The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
Mortified, Mass.
SUMMER SCHOOLS IN PROGRESS,
Women and Missionary Conferences
Closed Tuesday-The Athletic Events.

slOns on Tuesday night ana win but TWO
days intervening two summer schools
have begun this week--one for the Wo-
mans foreign missionary societies and the
other for Sunday school workers. Both
will occupy the time to July %. Among
the speakers and teachers for these schools
are Mrs. w. A. Montgomery, Rev. F.. Il.
Clark. Marshall \. Hudson, G. y. Bent
ley Miss Margaret Slattely; Miss y; a.
Iamoreaux. Miss Wilena Browne, Mrs.
n n Conant and Miss Fannie Lee Fra.
The home missionary gathering has
heard many excellent addresses and
among the favorite speakers was Dr..
John Kelman of Edinburgh, who Is very
famous among the English universities
He Is a fall. lanky. bue-eyed Scot with
all the attractive features and character
istics of the many men from Scotland
whom w. r. Moody invites here. tie
speaks informally but most convlnclmgY
There was home missionary rally IN
the auditorium last Friday winch proved
the largest meeting Oh thc "teh. NY ~.
Frank Hall Wright was the speaker, ms
subject being Mission Work Among the
Indians He is half-breed and has
worked among his own people Tor years.
He learned the Indian sign language
which greatly interested the audience as
did also his musical ability. he most
conspicuous person on the campus has
the meetings in her native dress with In
dian hair arrangement which Is somewhat
different from her white sisters.
Mrs. F. S. Bennett of the Presbyterian
womans home mission board has been an
other popular speaker conducting two mis-
sion study classes every morning Among
other speakers have been Mrs. George W.
Coleman of the Baptist board, Mrs; Z.
ID. Page of Brooklyn, n. Y, and Mrs.
A. ID. Elder prominent in the work among
the poor whites in the south on the. sub
iect, The Mountaineers, and Miss Angie
M Myers, missionary at Shanghai, Chlna'
A splendid address was gwen at the clos
Missionary Opportunity. Many OF the
meetings were union OF both conferences
with some popular speaker IN attend
ance.
There has been no lack of opportunities
to study the Bible with four classes day;
three platform addresses, an informal
sunset service and good night meet
ing in each hall at the end of the day
Miss Margaret Slattery of Fltchburg has
been giving a series OF addresses on
stndies in the New and Old Testaments,
the meetings bling held every morning IN
Sage chapel. Some days an extra service
has been provided as when Revi, James
Ker1in of jamestown spoke to the Vlslt-
ors in the North church.
Other popular speakers have been Dr.
John H. Strong of Rochester. n. y, Miss
Lucy NJ Chaplin Of Rldgewood, n, j,
and DIR. Jewett of Birmingham, Eng,
who is here for the first time, this beng
his first American tour. though ne Is
known all over the world from ms hu-
merous books on religious topics. he Is
to be one of the chief speakers at the Au-
gust gathering Mention should also be
made of Prof. E. ?. st. John. OF Hart
ford seminary who gave series OF al
dresses on the subject, How to Present
Missions to the Sunday Schools, he beng
a leading authority on child study.
The girls held special meeting Mon
dav to enroll new members for the North
field league, which was formed in 1904 OF
ali girls who attend this conference, and
now has about 1000 members scattered all
over the world. Nearly 200 new, members
were enrolled Monday. Miss Clara Reed
of Springfield is at the head OF the organ gan
mington as secretary, and Mrs. stephan
Baker of New York, treasurer Its ann
is to promote Bible study, and the living
out of the principles taught here. A
monthly paper is published and sent to
each member. Miss Edith Hale OF Roch-
done there by the league members in the
Young Women's Christian association; IN
helping cash girls" in factories, hos,
pitfalls and so on, and other members told
of the various artivitles OF the members
in other cities.
All the delegates at the two confer
ences meeting here and hundreds of
townspeople and visitors packed the hill
side in front Of Marquand hall Monday
afternoon to watch the tield-day sports by
the girls. 1t was easily the best field day
ever held by this conference, and remind
ed the old-timers of the days 10 years ago
when all the girls colleges of the east
G.11 t,nr.l
Wellesley, Smith and Vassar were ,eespe-
cially prominent as college delegations,
while the Dobbs Ferry and Spence school
girls carried off the laurels for the hmsh- |
ing school delegations. The competition
was by halls, and the delegates staying IN
each of the seven buildings had their own
colors for hair ribbons and arm bands, |
and cheers and songs of their own. The
Wellesley girls marched on the field be- |
hind 20-foot Wellesley banner and sang |
college songs between the different events |
For the past few years men have been de
barred from the audience at these events, |
but Monday the ban was taken on, by |
the girls request, and campers from lamp
Mortified and guests from the motel |
cheered their friends Justify. All the girls |
were dressed in white the runners wear |
ing sailor suits After the sports, the |
girls celebrated with a dance around the |
field, and cheered for each girl as she re-
ceived her prize ribbon. As surprise,
the committee served refreshments to the |
contestants and all the visitors.
Miss Alice Walton of the McMasters |
school at Dobbs Ferry ran the events. of |
in a much more efficient manner than |
the college mems sports were managed III
days ago The audience voted this even
a better field day than that was. East
hall, containing delegates from Spring
field, Smith college and New York, won,
with Weston hall, where the Rochester
delegates stayed, a close second with only |
two points less. The results
Obstacle race-Won by Miss Stebbins;
Miss Wilson, I'd.
Suit case race-Won by Miss Barker;
Miss Seymour, ID.
Chicken race-Won by Miss Bar1nan;
Miss Holt, 3D.
Three-legged race-Won by Miss Baker
and Miss Boyd; Miss Cain and Miss
Egg race-Won by Miss Fisher; Miss
Boyd, ID -
Mullins, I'd.
Relay race-Won by Misses Wilson,
Browning, King and Hickman.
The most prominent delegations were
those from Smith, Wellesley, Brooklyn,
have been many impromptu social affairs.
tt was expected that most of the delegates
would rest in the afternoon but tennis,
walks. drives and other forms of recrea
ton have proved too popular.
A favorite drive is to Mt. Hermon, sew
eral large barges being filed every after
noon.
The tennis tournament started Thurs
day afternoon and has been under the