The Garnet Seal course has also been entertaining for several of the members.

The members of this society are also members of the Ladies' Shakespeare Club, the club meeting the first two months of each year for the study of Shakespeare, after which they divide, one section taking up current topics, the other the C. L. S. C. work. However, they will probably follow but one line of work the ensuing year. There is a good field here for C. L. S. C. work, but it has never been successfully established in any church or other society, our own club being the only one to take it up, and as it is an old club and one limited in numbers to fifteen members, the work could not be pushed to any great extent outside of our society.

The year book of our club has just been completed and I send you a copy.

With kind wishes for the future success of all C. L.

S. C. societies, and many pleasant memories of the Hall in the Grove, I am, very truly yours,

MRS. MARY H. TYNDALL.

C. L. S. C. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, TOLEDO, OHIO. The C. L. S. C. Alumni Association of Toledo and vicinity was organized March 2, 1896. From that time until now meetings have been held on the last Monday of each February, May, August, and November. We have on the roll, to whom we send invitations to each meeting, all the C. L. S. C. graduates, as far as we can get their names, numbering nearly one hundred. Those who are really members, paying annual dues, have varied in number each year from eighteen to twenty eight. The funds raised are used for the necessary expenses, such as printing, postage, and

occasional refreshments.

This year, earnest work has been done by a small number of people out of the Alumni Association in a class taking up the postgraduate course in American history arranged by our alma mater. This class has met on the first and third Monday evenings of each month. They have found the plan provided, and the books of the course, adapted to their needs, and rousing their enthusiasm as of old.

We would heartily recommend this course and also the course in English history and literature to other postgraduate classes.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, CHAUTAUQUA ALUMNI.

The Brooklyn Chautauqua Alumni Circle was organized in 1889, twelve years ago, with fifteen or twenty members, in the parlors of James H. Taft, 480 Clinton street, Brooklyn.

Dr. J. F. Atwood was its first president, serving one year, professional work precluding the possibility of further service as an officer.

The other presidents have been: Mr. O. B. Lewis, who held the office three years; Miss A. R. Wells, also serving three years; and Mrs. Jennie Atwood Case, who is just closing her fifth year as the circle's president. From its organization, it has been an uplifting power. Though never lacking in interest, the last few years of its existence have been marked by greatly increased devotion on the part of graduates; and undergraduates of other circles have been incited by its attractions to greater zeal in the completion of the C. L. S. C. course.

Much good work has been done in special lines, the circle having been divided into sections, each devoted to a different study.

The following include some of the topics considered during different years: Astronomy, zoology, current history, botany, psychology, music and musicians, anthropology, travels, English and American poetry, biography, Shakespeare, and the Bible. The last two have never gone out of fashion, being subjects which are never dropped for others.

The meetings are held on the first Tuesday evening of every month, in the homes of the different members, though of late years the largest houses are taxed to their utmost to hold the members and their friends. The circle at present numbers seventy-two members.

Prominent on the roll of our circle we may mention the names of Rev. J. S. Ostrander, D. D.; the late Rev. I. Simmons, D. D., formerly a member of New York East Methodist Episcopal Conference; Rev. R. S. Pardington, D. D., of the same conference; Prof. John Mickleborough, Ph. D., principal of the Boys' High School, Brooklyn; the late Freeman Atwood, M. D., for years a power in Brooklyn medical circles; Rev. J. E. Adams, D. D., now presiding elder in the New York East Conference; the Hon. John H. Straley, president of the Brooklyn Chautauqua Union; Prof. W. N. Ellis; Rev. R. H. Bosworth, D. D.; Miss M. Davenport, teacher of psychology in the Girls' High School, Brooklyn; Hon. W. L. Morehouse; Miss A. R. Wells, principal of Grammar School No. 35, Brooklyn; Mr. James H. Taft, the philanthropist and father of Rev. Marcus L. Taft of Peking University; Mr. O. B. Lewis, Mr. Alonzo Foster, Mrs. Frances Minshull, M. D., Mrs. Harriet Hale, M. D., Mrs. May Straley, M. D., all three of whom have won enviable places as medical practitioners; Mr. D. H. Underhill, president of the Guild of the Seven Seals; Mr. J. H. Lant, a biblical scholar and president of the Pathfinder Circle: Mr. T. S. Casey, an authority on Shakespeare; Mrs. R. W. Jones, the circle's poet; Miss R. W. Brown and Miss L. A. Shotwell, prominent in Chautauqua and literary circles, and Mr. H. J. Warner, president of the "No Name" Chautauqua Circle.

During the last year, visiting committees have been formed whose province it is to visit local circles and picture to the eligible members thereof the advantages and delights of membership in the "Alumni." Many who otherwise would drift into carelessness and utter neglect in regard to their C. L. S. C. work are spurred on to fresh effort in order to win the right to become one of the "elect." Some circles have been formed with that end in view, friends of graduates having visited the circle and been impressed with its educa tional and festive features; for the meetings are valued not only for their rare mental uplift, but for the friendly intercourse which finds delightful expression in the gathering together of these Chautauqua graduates.

