Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-02-24
REV. c. o. DAYS APPOINTMENT
As Secretary of the Congregational Ed
ucation sOci,iy---IIis Headquarters
WI BE In Roaton

As Secretary of the Congregational Ed
ucatiOn SOcitIy---IIIs Headaunrters
VIII BE In Boston.
In a personal letter TO a Brattteboro
friend this week Rev. G. o. Day. formerly
pastor of the Centre Congregational church.
announced that he had been offered and
had accepted the position of secretary of
the Congregational Education society and
that he would begin his duties as secretary
on the following day, which was yesterday.
His headquarters will be at 612 Congrega-
tional House, Boston.
Since resigning his pastorate in Brattle-
boro Rev. Mr.. Day has made his headquar-
tiers at his old home in North Germantown,
y. Y. A part of the time he has spent in
rest and during the remainder of the time
he has supplied various pulpits. About
three weeks ago a well-known Brattleboro
business man was asked concerning Mr..
Days fitness for the position of secretary
of the Congregational Education society.
He responded in the most favorable terms
and later he was informed that Mr.. Day
would be offered the position.
The announcement that Mr.. Day has
accepted the offer will be read with much
interest and satisfaction, not only by the
people of Brattleboro, but throughout the
state, and especially by the Vermont SOL
diers with whom Mr.. Day served as chap
lain during the Spanish American war.
In his letter Mr.. Day modestly says that
the position demands more ability than he
possesses. Those who know him person
| ally, however, know that he will carry on
the work successfully if tireless and fear
less energy and resourcefulness are the
necessary factors.
The work of the Congregational Educa-
tion society and that of the New West Ed
ucation Commission were consolidated in
| September, 1898. The work embraces
aiding students preparing for the ministry,
chiefly American, about 800 of whom are
receiving aid at the present time. There
/ are two special features of this branch of
work, namely, aiding the Slavic depart
ment of Oberlin seminary, and aidi1g the
German-English college of Wilton, Iowa.
| Tne society also helps pay the current
expenses of worthy and needy missionary
colleges in the West and South. Twenty
six collegiate institutions have thus far
been planted and brought onward to self
maintenance under the help of the society.
Eight such institutions are now being
assisted, the Pacific University of Oregon
and institutions at Rollins, Fla, Fargo,
n. D., Pomona, Cal Lake Charles, La,
Ridgeville, Ind, Salt Lake, Utah, and
Fairmount, Kan.
| Worthy and needy missionary academies
in the West and South are also helped by
the society TO pay their current expenses.
Academies at present receiving such aid
are located at Franklin, Weeping Water,
and Cbadron, Neb., Eureka, Kan, Hull,
Ia, Ward, S. D., Kidder and Iberia, Mo. /,
North Wisconsin, Wis, Southern Collegi-
ate Institute in Illinois, Ahtanum and
Puget Sound, Wash, Window, Mimi,
Proctor, Utah; KingfsheI, Utah; and
Rogers, Ark.
The society also helps support the mis-
sion schools at Bartlas, Ranchas de Atrisco,
Cubero, San Rafael and San Mateo in New
Mexico, and Bountiful, Coalville, Heber
and Lehi in Utah. The receipts for the
society for the year ending Jan. /, 1898,
were 500, ,231.