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THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1896-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. = nation’s capital during their stay for the | fitting them for service on a committee of ‘ convention, yet upon the reception com-| this-character. s mittee, numbering over one thousand mem- | aoe Laniiess paait of thie ity ana te C 2 ee ae ed ee eee | iGentifled with several of the financial in- clelvatea ton to this 1 iter. : ; terests of the community. Since his eariy } eee ee er ae aa hood his church home has been at the = Se le The On ren the eoninitine | Westminster Premyterian Church. He has a Lichiiter, J. A. MacElwee, John Mitchell, | of ‘96: is pastor of the Ninth Street Chris- | fled many offices in various organizations Those Who Participated in the Preliminary Arrangements for the Fifteenth Inter- national Convention. Over Three Thousand Persons Have Been Engaged in Con- vention Preparations Ex- clusive of the Chorus. ee + Sketches of the Principal Chairmen and the Re- sults Accomplished by Their Work. ask to arrange for 1 Chri It has been no eas the fifteenth internatt deavor convention, to attend the sessions of 4 which so many thousands of young people from all parts of this country and Canada, and even from other continents, are gathered together in tjis city. To bring to perfection the plan which is now com- plete; to anticipate and provide for the almost infinite number of details In the ar- rangements; to secure accommodations In the hotels and private homes for the thous- ands of visitors and delegates: to provide meeting places adequate in size and suifi- cient in number, so that 40,000 sittings will be available at any given time during the convention; to assign the delegatiuns to the local societies for headquarters, in order that the guests of the local union may be properiy entertained and their comfort eared for; to secure the suitable decora- the business houses, and cl 1 both citizens y the expe nmei 4 starts he eomr ntivy b eretary others who with con- vention e spoken in the most as to th and fidelity of the committee of In- timate knowledge of plans, gained through daily correspondenze and ocea- sic I visits and personal conferences, long ago assured these general officers that the local preparations were in splendid hands. While the committee has had the benefit of the experience of prelimmary commit- tees for the prior conventions, It has not been content to foliow in the beaten path thus pointed out, but has successfully ex- Perimented in new and untried directions, beside adapting old ideas to local condi- tions. General Plan of Organization. The committee of ‘96 numbers twelve per- Sons in addition to five chairmen of sub- committees. The finance committee has twenty-flve members in its central portion, twenty-five members in Its citizens’ ad- ¥isory body, and 125 auxiliary workers. ‘The central entertainment committee num- bers fifteen persons with an auxiliary com- mittee of 500; the subcommittee on excur- #ions has seven members assisted by sev enty in its auxiliary body. Fifteen mem. bers compose the central hall committe its subcommittee on decorations has nine Members and 225 on the auxillary com- mittee; its subcommittee on ushers has also nine members, but an auxiliary force of more than @. On the music committee there are fifteen members, with seventy in the auxiliary committee. The staff of the Teception committee numbers sixty persons, divided into four sections of fifteen each and assisted by an auxiliary force of over 1.0. The press and printing committees have seven members each, as has also the central registration committee, to which is auxiliary a body of 200 members. The sub- committee on evangelistic work has half a dozen members, and the subcommittee on Pulpit supply also numbers six. In all there are more than 3,00) persons who have been engaged in convention preparations ex- ve of a chorus, which numbers above The Committee of *96. Those who deserve the most credit for the completeness of Washington's prepa- Ysticns for its visiting thousands are the members of the committee of "96, and the chairmen of its subcommittees. They are the following: W. H. H. Smith, chairman; Anson S. Taylor, vice chairmen: John D. ‘fan, secretary; Percy S. Foster, treas- William “B. Robison, chairman finance committee; Miles M. Shand, chair- man entertainment committee: William A. H. Church, chairman hall committee: Chas. S. Clark, chairman music committee; Rev. E:jiward B. Bagby, chairman reception comm®tee; Grant Leet, chairman printing committee; John B. Sleman, jr.. chairman press committee: William F. Stowell, chair- man registration committee: William W. Tuckey, chairman subcommittee on deco- rations: William: W. Everett, chairman subcommittee on ushers: Jerome F. John- son, chairman subcommittee on excur- sions; Rev. Daniel W. Skellenger, chair- man evangelistic commitiee, and Rev. Dr. Teunis S. Hamlin, chairman committee on pulpit supply. When the Christian Endeavor convention as