The annual meeting of the Trustees of the Chautauqua Assembly was held in
the gentlemen’s parlors of the Sherman House, Jamestown, N. Y., January
9th and 10th, Lewis Miller, Esq., President of the Board, in the chair.
There were present Vice President F. H. Root, of Buffalo, Dr. J. H.
Vincent, Mr. Clem Studebaker, of Indiana, Dr. J. T. Edwards, Revs. J.
Leslie, H. H. Moore, and a number of others. The old board of officers
was reëlected with this exception: Mr. W. A. Duncan, of Syracuse, was
elected trustee and secretary of the Assembly and superintendent of the
grounds. Mr. Duncan is a leading Congregationalist of Syracuse, N. Y. He
is a man of fine business tact, of indefatigable industry, of executive
force, and a thorough Christian gentleman. Mr. Duncan has had large
experience in the management of Chautauqua matters, having been Dr.
Vincent’s right hand man for several years, and will enter upon his work
under the most auspicious circumstances. Dr. Vincent outlined his work
for the summer of 1884, but the details of his plans were not arranged so
that he could inform the board who the lecturers would be on any given
days in August next. The finances of the Assembly were found to be in
a more satisfactory condition than some trustees had expected. Taken
all in all the business of the Assembly is in a healthy condition, and
the program for the coming season promises to be an unusually brilliant
one. A number of new cottages will be erected when the spring opens,
the facilities for reaching the grounds will be improved, and the hotel
accommodations will be excellent and at prices to suit the purses of all
visitors. The business transacted was of a routine character, but the
results will be apparent the coming summer in the improved condition of
the grounds and public buildings at Chautauqua.