The daily morning oasis., 1919-06-21
GERMAN CABINET RESIGNS OFFICE
NE HODISTS
OPEN GREAT 7
EXPOSITION
United Press Service,

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 20.-ThlS
was the opening day of the
Methodist Centenary Celebration.
Until July 13 the gates of the ex-
position grounds will remain open to
welcome the hosts of Methodism and
their friends. It is regarded as the
most ambitious demonstration of
missionary effort in home and
foreign fields ever attempted. With
pageantry, with music, with life plays
representing the daily existence of
strange peoples in far away lands,
with replicas of far off communities
and with innumerable features and
exhibits, the Centenary Celebration
emphasizes the one hundredth an
niversary of the Methodist Church's s
entry into the mission field.
1t is an all American exposition.
The Methodist Church and the
Methodist Church South have Joined
in demonstration of the strength
of their denomination. Eight ex
hibit buildings house the exhibits
and life plays. In the Coliseum.
seating $500 persons, the pageant
"The Wayfarer," is to be presented
nightly, excepting Sunday, while q.
children's pageant, "The Children's
Crusade" is to be presented two af-
ternoons each week.
Seventeen ehousand participants
have been enlisted to make this
gathering success. A choir Of
1000 voices has been drilled for the
"The Wayfarer, which has
also an orchestra of seventy-five
pieces and the aid of the $4,000 pipe
organ, especially constructed. The
children's pageant has duplicate
choruses of 500 voices each. In ad.
dition there is the Centenary Cele-
bration Trombone Choir of one hun
dred trombones, the only organiza-
tion of it's kind in existence.
Noeed men of this and other coun-
tries have been invited to participate
and acceptances have been received
from Josephus Daniels, Secretary of
the Navy; William Howard Taft;
William Jennings Bryan, and Majo,
General Leanord Wood. Eminet men
of the Methodist Church havc
signified their intention of participae
ing.
The various exhibitian building
are assigned te nations having pro
minence in the mission field. The
China building encloses a walled
Chinese city complete in all details
with temples, pagodas, restaurants
and gathering places. The Africs
building contains thatched jungle
huts and the masonry structures CT
North Africa, remnants of Roman
civilization
The India building contains thC
bazaars, shrines, burning CHATS, anC
other pertinent features of the aystir
empire. The Korea-Japan-M Malaysia
building encloses tea houses, temples
island huts and industries. The
Europe-Latin America building pre-
sents bits of war-wrecked France an'
Belgium, shell-shattered cathedrals
and an accurate replica of the
Chateau-Thierry battle ground.
Everything in the home mission
field is represented in the twin Amer
lean buildings. In the insular Amer
ican building are found replicas of
the dwellings of those Americans
living in Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
Philippines.
The largest screen in the world, a
spread of white, 10 by 110 feet has
been erected for the exhibition of q
great series of pictures from all over
the world, culled from the collections
of missionaries.
A special corps Of youths, the
Centenary Cadets, one thousand
strong, was recruited to guard the
grounds and act as guides and mes
sengers. AS nearly as possible, one
cadet was drawn from each church
district in the United States, forming
o unique church cadet body.
The Centenary Celebration was
opened under the auspices of the
Joint Commission of the Methodist
Church and the Methodist Church
South, of which w. w. Pinson is