The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-14
7. {. BROWN IS THE
NEWLYCHOSEN HEAD
He viii! Preside Over Western
Yearly Meeting for the
Coming Year.
CHURCH SCHOOLS PROSPER
ON THE PROGRAM TODAY AND
TWO TRUSTEES WE'RE ELECT
ED FOR 1T.

Plainfield, Ind, Sept. 1.-THE first
regular session of the fiftieth annual
assembly of the Western Yearly Meet
ing of the Quakers throughout eastern
Illinois and western Indiana, at the
Friends Church, was held Friday. The
attendance was unusually large.
At the opening meeting ministers
representing annual meetings in Ore
gon, California, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio
were present.
The most important feature of the
meeting was the reading of a general
epistle from London. The general
epistle from London, which is the
heart of the Quaker church, contained
words of greeting and spoke of the
church's general prosperity. An epis-
tie was also received from the Dublin
IrelandD Annual Meeting and was
similar.
The afternoon session opened with
the election of officers. T. c. Brown,
of this city was elected president
Mrs. Lydia Taylor, of West Union, Ind
was made recording clerk, while Mrs
James Bart of indianapolis and Mrs.
Fro0 f1duley VI "OAO iitSt&
reading clerks. The Rev. Mr.. Howard
of the Friends church in Kokomo was
made announcing clerk, while w. G.
Griffiths of Chicago was elected rail-
way secretary.
Church Schools Prosperous.
After the election the committee on
pubIic schools and education made its
- &c Oft Tho CnnPriD-
tendent stated that the 100 church
schools were in a prosperous condi-
ton. Following the report Prof. A.
d. Morrison of Earlham college gave
in an address, "a Plea for Our Acad-
envy
He urged that the members give
their support to the four academies
in the yearly meeting. He explained
how the work in the Quaker academy
is far in advance of the regular high
school work and called for the church
members cooperation in an attempt
to make them even better
The report of the committee on So
cial Purity was heard with general
interest The superintendent, Mrs.
Eunice Furnas gave an account of
their years work which showed
great activity. She said that they
had been fighting for better social
conditions and that they had been di-
recting their attention more especial
ly to unfortunate young women.
The winerooms were said to have
caused many downfalls and Mrs. Fur
mas reported great Improvement in
hot hra oh Of he, n
that they intended to work construc-
lively next year and urged better edu-
cation as a remedy for the evil doings
of the young women.
Following this report Mrs Culla
Vayhinger, state president of the W.
c. t. u, gave an address on Social
Purity" She used very strong lang
uage in bringing out the need of re-
form in present social conditions and
agreed with Mrs. Furnas in saying
that education would be an important
factor in bringing about better condi-
tons.
Speaks for Girls Home.
The program last night was given
over to the discussion of the Bertha
Ballard home for girls in Indianapolis.
Judge l.. NJ Harvey of Indianapolis
delivered a strong address. covering
the work of that institution. He said
that during the last year $4,000 had
been spent in improving the institu-
ton and that the home is crowded
to its capacity.
He said that many poor working
girls had been given homelike infiu-
ences and environment in Indianapo-
lis and that the work of the institution
was most creditable.
The committee on books and tracts
made a report which was Of an en-