Nineteenth Annual Meeting, New York City, June 24-28, 1897. President-Herbert Wilber Greene, 19 E. 14th St., New York. Executive Committee-R. Huntington Woodman, Chairman, 19 E. 14th The meeting next June promises to be the greatest gathering of musicians ever seen in this country. The various committees are already at work perfecting their plans, and the musicians of New York City are giving the movement their most hearty and active support. New York is the ideal city for large gatherings. The commercial and educational centre. Capable of accommodating unlimited attendance. Connected by rail or boat with every part of the country. The Grand Central Palace, which becomes the possession of the Association during the convention, is the largest exhibition building in the country. The Main Hall can accommodate 7,000, or can be adapted to smaller meetings. Smaller halls for essays, discussions and special meetings are under the same roof. for musical exhibit amounting to nearly four acres is there. Space The following is a brief synopsis of the features of the convention: Performance of Handel's " Messiah," or other great oratorio, with eminent soloists, large chorus and orchestra; the Governor of the State and Mayor of New York, with other distinguished gentlemen, will be invited to be present and address the assembly; church services (Sunday) the music of which will be furnished by combined boy-choirs; by combined mixed choirs; special addresses by noted divines of New York City; concerts of prize works by American composers; orchestral concerts, directed by noted conductors; chamber music concerts; piano-recitals; organrecitals; a special theatre performance will be arranged, at which the members will be privileged to attend at special rates; special sessions will be devoted to the discussions and exhibitions of public school music; the National Association of Elocutionists has been invited to attend the Monday morning session, and take active part, and have accepted; excursion by boat, through New York Bay into the Atlantic Ocean, to Long Branch; excursion up the noted Hudson River to West Point; for those who desire to attend, a banquet will be arranged. The Musical Exhibit will consist of the largest and most varied display of musical instruments, stringed instruments, actions, felts, machinery of construction, music publishing, studio furniture, band instruments, automatic musical instruments, music plates, paper and ink, newly patented inventions, technical practice machines,-everything used by musicians. Special excursion rates will be made to members over all roads. Board at low rates will be obtained by our Committee for visiting members. Active membership costs $3.00. This includes annual dues for first year. Renewal of membership or annual dues, $2.00. Beside participation in convention, meeting great musicians, attending exhibit and receiving special attention as above noted, members will obtain discount of from six to ten per cent. on all purchases made at several of the largest stores in the city; aid to sight-seeing in New York; special rates on purchases of musical merchandise, like pianos, organs, books and music. For further information, address the local secretary, Frank Herbert Tubbs, 121 West 42nd St., New York. Proceedings of the First Annual Convention of the Ohio State Association of Elocutionists Held in University Hall, Delaware, Ohio, Official Report. OFFICERS. President-Moses True Brown, Sandusky. First Vice-President, Robert Irving Fulton, Delaware. Chairman Board of Directors-Virgil A. Pinkley, Cincinnati. Chairman Literary Committee--Mrs. M. E. Bentley, Cleveland. Chairman Ways and Means Committee-Mrs. Rose O. Anderson, Cleveland. 170 OFFICIAL ORGAN: WERNER'S MAGAZINE, 108 East 16th St., New York. CONSTITUTION. 1. Name. This body shall be called The Ohio State Association of Elocutionists. 2. Object.-First: To lead to a better understanding of the science of speech-expression, and to greater artistic excellence. Second: To unite in closer professional and personal relationship those in Ohio who are devoting themselves to this science and art. 3. Membership.-Any recognized professional teacher of elocution or oratory and physical expression; any pupil under the instruction of such teacher, who expects to become a professional teacher or reader; any public reader, impersonator or reciter; any author of published treatises upon elocution or oratory, may upon the recommendation of a Director, payment of fees, and acceptance by this Association, become an Active member. Any literary person of good character who is especially interested in the art of expression may, in the same manner, become an Associate member. Those who may be thought by the Association especially entitled to the distinction, may, by a similar proceeding, become Honorary members. 4. Dues. The fee for Active or Associate membership shall be $2 for the first year, and $1 for each succeeding year. 3. Officers.-There shall be chosen annually a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, whose duties shall be such as custom has established, and they shall be exofficio members of the Board of Directors. 6. Board of Directors. In addition to ex-officio members there shall be a Board of eight Directors, one of whom shall be elected Chairman, four of whom shall constitute the Committee of Ways and Means, and four, the Literary Committee. The four receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected for two years, and the remaining four for one year. Four Directors shall be elected annually to fill the places of the four retiring. The Chairman of each committee shall be elected by the Directors. These chairmen, with the President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer and the Chairman of the Board of Directors, shall constitute the officers of the Association. Those only who are bona fide professional elocutionists, shall be eligible to office in this Association. 7. Meetings. This Association shall, at each meeting, determine when and where the next annual meeting shall be held. 8. Sections. This Association may, at any time, organize sections for special work, each appointing its own Chairman, but all sections shall remain amenable to the Board of Directors. 