New-York tribune., 1895-08-11
THE WORK AT CHAUTAUQUA.
MANY PEOPLE AND PLENTY OF RAIN.
REED CURTIS TALKS ABOUT THE
WORK IN AFRICA.

REED CURTIS TALKS ABOUT THE
WORK IN AFRICA.
Chautauqua Aug 10 (specIsD. has been a
big week as regards rain and people both. Tor not
quite such a quantity OF either has made an ap-
pearance the same space OF time TOT seVerai
years and II has seemed like "od times'' to see
an audience seated under umbrellas while listening
to the speaker 1t is estimated that there are not
less than fifteen thousand people on the grounds.
and there will be essening OF the crowd until
after Recognition Day August 2l
Several meetings in the interests OF temperance
unity held during the week. with the common
end OF suppression OF the saloon.
The Normal class began Its two weeks session on
Wednesday under Dr. Hurburt Of New-York This
is the original OF the Chautauqua institutions. and
the only class that has been led continuously from
the beginning. The of instruction Is Tor the
special wants OF Sunday school teachers but IL is
open to any one.
arge reception to the students and alumni OF
the Ohio Wesleyan University was held In higgins
Memorial Hall the other evening.
Frank Carpenter. who announced Tor the
early part of the week. had to postpone his course
Of lectures for a few days by reason OF illness He
will be heard from later.
The first Tuesday in August. 1874 the opening
Of the first Chautauqua sembly which al tha, tim,
held for only weeks. As year after year
passed on and the Assembly grew and the time was
extended 1t became necessary to begin in July to
meet the demands; but anniversary days are dear
to the hearts OF Chautauquans, and so this same
Tuesday has been kept each year with the same
service at the beginning twenty-five years ago.
This season. "Old First Night" has TO
be called, unpropitious as to weather but the
amphitheatre crowded nevertheless Chancellor
Vincent presided and the platform were members
of the Board OF Trustees and Vice e-Presden Stude-
baker. Addresses made and many reminis-
cences of bygone days INDUCED in. DR. W. W.
W. ,bn - no hail.
tauquans. entertained Miss Frances Willard on these
grounds twenty years ago. and II was in little
cottage Whtheld-ave. that she received the
amounting that sent her forth through the world
the nineteenth century apostle Of purity and re-
form DR. Buckley. of THE New-York Christian
Advocate" was one OF the speakers and said that
he saw on a tombstone in Europe the epaph He
died learning" which the only way. taking 1t
In a broad sense to be prepared TO open your eyes
without a shock. for the man who dies learning will
be ready to keep wherever he may be when he
opens his eyes in another world. Some excellent
music was furnished by the choir and the Lotus Gee
Club Of Boston, and Chautauqua's twenty-frst
birthday was over
The display Of fireworks which usually takes
place postponed until the following evening on
OF rain
The Chautauqua Missionary Institute held it's
eighteenth anniversary last week opened and pre-
sided over by the president Or. Reed Curtis who
stated that in spite OF the peculiar calamites at
tendant upon the past twelve months the work Of
missions has been very successful pleasant
programme was rendered. after which the Rev. Dr.
Thomas Moody. OF Africa gave interesting IL
lustrated lecture describing the olsome journey up
the Congo River Dr. Moody said:
Everything has to be carried on the shoulders OF
men through woods up hills ana 90, over grassy ss
I'll you reach Stanley Pool. where 300 miles or
navi gable water confront you But yOuT troubles
by means at an end. ARABIC IL $50 miles in
the interior and sometimes II will take three weeks
Of canoe journey to reach IT. ana all ths s,d t,me
does generally. and to get wet means an attack & OF
owned by the Government. the Beigians, the mis-
sionaries and the trading companies Iney are
ana ape put "s togsther afterward They are small
not very comfortable The country is full Of hor-
reptiles and animals destroy NE everywhere T.. but
the native cruees are mPS xSS ndesiTSsb ds on
upon his rank and station how many are put TO
death; The atrocities committed by the soldiers are
tent Of the slave trade carried on In this day by the
Arabs s ssn rate errf Aca Out 'Dscs D
men who went an expedition but six returned
DR. Moody spoke OF the work still to be done. In
the Soudan region there are 100000 square
miles with not missionary. Along the Congo and
in South Africa some progress has been made, and
at Victoria Nyanza there Is a cathedral that seats
5000 people, where services are held reg reguarly
historian began a course OF lectures on American
President waiter Hervey Of the Teachers Col
lege continued his of lectures from the pre-
vtous week and gave an excellent one on Present
Day Problems In American Education. In this
day" said Professor Hervey. the problem OF Amer
ican education is TO train men 10 be citizens or the
Republic This is the problem that includes all
others and has been and never Will be solved
because its conditions and needs can never be fully
known beforehand -, 1,,,.,
Dr. j. NJ. Buckley. Of The New YORK Christian
week "Courtesies Old and New. was the title OF
the first lecture given by Dr Buckley Hs secona
lecture was scientific one on the subject OF
Light