The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-16
WHITMAN COLLEGE PRESIDENT
is HOME FROM RECENT EAST.
ERN TRIP.
Attended Three Important Conferences
While Absent-Good Words for the
Local College.

President S. B. L. Penrose of Whit
man college returned last evening from
his trip east. He was interviewed by
representative of the Evening States
man this morning in regard to what
he had accomplished in regard to get
ting funds for the enlargement of the
work at Whitman. He said:
Il have nothing definite to announce,
but l am pleased and encouraged with
the outlook. l find a remarkable know
ledge concerning the progress of the
college in the east. The future of the
college is conceded to be very bright.
Within a year or two there ought to
be some substantial results from the
seed which has been sown."
Attended Conferences.
While in the east Dr. PenrOse attend
ed three important national confer
ences
At the conference on immigration Of
the National Civic Federation ne was
the sole representative of the state of
Washington among the hundreds Of
delegates. He was invited as repre-
sentative of Whitman college, but took
the place of the absent delegates from
Washington. He served as a member
of the committee on resolutions, whose
work epitomized the conslusion of the
great assembly. Speaking of the work
he said:
Great Men Present.
Among the great men present at the
who represented organized labor; An
drew Carnegie, President Elliott Of
Harvard university; DR.. Albert Shaw,
editor of the Review of Reviews; Au-
gust Belmont. Archbishop Ireland; Sir
Alfred Moseley and many others"
President Penrose was honOred by
being appointed by DR.. Albert Shaw
as one of the nine members of the con-
vention of 500 members on the sub
committee on European immigration
and was also made chairman of the
committee of three on Asiatic immi-
grafton. Professor links of Cornell and
Rev. Atkinson of Hawaii were the otn-
er members.
The eight resolutions of the Euro
pean committee and the four by the
Asiatic committee were adopted. All
were unanimous except the one en-
dorsing President Roosevelts Chinese
policy, which had some labor Opposi-
ton. but was finally carried by an ov-
erwhelming majority.
Interchurch Federation.
President Penrose was one of the SO
CongregatiOnalists of the United
States who were delegates to the great
Inter- Church Federation in New York,
which represents 100000 members.
The object was to consider the posi-
bility of a great forward movement
of all the churches.
"A plan for coming together again
was adopted and the conference ap-
pointed for 19OS,' said Mr.. Penrose.
THE officially appointed delegates
from the several denominations will
have received their instructions as to
how far they may go in such move
ment
1T was in my judgment mistake
that the Unitarians were not invited
to attend the Federation, but those in
the lead evidently wished them to be
excluded. l think in the course of
few years the error will be recti-
fed.
"There were about 600 delegates We
met in Carnegie hall Many Of the
leading men of Protestant denomina-
tions were speakers"
President Penrose also attended the
Lake Mohonk conference of the
Friends of the Indian and other Inde-
pendent Peoples. This conference
has been held 20 years at the invitation
of Albert K. Smiley, at his famous
hotel in Lake Mohonk," he said. For
almost week we were his guests, and
for three days discussed problems
with the Ind an and the
island possessions Of the United States
DR.. Lyman Abbott was chairman.
Prominent people from all over the
world were among the 400 delegates.
The influence of this yearly gathering
is considerable and congress has many
times been guided by it's action. 1t