New Britain herald., 1919-07-23

the Town.
 The bad weather, is proving un- popular at the camp grounds, as it is interfering to some degree with the carrying out of exercises planned. Yesterdays program was broken up by the rain and the pageant and parade were not carried out. The pageant was to have been the most important event on the program. The rain also disturbed other events on yesterdays schedule, including the bonfire in the evening. The canning dem onstration was given in the Mid dletown church house and was large ly attended, The champion canning team of Connecticut gave the demon StratiOn.
 Institute to start. The third annual F,pWorth League Institute will begin d the grounds at o'clock this evening with an enter tanment to usher it in. As it prob ably is the last institute to be held at the local grounds. the committee in charge has worked hard and made elaborate arrangements for the one which starts tonight. The institute
 will remain in session until Sunday noon, when the annual Methodist camp meeting will begin. X number of forceful and entertaining speakers have been secured for the session, and, together with the entertainments to be offered, the committee feels it has arranged a li1eable program for the three days.
 The entertainment this evening will be the biggest and best ever offered l at the grounds. It will he furnished by professionals aided by selected | talent from the various leagues ] throughout this territory.
 From S:3O until 11:3O o'clock on 1 Thursday, Friday and Saturday morn 1 ings there will be group conferences for all present. Discussions will be held on Evangelism" Missions" and "SOCial Lea que Methods" Archi- bald Tremayne. of Yale university will lead the discussions on Evan gelism"; Rev. c. R. Strobel, of this town, and Rev. J. A. Devadason, of India, those on "Missions." and Rev R. R. Voorhees,, of Hartford, will be the leader in the discussions on
 Social League Methods" assisted by
 Frederick Roberts, of New Haven.
 Thursday evening. at S:15 o'clock,
 Rev. J. "A. DevadasOn, of Brielley
 Theological institute, Bombay, India, will address the conference. Friday
 evening. at 7:3O o'clock, the confer ence will be addressed by Rev. Victor
 G. Mills of Meriden. who will speak
 on The Epworth League as An Evan gelistic Field"
 Rev. M. A. Bawber, secretary of the home mission board Of the Methodist Episcopal church. will speak on "Ru- ral Epworth League York; He will also hold several conferences during the session for the discussion of rural league work in this section for the benefit of leaders who will be in at tendance at the institute.
 The afternoons during the session will be given over to recrea ton, in cludng baseball. tennis hiking, etc. except tomorrow afternoon when Rev w. B. West Of Brooklyn vii be pres ent and will talk to the people on the ,'ATgonnc Fighting.' The speaker saw action with the A. F. F. in St. Mi hiel. Soissons the Argonne and other battles and he has been asked to tell some of his experiences while at the local grounds. In the evening he will be the pTlnClpa speaker and will take for his subject "The EpWorth League as the Turning Ground for the Church.
 On Saturday eveinng at 7:30 the i conference will be addressed by John 1 Lee Brooks. a Y. M. C. A. secretary of 1 Hartford, who served with the organi- 1 zatiOn overseas. He will tell of his 1 war work as well as on the subject "The E.pWOrth League as a SOCia 1 l Unit" Ike has done much 1eagu
 work among the young people as his