The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-17
FRIENDS FIRST
DAY SCHOOL.
Reports Made at the Year
ly Meeting Yes : !
terday.

bosSlOuS vi bue GTl6uuS
Yearly meeting were occupied with the
consideration OF reports from various com.
mittees and trustees, in whose hands Is
vested the detailed business Of the organi-
cation. Epistles were received aud read
frora the Yearly Meetings Of Ohio, Gene.
sec and Indiana These communications
were mot burdened with formality. but
they gave evidence OF earnest work. They
were favoraby received and comments
upon their contents were made by Nor
decai IT, Bsrtram, Isaac Wilson, Samuel
g. Ash, David Ferris and others.
Tho report OF the Yearly Meetings
Committee on First-day Schools claimed
tho attention Of a considerable part of the
morning session. The committee report
ed that three meetings have been held:
delegates were sent to the Friends Con-
ferences at Richmond, Indiana last sum.
mer; and papers prepared for tho consid-
Grafton OF these meetings. There arc
seventy six First-day Schools within the
limits of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
and four have been established during the
year. The members of committee have
visited almost all Of these aud fouEd them
mostly In dOurishing condition. In
some localities tho work suffers for lack OF
efficient leaders.
The report was fully discussed, President
Birdsall, Of Swartbmore College, pointed
out the. beneficial results ssof the planning
OF rev schools in those centres toward
which the members Of the society are re-
moving. Cyrus w. Harvey who has for
many years engaged In First day. School
work in the other branch OF Friends spoke
Of the schools as offering Invaluable fa-
cilities for the teaching OF those principles
for which Quakerism stands. Doctrlnal
teaching may be carried to excess but tho
loyalty of the young to the Society must
depend very largely upon knowledge OF
It's principles. Lewis " Smedley, Edwin
Pierce, Joel Barton, Leadom Worrall and
others commented on tho report.
The committee on Education presented
o summary Of the year in the Friends'
Educational system. Care has been exer-
cised in the selection of Teachers. and the
schools are generally In lourlshing con-
dition. 1t has been tho aim of the man.
agement to extend tho circulation and I'D
vance the standard OF requirement. Help
has boon extended to rural schools from
available funds At Race ana Fifteenth
streets the training class for tenchers, es-
tRbllshed year ago. has continued la sue
cesstnl operation. with twenty-three
young women in tho course Tho com.
mittee has expended $40, 1872 "a, income
from the Samuel Jeanes Fund, for edu-
cational purposes.
TIE AFTERNOON SESSIONS.
The afternoon was occupied with the re-
ports Of the trustees in charge of tho va
rious funds belonging to the Yearly Meet-
ing The Joseph Joanes Fund. amounting
at tho present time to f2O6 309.07, is for the
aid OF boarding homes for Friends and
those in unity with the Society in the va.
rious quarterly meetings. Homes have
already been established In the quarters
Of Burlington, Western Philadelphia,
Arlington, Bucks. Concord, Haddonfield,
Salem, Cain and Southern. Tho trustees
reported tho distribution Of Sll. 493 43. in
coma during the fiscal year. The Samuel
Jennes Fund for educational purposes,
amounts to s2Ol, 765 81, the Income of which
has been distributed, as reported by the
educational COMMITTEES. The trustees of
the John NJ. George b2quest reported
Si52,i96 70 in hand. the income being used
toward the support Of the George School
at Nowtown, Pa
The womcn's meeting after devotional
exercises, took up tho report of tho COM
mittee in charge Of the John II. George
school. -.
Last evening a meeting in the interests
of reform discussed temperance and the
purity Of tho press.
Cyrus w. Harvey, of Gnlena. Kan. Is the
most sought-aftsr man among the hun.
dreds in attendance at the Meeting lie 10,
tbeologically, IN the stronghold of the
enemy, yet the impromptu receptions
given MN yesterday Oh Vie steps Vi Iuo
meeting house marked new era in the
history Of the scot.
Men and women whose parents focked
to the side Of Elias Hicks In the split Of
1927 waited patiently to shake tho hand Of
this Western apostle Of amiy. They told
him that there were many in ths East who
hoped for near settlement of factional
differences furthermore, they entered Into
Giscussions-a suro sign Of good feeling.
(yVrilS HnfVAV'E a YDArinntH fnr IN tNia
meeting has made 1t the most Important
conference In the history OF the 'Hickslte
Friends
This minister does not hesitate to declare
that nsw epoch in the society dates
from tho Philadelphia meeting Of $40. lie
hopes that trucs will be declared on the
doctriDal hair-Splitting.