The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-22
c, +. CONVENTION PLANS.
In Its Stupcudo,.s Work the 90 Commit
tee win Move SlOwiy-TwO Financial
Schemes in View.

In Its Stupcudo,ls Work the 90 Commit
Schemes in View.
The committee of '96, which repre-
sents the Union of the city's Christian
Endeavor societies, is steadily occupied
in arranging for the state Christian
Endeavor convention to be held IN
Scranton this year Last night In the
Young Mems Christian Association
parlors was held meeting OF the ex-
ecutive committee of the, City union
and, as at previous meetings, matters
developed which are pertinent to the
coming convention.
1t was announced that Oct 6. and g.
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday,
are the dates selected for the conven-
ton by the state executive committee
which met last month. Two plans OF
finance are under consideration by the
committee of &c and as soon us one Is
adopted representatives of the commit
tee will visit each city society and lay
before 1t the plans with the commit
tees suggestions. The committee re-
aliZes the magnitude of its undertake
ing and responsibility. AS many as
5000 delegates and strangers will come
to Scranton to attend the convention
and about an equal number from with
in the city will be equally interested:
To provide convention facilities for
this vast throng. to house the delegates
and to meet the expense of 1t all is no
small task; so the committee is moving
slowly and will establish no kind of ar
rangement or policy until the possible
results are fully determined. In this
connection the convention hall plan Is
one which has not been made public.
A sDace to seat eight, nine, ten, and
maybe more. thousand persons will be
required and to meet the needs of the
case an auditorium will have to be
erected The committee has several
locations in view. one at the corner of
Adams avenue and Mulberry street,
which will require a gallery on three
sides owing to the size of the lot an
other opposite the Columbia breaker on
North Washington avenue, and several
other sites The committee has come
to no definite conclusion in the matter.
Details Of the Meeting.
At last nights meeting of the City
unions executive committee, Charles
T.. Daniels, chairman of the '96 COM
mittee, presided in the absence Of Rev.
w. II. Stubblebine.
Miss Della p. Evans, of the West
Side. known throughout city church
circles as one of the foremost instruct
ors of primary Sabbath schools. re-
signed as superintendent of Junior
Christian Endeavor work, owing to the
many demands upon her time in her
associations with other branches of re-
ligious work. The nomination of her
successor was left to a special COM
mittee which will report at the Febru-
airy meeting. The committee is COM
posed of ID. J. Phillips. Miss Lena
Clark and Miss Ida WatrOus. Miss
Clark read paper on John Wycliffe.
Miss Evans was assigned to prepare
paper to be read at next months meet
ing.
1t was announced that the committee
of SO will during February give the
first of series of socials, the nature of
which, the time and the place to be
designated later. The socials are in
tended to inculcate a spirit of CO.
operation among the societies which
will tend toward facilitating the work
of preparing for the convention.