held in Cleveland in the summer of "Ot the trustees of the United Society ac- cepted the invitation to hold the ‘96 con- vention at the nation’s capital. The invi- tation was extended by the local union and indorsed by the Commissioners, the boasd of trade, the Central Union Mission, religious organizaticns generally and one thousand business men of the city. Imme- diately upon learning of the trustees’ de- cision. preparations were begun for in- gugurating the work of arranging for the cervention. In the fall of 1S01 the execu- tive committee of the District union con- atituted Rev. Dr. Teunis Hamlin, W. H. Pennell, W. L. A. Conner, H. Smith, W. & McArthur, P. S. Foster, Rev R. Bagby and V Stowell a committee on inigation, with instructions tom recommendations to the unicn with reg io the formation of the committee of "9 and also to submit the names of such per sons as were deemed suitable to be ap pointed on such committes. The commit- tee held six meetings in October and No- vember, ISM, sitting in all some ten and one-half hours: and as a result of this pro. tracted, patient and con: the 2Ist of November, 1894, submitted a scheme of organization, and nominated the committee precisely With one exception. was ori as it stands today Lendell A. Conner, jr. iginally a member of the "{%s com- mii t upon his removal from the city the vacancy caused by his resignation was filled by the appointment of Grant Leet. It thus appears that the committee of is a creature of the executive commitiec of the local Christian Endeavor Union, and is more than a year and a half old. The of the peace, a position he still holds. He graduated in law from the Georgetown College with the class of 'S1 Mr. Taylor has been an active member of the Union M. E. Church for more than thirty years, and recentiy completed* a quarter of a century’s continuous service as secretary of the Sunday school of that church. He is one of the directors of tne Young Men’s Christian Associati and has long been identified with the business interests of the city, and par rly tive in gocd citizenship movements and in the cause of temperance. Treasurer Foster. The treasurer, Percy S. Foster, is a na- tive of the old dominion, born in Rich- mond, but when still a child was taken to Baltimore, where he was brought up and educated. He became an expert stenog- rapher and for a couple of vate secretary to William T. Cro editor of the Baltimore D: Afterward he entered the office of U andard Ot Company, and eight ye ago to this city as the re ve that concern. He has e been connected with various business prises here. Mr. Foster’s reputation as a musical di- rector is more than local. From his hoy- hood he has displayed marked ability and talent, and for ten ye: more was organist in the Seve: Church in Baltimore. Since hi with the First Baptist Ch he has served one year or, and ist and choir s precen until very recently as org. or director. He was the Christian Endeavor choir chorus that led the singing at the Moody meetings two years ago, which, under the name of the Moody Choir, is still in a flourishing condition. At the international Christian Endeavor conventions in Cle land and Boston Mr. Foster was selected as one of the leaders of the convention anizer of th ir, Chas, Muir, George F. Muth, W. H. Ronsaville, J. A. Runyon, H. K. Simpson, J. Scott Johnson, A. D. Spangler, Anson S. Taylor, Andrew Wiison, Samuel G. Wis Geo. F. Williams, Dr. F. J. Woodman; ex- efficios, W. H. H. Smith, Percy Foster. There was also appointed a citizens’ ad- visory finance committee, whose counsel and business judgment and experience wa of valuable assistancé. This committee was composed of the following well-known citi zens: Wm. Ballantyne, Chas. Baum, Chas. J. Bell, Justice D. J. Brewer, Chas. G. Conn, Geo. T. Dunlop, Jonn Joy Edson, Gen. John W. Foster, Albert F. Fox, W. B. Guriey, T. A. Harding, Justice J. M. Har- lan, Joha B. Larner, Theo. W. Noyes, My- ron M. Parker, E. 8. Parker, Commissioner John Ross, Isador Saks, Secretary Hoke Smith, Commissioner George Truesdell, B. H. Warner, H. A. Willard, Beriah Wilkins, ae es bal A. A. Wilson and S. W. Wood- ward. Wm. B. Robison. William B. Robison, chairman of the finarce committee, is a native of Ohio. He sas been a Washingtonian, nowever, since he was nine years of age. His education was received in the public schools of this c'ty, graduating from the High School in the class cf ‘78. Afterward he studied law, and received his diploma from Columbian ity in 1886, and the same year was ted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the District. He served about seven years in the office of the marshal of the District, a position he resigned in December, '89, to aceept the secretaryship of the Washington Loan and Trust Company, then newly organized. He remained in that position more than five ts, when he again entered the mur- V's office, and is now ch ef deputy United y Yo id besid takes being s sion, at the eculiariy fitted b tion to which he nergetic body sosed_ mainly in business ble Mr. Shand His A problem