9. Alterations and Amendments.-Alterations and amendments of this Constitution may be made by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting, provided notice of the same be given three months preceding said meeting. Said notice shall proceed from and be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors. BY-LAWS. 1. Rules of Order.-Rules of Order shall be those governing all deliberative assemblies. Robert's "Rules of Order" shall be the standard of authority in cases of doubt. 2. Quorum.-Seven shall constitute a quorum in the Board of Directors. A quorum of the Association for business purposes shall consist of fifteen members. 3. Elections. A majority vote of the members present at a regular meeting shall decide all questions of business including the reception or rejection of new members. Unless a ballot be called for, all elections shall be by acclamation. 4. Committees.-The Committee on Ways and Means shall consider and report to the Directors the business arrangements for each annual meeting, subject to the acceptance of the Association. The Literary Committee shall be responsible for the literary, scientific and artistic features of the annual meeting, and report the same to the Board. 5. Absent Members.-Members prevented from attending the annual meeting shall notify the Secretary. 6. Modification or Suspension of By-Laws.-The foregoing regulations shall be modified or suspended, only by a two-thirds vote of those present at a regular meeting. On Monday evening, December 28, 1896, from 8 to 11 o'clock, a reception was tendered to the visiting elocutionists by Prof. and Mrs. Robert I. Fulton. About fifty guests enjoyed the social evening. Refreshments were served, and recitations by Miss Martha Hawling Bailey, Mr. C. Edmund Neil, and Miss Marguerite Smith, all resident elocutionists of Delaware, added greatly to the enjoyment of those present. TUESDAY MORNING, December 29. The Convention was called to order at 9 o'clock by the temporary Chairman, Mr. Robt. I. Fulton, who presided over the assembly during the entire session. A fervent invocation was offered by Rev. C. R. Havighorst, of Delaware. The address of welcome for the city of Delaware was made by Professor W. F. Whitlock, D.D., of the Ohio Wesleyan University. PROF. WHITLOCK'S ADDRESS OF WELCOME. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: Members of the Ohio State Association of Elocutionists, we gladly welcome you to our city and these college halls. Our little inland city is one of many conventions. Here have often assembled various ecclesiastical bodies such as conferences, synods, associations, etc. Political organizations, state, district, and county, have held their sessions. A few years ago the State Grange in our City Opera House held an annual session of unusual interest and enthusiasm. Two years ago the Ohio State Musical Association met in this building. Since then we have been trying to keep step to its musical strains that still here echo and reecho. This Association was so pleased, it is here again holding a very full meeting in another part of this same capacious structure. One year ago the University Senate of American Methodism, a body composed, by the action of the General Conference, of the presidents of its many colleges, assembled in this beautiful lecture-room of Prof. Fulton's, our beloved and honored professor of elocution, and the room seemed so full of inspiring thoughts, eloquent voices and facile forms of speech that they propose to return next year. This last autumn a state sisterhood of missionary workers convened in one of our churches and they were greeted with such accommodations and audiences as they had never had before. They expressed more than satisfaction with the place and people. It seemed to them that the October skies had a diviner hue than elsewhere, that the air was more delightfully balmy, and that the stars at evening time shone with a brighter radiance. The president expressed her desire that our churches and colleges might be open perpetually to their coming. But no convention of the past or present is more welcome than yours. You come hither for the first time, and it is your first time in Delaware because it is your first session. expect to see you often in the future. We shall As I have said, you are welcome to our city. If you could come into closer contact with our citizens, I am sure you would be pleased with their good-will, intelligence and culture. We have not a great city in commercial and mechanical enterprises, but we have in churches, colleges and all humanitarian sympathies. Many of our citizens compose families coming from different parts of the state and country for educational purposes. Many who have retired from business have settled here, because it is a pleasant and beautiful residence city. It has been said—and we do not deny it, that the saints on their way to the Celestial City find a residence with us very inviting, before they go hence. Possibly they feel, as it is said a Nebraska minister, who sought a transfer to southern California, is said to have felt. When asked why he wished the transfer, he replied that his health was poor, and that he did not expect to live long and he thought, from what he had heard about California, that if he could sojourn there for a season, he would in a measure become acclimated for the country he hoped ultimately to reach. I am sure you are many times welcome to this institution of learning; welcome to our campus, to our famous sulphur springs and to these halls. If you could see our campus in the summer time when the debris of our improvements is removed, when a carpet of green covers its slopes, when the trees are robed in their rich foliage, when the birds are singing from their branches, and many a boy and girl beneath their boughs pledge eternal fidelity to each other, I am sure you would be charmed with the scene and the surroundings. Beyond the slope at my right is the celebrated sulphur spring. Its abundant waters brought the University to this city. Its sulphurous odors are |