The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-16
.BAPTISTS ELECT
THEIR OFFICERS
State Convention Does a Great
Deal of Work
ABOUT THEIR SCHOOLS
One Session Given to Telling
of Their Work

The Baptist state convention at its ses-
soin yesterday afternoon, elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
President-Don Kinney Newton.
First Vice President-C. @ Chandler,
Medicine Lodge.
Second Vice Presidential. E. Silliman,
Winfield.
Third Vice President-L. E. Chase, Pa
dolia.
Treasurer-E. F. Neal Kansas City.
Kan.
The board of directors were selected as
follows: Gustave Nygust, William Miller,
J. T. Crawford. C. r Taylor J. r. Ed
wards, G. Barth II. L. Ward. j. II.
Whitehead, A. J. Haggett. J. N. Nc
Wharf c. II. Wareham. D. f. Potter.
O. F. Holroyd. J. z. Sherman.
After the devotional meeting. led by
Rev. J. S. Davis of Leavenworth at the
morning session the report of the com
mittee on Christian education was read
by Rev. 2. ". Crannell of Topeka He
reported the Baptist schools of the state
TO be in a most fiOurishing condition. The
attendance has materially increased and
the students much interested in the work
Rev. ". II. Mcleod of Hutchinson spoke
on The Development OF Character and
Education" followed by an address on
l4t 'ItClAlC AeitC u .CtAtctAAAAlel'4o
Education" by w. E. Schlieman, prin-
cipal of the Baptist academy at Hia-
watha. J. = Wells Of Kansas City spoke
on The Educati for the Ministry,
and then followed an open discussion OF
the Baptist institutions in the state.
President Riggs OF Ottawa university
spoke of the needs of the school since
the big building burned a month ago.
Rev E b. Meredith of Kansas City
? he. % he ord Of firms foes
and he also read the report of the treas
urer. Mr.. Neal being unable to be present.
The churches finances are in the best
of condition and all departments will be
able to do better work this year than
the one just passed. Rev. ]. r. Rairden
of Clifton made the report on the condi-
ton of the various churches of the state.
At the afternoon session after the de-
votional meeting. led by Rev. E. a How
ard of Augusta, the new pastors of the
church We're introduced by Rev. G.. w.
Trout of Pittsburg, who made an address
on Our Obligations to Kansas.
Possibilities of Western Kansas was
the subject of an address by Rev. f. H.
Teall of Larnard. Rev. W. f. Raisner
of Dinas soke on Missions on Short
Grass" Does Eastern Kansas Need
Aid?" was the subject of an address by
Rev J. T. Crawford of Parsons Rev.
y. J. Haggett of Hiawatha talked on
Relations of Pastors to State Missions
and J. J. Griffith of Medicine Lodge
spoke on THE Obligations of Business
Men to Our State" After an address
on Are State Missions a Good Invest
ment," by Rev. II. r. Best of Winfield.
the convention took up the discussion of
state work, led by Rev. ]. r. Edwards of
Anthony. and each speaker being limited
TO five minutes. Most of the above ad-
dresses were short but were very inter-
esting and brought out many points re-
garding the Baptist work in the different
parts of the state.
At the evening session the devotional
meeting was led by Rev. W. G.. Carey of
Paola, followed by the annual address
on state work by Rev. J. R. Conner of
Atchison and an address by Rev. Z. B.
Meredith OH ''Our Financial Problem"