that caused ety be- fore its accomplishment was assured was nittee, the providing of accommcdations for 60,000 \tors. The herculean task was Iiavely attacked by the energetic entertainment committes, and after considerable work and two house-to-house canvasses of the city the committee's Ixbors were suc- cessfully concluded. ‘The chairman of tne committee is Miles M. Shand, who is a hard member of the Calvary Baptist Church and ‘hurch, and during the last Congress lain of the House of Representa- He is a Virginian, and studied at tuc Uni- Yale Divinit short time thre School. Aft churches in West Virgi port News. he spent a year in evangelistic work, in which he was particular ful. It was while he was thus en: he was invited to this city at the time of the dedication of the mission of the Chris- tian Church on Capitol Hill, to take charge of that work. Under his ministrations it has grown steadily, and a movement is under way to build a’ church, the congregation having outgrown the chapel, so that even standing rodm at the regular services is at a pre- mium. Nearly half the congregation is made up of young people, and there is a large Christian Endeavor Society connect- ed with the church. Mr. Bagby Is thor- oughly in sympathy with the Christian En- deavor movement and principles, and as president of the local Junior Union devotes a considerable portion of his time to its in- terests. He finds opportunity for consider- able literary work, and is the regular cor- respondent for the Christian Guide, a de- nominational paper, besides contributing fre- quently to the Golden Rule and other re- ligious publications. r. Bagby's right-hand man is Fred L. aback, the secretary of the committee. very inember of the reception commilt :e is in one sense a bureau of informaticn, ready to be called on at any time to satisfy the proper curiosity of strangers. have becn making a study of the interest in the city points «2 8 never before, care- fully reading some guide book as if it were a required coliege study, with the result that they are better informed on the | ject of Washington city than ever before, | even thongh they may have lived here ali | their liv The mem of the reception commit- tce in the several societies a ree of | the ari ments for the r { in which duty, of ve the a: nee of the | ton ke the oe ion in every way | nt one for the guests. rhe Committee on Excursions. Subordinete by the plan of organizat to the reception committce, but connected | immediately with it, and almost rate in impcrtance with any of the 96 con- vention committe is the committee on excursions. One of the gelightful features of entertainment provided Washington's visitors is in the form of excursions of va- eH ro-ordi- j i !Wanam w. { in this church and is now president of its Christian Endeavor Society. He exercises in his position as chairman of one of the important “96 committ earnest en- thusiasm of an active Endeavorer, as well aia practical business knowledge. Decorations, Badges and Flags. Conrected with the hall committee ani subordinate to it are two other commit- tees, on decorations and ushers. Each of these has an auxiliary body assisting in its werk, the decorations committee number- ing about two hundred, and the ushers abcut six hundred. W. W. Tuckey is chairman of the sub- committee on decorations; Page Zimmer- man of the Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church is secretary, and the other mem- bers are James F. Mc@ee of the West- ern Presbyterian Church, George K. Leet of Gunton Temple Memorial Pres- Memorlai Presbyterian Churen; Charles Phillips, St. Paul's English ‘Lutheran Church, and James Hilton of the Union M. E. Church. Mr. Tuckey, the chairman, was born in Baitimore, and at the age of sixteen he united with the Broadway Presbyterian Church, remaining actively identified with {ts interests until, in 18S, when he re- moved to this city. He is now connected with the Sixth Presbyterian Chureh. Dec- crating has been Mr. Tuckey’s business for thirteen years, and he 4s, therefore, looked upon as just the man for the place. One of the results of its work of which the cominittee is proud is the design for the convention badge, which has b ail visitors. The committee of doubtle in this opinion artily seconded every one who is raring the badge, that the Washington scuvenir Is the handsomest issued at an annual convention of Chri deav- orers. The decoration com in addition, provided the distinc nes designating th werking com: ti bers of the several which are so unique y the most or conve committee ington Ushers im Natty Uniforms. To assist in seating the great audiences the meeting places of the convention kly and with a minimum of conf a large corps of trained ushers will essary. There fs, therefore, an ushers committee of the hall committee, of which rious kinds, bicyele runs into the country everett, an energetic Christian and side trips to points of historic interest. deavor worker, 1s chairman. He was Two afternoons of the convention are spe- | born tn Chelsea, Mass., but has lived