Part 2 — THE C. L. S. C. CLASSES.
Reading edition
CLASS OF 1885.—“THE INVINCIBLES.”
“Press on, reaching after those things which are before.”
OFFICERS.
President—J. B. Underwood, Meriden, Conn.
Vice President—C. M. Nichols, Springfield, Ohio.
Treasurer—Miss Carrie Hart, Aurora, Ind.
Secretary—Miss M. M. Canfield, Washington, D. C.
Executive Committee—Officers of the class.
Class badges may be procured of either President or Treasurer.
A very pretty program comes to us from a loyal “Invincible” of Toledo, Ohio, the Rev. H. M. Bacon, the president of the “Bryant” circle of that city. The program contains a six months’ outline of work. It bears the mottoes, the dates of regular meetings, and the memorial days. A kind of C. L. S. C. calendar which we imagine any once having had would find it hard to do without.
Miss Kimball writes our secretary, Miss Canfield, of Washington, that the Invincibles—true to their name—are making a splendid record, and that the class standing is excellent. She says: “I think the Invincibles may well be proud of their record. The prospect is that the class will stand fully as high, in proportion to its size, as any of the other classes. Of course we can not expect the actual number of graduates to reach that of other classes, as the whole recorded membership is much smaller.” Let this encouraging news help us to “press on,” and, classmates, see to it that all members of your local circles, who rightfully belong with the ’85s, have their memoranda completed and sent in by the first of July.
Of those who expect to receive diplomas at Chautauqua, forty-one, representing fifteen states, Canada and the District of Columbia, have responded to the request to send their names to the secretary. Let us hear from you all, that the list for “roll call” may be complete.
One ’85, who writes he lives alone with his brother “away out in the backwoods of California,” regrets he can not be present at Chautauqua, but hopes to receive his diploma at Monterey. From the Atlantic to the Pacific the pulse of the C. L. S. C. is beating strong and steady.
CLASS OF 1886.—“THE PROGRESSIVES.”
“We study for light, to bless with light.”
CLASS ORGANIZATION.
President—The Rev. B. P. Snow, Biddeford, Maine.
Vice Presidents—The Rev. J. C. Whitley, Salisbury, Maryland; Mr. L. F. Houghton, Peoria, Illinois; Mr. Walter Y. Morgan, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Delia Browne, Louisville, Kentucky; Miss Florence Finch, Palestine, Texas.
Secretary—The Rev. W. L. Austin, New Albany, Ind.
“For light!” and “with light!” as the words we repeat, Yet fuller and deeper the message they bring; Still through every volume each line that we meet In undertone earnest our motto shall ring. “For light” do we ponder the history vast Which spreads through the ages its sunshine and shade, “With light” for the present, we come from the past, With lessons whose impress we can not evade. “For light” must we study the many-hued lines Which Greece with her delicate pencil has traced; While Rome with her pride and her grandeur combines To deepen the picture no time can efface. “For light” at the portals of Nature we wait— Descend to her rocks and mount up to her stars— Her atoms diffuse and her gases collate, Yet learn, as her secrets she slowly unbars, How, filling, pervading, encompassing all, Still law—mighty law—through all systems doth reign; The world and the atom respond to its call, The dewdrop and ocean are bound by its chain. “For light,” above all, when our vesper has chimed, We bathe in the beams of an unsetting Sun; When thus up the ladder of prayer we have climbed, “With light” shall be blessed many thousands through one. “For light!” and “with light!” ’tis for this we would live, O fling our glad banner abroad to the sky! Truths won for ourselves unto others we give, Till light never-clouded shall greet us on high. Alice C. Jennings, Class of ’86.
CLASS OF 1888.—“THE PLYMOUTH ROCKS.”
“Let us be seen by our deeds.”
CLASS ORGANIZATION.
President—The Rev. A. E. Dunning, D.D., Boston, Mass.
Vice Presidents—Prof. W. N. Ellis, 108 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.; the Rev. Wm. G. Roberts, Bellevue, Ohio.
Secretary—Miss M. E. Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio.
Treasurer—Miss M. E. Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio.
All items for this column should be sent, in condensed form, to the Rev. C. C. McLean, St. Augustine, Florida.
Badges for the Class of ’88 sold only by Mrs. Rosie M. Baketel, Greenland, N. H. Price, 15 cents each.
All members who have interesting items of class news should send them promptly to the Rev. C. C. McLean.
The following circles of the Class of ’88 have been formed, viz.: “Janes,” Brooklyn, N. Y., sixty-two members; “Vincent,” Wyoming, Iowa, over twenty members; “Washington Avenue,” Milwaukee, Wis., fourteen members. In Collamer, Ohio, there was organized a circle four years ago. It has enjoyed active vitality ever since, and is now doing most efficient work in astronomy. Aroused by the last Chautauqua Assembly, nearly thirty organized a new circle. All are of the Class of ’88, except one of ’82, one of ’83, and five of ’86. The latter includes an old lady in her 81st year, who is not only beautiful in character, but, seemingly, as bright in intellect as in the meridian of life. This circle favors a change in motto; one suggests “Perfect in principle, in practice pure.”
The Florida Chautauqua is now in session at Lake de Funiak, and closes March 9th. The program is varied and interesting. We hope to report a good increase in the Class of ’88 at the close of the Assembly.
Iowa.—I am enrolled in the C. L. S. C. army, “Class of ’88.” Not until the middle of this month (December) was I able to commence my reading. The prescribed course I think grand, and I can but feel grateful for a plan so far reaching, and so full and beneficial in its results. Our class motto is excellent. I am a busy farmer, but I shall make known the advantages of the “Chautauqua University.”