The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-09
WINONA ASSEMBLY PLANS
PROGRAMME FOR THE SUMMERS
WORK is ABOUT COMPLETED.
Many Eminent Lecturers, Teachers
and Entertainers Already Engaged
Improvements at the Park.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW. Ind. Feb. S.-The Winona AS
sembly Association enters its ninth season
with fiatterng prospects. The attendance
has steadily increased since the park prop
erty was purchased from the Boyer broth
ers, and, Notwithstanding the expenditure
of thousands of dollars each year on i'm
provements, nearly all of which has been
taken from the receipts during the success
sive seasons, the business affairs of the
association within the last three years have
become firmly fixed on a sound financial
basis. Over $4,000 people passed through
the turnstiles last year, which number
included nearly 1000 ministers and Chris
tian workers from this country and many
parts of the world.
The Winona programme for 1908 will ex-
eel those of other years. Among the
speakers will be John Mitchell, president
of the United Mine Workers of America;
Chaplain Lozier, Professor Brested, of Chi
cago University; the Rev. George l.. Nc
Mutt, whose socialstic ideas of the church
and church work caused a sensation among
the pastors attending the Bible conference
last year: the Rev. Thomas Z. Green,
Ernest Thompson-Seton, James Speed, F.
r. Robertson. Mrs. Bertha Kunz Baker.
Prof. S. H. Clark and other notable lee
turers and entertainers In addition to
the lectures and entertainments Manager
Sol c. Dickey has arranged for a number
of distinguished lecturers to assist the
deans of several schools now on the ground.
Many improvements have been made
since last season. The new ]. Wilbur Chap
man building, located on the lake shore,
near the Indiana University biological sta
ton, will be completed by the LIST of May.
The funds TO build and furnish Ii were
the gifts of many liberal friends of Wi
mona through the fundamentally of the
Rev. j. Wilbur Chapman, the latters idea
| being 10 provide summer haven. rent
| free, for ministers receiving salaries of 500
! or less annually. The auditorium will be
| enlarged and its seating capacity increased
| terians and Lutherans are planning to
| erect UNCONVENTIONAL homes at Winona
and the United Brethren have just com
pleted a fine building of this charac-
| ter. This denomination is also con-
| sidering proposition TO erect a
| conference hall to be used for
that church's national conference, which
meets annually at Winona. For this pur-
| pose two lots have been purchased. Since
last season handsome summer homes have
been erected by John NJ. ,Studebaker, OF
| South Bend; W. T.. Caldwell. of New Matt
| land, Mo-; John Giffin, of Kewanna. Ind.
Mrs. Minturn and Sol c. Dickey. of Indian
| apolis; r. Il. Lesson, of Elwood: w. II
/ Bast, of Warsaw, and w. IL. Bruing, Of
| New York. These are the more costly anC
| handsome summer homes. Nearly a hun
| dred cottages are in process of erection, al
| of which will be ready for occupancy tn.
coming season. a fine bathhouse, equipped
| with all modern improvements, takes tn.
| place of the old one, which has been re
| moved to a point near the biological sta
| ton.
The Rev. j. Wilbur Chapman, of New
/ York, the founder of the National Winons
/ Bible Conference. will, of course hav.
| charge of the conference again this year
| and will personally act as its directo
| throughout the meeting. He has engage,
| a number of the most prominent pastors
| Bible teachers and evangeists of the Unite,
| States and Europe TO assist him Throughout
| the session.
The summer school will have faculty o
| more than fifty instructors the comm,
| year, among whom are Prof STANLEY Coul
| ter. Purdue University: Prof. Howard San
! olson, Indiana State Normal; Prof H NJ
| kingery, Wabash College; Prof E. ]. Flue
gel. Purdue University: Mrs. e A. Blake.
| Primary Normal School, Indiana polls: Mis-
| Katherine g. Hine, Western College, Mis-
Ellen Iglehart. Chicago: Prof w. z. Stipr
| Mitchell. Ind: Capt. G.. w. Reddick North
| western Military Academy, Highland Park
| H.: Prof. w. 8. Sterling, Cincinnati Col
| lege of Music: Miss Josephine Shiffe- In
| dianapolis; Miss Meyica Hoagland. Publ,
Library Commission of Indiana: Prof r
| D. Hams, Wabash College. and others Tw
| additional chairs have been added-tbos
OF history and physics.