re Sunday School workers. In their conception,
however, the two famous founders realized that all truth, even that
looked upon as secular, is subsidiary, even necessary for successful
teaching of the word of God. Hence with the courses of study and
conferences upon practical details, we find on the program, some
literature and science, with the spice of entertainment and amusement.

The conception of Dr. Vincent was not to locate the Assembly in one
place, but from time to time to hold similar meetings on many camp
grounds, wherever the opportunity arose. There is a suspicion that Lewis
Miller held his own secret purpose to make it so successful on
Chautauqua Lake as to insure its permanent location at Fair Point. That
was a wise plan, for with settlement in one place, buildings could be
erected, and features like Palestine Park could be increased and
improved. Whether it was by a suggestion or a common impulse, on the
last day of the Assembly a meeting was held and a unanimous appeal was
presented to make Fair Point the home of the Assembly. The trustees of
the camp meeting shared in the sentiment and offered to receive new
members representing the Assembly constituency. As a result, the
officiary was reorganized, no longer as a camp meeting but as an
Assembly Board. For two years Fair Point was continued as the name of
the Post Office, although the title "Chautauqua Sunday School Assembly"
was adopted. But soon Fair Point became "Chautauqua" on the list of the
Post Office Department, and the old name lingers only in the memory of
old Chautauquans.

Before we leave that pioneer Chautauqua, we must recall some of its
aspects, which might be forgotten in these later days, at once amusing,
perplexing, and sometimes trying. More steamers, great and small, were
plying Chautauqua's waters than at the present under the steamboat
corporation system. Old Chautauquans will remember that ancient
three-decker, _The Jamestown_, with its pair of stern wheels, labeled
respectively "Vincent" and "Miller." Each steamer was captained by its
owner; and there was often a congestion of boats at the pier, especially
after the arrival of an excursion train. Those were not the days of
standard time, eastern and central, with watches set an hour fast or
slow at certain well-known points. Each boat followed its own standard
of time, which might be New York time, Buffalo or Pittsburgh time, forty
minutes slower, or even Columbus or Cincinnati t