The years may be many, we trust, ere its record be closed, and for its future we expect still increasing numbers and greater influence.

JENNIE ATWOOD CASE, President.

The Committee of Three," by way of variety, is changed from year to year. This year the members are Mrs. Florence Edwards, Mrs. Kibling, and Miss Vincent. The guests were invited into the hall to inspect various symbols representing musical terms. While they were cudgeling their brains to guess the meaning

ARTICLE II.- OBJECT.

The object of this organization is the mutual improvement of its members and the promotion of sociality and friendliness among all who may be in any way connected with it.

ARTICLE III.—MEMBERSHIP.

1. Any graduate of the C. L. S. C. may become a member of the Association by enrolling his or her name and paying the annual fee.

2. Any undergraduate may become an honorary

member of the Association by enrolling his or her name and paying the annual fee.

3. The members of either class shall each pay an annual fee of which money shall be used to defray the expenses of the Association.

ARTICLE IV.-OFFICERS.

1. The officers of the Association shall be a President, Vice-President, Honorary President, Secretary, and Treasurer.

2. There shall also be a Committee of Three who with the regular officers of the Association form an Executive Committee.

ARTICLE V.- MEETINGS.

1. The Association shall hold its meetings annually. 2. Such other meetings may be held during the year as the President may appoint.

3. A majority of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum.

While our meetings are only held annually, they are such happy events that every member looks forward to them throughout the year with pleasant anticipations, and invitations are much desired by those outside of the charmed circle. We have sixteen resident and several non-resident members representing the classes from '82 to '85, '87, '91, '94, '96 to '98. Seven undergraduates have also recently enrolled their names. Miss Vincent of '94 organized an active working circle in October, from which you will doubtless receive an enthusiastic report.

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The Holley Chautauqua Alumni Association varied its usual method of procedure by resolving itself into a committee of the whole, with the Committee of Three" in general charge, and entertained each other, their partners in life, and the Chautauqua undergraduates at the pleasant home of Mrs. Martha Coy on Van Buren street, March 21. They are mostly heroworshipers, and Longfellow was the chosen hero of this occasion. A large portrait of our dearly loved poet occupied a prominent place.

The business meeting opened with the Lord's Prayer. At roll-call each member responded with a quotation from Longfellow's poems.

Miss Vincent gave a very interesting report of the proceedings at last season's Chautauqua Assembly.

At the election of officers we were reminded of the last clause of that quotation from Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night": "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

None are office-seekers, yet for the seventh time W. H. Westcott was elected president; Mrs. H. E. Kibling, vice-president; and Martha J. Evarts, secretary and

Emperor's Bird's Nest. Snow Flake.
Catawba Wine. Sparkling Water.

The following toasts were given, Rev. C. C. Johnson acting as toastmaster: "Longfellow the Man"; Longfellow the Poet"; "Longfellow's Best Poem" 'Longfellow's Best Song."

Mrs. Westcott gave an interesting account of her visit to Longfellow's home. We then adjourned with a few closing words from Rev. C. C. Johnson.

The Holley Chautauqua Alumni Association has recently lost one of its most valued members by the death of Mrs. Laura M. Farwell, eighty-five years of age, and honorary president of the association. Mrs. Farwell and her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Milliman, were the first in Holley to begin reading the Chautauqua literary and scientific course in 1878, graduating with the "Pioneers" in 1882. In 1879 they organized a large circle. Mrs. Farwell continued reading, adding seals to her diploma as long as her health permitted. She was greatly pleased at the organization of the alumni association, and assisted in making it a success. She suggested the name by which it has since been known. Her presence at the annual meetings was appreciated by all, and her contributions toward the programs were always of especial interest. She often visited Chautauqua, and was frequently in attendance upon the class exercises in Pioneer Hall. At a meeting of the alumni appropriate resolutions were drawn up and adopted by the Association.

MARTHA J. EVARTS, Secretary.

S. H. G., FOSTORIA, OHIO. The Fostoria Society of the Hall in the Grove was organized in 1897 to keep up the interest of graduate Chautauquans in their alma mater. We represent the Class of '82 and nearly all the others from 1889 to 1900. We have the great honor of having the first three members who ever passed through the Golden Gate. When the Pioneers" knocked at the Golden Gate they were headed by three persons, representing three generations, and the rules were suspended, as it were, and they walked through together.

We number about twenty members, and once a year we hold an open meeting to keep Chautauqua before the public. The meetings have taken different forms, always combining literary with social features. Dr. Anna Shaw added much to the interest of our meeting last year with one of her wittiest lectures.

This year in May or June we give a Chautauqua reception, four of our members entertaining. The first house where we are to be received will be a Greek house with decoration and costumes in keeping, the second will be Roman, the third an English, the fourth an American. The entertainment and refreshments at each house will be in keeping with the period represented. At the American we propose to make Chautauqua the leading idea.

Our society has helped to organize other reading