5l8 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



Mrs. F. R. Harris, Mrs. August Meyer, Mrs. C. D. Sargent, Mrs. F. A. 

 Stout, and a few others, as first members. They completed the four years 

 course, and four of them — Madames Foster, Meyer, Sargent, and Stout, 

 received diplomas ; but others did not apply for them. In June, 1894, when 

 the Chautauqua curriculum had been completed, the}^ changed the name of 

 their society to the "Monday Afternoon Club," and still continue their 

 meetings and readings on lines of their own choice. 



Dei^phi Circle, C. L. S. C. — This was organized October 2, 1892, out 

 of the Marengo Av. Circle, and is still in existence, 1895 ; but no data 

 furnished. 



Olivewood CircIvE, C. ly. S. C. — Organized October 2, 1892, out of 

 the Marengo Av. Circle, to serve as a local for residents of Olivewood 

 and vicinity. It was kept up for one Chautauqua year, then disbanded — 

 some of its members going back into the parent circle and some into the 

 Delphi circle. 



The following is a list, as nearly complete as I could gather, of persons 

 who have graduated from Pasadena circles and received the Chautauqua 

 diploma : Mrs. O. H. Stanton, Mrs. Anna H. Johnston, Mrs. Annie P. 

 Bleecker, Mrs. Frank S. Wallace, Mrs. Susie Holmes, Miss Maude Jacobs 

 [now Mrs. Winter], Mrs. T. C. Foster, Mrs. August Meyer, Mrs. C. D. 

 Sargent, Mrs. F. A. Stout, Mr. F. S. Wallace, Mr. A. B. Stevens. 



Yucca Circle, C. L. S. C, South Pasadena. — Organized in October, 

 1887, by Mrs. A. A. Burrows, Miss L. E. Whiting, Miss C. M. Bishop, Mrs. 

 Gertrude Case [now Mrs. Bridges], Miss Rebecca Graham, Miss Belle Everett. 

 [Mrs. Burrows was one of the first members and first graduates of the 

 first Chautauqua class or circle ever formed in the world. That class was 

 enrolled on the banks of Chautauqua lake, in 1878, while Rev. Dr. Vincent 

 was standing on a stump addressing them. She joined this Pasadena circle 

 to review.] Its graduates have been : Miss Bishop, 1891 ; Mrs. Eeo Long- 

 ley, 1892 ; Harry W. Cunningham, 1893. In June, 1893, this circle died. 



The Cynthia Bishop Circle, C. E. S. C, South Pasadena. — Organ- 

 ized in October, 1894. Miss North, president; Miss Elva Srcith, 



secretary. 



The Shakspeare Club. — The beginning of this society was during a 

 session of the Eadies Aid Society of the First Congregational church, in 

 June, 1888, when Miss Claribel Thompson and Mrs. Eydia Nash privately 

 talked over the matter of having a ladies' literary society or club, and 

 agreed to start one. Accordingly they appointed a meeting for the next 

 week at Miss Thompson's home on Palmetto street. Other ladies had been 

 invited, but only those two came. They, however, proceeded to formulate 

 the plan for future meetings, and decided on Shakspeare as the first author 

 to take up. At the next meeting there were three recruits — Miss Ellen F. 



