The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-10
Lewis Academy.
FRIENDS CHURCH MEET.
First Day Taken Up With Business
Matters.

The Friends church opened their meet
ings in Wichita yesterday morning by a
business session, over which President
Edmund Stanley OF the university pre-
sided as clerk of the yearly meeting.
Eighty representatives are expected at
this meeting and most of these are pres
ent. Various reports and appointments.
including preliminary work. took up the
principal part of the sessions yesterday.
One of the pleasant and interesting fea-
lures of the meet is the services held in
Russell hall. These services are conduct
ed by different visiting members and ex-
cellent addresses are delivered
There were two official meetings of the
ministers and overseers held Yesterday.
one at 10 o'clock and the other at ,.
There was a good attendance at both of
these sessions and matters pertaining to
the church and ministry were discussed.
After the reading of letters of introduce
ton at the business session in the morn
ing the clerk appointed the necessary
COMMITTEES TO have charge of the various
departments Of work during the week.
These committees are the nominating
committee. whose business II is TO attend
to the revision of the various standing
committees and report at subsequent
session. the finance committee. to attend
to all matters OF expense and audit all
bills: the committee on public meetings.
whose business it is to see that ample
arrangements are made for all of the
religious services; and the committee on
epistolary correspondence. to prepare let
ters to various other annual assemblies
Of this country and to the mother church
at London. England.
The general program for tomorrow is
as follows:
Separate meetings for men and women
at s O'Clock a. m. followed by + bust
ness session at 10 O'Clock. Another bust
ness session. and one which promises 10
be among the most interesting Of the en-
tire meeting will be held at O'Clock o..
m The subject that viii be discussed
at this session is the subject Of educa-
tion-which has always been a strong
point among the Friends. At this meet
ing the report of The committee appoint
81 to raise the endowment of $1,000 viii
be made and though no one but the com
miitee knows just what the present pro-
portions Of the endowment fund now are
it is said that 1t is IN a fairly satisfac-
tory shape. Probably an attempt will
be made 70 complete the raising q the
fund AZ the meeting today This has
been a good year for Quaker colleges in
the United States two or them. Whittier
college. in California. and Penn college
in Iowa. having been given large sums
10 help OF their work. and il Is possible
that such a spirit VIII be shown towards
Friends university AT the meeting to-
morrow. Although the university IL n
is infancy IL has been running long
enough TO show what II can do. and TIE
people are generally well pleased with
is work II has TOW reached a paint
where n order 10 useet The demands
upon Il IL VII BE Necessary 20 br41sh
ont ard add other Departments and make
many irnproveuaeuts AMONG Al the
Friepds' schools IN America the big uni-
ve-sity building IN this city + the lsrr-
est ard best. or X ~su bs when faily
completed Il Is hoped that zrr4nEe-
rents xii - made during this raeetiug
10 plsce TIE schcoi oa . bitter foatiug
and PAT & where il belongs. Ia The fTezt
-ank with deuomsnAtioasl schools n ire
west
The meeting tomorrow Night viii - y
charge CT The Christian En6eaver u1ioa
CT The church IN Kansas