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The C. L. S. C work at the Carthage Chautauqua was conducted by members of the local club. Mr. Leon H. Vincent delivered a series of lectures upon literary subjects in place of the usual Round Tables and also gave the Recognition Day address. The Recognition Day services were conducted more impressively than ever before. There were seven graduates.. A new class of over thirty members was organized.

The Chautauqua idea was more thoroughly set forth at this Assembly than ever before in its history. There were daily meetings of the Round Table which were largely attended. Those in charge of the Round Tables were: Rev. Eben £. Saunders, and Miss Nellie S. .Johnson. At these meetings discussions were held upon "Esperanto," "The Japanese Immigration Problem," "The Parent Chautauqua," "The Voice of the Poets," etc. Reviews of the American Year books were also a popular feature. The new Hall of Philosophy was sufficiently far advanced to be used as a place of meeting. On Recognition Day the full C. L. S. C. services were followed, the address being delivered by Rev. E. P. Robertson. Several certificates were granted. Several new members have been enrolled for the Qass of 1911 and a considerable number are continuing the reading for the Qasses of 196B and 191a

The seventeenth annual session of Epworth Park Assembly, Bethesda, Ohio, was held July 31 to August 14. The program was good throughout. The work of the C. L. S. C was in charge of P. U. Hawkins, Barnesville, O. Mr. Frank Chapin Bray, Editor of The Chautauquan, was the orator on Recognition Day, delivering an address on "Ready Made Thinking." His visit to the Assembly was greatly appreciated.. There were nine graduates this year, who passed through the "Gate" and the "Arches." The regular Recognition Day program was used, and was highly appreciated by the large audience. About twenty new members have been enrolled for the coming year. There is a deeper interest in C L. S. C work than in former years. The graduates have recently organized, and are planning for the future. Mrs. Anna Albert, Bethesda, Ohio, was elected president, and Miss Adda Knight, Sardis, Ohio was elected secretary and treasurer.

The fourteenth session of the Willamette Valley Chautauqua Assembly which meets annually at Gladstone Park near Portland was a success both financially and educationally. There were ten round table sessions, from eleven to twelve, in the morning in charge of Mrs. Eva Emery Dye. The topics discussed were matters of general pressing interest in Oregon at the present time. One entire session was given to the interest of C L. S. C Recog-