The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-09-14
Whitman Opens "Wednesday
With Big Enrolment.
THE Y. NJ. c. A. HELD MEETING
Cabinet Meeting Called to Order
This Morning by President Kees
to Form Plans to Welcome New
Students.


day morning but students are arriv-
| ing on every train and many of the
students activities are already organ
izing themselves, for the fall cam
paign.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
| ton held two inspiring meetings yes
| terday, one in the morning, the first
regular meeting of the year. In the
afternoon a special meeting was held
at which delegates from the Gearhart
Park conference of last summer re-
ported to the association and ex-
changed "reminiscences.
This morning the cabinet meeting
was called to order by Marion KEGS,
president of the association, in order
| to form plans for receiving and wei
coming the new students. Brown, j.
Lyman, W. Merritt and Morrow were
appointed a committee to meet all
trains and welcome new students.
The association will conduct Wig
Orous campaign for members this
year in order to give to students those
religious benefits which they deem
necessary to a complete college life.
Brown is chairman of the committee
On membership, and plans to enroll as
| active members 80 per cent OF the
Christian men OF the college and as
| many associate members as possible.
Howard Merritt has charge of the
religious meeting work. He hopes to
have an attendance of 100 men en- an
average at the meetings Of the sOcIe-
| ty for the year. The usual evening
meetings will be carried on and the
aim will be to make the morning
meetings of more general interest to
all men Of the college.
The Bible study committee, David
Graham Chairman, also hopes to en-
roll 100 stu is in this helpful work.
Three diffe. cnt courses will be pur-
| sued during tAe year: The life OF
Christ, the Acts and Epistles and
teachings of Jesus, and perhaps a
study of old testament characters.
! Here again the society aims to branch
out and make the study Of interest to
all men of the college.
Vale Merritt as chairman of the
+ finance committee purposes to keep
| the finances in such a state that they
! may be an aid to the other branches
| Of the work and to this end to form a
| permanent budget for general eX-
| penses.
| The association has in mind two
opening receptions to be given for the
purpose Of introducing new students
and making them feel at home. The
| first of these will be a reception to
the young men of the college at asso-
citation hall on Wednesday evening.
| This will be a strictly informal affair
and several of the old men will talk
to the students on different phazes Of
| college life.
On Friday evening general recep-
ton will be given by both Of the
Christian associations to all new stu
dents, in the college chapel probably.
| Football prospects look good"
says Captain Brown. He intends to
set what men are here out on the new
field for the first practice Of the year
| this afternoon. Coach Allen has been
working UP some admirable defense
plays this summer and predicts a
good team. Brainard, last years
quarter, arrived on this morning
train. Jim Reeves Of Weiser, who
played end on the Weiser academy
team, is among the new men in the
squad. The new rules will not change
the style of W'hitman's play much &C
cording to Coach Allen. The team
will be almost entirely made of new
men this year. as Whitman loses
Chittenden, Lasater, Ringer, Galloway
and Cox.
Professor Anderson for the college
and Principal Hendrfck for the AGA J.
envy were in their Offices this morn
ing attending to the registration OF
such old students as were ready to
classify. Not very many have avail
ed themselves of this privilege as ye-