The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-07
THE WESTERN WRITERS
ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD AT
wINONA JUNE 25 TO %.
The Programme Has Been Prepared
and Indicates Sessions OF
Unusual Interest.

The programme has been issued for the
fifteenth annual meeting of the Western
Association of Writers to be held al
Winona Lake, June 25 to %. 1t is expected
that there will be large attendance. Tht
officers of the association are:
President, Lee O. Harris, Greenfield, Ind
Vice Presidents for Indiana-James Whit
comb Riley, w. w. Pfrimmer. Mrs. Z. S
l.. Thompson, Miss Evaleen Stein, j. w
Carr.
Vice Presidents for States-James New
ton Matthews. Illinois; Robert ]. Burdette
Pennsylvania; Young e. Allison, Ken
lucky; Eugene f. Ware. Kansas; T. +
Oldham, Ohio.
Secretary-Mrs Maude c. Smolley, Brook.
Vile, Ind.
Treasurer-Mrs. Ida May Davis, Terre
Haute, Ind.
Executive Committeeman Cumback
Mark L. De Motto. John Clark Ridpath
s. p. Thompson, w. III. Venable, A. w.
Butler, j. G. Culmer, Joe s. Reed, Mrs
Minnie Il. Boyce.
Programme Committee-w. p. Fishback
Mrs. Maude c. Smolley, Benjamin S. Par
ker, John j. Curtis
The programme is as follows:
Monday Evening-Annual welcome and
reunion: Music, Miss BRIDGE Blye: presi-
dents address, Lee o. Harris Qndiana)
music, Miss Clara Rooms; sketch, Mark L.
De Motto Qndiana); poem, Miss Kathleen
Tuesday Morning - Music; poem, DC
velopment of the territory northwest of the
river Ohio for the past one hundred years.
Tuesday Morning-Music: Poem, 1.-The
American Spirit" Rem. A Johnson; adj
dress, "Wisconsin's Development and Place
in Western Literature; with Illustrations,
Miss Kathleen Hurley; poem, Jethro c.
Culnner; music.
paper, Michigan Authors and Literature, "
Alice e. Bartlett (Michigan); poem, Benja-
min s. Parker Qndiana); discussion
music, Miss BRIDGE Blye.
dress, Indiana Miss Minnetta Taylor
Qndiana); music, Miss Clara Rooms; dis
cussion and informal talks on ''Ohio and
Illinois," with Illustrations, original
from these States. Music.
Wednesday Morning-Music. Miss Birdice
Blye; poem, Albert Charlton Andrews
Qndiana); "A Reading in Prose-" Coates
Rooms; paper, Miss Clara Laughlin Qlli-
nois); poem, John G. Chafee Qndiana)i
music.
Evening-Music. violin solo, Miss Birdice
ney (Ohlo); Thomas Tadmore. jr., and His
Friends" William H. Venable (Ohio)i
music. vocal solo, Miss Clara Rooms; poem
Miss Minnetta Taylor; music. harp; Miss
man Qllinois); music, volcal solo. Miss
Clara Rooms; selections, James Whitcomt
Riley; music, piano, Miss BRIDGE Blye.
Thursday Morning-Music, violin solo
Miss BRIDGE Blye: poem, 1.-THE Immortal
Life J. c. Ochiltree (Ohio): address. "Ths
Vital Principles Of Literature" William
Norman Guthrie Ohio; poem, w. w
Pfrimmer Qndiana); short story. Mrs: Cora
Gaines Carrel (Ohio); "A Fragment" Johr
Uri Lloyd (Ohio.)
Afternoon-Business meeting: Reports OF
committees, election of officers, etc.
Evening-Annual banquet.
Eri6 metz Dc L
Wiles Qndiana); poem, E. B. Heiney Gin.
DIANA; address, VIII Cumback Qndiana)
paper, THE Question of Dialect" George
S. Cottman; poem, Miss Kathleen Hurley
poem, Joe 8. Reed Qndiana); sketch, Renos
II. Richards Undiana).
Evening-Music: Poem, Mrs. j. II. "
Rooms Qndiana); address, W. III. Hickman
Qndiana); sketch, Julie Caroline OHara
(Ohio): paper. Stevenson" William +
Jenkins Qndiana); sketch, "Old Creole
Town." Mrs. Martina Swafford Qndiana).