South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-27
LAY PLANS FOR TWO
CELEBRATIONS IN 1916
Close of Bethany Assembly
Marked by Announcement
For Next Year.

BETHANY PARK. Ind. Aug. zt.-
w. +. NJ. Macedonian, president OF
Bethany assembl announced at the
closing session Of the 32nd annual as
sembly season at the park. that the
1916 season will be in the form OF
Joint celebration of the third of a cen
fury anniversary OF the founding OF
the assembly and of the observance OF
the Indiana centennial from relglOus
viewpoint
An elaborate series of tableauX ana
pageants OF an historical nature snow
ing the struggles Of the pioneer
preachers in the early days or the
state are being planned. The paSeantS
will be staged on the wooded hlllSldes
of the park and on the banks OF Jewel
lake. The missionaries Will be SHOWN
as they came down the Ohio and up
the Wabash river and its tributaries
on their gospel errands to the Indians
and TO the pioneers. The circuit riders
OF later years and the old-fashoneo
rural church will he shown and the
later developments of the religious
life in the state up 10 the present time
will be traced in a series OF lectures
and addresses by representative In
diana ministers.
To Last Only Three Weeks.
The assembly program for 1916 Will
be shortened from four and half TO
three weeks it has been announced
and the sessions of the evangehsts,
ministers. singing evaDgelists and Bible
school workers will be held stimuli
taneously. The plan has been
made possible by the extension of the
facilities at the park
Pres't Hackleman announced that
special committees will be appointed
at the fall meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the assembly in October to
make plans for the special anniversary
program for the coming year. Mr.
Hackleman also announced yesterday
that Paul Shellhouse of Indianapolis,
the Rev. Perry Dierdorf of Greenfield.
Ind, and Mary Harrison Smith of Mar
tinsville, Ind. have been appointed
mem bers of committee to prepare an
extensive recreation program for the
coming season.
Commencement Exercises.
The sixth annual commencement ex-
ercises of the Bethany Park training
school were held as the closing fea-
ture of the assembly program. Fifty
two diplomas of the international Sun
day School association were presented
to the graduates in the elementary and
advanced courses in Bible school,
Christian Endeavor. missionary and
yates completed the advanced work
and the other 27 were enrolled in the
elementary courses. The diplomas
were presented by the Rev Garry l..
Cook of Indianapolis, dean of the
summer school and Indiana superin-
tendent of Christian EndeavOr and
Sunday school work of the Disciples
Of Christ Mr.. Cook also delivered the
commencement address. Remarks
were made at the exercises by the Rev.
Oscar r. Kelley of Terre Haute, the
chautauqua lecturer for the week, and
Cynthia Pearl Maus. w. j. Clarke and
Hazel A. Lewis of Cincinnati, o.; Ade-
line Goddard of oklahoma, Okla. !;
Frank NJ. Lowe. jr.. Of Kansas City.
Mo, members of the faculty Of the
school The students in missionary
work were addressed by the Rev.
Henry j. Derthick of Indianapolis, set
tlementwOrk director of the Christian
Woman's board of missions