St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-10-25

lacks here because he is stuffing his mind
instead of training his mind.
Echoes from the Toronto convention"
was given by three of the delegates pres
emit at that great gathering. Mrs. H. Fl. /
Tenney of Isle la Motto spoke interesting ;
ly of the social side OF the gathering and
of the pleasant acquaintance formed.
Among those present at that conven-
ton was DR.. II. H. Bell of California and
he wrote the speaker letter sending
greetings from the Pacific coast to the
Vermont convention.
D. M. Camp of Newport, the states
representative on the International COM
mittee gave most interesting account
| of the growth of the organization and
its personnel. 1t has been in existence
73 wears and meets every three years.
The next meeting will be held at Louis
Vile and the speaker described how
warm the contest was between the two
cities of San Francisco and Louisville IN
a convention of nearly 1000 delegates.
| The international committee IS composed
Of one member from each state and terri |
torv and one from each OF the new |
possessions. This would give a total
membership Of ~ and over 60 OF the
| cOmmtClee WSEE dI lOlOALO' AAS S"AN
the brightest business men IN the country
are giving OF their time and their means
to the work and that the field included
Japan, Mexico and the West Indies, be-
sides the United States and Canada:
Rev. DR.. 6. w. Woodhall OF Pittsford
spoke of the plans for the year. he SAID
that SIS, 900 had been pledged for the
work in the next three years. He spoke
of the warm discussion over the adoption
of an advanced course OF study In the
international lesson series and how after
the proposal was defeated on reconsider
alton there was only one dissenting
voice to the advanced course.
After another devotional period led by
MIR. Norris Miss Mabel E. Carpenter OF
Rutland presented her report on elemen-
r tarv work. This was read by Mrs.
a Lillian Ferguson OF Bellows Falls. In
a. Windham county excellent progress has
- been made where there are 20 schools
- with Ia cradle rolls. One conference had
e. been held at Brattleboro. In Chittenden
er county there are Eve cradle rolls. OF the
II GIT Sunday schools in the state I'll
meet in separate rooms and 70 have
AZ cradle rolls containing 1878 members.
OF The last business OF the afternoon was
al the report OF the treasurer, 81. A. Slayton
" of Morrisville.
% The receipts for the year were 81 833.'
- % and the expenditures $2489.1O
re leaving cash balance OF $344.10. The
as association had assets of $479 and debt:
amounting to $733, so the net dehci1
was S254.15. At least it would hav'
he been that il the executive committee hat
- not reduced this amount to about $l22
~ After the presentation of this report r
he s. Pease took the floor and three contr1
of buttons were received which reduced tn
he Indebtedness to about $1OO.
ere WEDNESDAY NIGHTS SESSION.
w. The church was crowded on Wednes
IN. day night, the churches having given u
u. their prayer meeting tor this occasion:
he' Field secretary Fuller presented at thi
he session his third annual report, which wa
lis tull of information regarding the work
on the state organization. whose heat
RS. quarters are at Burlington. Each count
HE has its own organization, while two
en-. them, Windsor and Orange. each have tw
in organizations. Every county organiz'
ost ton has had meeting the past summe
the and the field secretary has been presef
in. at each session, Mrs. Lillian ]. Ferguso
ted of BELLOWS Falls represented the elemel
nv tary part of the work, and Kew. X.
no. Barton of Greensboro, our teacher tran
ifs ;np secretary, represented his depar
ties ment. 1t was a new and prohtah
EN- feature to have these department
,an workers attend the county convention
tine Referring to township work, be sa
A that in his second annual tour OF Orlea
IN county he was accompanied by Rev.
irs. Barton, In Franklin county the tow
,on. shin organizat was perfected in almo
the every town. Conventions were helo
ad. Lamoille county in all but one OF
# in district and township organizations.
the Washington county was next visit
ina and in March Dr.. Joseph Clark of Oh
tor. smoke in Burlington, Bradford, ST.
in. bans. Brattleboro and St. Johnsbury
. on In Aori three associations WI
oroaniz ID in Rutland county, and in
Rev following month several organizat'o
Ias. were affected in Addison county. ]
h at international convention came at
lax. ronto in June and Vermont had
Mr.. representatives there. Throughout
the summer months the secretary visited
noke various county conventions.
mr.. Mr.. Fuller introduced some interest
,Sfed | nerSOnat SCdLiStlCS IT, h"S ~
in. busy during the year. He has trave
and 1923 miles by team, 1885 miles by tr
,ome and visited 800 schools. From
nose Burlington office 2210 letters have b
,ourt written, 1872 postals written, and
boy circulars sent OUT.
iehts Reporting on the extension func
,stics appeared that 8493 people had t
and solicited. and 1894 responded =
oaee, pledges amounting to $1913 SO.
IS OF with other cash offerings brings
astles extension fund up to $2090.44.
move. fears that efforts along this line W.
Mas result in diminished offerings in the
inter. day schools have not been justified.
d his The publication of the Herald has
added resumed, and it now has a subscrip
The list of 1852 The secretary SAID
tment paper was now on paying basis,
teners advocated increasing the subscrip
ess;on from is to rs cents in order to brin
ences, revenue ior state wo.A. 4Aa 6
- 6eId tarv said that Miss Mabel A. Carp'
cd hv could not leave her home and that
Ferguson had taken her place at
county conventions attending all
ON. two OF them.
~ Mr. Vermont stands fourth in its mer
sreers. shin in the International Bible Rea
aiming Association.