The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-06-07
WOMAN S BOARD
HEARS REPORTS
Annual Meeting Proves Most I'm.
pOrtant Held in Many Years
Officers Elected.
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From Wednesday Adyer,iscr)
The usual hong program of ihe au
uunl meeting of The Woumu' 3 Board of
Missions Fan yesterday into d day
session of that body arrcoahly broken
by lunch served in the parish house of /
the Central Union Church With che ,
election Of new officers, the reading Of .
the annual reports Of organizations at.
fliatcd with il aud the social features
Of the occasion, the meeting proved |
one of most important held in many
years.
The new officers as elected are prcsi- |
dent. Mrs. Theodore Richards Gre
elected); vice presidents, Mrs, w. G..
Hobby lreeleeted), Mrs. Doremus send
der, Mrs. WI J. Forbes and Mrs. j. Z.
Erdman; recording secretary Miss
Margnretta l.. Shelley lrcoected) homo
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Carl Il.
Andrews; foreign corresponding secre-
tary, Miss Agnes y, Judd; treasurer,
Mrs. b f. Dillingham; reeleeted)' as
sistant treasurer, Mrs. W. l.. Moore;
auditor, O. c. swain (reelected).
Two addresses of note were delivered
before the meeting, the most important
by the Rev. Doremus Seudder. pastor
of the Central Union. He outlined the
plan that is now being worked up, and
which he hoped would soon be in actual
practise, by which a school for mis-
sonary workers and Sunday school
teachers would be established here.
Seeking Teacher.
For this purpose trained missionary
worker will be brought from the Coast
and Doctor Scudder announced that
negotiations were already going on for
suitable teacher The purposes of
the school win be to develop mission
interest among board members and the
ladies of the community in general.
w. A. Bowen, superintendent of the
Central Union Sunday School, spoke in
concurrence with the plan and dwelt on
the influence it would have on Sunday
school work.
Chaplain Pruden of Schofeld Barracks
spoke of the work that has been done
at that post where all denominations
use the post chapel, giving good illus
tration of unity and the benefits aris'
ing therefrom. He also spoke of the
improvement apparent since they were
enable to discard for religious purposes
the post dance hall and occupy theil
own chapel made possible through
funds seventy per cent subscribed t.
from the Central Union Church.
The musical program for the day wa
: furnished by Mrs Tackaberry, Mis-
Lewis, and the Kawaiahao girls.
Mrs. Annie f. Gulick, superintendent
japanese Mission work, presented al
encouraging report for the year. Sh
spoke of the slow but sure success tn
g Japanese eyangelists were having oil
all the islands, of the changes that hal
Y occurred in the pastorates and Of tn
0 new churches being formed, and con
2 cluded:
"The hold the japanese priests hav
t upon the ignorant people is so grea
t that Christianity does not make rap
IT progress among them, but we ar
IT thankful for the companies of Japnnes
r Christians scattered here and there Owe
}. the land, whose influence is widel
,, affecting japanese life"
9, Report on Japanese
> Another report, giving more int
T. mate view of japanese Christia
: church life, said in part;
"The general attendance ofNthe Sun
. day school is quite irregular, Japanes
school exercises, a picnic or an int
esting ball game may call off larl
schare of the pupils at any time an
Il the children have little idea of quiz
or order
During the two weeks of the Chri
tian Extension Movement the Japane
Christians held union meetings tV
evenings a week at each of the $
churches in turn. Their M tbod was
meet for short season OF prayer, %
ganize in three bands with two leade
for each group. Then each person WI
furnished with a lantern and singh
as they went followed their leaders
different parts of the neighborhood. I
az reaching a japanese camp or other SUI
&C able place, hymns were sung, two.
three short addresses or Testimonial
given by the ladies OF other of u
party. tracts distributed and the NEE
ey ings at the nearest preaching place
nounced
Mrs Jessie Mack emile of the Ber
ne tania Mission offered one of the mo
encouraging reports of the day, 81
or prisng many with the amount
work shown TO have been accomplish
- in quarters that have long been OF
grown. score of classes taught
Mr.. and Mrs. Mackenzie and their a
sistnnts ON everything from algebra
embroidery keep the rooms of the
tenement mission on Beretania al
III Smith streets ever crowded
=" Speaking on subject of which 8
is probable one of the best anthoriti
in the city, Mrs. Mackenzie sa
- "Tenements do not improve with a
II. hut become more ineanitary and a
es rented by more inferior people as t
20 years go by. Those who are able, !
~ are happy TO notice, are building It'll
re cottages and moving into them"
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