1917!] In Baltimore 



Meanwhile my presence was requested at Baltimore, 

 where a Sunday evening conference in the Academy 

 of Music had been arranged by the Rev. Richard W. 

 Hogue. Arrived in the afternoon, I went directly to 

 the Hotel Rennert and called up an old acquaintance. Miss 

 who, with her sister, had crossed the ocean on the ^^^^rkk 

 same boat with me in 19 10. Miss Detrick at once 

 invited me to spend the night at their residence on 

 Biddle Street — an invitation I accepted with 

 pleasure. She then said she would be at the Academy 

 and take me home in her car. 



The great hall was packed from pit to dome with 

 an audience estimated at 5000; even in the anteroom 

 there was barely standing space; on the stage sat a 

 hundred or so prominent people. Mr. Hogue called 

 the meeting to order and then turned over the gavel 

 to William Tappan, principal of a boys' school, who 

 made a sturdy plea for tolerance at the beginning, 

 and showed great tact before the affair was over. 



At the close of the opening address, about forty Student 

 young men and women tripped across the stage ^'^'■^■'^' 

 carrying overcoats, rugs, suitcases, and other articles 

 of travel. They had come down from Columbia 

 University in a huge automobile, under the direction 

 of a graduate student, and had stopped at different 

 places on the road to speak against war. In two or 

 three towns the police had asked them to move on, 

 though nearly everywhere they met with a sym- 

 pathetic reception. One of them remained on the 

 platform long enough to describe their experiences; 

 the others hurried away, and I saw them again in 

 Washington on Monday morning. 



After two short talks my turn came. I had, how- 

 ever, barely begun when a loud racket was heard 