in set apart in the prc m for sight he war one y old. His seeing and excursions, and advantage will as received in the public 1 be taken of many odd moments for enjoy- and after his graduation from the ing a ride on the city’s smooth street sur- faces or into the attractive suburbs and i School, in the cl entered one of the la! ss of "AS, he along the cool and shady roads of the|{ tablishments in town, and 1s now the buyer JEROME F, JOHNSON. A. S. TAYLOR, REV. D. W. SKELLENGER. W. W. TUCKEY. W. A. H. CHURCH, GRANT LEET. JOHN D. JOHN B, SLEMAN, JR. MILES M. W. H. H. SMITH. MORGAN, SHAND. W. PERCY 8. FC B. ROBISON. TER. Ww. Ww. THE COMMITTEE OF ’96 AND CHAIRMEN OF SUBCOMMITTEES. - EVERETT. CHAS. 8. CLARK, W. F. STOWELL, REV. E. B. BAGBY. first meeting was held in the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, since destroyed by fire, November 26, 1894, and the first business to receive attention, after rerscnal consecration of the members to the great work assigned them, was the choosing of a motto-text for a watchword. Chairman Smith. At the head of the committee is W. H. H. Smith, a native of Connecticut, a man in the prime of life. vigorous and devoted to the cause for which he is giving so much of his time, thougkt and energy. He was bern in Niantic, and was reared in a New England home. When he attained his ma- jority he went to Wisconsin and engaged in business, also taking active part in re- ligious work. He came to Washington in 1864 to accept a clerkship in the newly formed bureau of steam engineering in the Navy Department, and has resided here continuously since. He organized the sys- tem of records, reports and accounts in the office, and was afterward appointed chief clerk of the bureau, a position he still holds. During his entire residence here he has heen actively and prominently connected with religious work. He identified himself in 1865 with the Western Presbyterian Church, and has served as ruling elder, Sunday school superintendent, ete. Hé tcok a theological course in Columbian University, in order to better prepare him- self for a layman's work, and graduated with the degree of bachelor of divinity in 1871. Although frequently urged to enter the ministry, he has steadily refused, prefer- ring to continue in lay work. Fer thirty years he has been engaged in Sunday school and Y. M. C. A. work, and until his duties as chairman of the " committee compelled his temporary relinquishment of a work in which he has been much inter- ested for a number of years, was the in- structor of a very large and successful class for Sunday school teachers, which is held every Saiurday evening, and attend- eG by representatives of forty churches. Mr. Smith has been actively identified with the Christian Ek:ndeavor movement in Washington. He organized the union of local societies, and for two years served as president. He was “chairman of the preliminary ccmmittce, which extended to the trustees of the United Seciety the in- vitation to hold the fifteenth international convention at the nation’s capial. His ex- ecutive ability and systematic manner of working make him an ideal chairman. Vice Chairman Taylor. Anson S. Taylor, the vice chairman, hails from New Jersey, where he received hie education, taught a district school and learned the trade of a printer. During the war he served with the Army of the Potomac in‘ the quartermaster’s depart- ment, and after his discharge entered the office of the quartermaster general in the War Department. He resigned to start the first temperance grocery store in Washingten. Mr. Taylor served in the city council in 1868 and ’69, and in 1873 was appointed by Governor Cooke a justice croruses, and he has been elected to per- form a similar duty in this city during the present convention. For two years he was president of the District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union, and has always been prominent in Christian Endeavor work. Secretary Morgan. Jchn D. Morgan, the committee's secre- tary, is a member of the First Congrega- tional Church. His boyhood was spent in Ohio, where he was born, and at the age of sixteen he went to the Pacific coast. He studied law in Seattle, and later was appointed court stenographer of the chan- cery court. He received a civil service appointment in 1891 and came to this city, continuing his law studies, graduating from the Columbian University, and being admitted to the bar in 1893. He was el ed secretary of the District Christian En- deavor Unionein 1893, and has served in various capacities since that time, as chairman of the press committee and as editor of “The Endeavore: Mr. Mor- gan has pronounced literary tastes and talent, and is the author of a _ song, “Washington, ‘96,"" extensively sung dur- ing the campaign for uring the con- vention, and another hymn, “Loyal Sol- diers,”" the music to which was written by Percy S. Foster and used publicly for the first time at the convention of the local union held in January. Securing Funds. What first claimed the thought of the cemmittee was the