Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-07-27
s,,ool Of Sunday School Workers.

i. anal meetings Of the women's foreign
- conference were held Tuesday
h, in the auditorium. Mrs. c. W,
: president Of the Presbyterian board
PHILADELPHIA. presided and farewell
| IN were made by different women who
,,ken active part in the assemblies and
| ~ executive board who were present. II
"A that this summer school for women
Il, workers has been the most success
rbich has been yet held by the inter
..;,stional conference OF the women S
In mission boards of the United States
canada. Several years ago a systematic
!. II study, covering several years, was
al ou,, As there were no books ready
~ proposed course OF study, several
hsep written, the Introductory book,
christi being written by Louise Man.
V,drkins. The next one, Lux Christi,
rritten BY Caroline Atwater Mason, and
' !, outline study Of India. Arthur II.
h prepared the study on China, Rex
.us william Elliot Griffs the one on
N Dnx Christus. Last years book on
l., Christus Liberator, was written by
|, z Parsons while the one to be used
canning winter is an outline study Of
Island world Of the Pacific entitled
an, Redemption, by Helen Barrett Mont.
{,r. She has given one of the most
IBl,r courses Of lectures during this con-
r,s taking for subjects different chapters
sr book. Another popular course was
raining class for workers with children
hrrs 0 w. Scott and Mrs. Lucie F. Har'
4 Of Worcester, also the general study
uDder Miss Louise Manning Hodgkins,
Brly instructor in English at Wellesley
100 Then a series OF lectures for
m, A Cruise in the Island World, by
I, Nav Lanis of West Medford. At the
Ing services some of the finest speak
are heard. DR.. Hamilton, pastor of First
bOdist church in Boston, DR.. Arthur
rp secretary of the Presbyterian board
Ioreign missions. Mrs. T. c. Bliss. Miss
| ldsr Mrs. Karl Kunun, the Misses
Iner Mrs. Laurence Thurston and other
tionares
! large reception was given at The North
Saturday evening at which Sir Fred
n Nicholson, high official Of the Brit
government in India, was among the
kts Of honor. On Tuesday evening, the
Gates were treated to a moonlight ride
M, Hermon and last evening they were
t rained at Camp Mortified. The close
| bis conference only heralds the begin
! Of another, the delegates for which
been coming since Saturday and the
tMly enrolled classes met in Stone nall
Monday for the first time.
Dis conference is the Massachusetts, Sun
School association which for the third
! will hold its summer school of meth
. for training Sunday school workers.
Z very expert Sunday school authorities
listed to lecture on various phases OF
work. On Tuesday Mrs. j. N. Conant
EewburypOrt gave a lecture in drawing
pad work; Miss NJ. G. Beckwith Of
dience spoke on kindergarten work;
F.S, Ware of Worcester on discipline;
Margaret Slattery of Fitchburg on re-
us pedagogy and Miss Josephine Bald
Of Newark on manual work.
though the school is under the Massa-
ets jurisdiction it is planned to have
eseHtatives from all parts of New Eng
and many outlying Sunday school dis
be committee in charge are John Legg
Worcester Chairman A. H. Morton OF
poke c. W. Turner of Groton, John Her
Of Somerville A. G. Moody of East
fhfeld F. H. viele of Worcester and
Gt F. Raymond of Boston.
NO weeks later the campus will be more
iged than today and the auditorium
Oh holds $500 will be filed almost daily.
IN this building was built the friends
\, l. Moody thought the building was
n than was necessary, but according 70
1tratiOn the 25th session of the general
Ference for Christian workers extending
Aug, to 10 will be the largest one
rhe history of Mortified conferences. BE-
any announcements were made concern
this years program all accommodations
4 filed. Six hundred will be lodged IN
! and as many more will find rooms IN
seminary buildings, recitation hall and
gymnasium being turned into tempo
lodging houses. A large number of these
|'s will stay through September when
post conference addresses will be CIV