Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-26
PASADENA full
OF ENDEAV0RERS
ESTIMATED 1000 DELEGATES
ARE PRESENT
MANY SPECIAL TRAINS BRING
VISITORS
CITY Decorated in Honor OF Conven-
tion-Meeting to Be Held in
Gigantic Tent, Specially
Constructed
rsneolal to The Herald

PASADENA, June 25.-Filled prac-
tfcally to it's seating capaclty, tile
GREAT tent on Oakland avenue toIigh1
presented a remarkable appearance
with nearly. if not quite, 1000 menlpers
of the Christian Endeavor organization
of the state in attendance at the ms
formal session of the big state con-
vention opening here today. President
Harry H. Godber was the presiding
official and Mayor Thomas Farley OF
Pasadena delivered the address OF
The first Of the several special trains
TO arrive from the north came in tnls
morning with nearly 300 delegates
from the San Joaquin valley. by
o'clock in the afternoon three big
special trains with about 1000 dele-
rates had arrived, while from Los
Angeles and other portions OF South-
ern California Unexpectedly large
delegations were on hand early IN the
afternoon.
The delegates were received at the
Pasadena Presbyterian church, which
is headquarters for the convention,
an fmpromptu service being conducted
i'm the morning for the delegation
from the valley district. Here the
delegates were registered as they ar
rived and were assigned to rooms in
various portions of the city.
Guests of City
One of the novel features of the
affair is the fact that the city is en-
tertaining as its guests all delegates
coming from such a distance that
their railway fare amounts to $40 or
more Such delegates are being en-
tertained in private families, which
are doing this to aid in the work of
caring for the big convention which
De- after r01lPh pf-
fort.
The San Jose delegation, some forty
strong, is making hard pull to Sc
cure the state meeting for 1910. and 1t
is said to have very fair chance of
success. Its delegation reached Pasa-
dena early In the afternoon and went
Immediately at work to try and get
the next big annual meeting.
The business section and some of the
residence streets are decorated in honor
of the convention, and the big tent,
seating more than 4000 where the great
evening meetings will be held, is a
wonder one of the largest big tops out
side of the circus world ever pitched In
Southern California. In order to get a
tent large enough two tents were
merged into one and a platform hold
ing about 200 was constructed at one
end with the chairman's rostrum in
the foreground.
Mayor Welcomes Horde
This evening the features of the
meeting were the addresses by the Rev.
Frank NJ Dowling, retiring pastor OF
the First Christian church, who had
for his subject 1.-THE Churches and the
Young People," and Rev. William 7
PatchelI of San Jose, whose subject
was '@The Need of the Day"
The response to Mayor Earley's ad-
dress of welcome was delivered by
Charles Cunningham of Sacramento
and music under the leadership of H. s
Williams and Abraham Miller was a
big feature.
Indications point to the election Of
Neil Monroe of Berkeley as president
TO succeed H. II. Godber of Pasadena
There is a triangular fight on for the
honor of entertaining the next conven-
tion. San Jose, Chico and Pacific Grove
being in the fray for that honor.