Evening star., 1901-11-06
BUSINESS AND PLEASURE
COMBINATION AT MEETING OF con-
GREGATIONAL CLUB. .
Dinner Served at Close of Regular
PrOgram-Address by Assistant
Secretary of State.

The members or the washington ConsTe-
gational Club and their friends enjoyed
dinner last night, which was served by the
ladies of the First Congregational Church
in the lecture room of the church. AS this
was the first meeting of the club since
the summer vacation the occasion was also
one of reunion, and the sociability of the
affair was one of the features.
Following the usual custom of the club
a business meeting was first held, and to
this came women as well men, another
characteristic custom which has contribu-
ted to the success of the organization. The
president of the club, DR.. Merrill E. Gates.
presided, and after the business which was
brought up had been attended to the COM
pany went into the lecture room, where
the dinner served, the attendants at
the table being young ladies of the church.
After the repast came the speech-making,
which was fittingly inaugurated by Presi
dent Gates. In the course of happy little
speech he introduced the speaker of the
evening, Mr.. David j. Hill, assistant secrc-
tary of state, who spoke in interesting
fashion of the influence of universities upon
national life. He traced the rise of these
Institutions and showed their influence in
the middle ages He spoke, also, of the
present standing of those centers of learn
ing and of their effect upon modern life
He pointed out in what way the universe
ties could be made more effective in meet
ing present needs
Greeting From Sister Churches.
4 cordial and hearty greeting from the
sister churches of the city was given by
Rev. Teunis s Harllin. the pastor of the
Church of the Covenant, and a reading by
Mai jor John Tweedale was much enjoyed.
During the course of the speech making
musical selections were rendered by Mrs.
a. d. Melvin, accompanied by Miss Beulah
B. Chambers, and the First Congregational
Church quartet. under the direction of
Prof. Bischof, consisting of Miss Edna
ScottSmth, Mr.. ]. Walter Humphrey,
Mrs. Hattie Mead Smith and Mr.. Douglas
D. Miller. Nathaniel Z. Robinson, Charles
NJ. Catlin and Horace F. Chatfield were
elected members of the club.
The ladies who gave the dinner Mrs.
Fisher, Mrs. Mcpherson. Mrs. A. D. Chat
field, Mrs H. F. Chatfied. Mrs. Gibson,
Mrs Newton, Mrs: Beall, Mrs. Hays. Mrs
Woodruff, Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Pierce. Mrs.
Miles. Mrs. Frazier, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs
Foster. Mrs. Brown and Misses Copp, Flora
Johnson, Lura Rugg, Helen Davis. Alice
Peabody Grace Mcpherson. Maud McPher-
son. Edith Williams, Helen Skinner. Anna
Hughes, Lydia Hughes. Ethel Chatfeld
Louise Chatfield, Lizzie Caywood, Lena
Woodruff, Grace Roth, Anna Fairfield and
Alice Fairfield
The Guests.
Among those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Gates, David j.
Till, liISl dSSiStdHt SECRETARY OI state,
Justice David j. Brewer, Rev and Mrs ].
E. Rankin, Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin and Mrs.
Hamlin Emma NJ. Brewer, Major and Mrs
John Tweedale, Rev. Augustus Davidson,
Rev. Ross Fishburn and Mrs. Fishburn, Rev.
s. NJ. Newman and Mrs. Newman, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Whittlesey, DR.. and Mrs. J. W.
Bischoff Douglass G. Miller Miss Edna
scott-Smith. Alfred Wood Benjamin w
Pond, Mrs. B. W. Pond, Miss Sarah p
Newman, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. L. Merrifield,
J. Walter Humphrey, Mrs. Hattie Mead
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs G. w. Davis. Miss
Helen A. Davis, Mrs. n NJ Williams, Miss
Edith E. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Chatfeld, Miss Ethel Chatfeld, Mr.. and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Chatfield, G. G. Mar
tin. DR.. Weston Flint, A. n. Skinner
Fred D. Dean, Mr.. and Mrs. William Lam
born, Mr., and Mrs. Jennings. Miss Nellie
A. L. Sturtevant. Mr.. II. B. Bradford, Miss
Emily H. Bowden Ruth G. D. Havens, Mrs
8. c. Parsons Martha c. Parsons. Rev.
Isaac Clark, Kate G. Adams, Emily E.
DR.. and Mrs. A. D. Melvin, Mr.. and Mrs
j. A. Macauiey, Mr.. and Mrs P. w. Cole
man, Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. CASTOR. Miss
Edith Eaton, Mrs. Cornelia B. Chambers,
Mrs. James L. Karrick, DR.. and Mrs. Viii
liam H. Seamon, Miss Edna A. Clark, Mrs
W. 7. Hughes, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r.
Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. Jerome F: Johnson
Wis III L NldlS, MI. anu &AiDeil
P. Eastman, Melville l.. Lindsay, Miss
Mabel F. Claflin, Mr.. and Mrs. P. c. Clafiin
Mrs. F. H. Montague, Miss Mary A. Hart
well, ]. w. Chickering, w. G. Fowler,
Frances E. Chckering Harriet D. Foster,
Prof. and Mrs. G. j. Cummings, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. NJ. Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs. Elphonzo
YOungs, George H. Hines. Portland. Ore;
Miss Barnum Miss Baldwin, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. P. Tolman, Rev. Davis Foster and Mrs
Foster. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.. Ewell, Mr.. and
Mrs. George P. Whittlesey, Mr.. and Mrs.
o. NJ. Mcpherson Mrs. N. J.. Mcpherson,
Mt. Sterling, H.: Mrs. A. w. Fisher, Miss
Letta B. Fisher, James H. Blodgett. Mrs
James H. Blodgett, c. X. Wead, F. w.
Fairfield. H. P. Higley and Mr. and Mrs.
George Z. Walker.