CALIFORNIA AND WESTERING SUN 323 



churches and sub-organizations within them to fur- 

 nish congenial opportunity for the millions of ear- 

 nest men and women who desire to make the world 

 better. All we need is that these varieties shall live 

 harmoniously together. 



A little weekly journal lies before me and I 

 quote from its pages : "Assorted Conventions and 

 Congresses to the number of 1 1 5 are scheduled for 

 the last two months of the Panama Pacific Inter- 

 national Exposition at San Francisco, from October 

 fourth to December fourth." And I note further 

 on that more than fifty livestock and poultry socie- 

 ties will convene at the Exposition in the latter half 

 of this month, although we who have had the 

 pleasure of entertaining our out of town friends 

 had supposed that the Neap Tide of Exposition 

 Conventions would occur when the schools opened. 



Somebody says a new organization is born every 

 minute but I have not heard of one for Professors 

 Emeritus yet; and I am delighted if it be so, be- 

 cause with a few exceptions every organization 

 which I call to mind is striving to accomplish some 

 good work. Some of them, particularly the 

 churches, deal with the problems of life as a whole. 

 A glance backward into history reveals the fact 

 that nations have flourished and maintained them- 

 selves just in proportion as they have practised 