all-important considera- tion of securing needful funds for defray- ing the expenses of the mammoth under- taking. In fact, before the committee of "96 was formed, when the proposition of in- viting the convention to Washington was being discussed, the question of a guarantee fund was pretty thoroughly talked oyer, with the result that when the committee on invitation went before the trustees of the United Society of Christian Endeavor and asked them to select Washington as their meeting place in 1896, one of the main arguments used in urging the claims of the nation’s capital was the substantial support offered by the business and pro- fessional men of the city. The commitiee went fortified with a list of 1,000 names of citizens, representing the substantial in- terests of the community, who, in the spring of '94, signed an agreement to co- operate with the local union in the matter of raising a fund toward defraying the ex- penses of the convention. Under the plan of organization those who have been charged with the duty of deal- ing with this important branch of conven- tion work were banded together in a main body of twenty-five, supplemented by an auxiliary committee, consisting of one rep- resentative from each Christian Endeavor society in the local union. The central committee was composed of the following members: W. B. Robison, chairman; W. W. Everett, secretary; Geo. A. Birch, C. 0. Bohrer, Rufus P. Clarke, George E. Bar- her, W. C. Henry, A. R. Holden, E. Hil- ton Jackson, Jerome F. Johnson, J. H. well known to every local Endeavorer as the president of the District of Columbia Christian Endeavor Union. He was born In New Brunswick, New | Jersey, and is 6f Scotch parentage. His | education was received in the schools of his native town, and in 1882 he came to Washington to accept a position in the State Department, where he has been em- ployed ever since His life while in this city, as well as be- fore his coming here, has been character- ized by a lively Interest in religious work, | and his ability and zeal have found expres- | sion in many directicns. He was for five years superintendent of the Sunday school at Memorial Capel, correr 5th and P. streets, which was at that time one of the largest Sunday schools in the District. For several years past he has been secr tary of the Sunday school of Calvary Bay tist Church, and has seryed the school with great efficiency. Since the organization of the Christian Endeavor Society in Calvary Church six years ago, Mr. Shand has been much in- terested in the movement. He served one year as vice president of the District of Columbia Union, one year as chairman of its lookout committee, and is now presi- Gent of the union. Every duty to which he has been called has been performed in a quiet and modest, but thoroughly efficient and helpful manner, and he has the united and devoted support of the Christian En- deavor of the District. The ecretary of the-committee is R. A. Pearscn, and the members are: Norman 7. Elliott, F. M. Bradley,ZW. I. Simpson, W. W. Warwick, Rev. Chagies Alvin Smith, E. A. Clark, Charles E. Ful, Glen T. Jones, David P. Wolhaupter, 3jr., S. D. Luckett, Rev. J. H. Bradford, C. 8. Jewell and Chas. W. Little. ‘1 Assisting this central, ccmmitiee was an auxiliary entertainment committee made | up of several members; from each societ in the union, numbering'more than 500 per- sons. Thovgh pre-emirfently a convention | city, and well equippediin accommodations and by experience for taking care of large crowds, Washington has not sufficient ho- tel room for the thous&rds of sojourners, and it has been necessagy to call intg requi- sition the bearding Houses and private homes to properly care for the visitor: it could hardly he expected that- a: cit should hav tilable hotel accommods ions for a throng of transients equal to nearly one-fourth its population; such an | unusual number of visitors must be cared for by the citizens themselves. And it is | known also that a great majority of the | delegates to the convention prefer stopping | in the homes of the residents. In this way Washingtoa’s citizens come into direct con- tact wich the great bulk of those who have | been invited to enjcy the hospitality of th nation’s capital, and have an opportuni of sustajning the city’s excellent reputa- tion in this regard, The Reception Committee. While it is incumbent upon every En- deavorer in the District in every possible (is in charge of the bicycle section. Mr. } and it has been the care of the excursion | Sorts. way-to make the guests of the local union feel that they are most welcome in the country. After the convention 1s over all- day trips will be participated in by a great many of the state delegaticns. Jerome F. Johnson is chairman of the excursion committee, and John G. Muir Johnson was born in Michigan of New England parents. During the late war he served with distinction In the famous Iron Brigade, and was discharged after the bat- tle of Gettysburg because of wounds re- ceived in that struggle. He came to this city and made