Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-14

Notwithstanding the Gripping inevitable
with its present inadequate accommoda-
enrolment during the present school ses-
sion Of seventyfour, including young
women from the following states: Massa-
chusetts, Pennsylvania. New York. Ohio.
Indiana. Illinois. Michigan, Minnesota.
South Dakota. Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas,
Colorado. Washington, Oregon, Missouri,
Texas, South Carolina and from Cuba.
1.-THE nationalities represented are Amer
ican English, Welsh. Danish, Swedish. Fin
nish, German, Holland, italian, Polish and
Cuban During the year these students
have made in their field work 14.683 visits
sessions and 1858 Sunday school sessions.
Diplomas were conferred upon thirty-one
graduates at the commencement June 70,
1906, and one other received a certificate.
The address of the evening was delivered
by Rev. Kirk Bryce, then pastor Of the
Fourth Baptist Church. Chicago. OF these
graduates, one was needed more in her own
home than In mission field, and she re-
turned to take up her work there. Another,
under appointment for China. thought best
to get one more years experience in teach
Ing before going to the field, and has been
thus occupied. The remaining twenty-nine
arc distributed as follows: Church and city
missionaries 8; among Germans, /; Danes,
1; Swedes, 8; Italians, 3; Slav races, 1; Chi
nese in United States. L; negroes, 8; Cuba,
2: Porto Rico, 2; China, 8.
while happy to report the purchase of
site for our proposed new home for the
Baptist Missionary Training School, and
Sc, 5S867 in the treasury at the close of
the fiscal year Of the society toward the
amount authorized for the erection Of the
building. we emphasize the fact that this
left $63.411.33 still to be secured Of the
100000 which the board was authorized
to ask for by vote of the society at the an
nual meeting held at Dayton. Ohio. May 16-
II. 1905.
Convinced that the raising Of this fund
would be facilitated by the appointment Of
general financial secretary. with spe-
cial assistant in each state, the position Of
general financial secretary was rendered
to and accepted by Miss Martha E. Harris.
office September IS. 1903. Her sole official
duty has been to take charge of the busi-
ness Of raising money for the building
fund, and nobly has she assumed the re-
refusing any remuneration in the way Of
salary.-but simply the necessary expenses
incurred in correspondence, the mailing of
literature and attendance at meetings in
volving travelling. There have been asso-
ciated with her a number of state financial
secretaries giving their time and talent
under the same terms. Your board desires
here and now to express its profound ap-
probation for one and all of these whose
service Is truly labor of love-
Interdenominational Committee.
"At the board meeting October 2, 1905,
the Corresponding ocCTCtdfy SdhCU dltChtiOu
to a letter written by Mrs. Mary c. Rey-
nolds. corresponding secretary of the Wom-
ans American Baptist Home Mission Soci-
ETY., suggesting the advisabiiity of a confer
ence of representatives of women's home
mission boards for the purpose of discuss
ing the matter of inaugurating an annual
interdenominational home mission confer
ence, in connection with the Mortified
meetings.
mrs Reynolds suggestion and invitation
met with very prompt and favorable action.
board, and Mrs. John Nuveen were appoint
cd to represent our board In q conference
which was subsequently held. December
mission board. 1855 9Th avenue New York
city. Our board added the suggestion that
the movement be made to include Winona
as we'll as Northfeld. Baptists Congresa-
were represented in this conference, one re-
suit of the deliberations being the appoint
ment of permanent committee, and the
authorizing of Mrs. Donnelly and Mrs. Nu-
veen. our representatives, to take up the
matter in the west. Subsequently by vote
Of our board Mrs Franklin Johnson was
added to assist In the work In the west, and
Mrs. R. Maplesden of New York to repre-
committee In the east
January 8, 1907, representatives from
the Baptist. Congregational, Methodist and
Presbyterian Women's Home Mission 30
cieties met In Chicago and organized the
INSTRUMENTATION committee Of women
for home mission conferences Of the CEN
trail west. Before taking steps to organize
q school for home mission study the COM
mittee decided to ask the interdenomina-
tional committee Of the central west. rep
resenting women's boards of foreign mis-
sions, whether further time for study and
conference could be arranged this coming
summer in their school Of missions at WI
mona. June "A to July L. inclusive, believ-
ing that by such cooperation not only
time, energy and expense would be saved
ences, but that the great cause Of world
wide missions would be strengthened by
the opportunity thus offered for broader
mission study. The foreign committee
after careful consideration of the subject
has cordially welcomed the home COM
mittee to participation In Its program
and has gractously granted such time as
tincttve work, considering the fact that
Its program was fully outlined before
the request was made. 1t Is hoped that In i
another year 1t viii be possible to form
plans for broader and more equal CO.
operation"
Election Of Officers,
At the close Of the reading of the report
Mrs 8. n. Fulton of Ohio. of the nominate
ing committee, declared that the members
of the committee had decided to recommend
the reelection Of all the old officers of the
society with the exception of Mrs Grouse.
the president. Mrs Fulton explained that
the members OF the committee had been
unable to decide upon successor at the
present time. and after recommending that
Mrs. Grouse be made honorary president
of the organization for life praised the J