f language overpassed the limit. Among the
speakers we read the names of Dr. Henry M. Sanders of New York, Mr.
John D. Wattles of the _Sunday School Times_, Dr. Henry W. Warren of
Philadelphia, soon to become a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Dr. C. F. Burr, the author of _Ecce Coelum_, a book of astronomy
ministering to religion, famous in that day, though almost forgotten in
our time; Dr. Lyman Abbott, who came before the audience holding up his
pocket-Bible, with the words, "I am here to-night, because here this
book is held in honor," Dr. Warren Randolph, the head of Sunday School
work among the Baptist churches, and Mr. A. O. Van Lennep, in Syrian
costume and fez-cap. He made two speeches, one in Arabic, the other in
English.

Normal work for Sunday School teachers was kept well in the foreground.
The subjects of the course were divided into departments, each under a
director, who chose his assistants. Four simultaneous lessons were given
in the section tents, reviewed later in the day by the directors at a
meeting of all the classes in the pavilion. In addition, Dr. Vincent
held four public platform reviews, covering the entire course. The
record states that about five hundred students were present daily in the
Normal department. About one hundred undertook the final examinations
for membership in the Normal Alumni Association. The writer of these
pages well remembers those hours in the pavilion, for he was one of
those examined, and Frank Beard was another. The first question on the
paper was, "What is your name and address?" Mr. Beard remarked audibly,
that he was glad he could answer at least one of the questions. To
dispel the doubts of our readers, we remark that both of us passed, and
were duly enrolled among the Normal Alumni.

[Illustration:

Amphitheater Audience
On the Lake
By the Lake
Tennis Courts
In the Lake]

The list of the lecturers and their subjects show that Bible study and
Bible teaching still stood at the fore. The program contained with many
others the following names: Dr. W. E. Knox on "The Old Testament
Severities," Dr. Lyman Abbott, "Bible Interpretation," Dr. R. K.
Hargrove of Tennessee, later a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, "Childhood and the Sunday School Work," Dr. George P. Hays, then
President of Washington and Jefferson College, "How to Reason," Frank
Beard, a caricature lecture with crayon on "Our