The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-08
FARGO COLLEGE NEWS

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Mrs. Raymond j. Glassco, nee Clara
Belle Brentom, is now on a claim IN
Dunn county and teaching school
near Halliday, N. ID.
Fred Stillwell Of Meaford, ont" mas
recently registered at the college.
Miss Rebecca Moore's friends arc
glad to learn that she has so improved
after her operation as to be able TO re-
turn to her home at Mrs. Sincocks'
Ro,,. z. 7 Powell conducted Tuesday
,hapel and gave helpful talk on max
ing the most of ones opportunities.
Professor Beaven vas called to Min
neapolis Thursday ~ the death OF his
father, who has been an lnVahd loi
years.
Mrs Creegan, who was suddenly
called 70 Chicago by the illness Of her
brother. a student in Rush Medical
school sent the good news that the
latter is now practically out of danger
President Creegan gave C. very in
terestinr chapel talk on Tuesday on
mis- visit to the spot believed to have
originally been the garden C. Geth-
semane. According to the best belief
and authority, a clump of olive trees,
the only ones in the vicinity, mark the
spot Scientists state that these trees
live TO be two thousand years old, and
urlF n pXtTpTnn
This spot has been carefully guarded
and protected by the Roman Catholics
for centuries. President Creegan's en-
counter with the lepers at this place
gave a very realistic touch to the de-
scription.
All of the dormitory girls have re-
turned after vacation and two new
ones have Joined the ranks. Miss
Anderson of Antler and Miss Strong OF
Lisbon. More new students are ex-
pected next week
ON Thursday the Glee club delight
ad ALL with two selections ct chapel
one of which was sung in norwegian,
led nv the director, Professor Sliphna.
The club gave concerts in the following
q. Cakes Dec 2S, Fergus Falls Dec. ~
wahpton Dec. 80, and HillsborO Jan. }.
The trim was sa success artisticaly as
the expressions e d .iLlt among those
present at the concerts gave evidence
hut the attendance in all the towns
could have been larger Numerous
I,;idav events were everywhere in pro-
, vess which could net fail to erect
this unfavorably. The opening number,
tgan. Smiling Moon. sung by Mrs.
stephens and the Glee club delighted
all. and The solos given by Professor
and Mrs, Stephens were the work OF
accomplished artists. whose services
the college an6 club are most Fortunate
in possessing The club has lost few
valued members of last years number,
but new ones have joined the ranks
and all is very promising for the flu
ture. The boys had a fine time ana
certainly did some good advertising
for the college.
The sixth international convention
Of the Student Volunteer Movement
held in Rochester, N. Y, Dec. ~ to
Ian . inclusive, was in many walks the
greatest gathering this powerful stu
sands of delegates representing prac-
tically every college or university III
tho land were present, while several
hundred missionaries from every COT
ner of the globe added the insplratioh
of their presence and Testimony OF Ihe
assembly.
The object of the convention and OF
the movement is best outlined as fol-
lows in an official statement:
It is not a missionary board out IL
Is an undenominational recruiting
agency and has in the past twenty
wears furnished to the boards over
1000 men and women who have salled
to the foreign field.
Realizing that "as go the universe
ties SO go the nation" and that Ire
purnoses are formed most easily DUR
Ing student years, it concentrates Its
,,,orly on the colleges, universities and
professional schools, seeking to pre-
sent the world as field fer christian
service. It's aims are:
Eirst-To educate the student bodies
OF North America in broad view OF
missionary history, motives, PROB
lens and present day conditions, lay
ing special stress on existing critical
conditions in the orient.
second-To present the students the
foreign field as place of unsurpassed
opportunity for christian service.
Third-To help students In their
preparatio.. for foreign service ard TO
tie them up to the boards or other
agencies of foreign mission work.
Fourth-To train all students who
,eyoair at home in intelligent active
sympathy with missions.
During the twenty-three years OF
it's existence its direct and indirect
results have been as follows:
NEARLY 1000 institutions of higher
learning in the United States and
Canada have been reached.
Bands of volunteers Chose who
plan to go to the foreign ffeld) have
been brought into existence in nearly
all the principal institutions.
3-Over 1000 volunteers have sailed
to the foreign field.
Alive quadrennial conventions
have been held.
"a full line of missionary educa-
tional literature has been created and
in 1907 ,0s there were 23,24O studying
missions in 1920 classes In sal insti-
tutions.
6--Various colleges and universities
have been led 0 support graduates in