Turkey Professor W. ii. scott. principal
OF the Porter School at syracuse, and MISS Martha
Sharpe of WilkeSbarre Penn.