his home here. At the or- ganization of the First Congregational Church in 1865 Mr. Johnson became one of the original members, since which me h> has held many important positions in the church and Sunday school, resigning re- cently the superintendency of the latter to accept the positicn of field worker of the Sunday School Union of the District, to which he was last year elected. Mr. Johnson will have the assistance of an auxiliary committee cf about forty members in carrying out his plans, as well as the advice and help of the following, who are members of the central excursion committee: J. R. Mothershead of the Cal- vary Baptist Church: G. W. Callahan, Luther Memorial Church; A. M. Orrison, Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church; J. A. Scott, Ninth Street Christian Church; W. J. McClelland, North Presbyterian Church, and John G. Muir of the E Street Baptist Ckurch. Three earty morning bicycle runs have been planned by the bicycle squad, the start to be made from the White House at G o'clock and returning in ample time for breakfast. An afternoon ride has also been planned. Most of the excursions will be held after the convention sessions are closed. Arling- ton and Mount Vernon, however, will daily attract their thousands of shrine-visitors, committee to provide every facility for the proper handling of the crowds to these re- When the convention is over, dele- gates to a very considerable number will take advantage of the rates and facilities secured by this committee for trips to Harper's Ferry, Luray, Pen Mar, Fortress Monroe, Norfolk, Hampton Indian School, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. The Hall Committee. No light task has been that of the hall committee, through whose efforts meeting places for the convention sessions have been provided, with a combined seating capacity of 40,000. W. A. H. Church is the chairman of this committee, and the other members are Geo. E. Barber, secretary, Ryland M. E. Church: BE. T. Fenwick, E Street Baptist Church; B. Frank Meyers, St. Paul's English Lutheran Church; Ar- thur Copeland, Calvary Baptist Church; W. J. Palmer, Trinity M. 8. Church; Louis D. Bliss, Calvary Baptist Church; Fred W. Bacchus, First Congregational Church, and C. B, Ball of the same church, and = Muir, E Street Baptist Church. Of these, one is an electrician, one a lumber dealer, two are architects, one’ an engineer, all of them men of practical experience, specially for one of its important departments. All his life he has been an attendant at the Calvary Baptist Church, for a number of years he has served as assistant secretary of !ts Sunday school, and is an ex-president of its Christian Endeavor Society. Mr. Everett is genial and popular, and his ap- pointment as chief of ushers is regarded as # particularly good one. The members of his committee are Wal- ter Weston, vice chairman, Calvary Baptist Church; James B. Lackey tary, Western Presbyterian Church; Rob ert H. Young, Mount Pleasant Congrez: tional Church; Washington Topham, Me- moriai United Brethren Church: Albert Speiden, First Baptist Church; W. H. As- pinwall, Church of the Covenant; Leidy S. Depue, Western Presbyterian Church, and Robert Leetch, West Street Presbyterian Chureh, The ushers’ committee consists entirely of young men, and they will be kept busy while the convention is in session. Not only will they officiate at the tents and at Central Hall, but at every Ch deavor meeting, wherever held, it is tended that they shall be in charge of the seating arrangements. Attractive uniforms have been provided in- for them. In addition to the skull cap, with the word “Usher” in gilt letters on the band, the ushers are uniformly dressed in a combination of the convention colors, white duck trousers, blue serge coats, red sashes and blue neckties. The Music Committee. More than ever has attention been given this year to the music of the convention. In making plans for what they desired to be the best Christian Endeavor convention ever held, Washington’s managers put forth every effort to have special promin- ence given the music. It has been the aim to make it an inspiring, uplifting and a memorable feature of a memorable gather- ing. A chorus of 4,000 yoices has been or- ganized and trained in the hymns selected for the meetings, as well as in special music which the chorus was requested to prepare for rendition without the accom- paniment of the great audiences. Mr. C. S. Clark of the Church of the Covenant is the chairman of the music committee. He is assisted in his work by a central committee of nine members, three of whom are ladies, and by an auxiliary | committee of about sixty-five persons. Each member of the auxiliary committee is a leader of a choir of from 59 to 130 singers attached to the society of which he is a member. The combined choirs of from ten to twenty socleties form one section of the body of convention singers, and the four sections united make up the chorus. The central committee assisting Mr. Clark in planning for the music of the convention is