The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-01
Yearly meeting Would Like to
Arrange for the Faculty and
Students of EarIham COL
Iege to Attend.
NEARLY TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS APPROPRIATED
Value of Bible Institutes Called
In Question and Some En-
roneous Ideas Set Right
Other Business.

The eighty-seventh Indiana yearly
meeting is now a matter of history, the
sessions having come to a close at the
East Main Street Friends meeting
house late Monday evening. The
meetings this year were marked by the
large amount of business dispatched
and the many questions up for cOnsid-
Grafton of vital interest The discus
sion as to the meetings. attitude to-
ward the Hicksite branch of the church
arising on the last day of the meeting,
was probably the most important dur
ing the Session.
Among the many important subjects
which came up for consideration Mon
day afternoon was that to change the
time Of the yearly meeting that the
students of Earlham and the profes-
sors alike, might have the opportunity
of attending, aiding the body in its ses-
sions and bringing good to themselves
by such attendance. AS Earlham can
not convene her sessions later than is
the custom each year, owing to the fact
that all other colleges III the state open
about the same time. the time Of open
ing, it was argued. could not be chang
ed to conform with the yearly meet
ing would necessarily have to change
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ton, which involves much cOnsidera-
tion. was discussed briefly and COM
mittee appointed to make arrange
mentS and report to fle next session
Some maintained that the sessions
should convene i'll the week before the
O?on:0'~ or Earlham and running over
if lie. during the days of regis
trat-o.. 1T the college, when students
have but little to do Alfred johnson.
of this city. a well known Friend advo-
Gated the doing away with yearly
meeting Sunday maintaining that all
a great number of people come to the
Sunday sessions for, is simply that it
is a good place to smoke and otherwise
deSecrate the Sabbath. He said to
hold the yearly meeting from Monday
until Saturday night would be a better
policy. Timothy Nicholson said that
not only the wishes of the students and
professors at Earlham should be taken
into consideration. but those of the
public school teachers and pupils as
well This was generally favored
One opinion was expressed that the In.
hD1
siOnS at the same time as some other
yearly meeting did. There is nothing
TO prevent this. it was asserted This
has not been the custom among
Friends. generally, however. and it is
probable that no proposition of this
kind will meet with favor The com
r2ittee appointed to consider the feast
bility of changing the date. is compos
ed of Ebert Russell, Allen Jay. Rob
ert w. Douglas. James B. Unthank
Sarah r. WOodard, Charles F. Hiatt
Nina TruebOOd. Robert L. Smith
Daisy Barr. William c. Diggs, Angie
Johnson. Mahala Jay, r. Jennie Nor
ris. Robert L. Kelly. Lavinia Bailey
f. Gurney Hill. Alice Hunt Henry
Pickett. Ida Parker, Luke Woodard
Jennie Ridgeway, Marcus L. Thomas
William A. Macy. William S. Elliot
and Eliza Mendenhall This commit
tee met Immediately after the session
Monday afternoon and discussed tn,
matter but left final decision to bt
made later
Airport onments Made.
The annual appOrtiOnments made by
the meeting each year to different
causes, shows an increase. the amount
to be given this year being S9.63o, a.
follows:
Book and tract committee. IS 5000
Peace association .. . 200 Of
Board Of foreign missions 800 Ot
American board of foreicn
missions 49,. E. 5OO.0(
Mlsslon%rN board . 700. .0t
EFdhSt.-'. commit go. 1,JON.0H
Church extension 600 q,
Indian committee =. $50 o,
Blble school ............ 1OO.Ot
Christian Endeavor =. =. " 100 O,
Bible institute F.. =. . oOO q,
Five years meeting .... 1000 O,
lncidentals ......... 2.0OOOt
Total Sc. .G@n so