Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-05-01
FIFTEENTH SESSION.
OF the Eastern New England chautauqua BID
IicaI Institute and +. B. Assembly.

The Eastern New England Chautauqua,
Biblical Institute and Free Baptist As
sembly at Ocean park will hold its f1f-
teenth session the coming season from
July 20 to August 20 with the usual lit
ting preface of Christian Workers Con-
vention from July 22-2y which will be in
charge of an earnest and efficient COM
mittee.
The Chautauqua Assembly will open
July goth with musical greetings by ar
fists and presentation of the different
lines of work of the several departments.
Each day will be ushered in by the "peo-
pies devotional at s A. NJ. followed by
the Bible Institute. This Institute was
one of the chief centers of attraction last
year and will be under the same able
IN anagement the present year. Revs. j.
NJ Lowden of Boston and w. j. Twort
of Lynn.
The young peoples normal Bible class
will be taught by Mrs NJ NJ. Brewster,
recently from the University of Chicago,
and the chidren's normal Bible class will
be continued in charge of Miss n. l. Aage-
son, who is so eminently successful in
this line of work. The normal mission
class will still enjoy the faithful and in
teresting instruction of Mrs. A. B. Web
ber. The school of oratory and physical
Gu lturo will be conducted by the Misses
Laughton and Prof. Ticknor of the Bos-
ton College of Oratory. They will also
act as assembly readers assisted by other
talent.
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again to have Prof. A. p. Briggs for its
director and will take up Butterfield' S
Belshazzar for the oratorio.
The noted Martha Dana Shepard, will
as usual be the pianist of the assembly.
Arrangements for the musical talent are
not yet complete but the following named
persons are already positively engaged.
A male quartet consisting of A. P.
Briggs first tenor; Il. W. Lester, second
tenor; +. C. Briggs baritone, and l.. L.
Butfum, basso. with Miss Viola Camp
bell, soprano, Mrs. Ada Briggs Webber,
mezzo soprano and Master Frank Estes
Kendric, violinist.
Ocean park concerts are noted far and
near. There will be five grand concerts.
The novelty concert on the eve Of Au-
gust B. is to be very unique affair. On
the evening of Aug. 4, the Misses Laugh
ton andi Pro. Ticknor will, in a most fas-
cinating manner illustrate the school of
perfective art.
Miss Il. l. Aingcr will superintcnd the
department of drawing and painting dur
ing tho assembly.
The mock United States Congress will
be q most entertaining and instructive
| feature, running through much of the as
sembly, with one full evening devoted to
the Senate and one to the House of Repre-
sentatives On Friday, August 9th, there
will be an excursion to the White Noun
tains at very low rates.
The assembly sermon will be preached
August 4th, by Rev. Anna Howard Shaw,
one Of the most popular preachers and
lecturers of the day. She will also lecture
August 5th. All the preachers for the
different Sabbaths are able and interest
ing speakers.
The recognition day address Aug. 81
will be delivered by Rev J. o. Wilson, d.
d., one of Brooklyn's famous orators
Topic, "The Greatest Thing Man Can
Do" DR.. Wilson will lecture also on the
evening of August T. A large number of
other noted lecturers has been engaged.
Rev. W. G. S. Puddefoot, "a star speaker
who is said to be like John b. Cough in
wit and delivery, lectures July 80, on
Lights and Shadows of Frontier Life,
and July 81. on "The Foreigner in
America Prof. Howard Malcom Tick
nor, formerly instructor in Harvard and
Brown Universities. will present Com
mon Sense and Art in graphic style
July so.
On the evening of Aug. 1, Dr. J. c.
Bowker of Lawrence, Mass, will give en-
illustrated lecture on Japan" that has