The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-03
SESSION OF C. |. A.
LARGELY ATTENDED MEETINGS
IN CENTER CHURCH CHAPEL.
Mrs. Sarah II. Kinney Prssaded-AnteE-
esIing Programme Contradictions
tnsnt speakers-OGieeEs Elected for

The Connecticut Indian association
held its annual meeting yesterday at
Center church chapel.
At 10 a. IN. the session opened with
Mrs. Sarah T. Kinney Of this city, the
president, presiding, and Mrs. Edward
". Scripture of this city acting in her
official capcity as general secretary.
The society numbers about 500 MEM
bers. The New Haven branch has 260
members, and Mrs. George B. Stevens
is president.
During the morning and afternoon
Miss Susan Conger of the Sioux tribe
sang several Indian songs and gave an
address. She is a graduate of the
Hampton institute of 1897, has been for
three years a teaching among her peo-
pie, and is now taking a postgraduate
1 course at the institute.
Mrs. Cole of New York, who has
worked for years among the Navahoes
in New Mexico, and Mrs. Page Of Mas
sachusetts, of the Presbyterian board,
who has worked for the Indians for
twenty years, gave interesting ad-
| dresses. They spoke of the criticism to
! the effect that very many Of the In
| dams, after being educated, go back to
their old modes of life, and controvert-
ed that statement.
There was a large attendance of dele
| gates from all parts Of the state. The
morning session was devoted to bust
ness-hearing reports from the various
branches and election of officers. At
noon lunch was served in the Y. NJ. c.
A. building.
A very interesting address was de-
livered by the secretary, Mrs. Kinney.
! The New Haven branch reported as
| follows:
This branch has held three public
meetings during the year. One of
them was addressed by the Rev. Shell
don Jackson, whose lecture was both
interesting and instructive, and con-
veyed to the minds of his hearers a
most vivid picture of conditions in
Alaska and the crying need of mis-
sionary and educational work among
the natives of that part of the coun-
| try. Another meeting was devoted to
| the industrial side of work for Indians,
an interesting paper on basketry being
read by Mrs. William H. Moseley of
New Haven, the paper being illustrated
by Mrs. Moseley's beautiful and valua-
bic collection of Indian baskets, col
lected from many tribes and many sec
tons of the country. The sum of 5000
has been sent to the state treasury for
the general work.
was held, at which very interesting
| 4 lxa, IL - ~
| officers resulted as follows:
President-Mrs. Sara r. Kinney, New
Haven.
Vice presidents-Mrs. George Will
hanson Smith, Hartford Mrs. George
B. Stevens, of New Haven, and Mrs.
Kate Foote-Coe of Meriden; Mrs. F. E.
Castle, of Waterbury; Mrs. Homer Cur
tiss, sr,. Meriden; Mrs Edward Stirl-
ing, Bridgeport; Mrs. j. N. Harris and
Miss Sarah A. Stoddard of New Lon
don; Mrs. John Fl. Whittemore. Maui
gatuck; Mrs. C. ]. Camp, Winsted;
Mrs. William Carr, Norwich.
Treasurer-Miss Sara B. Huntington,
Hartford.
General secretary-Mrs. Edward w
Scripture, New Haven.
Executive and mission committees
Mrs. George Williamson Smith, Mrs M
D. Thompson, Mrs. William H. Palmer
and Mrs. Edward Perkins, of Hartford;
Mrs. George c. Merriam, Mrs. J. A.
Newell and Mrs. f. e. Human, all Of
Meriden; Miss M. f. Ives, of New Ha-
ven; Mrs. Henry Rogers, Mrs. Edward
Scripture, Mrs. Charles Fl. Smith and
Mrs. N. D. Sperry, all of New Haven;
Mrs. Jacob Knous, of Hartford, and
Mrs George w. Lane, of Norwich.
Committee on Indian education
Chairman, Mrs. C. F. Chaplin, of Water
bury Mrs. A. c. Pease, of Hartford;
Miss Mary F. Munson, of Guilford.
Committee on Indian industrial arts
chairman, Miss Constance G. Dubois,
of Waterbury; Mrs. Kate Foote-Coe, of
Meriden; Mrs. Mary S. Foster, of New
Britain; Mrs. Walter C. Faxon, of
Hartford
Committee on work among the Nava~
jos-Chairman, Mrs. M. D. Thompson,
of Hartford; Mrs. David Thompson and
Mrs. Albert Holt, New Haven; Mrs.
Jacob Knous of Hartford; Miss Sarah
w. Stoddard, Of New London.
Press committee-Chairman Miss
Katherine Burbank; Miss Mary K. Tai
colt, Mrs. John D. Tucker and Mrs.
Frederick Jones, all of Hartford.
Advisory COMMUNICATION. Joseph r.
Hawley, of Hartford; Right Rev.
Chauncey B. Brewster, bishop Of Con-
necticut; Hon, Francis Wayland, Pro-
fessor George 3. Stevens, of New Ha-
ven; Rev. Joseph Anderson, d. D., of
Waterbury; Hon. James L. Howard,
Rev. George Williamson Smith, S. r.
D., General William B. Franklin,
Colonel Jacob L. Greene, Rev. Joseph
H. Twichell, Colonel Charles M. JOS
Ign, James P, Andrews, Professor Rob
ert B. Riggs, all Of Hartford; Rev. r.
P. Fl. Vail, D. D., of Stamford.
Auditor-Charles T. Wells, of the
City bank of Hartford.
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