The San Francisco call., 1897-07-15
The Coast Chautauqua
Formally Begins It's
LaborS. =
DR.. Eli McClish Opens the
Assembly and States Its
Objects.
The Forum Hour Given Up to a
Symposium of Talks Upon
Temperance.

PACIFIC GROVE, CAL, July 1.-THE
second days session of the Chautauqua
Assembly Of the Pacific Coast opened this
morning at 8 o'clock. The sunshine which
has made the days of the past two weeks
so perfect was absent to-day, Old Sol
being obscured by fog; but the gloomy
atmosphere had no appreciable effect
upon the interest which was manifested
by the Chautauquans in the work and
pleasure before them.
The first hour OF tho morning session
was devoted to the formal organization OF
classes. DR.. Eli McClish, the assem- bly,
president, opened the session with short
devotional service which he followd with
few introd uctory remarks. This years
assembly, he said, opened up under Pc
culiar circumstances, coming as it did
upon the crest of great wave OF en- thusi-
asm, produced by the Christian Endeavor
Convention, and it would therefore be all
unusual assembly in many WAYS. de
spoke of the extraordinary array of talent
which had been engaged and called upon
the various instructors who were present
to speak briefly upon the lines they would
follow in the lessons to their several
classes.
| first. He had made arrangements for the
reorganization of two classes In vocal cul-
| ture, one for children, which would be
| rec, and one for adult. Professor j. w.
Riedman of the University OF California
| outlined the work he would conduct In
elementary and conversational classes In
| German and French and in preparing
| students TO enter these classes at berke-
| ley without an entrance examination.
| Mrs. e. l.. Place of the University OF Min
nesota organized a class in geography
| methods on normal school plans and New
ton Cleaveland of Stanford University
gave short talk upon zoology-which
branch he will conduct here-and organ
| lied class in marine zoology. Each OF
the classes enrolled goodly number OF
| mem bers.
The principal period of the morning
was taken up by he forum hour, which,
| as its name i'm plies. is devoted to the dis
cIsson of the more prominent questions
of the day. This being anti-saloon day,
! this period was taken UP with sym
| postum of talks upon mperance-not all
prohibition or teetotal talks, but all
| against the saloon as an enemy OF social
| development.
DIR. McClish began the talk by defining
| the Anti-Saloon League as a new method
by which the adherents OF temperance
were endeavoring to push forward the
work.
1--WE have already tried, said the doc
| tor, moral suasion for the drinSer, men.
tai suasion for the thinker, legal sussion
for the drunkard- maker and prison sua-
sion for the statute-breaker; all OF which
methods have up to this time been merely
experiments.
He introduced the principal speaker,
Dwight H. Robinson, State lecturer and
organizer of the Anr-Saloon League OF
Michigan. Mr.. Robinson gave an outline
| of the work as carried on In his Stale, the
progress already made and the future
| plans OF his State organization. DR.. Bo-
ward of the First Methodist Church of
! Alameda also spoke upon the work in
California, giving its history in brief from
its beginning last year. d.. Bovari is the
chairman of the primary committee OF
the California AntiSaoon League and the
| State secretary.
The 9 o'clock afternoon session was
called to order by DR.. McClish and the
meeting was opened with prayer by Rev.
| Dr. Ewing of India. Dwisht II. Robin
son made a few remarks on Good Git
! izenshp," rather in the nature OF pre-
lude TO the address by the orator OF the
day, DR.. Ii. H. Russell OF Columbus, Ohio,
National representative OF the Anti-Sa-
+ loon League OF America.
| DR.. Russell followed the subject begun
| by MIR. Robin son. He told something
| about methods of the Anti-Saloon League
| in striving to suppress liquor saloons, and
| gave short history OF what has already
been accomplished since the organization
OF the league in 1888 He dealt with the
obstacles TO be overcome in achieving its
aim and the manner OF doing il, which he
defined as attention 10 each ones duties
| as citizen. the seeing TO the nomination
| and election OF the best and cleanest
town, county and State officials, and the
raising of the standards OF each commun-
| ity. The other question would then solve
| Itself bv natural sequence, he said.
The Round Table asse bled In the Ep-
| worth League \lecture-room at O'Clock
and was conducted by DR.. McCllsh. the
subject was, "Chautauqua and Its Work"
DR.. H. H. Russell again addressed the
amply and many outsiders at P. N. in
the assembly hall upon the subject:
"Who is 10 blame for the liquor traffic 2"
This closed the days exercises.