The San Francisco call., 1897-05-15
TO RECEIVE THE
WEARY TRAVELLERS
Outline of the Work of the
Endeavorer Reception
Committee.
Various Sections That Will
Handle the Crowd of
Visitors.
Arrangements to Meet Delegates and
See Them Made Com.
fortable.

The work of the reception com mittee o.
the Interna tional Christian Endeavol
Convention is assuming definite shape. &
committee of 900 has been formed, 500 to
operate in the City 200 in Oakland, 100 in
Sacramento and 100 in Fresno. The first
mass-meeting OF this committee will be
held in Calvary Church. corner of Powell
and Geary Streets at 7:45 P. NJ, and Will
be presided over by A. S. Johnson, chair
man of the reception staff.
During the convention the reception
committee, both ladies and gentlemen
will wear white caps with purple bands
and the designation, reception Aid"
Those of the executive staff will have
extra bands over the tops. These caps
will be worn continually, both indoors and
out.
The duties of the committee may b.
generally outlined as follows:
Railroad section, in charge of Rober
Cleland. Will meet delegates coming by
the northern and central routes at Sacra-
be N ct at Fresno.
At Oakland they will be taken in charge
by the Alameda County Endeavorers,
Il
be on duty at Sixteenth street station and
the Oakland mole. Then they will meet
the station section. Z. P. Jensen chair
man, who will escort them in parties to
the headquarters at the Pavilion. This
section will also have charge of the Va
lencia- street station, the Tlburon and
Sausalito ferries, to receive local coast
delegates.
The wharf section, assisted by the float
ing society of Alameda County, will re-
ceive Endeavorers coming by steamboat
at the several wharves and will escort
them to the Pavilion headquarters.
The headquarters section, under the di-
rection of Charles M. Whitney, will have
charge of the headquarters. ali of which
will be located at the Pavilion. 1t will be
the duty of those serving here to receive
the delegates as they arrive from the sta
tions and wharves and do everything pos
sible to give them m ost cordial reception.
In order to facilitate the work of this sec
tion and 10 prevent any from being de-
prived OF attending all the meetings those
serving will be divided into three shifts,
the morning, afternoon and night. There
will be twenty-six headquarters for States
in addition to the California headquarters.
In each of these will be stationed membe
of the reception committee, who will be
in constant attendance. In addition to
the foregoing there will be reading, writ
| ing, resting, correspondence and cloak
rooms, branch postoftices, EN- ergency hos
pital, bureau of information and teIegTa PHI
Offices all of which will be cared for by
this section.
After having registered the delegate.
will be directed by the headquarters sec.
ton TO their stopping places and lodging
! houses.
The church section will have charge oi
| the recep ptions which are to be given by
all States in various churches on Saturday
evening, July 10. Miss Ida NJ. Clayton
has charge of this work.
A '97 convention dinner and rally will
be given at Plymouth Congregations al
Church next Tuesday evening at 80
o'clock. Tickets to the number OF 225
have been authorized. They may be OBJ
! tanned from this time until Monday even
ing next at liz Post street. at the Y. M. c.
| A. or from Endeavorers of the church.
The decorations OF he church will be
elaborate, and an excellent dinner i.
promised.
Professor r. r. Lloyd has been ap.
pointed POSTMASTER. The following