composed of Miss Blanche Pattison, sec- retary, of the Mt. Vernon M. BE. Church; Harry G. Kimball, aid, Western Presby- terian Churen; Miss Mattie Bartlett, Cal- vary Baptist; Dr. F. J. Woodman, Metro- politan Presbyterian; Russell Barnes, Ver- mont Avenue Christian; J. Rose, Gunton Temple Memoriai Presbyterian; E. R. Co: ner, First Congregational; Miss Florence | Kidwell, North Pres lard of the Congress erlan; R. T. ¥ treet Methodist Pro- testant Church, and Dr. M. F. Thompson of the Sixth Presbyterian Church. e are ail accomplished mu: 3, and are well known as vocalis plalisis or leaders of church choirs or other musical zations. The Press Committee. One of the youngest as weil as one of | the most enthusi and ene bers of the committee of Sleman, jr., chairman of the 1 commii- tee. He ts a member of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. He was porn this city, and his educ nm was re here, graduating from the H in nd from the jaw the Columbian University in came interested in Christian work in 181, and the ne: ed vice president of For two terms he the union's pr elected secre: rman of and was then ary of the His committee con members Paul E tional Chu Presh Gurley Memorial seorge R. Link - Paul's Townsend, Church of the © TempleWebster, First Pres!y and 3}. Fulton’ Harri Chureh. It would be difficult to ex ments as to the help given the by the press committee. most complete and efficien the religious and secular pape It out the country advised of the inter phases of convention prep out news matter and a num? feature articles, to the I ention lis chairman has introduced a numiy tures that were never attempt n gratif, 1d favorably commeni lie. The Registration Committe Not the least important of volving upon the local sc the hosts of this oc ing and pres: record tor who w som vi will contain th der fying in. this here esidence in whe been placed are comm.ttee. of an. The member committee are John M napel; Dr terlan, and fary body, of the carry shes, a member of He Stowell, chairma : is Luther Memorial Church. e of Little Rock 2 in business, an¢ duties, he now tary of the Was mn the work of He has t the Temple Memorial ¢ and an « dent ot Sndeavor Mr. . A. Conn the committee of when ih moved to Pittsburg. There is no aux the wirk of the p is believed to be unnec sary, a Leet and his assistants have had entire super- vision of the preparation and issuing of all printed matter needful for the vse of the other committees in gheir work. The Official Map and Program. Au undertaking of small magnitude of the official map of the city n of 1,000 coptes has been p The map ts exceedir ly_comprehensiv Printed in coiors ard foided in convenient form, it makes a \al- uable souvenir of the convention. It is 13 by 18 inches and shows and a few of the imum attempt was made to i or a large portion of the Di all of the cits suburbs. the wh trict of Colum- No bia, as it would result in showing the cits smaller scale and crowd Evangelistic Work. The committee on evangelistic work is to the committee of "96, and hes been working in the int St of special out- door and evangelisti rvices, to be held while the convention is in it is composed of the following men D. W. Skellenger xth Prest Church, che Rev. M. Bielaski, Rev. ter, It_ has endeavored to or Endeavorers for ; during the convention. rollment cards have ursion ma WwW. S. work and en- nt out to the been urged who hi tain the promise of si « crated ers in their delegations, “minute” men and women, with a fair proportion of good singers, to éng: this charac among the places of th tunity offers. The thr: ts of the al Union Mission ¥. used in this work, and noon: for business people are to be conducted Pulpit Supply. The last subcommittee engaged in pre- paratory work for the convention is the committee on pulpit supply, Rev. Dr. Teunis 8. Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the Covenant and one of the trustees of th: United Societ: rman. This comm tee’s work is practically over. It has made ignments of visiting ministers to local pulpits for the Sunday of the econyen- ork In all the work carried on under the @ tion of the committee of "95 there has be the most admirable sy had a specitic duty to accountable for its accomplishment sno duplication of assignments no fusion of dut mplete and accurat Ss were kept in headquarters, so th the chairman of the committee could com ate at once with any worker, if he ired. Partly because of this admir- tem, which has enabled the direct- ing spirits to keep ful sted as to the progress of the preparations, tly be- cause of the fidelity of the central and aux- iliary committees in executing the plans laid out for them, chiefly on account of the executive ability and energy of the mem- bers of the committee of who have de- voted themselves to the work for two years, the last six months of that time for many hours daily, has it been possible, with such thorough comprehensiveness of general out- line and completeness of detail, to arrange for the fifteenth international Christian En- avor convention,