Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-17
GIRLS At THE OARS.
Female Students at Chautauqua to
Meet in a Rowing Contest.
LONDON AND PALESTINE VISITED,
Through the Medium of Good Lecturers on
Both Of Those Places.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OF A STUDENT

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
CHAUTAUoUA, y. Y, July l6.-The "Sum-
mer City, seemed to have donned Sabbath
stiffness to-day. Many Cnautauquans took
advantage Of the cheap excursions to
Buffalo, Toronto Niagara Falls and other
points, and those who remained were mostly
the collegians with hard lessons to study
and the cottagers with many household
duties to perform, consequently it seemed
for sll the world like Sunday. The weather
was perfect. Toward evening many row.
boats dotted the surface of the lake, which
also seemed to partak of the general quiet
that everywhere prevailed. Much interest
centers here in the boat race between two
picked crews that comes off Saturday. Each
have been practicing for Il couple of weeks
and close race is expected.
The fact is, aquatic matters have proved
so attractive that even the young ladies
could not forbear taking to the oars and
hence there are two lady crews, six girls in
each. who propose to race with one another,
and the winners to challenge the boys. The
female oarsmen may be seen on the lake
every evening about sundown, and although
their oars don't always cut the water at the
same time, and occasionally cross with an
other. vet IL must be said to their credit that
they can cover a mile in an hour with wind
favorable. The lake is a resort these pleas
ant nights. and some of the rides of the gal
liant swains with their sweethearts promise
TO be fatal so far as single blessedness is
concerned.
Curfew Rings at Ten.
The Chautauquans curfew rings promptly
at 10 o'clock and everybody must be on
terra firma by that hour. The Chautauqua
young men and maidens cheerfully accept
the inevitable in this respect and manage to
make the best of the time. 1t is interesting
10 note, too that the young ladies are enter
ing into every sport that the young men
ara. In swimming, riding, rowing, gym
nssium work and lawn tennis the girls are
certainly not far behind the boys in making
a good showing. The divided skirt is a
great boon to the girls and they use it freely
in the gymnasium, on the bicycle, and on
the lake.
Prof Frederick Starr, of New York, lee
tUred in the Hall of Philosophy to-day at
2;S0 on the "Clitf Dwellers and Pueblos."
He spoke of how they made their houses,
how they cooked their meals and said they
eNcelled in three principal arts, namely,
pottery, basket making and weaving. They
worship the hills and the sun, but their
greatest god is the water. The speaker gave
a delightful account of an Eastern trip of
some of these Indians, made under the
charge of Mr.. Cushing, 80 their beloved
mother" the ocean.
Prof j. Bach McMaster. of PHILADELPHIA,
lectured at O'Clock in the American history
course his subj ject to-day being the struggle
for commercial independence. Hesaid Con-
gTesS passed the first tariff act July l. 1889 |
which was our declaration of commercial
independence, curiously enough falling on
the same day as that of our country's inde- |
pendence Ten days afterward the French |
BRStile fell and the French revolution |
began. The speaker told in a very interest
ing way the moves and counter moves made |
by England and France to drive the United |
States from its position of neutrality and |
John Jays treaty.
Tour of London and Palestine.
The tourists conference was held at 5
o'clock in Normal hall, and the big city of |
London was the subject under discussion.
At O'Clock Prof. Charles Welles, of New
York City, gave a very entertaining lecture
in the Amphitheater on "a Trip Through
Palestine illustrating his remarks by
series of stereoptican views.
DR.. Welles' trip was from Cairo through |
the Suez Canal across the Arabian desert by
Mt. Sinai and through Palestine; visiting |
the chiefplaces of interest; through Damas-
Gus via BeyrOot, coasting along Asia Minor
to Greece and COnstantinople.
The Business Educators Association con-
t1nued their sessions here this morning
cussed during the day: "Penmanship in
the Theory Department of Business Col
lege." by Prof Osborne of Rochester, n. Y:
Bookkeeping, Transactions and Their
Record by q. W. Brown. of Jacksonville, |
Ill; Shorthand: When Pupils Should Be
Taught Phrase-Writing, Rev. W. ID. Bridge,
Boston. At the afternoon session the fol
lowing papers were read. Percentage" by
5. S. Beggs, President Normal School, Olathe,
Kan; Business Colleges, Their Place and
Mission Prot. \. II. Luce, Union City, Pa.
Mrs. Emma Ewing continued her interest |
ing series OF lectures to-day. her subject this |
morning being odds and Ends" This was
really another name for the old-fashioned |
hash, with two exclamation and interroga- |
tlOn points. The lecturer said that hash |
scientifically considered was one of the most
important dishes: being old things rehashed
in a scientific manner. The young ladies
are going to try their hands at Matchmaking
next week
A Serious Shooting Accident.
A very serious shooting accident occurred
here this evening at o'clock. Two Chautau-
qua students named r. Harris, of Freedonia
n. Y, and Joseph Godfrey, of Brooklyn, |
each about Is years of age, went out rowing |
this afternoon in a canoe for the purpose of
having good time generally and especially |
TO shoot turtles. Their boat drifted a little
below Sandy Bottom, when. in some unac-
countable manner, young Godfrey fell over
board. Harris at once rushed to his COM |
panion assistance and succeeded in getting !
him back into the boat
Godfrey then took his seat in the front and |
began rowing, while Harris sat in the stern
The latter, having nothing particular to do,
picked up a 9S-caliber revolver living in the
bottom of the boat. In some unexplained
shot entered Godfrey's right thigh making
an ugly wound. Harris hulTiedly rowed
ashore, where Drs. Anderson and Enger
dressed the wound. Godfrey bled profusely, |
and lost good deal of blood. The injured
young man is son of Architect Godfrey of
Brooklyn. Mrs. Godfrey is here with her
son, both having come TO Chautauqua to