Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-08
FIFTH ANNUAL AsaenRly


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preparations are now In .prorress at
Good WIN Farm for the fifth annual
assembly for boys. -Four occasions OF
en is alna nave been held On the farm The
ing transferred to Il beautff,ils tract of
pine trees directly opposite Good viii
f fa ana arrangements are being made
Week yU r rery Int interesting and profitable
sonabie price for the week or any part of
.He week, TO boys or young men who an
i iIy I1r them. The tent which has pre-
viously Deen used as the main assembly
tent will this year be used as a dining
tent, ana Will stand near a building forty.
i've feet In length which has inst been
comm np s,,, q i Tor cooking purposes.
mas Just been completed by Mr.. Waller
NJ Smith of Conn, who Is one nf the
TRUSTEES T., su, of the Good Win assembly. AS AS
granted upon the NJ c, RI r and in
aduition to the railroad travel there will
pc 4 Terry trip across the Kennehec
e9 Ta,n w mdS arrive on the train will walk
take them in less than two minaIies +, the
mann entrance to the Pines.
"A splendid new tent manufactured by n
New York firm has just been shipled to
the farm, which will have sittinrs for
'hn0ut hive hundred persons.
There will be the usual preliminary
m1 NEE! ~ under the tent Tuesday evening,
assembly will open Wednesday morning
July 18th. The programme for the week
Is varied interesting and inspiring. Each
morning at $50 there will be a half hour
devotional service. From ten o'clock to
eleven thirty each day there will be adj
dresses under the tent. There will be
lots Of singing which will be under the
erection of Rev. ]. M. Frost of Bangor
Mr.. John r. Boardman of Bangor. will
rave general direction of the devotional
services In the morning DR.. G.. L. Mey-
I'm, physical instructor of the Boston
lett ...II
pc On hand with all manner of helpful
suggestions for boys and young men
capt. W. w. BASTARD, who for two years
PAS nad charge Of the athletics, will also
tara IS an enthusiastic ball player, a
Christian gentleman. and a preacher of
unusual 1Is power Rev. William Walton
to boys and young men on the Bible. Mr.
Clark has been one of the lecturers in the
Ghilcagos Bible Institute during the past
Northiield Bible Conference in years
FAST. MIR. Clark is not only a remarkable
Bible scholar and Il man who knows how
to tell what he knows about the sacred
BOOK, but he Will also be heard on other
topics. His lecture on petroleum which
win be fully Illustrated with samples. is
the outcome of actual experience in the
Gil fields. His lecture on "How to sue
ceed in business consists of conclusions
which he reached as a commercial travel
er. When he talks TO boys and young
men about camp life in the Adirondacks,
and a trip to the Rocky Mountains, he is
simply telling his own experiences. When
he joins the boys on the ball field he is
entirely at home: for he, was first base
Williams college beat Harvard and
Princeton on the diamond. Each year
some well known author of boys books
has appeared at the assembly. James
Monroe and Hezekiah Butterworth have
all been heard with interest and profit In
story telling. and solid addresses. This
meet is equally famous. but has achieved
fame along different line of writing.
He Is Orison SWEET Marden. the author of
the two ringing books for the young.
tects of Fate" Rev. Wilbur F. Berry of
Portland. with tent and camping equip
ment. will tell the boys the very best way
lain Tribou of the United States Navy,
Herbert l.. Gale the well known ev'dnge-
list f Memander bennett the humorist.
Waiter n. Smith of Stamford. Conn;
others will be on hand to add to The in
terest and profit. ard see that every boy
and Young man who camps in the Pines
good and profitable time.
The afternoon will be devoted entirely
to athletics. The usual swim in the Ken
mebec Tye id Sams s;S Of base b4l and the
tention. The athletic field IS In the very
heart of the Pines. The natural history
nslsoum in the Chas. f. Moody building
will be open to visitors at convenient
seasons each day. 1t may well be qucs-
toned whether a more profitable outing
can be arranged for the boys. or by
young men than assembly week in the
Coed VIII Pines. The big tent will BE-
dedicated the first day of the assembly.
The flag raising in the Pines with appro-
pirate exercises will probably occur on
Saturday. but each day will have its in
tercsting events.