applications are received after October 20th.

It seemed probable to the friends in Springfield that no church was
large enough to hold the audiences which would gather for this
meeting. The Court Square Theatre, which has the largest auditorium
of any public building in the city, was therefore secured.
Springfield is the centre of a large population gathered in other
towns and villages as well as within its own municipal borders and
easy connection is made through trolley lines or railroads.

[Sidenote: Committees.]

Rev. Philip S. Moxom, D.D., is Chairman of the General Committee. Mr.
Charles D. Reid, 255 Main Street, is Chairman of the Committee on
Transportation. Mr. Clarence E. Blake, 11 Dartmouth Street, is
Chairman of the Entertainment Committee. Rev. Newton M. Hall is
Chairman of the Press and Printing Committee. Mr. Charles A. Royce is
Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements.

Those desiring information will receive it by writing to a chairman
of the proper committee given above.

[Sidenote: Transportation.]

Reduced fares amounting to one and one-third of the full fare have
been arranged on the certificate plan. When purchasing a ticket a
certificate must be received from the selling ticket agent and when
presented at the Annual Meeting will secure the reduced rate in the
return fare.

[Sidenote: Program.]

Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, D.D., of New York, will preach the Annual
Sermon Tuesday evening, October 23d. The program has been prepared to
cover not only the reports of the work of the American Missionary
Association but also to provide for the discussion of large and
fundamental problems. Prominent clergymen and laymen of our own
denomination will be present. There will also be represented on the
platform societies and institutions working along the same line in
cordial and hearty Christian sympathy. This will add greatly to the
interest of the meeting and to the scope of discussions. Thus the
Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting will present a platform and not an organ.

[Sidenote: Jubilee Singers.]

A band of Jubilee Singers from Fisk University, Tenn., will be
present and add greatly to the sessions by their quaint and pathetic
music. This is always an interesting feature of the American
Missionary Association convention appreciated by all.

[Sidenote: Industrial Exhibit.]

An industrial exhibit containing samples of the work in
representative Association schools will present an object lesson