The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-10
LAST DAY
OF SESSION
Women Closing up Their Con-
ventiOn in Barre
MRS. LEGGAGAIN H0N0RED
She Has Been Nominated for President
TO Succeed Hersslf-Address Last
Evening by "Mother Of
Missions"

The last day OF the ssth anniyersar,
convention Of the New England Branol
Of the woman's Foreign Missionary SO
clety opened this morning with devo
iional exercises led by Mrs. J. o. sher
burne Of Montpelier. The convention
viii close at four o'clock this afternoon
rbe total number Of delegates and visit
ors that registered wa1 lJT. There wer,
rs official delegates present, and hy,
missionaries.
The minutes Of the convention werl
read this morning BY Mrs. Charles +
Mann. By vote Of the convention chs
reading Of the reports OF the different
conferences was omitted. The clerl
reported that the list Of officers brought
IN by the committee on nominations hae
been unanimously nominated BY thl
convention. The formal election Of thl
officers has TO be made by the corpora
tion, which meets In Boston next Wed
nesday.
Mrs John Lcgg Of Worcester. Mass.
was nominated for reelection as pfcsi
dent Of the y. T. branch. and the othei
important officers nominated are as fol
lows, First vicc-president, Mrs l.. u
iiodgkins. Wilbraham, Mass; recordin.
secretary Mrs. A. II Nazarian, Boston
corresponding secretary. Miss Mary +
Holt, Boston; assistant corresponding
secretary. Miss Ada l.. Cushman, Cam
bridge, Mass; corresponding secretar.
emeritus, Mrs. l.. A. Alderman, Hyde
Park. Mass. home secretary, Miss Glenn
mtina Butler, Newton. Mass; secretary
Of young peoples work. Mrs. c. H. Stack
pole. Waltham. Mass. secretary OF chill
dren's work, Mrs. G, II. Stowell, Lowell
Mass. secretary Of literature, Miss An
ME Goodseil, Brookline, Mass. treasur
er. Mrs. b. +. Williston, Someryille
Mass; assistant treasurer. Miss Iulietti
Smith, Boston; editor Of Quarterly, Miss
i. 81. Packard. Auburndale, Mass. Thl
report of the committee on nomination
of the standing committees was read b,
Mrs. II. l. Wriston, chairman. The re
port from the depot Of supplies was reat
by Miss s. Addie Faruham. agent.
I Miss Eiiie G.. Young. missionary from
Z peking China. gave an interesting &C
count % the work Of the mission schoo
there. The school accommodates 90
pupils and each year a class Of girls j
graduated The largest class has beer
lI2. which she said was a very largI
class FOR these schools 10 graduate, oi
account Of It being hard for the girl
to remain in the schools for the whol'
I ten years course She said that Their
was union medical school connected
with the compound, and that many o
the girl were now beginning to take NJ
the study of medicine. Since the Boxe
/ trouble. She said that China was awaken
/ ing. The Conservatives had found tha'
! they. had got to do something, and il
many instances the idols in the temple
had been destroyed and the temples
I turned into schools.
Ii was voted TO raise $4,000 appro
priatious for the coming year. The clos
/ inn session this afternoon viii consis
Of remarks on the foreign work by Mis-
/ Mary r. Holt, the question Of raising
4 the appropriations viii be discussed b.
Miss Mary A. Danforth OF Colcbrook
In. H., Miss Emily +. Harvey, mission
airy from India, win give an address o.
India, the reports Of committees an
closing business. At $3.50 the closinl
hour service viii be conducted by Mrs
4 G. s. Nutter.