Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-25
W. c. 7. U.
For God and Home and Native
Land.

! The w. G. u. convention at st.
Paul Minnesota is over, the twenty
! fifth Anniversary. The incidents of
the convention which every heart
there will longest remember were con-
nected with the memorial services of
Francis Il. Willard. Everything
spoke OF her, too, all through the con-
vention.
The vacant chair of the dead leader
was before them all, with It's drapings
OF white cloth and its wreaths of
white chrysanthemums Clusters Of
the same white flowers reached out
from huge white vases their immac-
ulate front broken here and their by
wood ferns and palms, Up In the
rear of the platform was satin rib
bon of white with the words "How
beautiful 1t is To be with God!n
Two rows OF silver haired crusaders
in semi-circle sat beneath the rib
bon. They were veterans in the cause
that Miss Willard loved. They read
from the crusaders bible, the last time
this bible will be shown in conven-
tions. 1t is owned by somebody In
Hillsboro Ohio, and has said good bye
to its old friends.
For the first time in nineteen years
another hand than Francis Williard's
picked up the gavel songs written by
Miss Willard and set TO music by
Lady Henry Somerset were sung by
Mrs. L. M. Stevens, of Maine, vice.
president, sand: 1--WE long for the Wis
Il Il
loved and promoted president. We
mourn that another voice than hers
which was OF such magnetic, wond-
rous sweetness, must call this con-
vention to order but her spirit is
here with us, and her invisible pres
ence is among us. =
Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, president of
the Temple Board OF Trustees, was
able TO rally only seyenty-one votes
against two hundred eighty hvein the
final test of strength of the Temple
and anti-Temple delegates. The report
Of the Executive committee was as
follows:
'sin view Of the fuller light regard
ing financial conditions and limita-
tations of the Temple enterprise, we
recommend that the Temple be dis
continued as an affiliated interest of
the w. G.. T. u.
Mrs. Carse will go to work with the
Temple trustees in the name of the
Francis Willard association and seek
to master the bond scheme.
Mrs. l.. M. Stevens was elected to
take Miss Wizards place as national
president, Miss Anna Gordon as vice.
president
The next annual convention will
probably be at Seattle, Washington.
The local w. G. T. U. is getting
out a neat circular stating the plans
OF the Union for the year. The topics
for discussion are exceedingly inter
esting. Nearly every member is
either to read paper or discuss one
written by another.
Charitable work is to be under
taken by the local Union. The Phi
lanthropic committee superintendent
by Mrs. Heikle, will personally see to
providing the needy with relief. The
teachers of the public schools are re-
quested to report cases Of children in
sufficiently clothed to Mrs. Heikle.
COLLEGE DRINKING ON THE INCREASE
The Interior makes this startling
statement: ''The evil of college drink
ing is on the increase, and not only
so, but the college system OF drinking
is descending into the academies and
high schools. This fact we know to
be true. There are societies of boys
in educational institutions they
are increasing lin which, while a
half is on a spree, the other half abb
stains to take care Of them, the abb
stainers taking their turn at the bowl
when their companions have sobered
up" Nor is this confined to State
schools. This statement Of the In
terior's was called out through ref
erence to Princeton University, in
which is Presbyterian theological
seminary True temperance is live
subject to-day. 1t is present truth
still, as part of the faith, equally
with righteousness and judgmen to
come.
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