The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
AT BAY VIEW.
Indiana People Are Numerous and the
Attractions Are Many.

Correspondence of the indianapolis Journal.
BAY VIEW. Mich. July 31.-Bay View
is having in generous measure the Christian
sociologistic movement in it's six or seven
lectures by Professor Taylor. Of Chicago.
who will be followed later by Miss Jane
Adams, or saint Jane" as they call her
at Hull House, whom Professor Taylor says
Is the foremost exponent Of the American
social settlement" This evening one of the
best known newspaper correspondents, Mr..
Frank G. Carpenter. lectured on THE Chi
nese of To-day" illustrated with many new
views, together with some familiar ones.
Speaking of newspaper correspondents. re-
calls George Kennon, the famous Siberian
traveller and newspaper correspondent, who
appeared here for his first visit to one of
these Chautauqua assemblies. He visited
one morning the School for Writers. which
Is being conducted by Mr.. Trumbull White,
OF the Chicago Times-Herald. and spent an
hour giving instruction to the aspiring jour
nalist who gets his practice work on the
Assembly Record, daily which has been
started here. He followed the suggestion
that he outline some of the requirements
for one who seeks to be a travelling cor
respondent. and illustrated it out of his own
wide experience. In referring to the value
Of modern languages, that is, a working
knowledge Of them, he commended the use
Of a graphophone for ten hours day for
two weeks, which would enable one to get
along In any country where the language is
spoken He gave glimpse of his own
methods that was most interesting and val
liable. showing the patience and persever-
ence and painstaking with which he wrote
and rewrote his first book TENT Life i'm
Siberia, thirteen times before il was sent
10 the publishers. and some parts even more.
included In 1t Is an index or artificial men,
ory. which he uses to classify everything
that ever he knew. 1t represents fiffeen
years years collecting and grading. and now the
SAID ne was surprised sometimes, by means
OF them. to find out how much he knows!
Inc cards are two by five inches in size,
ana ciassined alphabetically, and by books
page and fact. The classification card pro-
1ecting half an inch wider, but of the same
length as the others. Every feature has it's
amounts to about twenty-five thousand
cards, and those containing his memoranda
Tor the exile system series of articles filled
seven drawers in a secretary. After his
pronered services at 81 500 year. and nav
MS own expenses. to inspect the above sys-
tenn was refused by James Gordon Bennett
also the Chicago Times. and finally IL was
the sight OF this card index by Mr.. Glider
OF the Century. that inclined him to send
The presence OF foreigners in the univer-
sity faculty and on the programme is rather
unusual as to numbers. There is Prof Carl
Leutwen. of Michigan State University. the
German; Prof. Pauline Davies, of Findlay
College. OF Ohio, the French Dr. w o.
Spreoul. OF Cincinnati University. professor
al OLA Lat:n and Hebrew; the Misses Murray
Lloyd: DR.. Frank Sanders, of Yale Divinity
School. born Of American missionary par
entage In Ceylon: Mr.. j. H. Halen. director
C0nSQrVa
On the assembly platform we have had
Prof. Hjalmer III. Boyeson, Norwegian who
fiung. his magnifcence of jeweled sentences
like dew on the grass. as he lectured on En-
glish poets. and yet to come are two English
guests. Mr. David Christie Murray. a ia
nous novelist, and Prof H. Morse stephens.
bridge university lecturers
Indiana Is richly represented by its people
Judge Kirkpatrick. of Kokomo, gave one
OF the addresses to-day, which was Young
Peoples day. He Is also at the head of
the Christian Endeavor movement ~ In
diana Miss Annie Parrish, Of Wabash, is
in Epworth Chapel z. c. Cramptory, OF
the University OF Indiana, was one OF the
contestants in the oratorical contest. July
%: his subject. Loyalty 10 Ideals" Later
in the assembly Prof. John B. De Motto will
give some OF his illustrated scientific lee
lures. DR.. John Il. st. John preached a
sermon of great power. which Is continually
referred TO. on camp meeting. Sunday. July
IA. Upwards OF seventeen cottages are
owned Dy lndiana people, besides four more
built By Mrs. McCorkle. also OF that State.
Thirteen rlaces are represented here. and
those having 1--WE or more are: Wabash.
which leads with forty-six persons: Evans
Vile is second. with thirty-four: Fort
Wayne. fourteen; Richmond. ten; Elkhart,
nine: Huntington. eight: Bloomington.
seven; Frankfort. five. Sixty-two Indianl
people are registered at the Bay View
House alone. Among the Indianapolis peo-
pie ere William II. De Motto. Mss Anna
q. d. Motto. Mr.. A. Woods. Miss Alice
Woods. C. r. Mcsier Dor7-hy David. Ace
II. David, Mss Amelia De Note rel~-
Dalrymple, Mrs. A. NJ. De Souchet Mrs. T.
A. Fendrickson. David Leslie. Mrs. s. j
and Frances and Lou McElwee. r. B.