The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-04

At Asheville last summer 149 young |
women from colleges were in attend |
ance, forty of them being teachers. At |
Geneva, $40 young women from 112 |
OF the $40 women present at
$50 were from colleges rep
seventy-five colleges of the
east. Many of these are under
who return to give the in
spration to their colleges and to carry
IL away with them into the active du-
ties of life.
An important part of the College
association is the missionary depart-
ment, which is now ten.Sears old and
is known as the Student Volunteer
Movement" and is controlled by rep
resentatives of the Young Mems and
Young Women's Christian associations.
In 1897 students gave $4,000 to for
eign missions. over $500 students are
studying mission fields in mission study
classes of the associations. But they
give more than their money and their
time--they give themselves. One thou
sand, three hundred and sixty-six stu
dent volunteers are now in foreign
fields in fifty-three different stations,
under orty-eight denominational soci-
etles.
Four years ago was organized in
Sweden the Worlds Student Christian
federation, uniting in one world wide
organization eleven national assoCia-
tlons, consisting of 1,212 individual as
sociations and embracing $1,000 Chris
tian students throughout the world.
On Nov. IL a universal day of prayer is
held, In which all these nations join
Japan, China, India, Ceylon, South
Africa, France, Netherlands, Great
Britain. United States and Canada.
Miss Price closed her address with a
review of methods of Young Women's
Christian association work in college,
carrying a student from her home
through the first lonesome days, helped
by Young Women's Christian associa-
tion to learn the ropes, made to feel at
home, the opening reception, the first
prayer meeting, the Bible study and
mission meeting, the state convention
and summer conference, till she went
back home trained for active service in
church and community.
She spoke of the temptations of coll
lege women to Intellectual pride, ne
glect of Bible and prayer, social alb
sorption, notwithstanding and unwlse
friendships, and made a strong plea for
college girls to make Christ first in
everything.
MRS. GATES ADDRESS.
At today's session of the convention
Mrs. L. NJ. Gates, of Scranton, chair
man of the state executive committee
of the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation, read her annual report. 1t was
as follows:
Since the last convention In Pittsburg
| in January the state executive com
| mittee have held eleven meetings. They
| have issued the annual report and the
! leahet on Responsibility of the Local
! Association in Support of State Work,
| as ordered by the convention. The
| monthly meetings have been of great
| interest, because of the full reports of
| the state secretary, the letters from
| the nonresident members and news
from associations. 1t is always cheer
ing when we hear, as we often do, of
the good results of the state conven-
tion and of the helpfulness of the
| prayer calendar.
| The chairman's notebook shows for
six months during the last year sew
enty letters, aside from sending out OF
| affiliated memberships, reports, etc,
| and convention months would show
| larger numbers. One OF the state COM
mittee acted as leader of the Pennsyl
vania delegation at Mortified.
In the college department we are glad
| to note some encourag ging facts. with
| better times in our country comes in
creased attendance in schools gener-
ally. This gives a larger field for Chris
tian effort and brings greater respon'
sibility for the Young Women's Chris
tian association. Many associations ar,
meeting this situation with renewed
zeal and report increase of member
ship. In most of the associations there
| is greater system and more care in de-
tails, and that this is not labor wasted
or undue use of machinery is evident
from the fact that the associations
most systematic and business-like in
| their methods are also blessed with
most spiritual results.
DIFFERENCE Is MARKED.
The state secretary in her visits, as
well as the state committee in the re-
ports from associations, sees marked
difference in those that sent delegates
to NOrthield. We also notice thai
those that regularly attend the state
| conventions are most successful. one
college president stated that the at
tendance of their students at our con
vention last year was worth more thar
| weeks OF study 10 the delegates ant
the institution. 1t is a source of graft
tication to see this spirit of cOmme0d da
ton in the faculties, for it is a grea
help to the association to have thu
hearty endorsement and Co-operatiol
of the teachers.
We believe it is equally source o
benefit to the school and community t
have a live Young Women's Christian
association in their midst We would
like to make a plea for a little les
crowdng of studies, that students MAJ
have time for religious work and per
sOnal acquaintance, for as Preslden
Schurman SAYS, Half the education
of college consists in that which stu
dents give one to another" Our edu
cation is not all i'm books, or even frOr
; teachers. 1t is character building w
want, and that comes from our owl
thinking and doing, and especially from
our thoughtful doing for others, no
self, under the blessing Of God. on
new College association has been or
ganzed, Beaver college, at Beaver.
1t is beautiful to think that all thes
: | hundreds Of young women in the col
| leges of our state are banded togethe
in this Christian sister hood. There
scarcely an hour in the day when som
, college Young WOmens Christian as
sociation is not lifting its united praye
to the Father and sending out ii
thoughts for the young women of tn
2 world. In some there is the earl
= morning prayer service, in Others tn