named; and to this day its fellowship, after forty-two years,
still continues one of the largest at its annual gatherings in Pioneer
Hall, the building which it erected as its home.

The book-store was crowded with applicants for Green's History, and the
few copies on hand, not more than half a dozen, were instantaneously
disposed of. An order was telegraphed to the Harper Brothers in New York
for fifty copies, on the next morning for fifty more, then for another
hundred, day after day the demand increasing. The Harpers were astounded
at the repeated calls, and telegraphed for particulars as to the reason
why everybody at an almost unknown place called Chautauqua had gone
wild in demand for this book. Their stock on hand was exhausted long
before the Assembly was ended, and most of the members of this "Class of
1882" were compelled to wait a month or more for their books. Public
libraries were by no means numerous in those days while Andrew Carnegie
was making the millions to be spent later in establishing them, but
wherever they were, Green's Short History was drawn out, and a waiting
list made for it, to the amazement of librarians, who vainly proposed
the substitution of other standard English histories. Whoever could buy,
borrow, or beg a copy of Green, rejoiced--we hope that no Chautauquan,
in his hunger for literature, _stole_ one, but we are not sure. People
otherwise honest have been known to retain borrowed umbrellas and books.

In the Class of 1882 eight thousand four hundred names were enrolled,
for the members brought home from Chautauqua the good news, and
families, neighbors, and friends everywhere sent in their applications.
Later we shall learn what proportion of these followed the course
through the four years and marched under the arches to their Recognition
as graduates.

An addition had been made to the grounds on the west, and here Dr.
Vincent chose a square shaded by abundant beech-trees, as the center
and home of the C. L. S. C. He named it St. Paul's Grove, choosing the
apostle who represented the combination of the fervent heart and the
cultured mind, an ideal for all Chautauquans. Besides Dr. Vincent's
address at this time, another was given by Governor A. H. Colquitt of
Georgia, President of the International Sunday School Convention. The
dedicatory prayer was offered by Bishop Foster and an appropriate hymn
written by Dr. Hyde of Denver was sung by Professor Sherwin and his
choir. St. Paul