The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-07-08
'orthfeM, Mass.
.,oryrs CONFERENCE OVER.
womsns Conference Nov In
!. ~ MA, continues 20 July IL.

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~ h.. Thursday evening OF the
80" ii..t.rJ crews all the dele
~ Harvard celebrate. After
~ ,..t tuss were over the Har-
nrhNs l.l around the campus
mA ,.r,ning the cheers of the
\ fiif fs \ AZ men held rather
~. I'M. Friday. July I, after
4. ahsi .,,i8ua. we've given up 10y the |
= y" IN, trlrhraiion Of Dominion |
M g,.6l.an national holiday. The |
F v,# r,nnrd by the Canadians |
~ .b,ri sirakcr was an English
!, H., si tic Americans joined IN,
y ,r,nd aas The largest that mas a.
y ii 4 uttfraiinn Tor sra!s anu the
'Srgu hJl nearly 5000 IN II Tor tue
%. b.rls the students OF the 20
'', r,i,r,.-ruisl chcered themselves,
n 81 sn,. Ill the prominent Ameri'
n MI Canadians present. The men
ia Ly colleges, many being
~ j..aI,lrd. The Brown men
" it oi the evening in decora'
U,U,p aud Yale were also
~, Wiih blue aud crimson. In
q ~ 10 bt regular program. many
,rlr, 4Iitl. The Canadian dele
kspl 10, audience IN cheers while
b ven performing, aud the Yale quar-,
L. proved popular; T. =. .artsr OF
- pf,,It,s and DR. q. A. John
e.. now ~ Bpn Mawr, gave the
,l address. The celebration was
I VA oyer l,y cadet Paul w Babe Of
p,pi ana the burning of a bonfire
\. h0 fr,t high aud college sing
I.tsl me nrngmm. In the afternoon
ion psrsnus watched the intcrcol-
Il ,t,es meet. in which the Ameri.
lin defeated the Canadian dele.
Nale was first with "a points, Mt.
mon second with 10 points, Hill ]
81 thrd with II points and Hamilton
M with = points.
,,uniav al he conference was quiet I
many delegates leaving to reach
:, point, Tor the celebration Of the
rb On sunday night the 18th SEES. ,
al the Northield students confer =
ibe oldest religious convention in :
COUNTRY closed. Nearly 600 delegates
N Is institutions were registered and
Total attendance was over 1000. In {
oriniou oi the leaders this was the \
.uece.sful convention held for years. 9
n. al men have decided to become
I'm missionaries and hundreds have Il
IA TO take prominent parts in their n
t.e Y. NJ c, A. next year j
sunday, meeting indicated the cos
|roEtan nature Of Mortified. Although h
conference is for young men meetings n
be held ior young women, children and s,
hon. The speakers came from China,
ionia. England, Washington and New :,
n In The audience were over a
Ne Of Chinese students, hundreds of ~
raians. dozen cadets from West u
md and students from every large in
uon in New York and New England. d.
he morning address was delivered by n
kRurRugh secretary of the Y. NJ. G. A. pa
China. For nearly an hour he held
ID people spellbound as he told Of OPP so
Etuhities for college men in the far gr
He predicted that China would be tn
I'd by constitution within a year.
statement that China would be of
oF cbrstianized before America caus- wi
great discussion among the delegates. ia
said that the missionaries are chang
China's government, her educational .
TEN, her morals and her religion. W.
The music has been a special feature of tie
conference Augustus Knight OF Yale an
presided at the organ, quartet from
own university has given excellent on
BIZ service The congregational singing Tia
been led by Secretary Skinner OF no
rmOuh
The closing address of the conference Fa
by Rev G. A. Johnston Ross, the an
mer popular preacher of Cambridge rec
yersity, England, now of Bryn Mawr;
nday saw the buildings and campus OF Rp
seminary deserted by the students. nh
The young women's conference began Wis
ednesday, however, and will continue VI,
Nil July H. 4 cordial welcome given I
all young women interested in Bible SUI
tdy and Christian work, whether COM MI
as delegates from College Alumnae gra
Fociations boarding schools and \
urches or as individuals desiring that plo
which this conference stands, the two
opening of the spiritual life and the CHI
mng necessary to leaders in organized der
Tristan activities. n
days program is as follows: 9-l0 tai,
NJ, Bible classes; lO.l5-l1.15 a. m, and
Inference on religious work; ll.3O a. IN. and
l2@ p, M, auditorium meeting. After all
Ons. Recreation; p. m, Round Top; n
P m. song service and platform ad.
ss. These various sessions are held MI,
different halls, thus giving an inter t wv
slOn and walk in the open air be- ~
cen times Iio'
ept Sunday at o'clock. The audi M
rum service at ll3O will be in charge sire
]. Stuart Holden of st. Pauis, Owe
Prtman square, London, throughout the Sun
Inference. Miss Florence Walton OF an
81 Orange, N. j., has charge OF the ana
tln00n program OF recreation eacn Gay. A
k. W. R. Moody presides at the Round Sun
meeting each night at o'clock and to {
her favorites will speak. The evening each
wee at o'clock is in charge OF w. X. affai
body. eral
speakers already secured are Rev. !. firen
Fart Holden, Rev. John Mcdowell, M
Y George L. Cady, D. d. Rev. Il: Q. prin
able Of Boston and Mrs. Lucy Rider pwbn
eyer Of Chicago Training school. Davi
MIs' w. R. Moody is chairman Of the field
aslc committee and invited Miss Claire tran
lapnan Of Brooklyn, N. Y. to be the whel
eompanist, as last year. a
Unit
T. Moody Receives Half Million. PLAN
William R. Moody of Mortified, Mass, lawn
Eye Even one,haf of the estate of the late July
FHIionalre philanthropist, Horace B. Exte
Imam of Cohoes n Y, according to the
Albany dispatch. This was shown by w
\ Will which was filed for probate Sat- Raw
IVY. curio
NJ Moody is the son Of the evangel- 1000
dwight L. Moody, and his share may and
I'M [1S to considerably more than half a strait
Pnon dollars The estate has not been and
Ppr az The bequest is to be used for tain.
h h, Mt Hernon and Mortified schools. that
Inc other half of the estate is divided tn,
w. lthlrtleths, the First Presbyterian at ii
[l I0 OF C9hoes to receive three and the being
paOts T. Nj. c. A. and Hamilton col. erts
~. each two-thirteths. The board of ers v
vm,e missions of the Presbyterian prof
na.h. q the United States is to receive Of N
Iaa nllleths the greatest sum, and athle
a aah general Presbyterian bodies from If M
% s'l ns 1e to three-thirtieths. The trus-