The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-19

time on the country church and its
possibilities for good, and the first
speaker of the afternoon was Prof. II.
Voght Of New York, who had for his
theme, Country Life. His was one of
the very best of the addresses of the
entire conference. The Leadership in
Country Life was talked of by Prof.
J. M. Gillette, who named over some of
the greatest men in the nation who
eminated from the rural districts.
Or. Aasgaard's Address.
The Country Church was the sub
ject of DR.. j. A. Aasgaard president
of the state normal school Of Moorhead.
He told of the good that church in
the country always brought about and
spoke of the many great ministers who
had graduated from the country
churches to become power in the
world for righteousness 1t was a. fine
effort and he was congratulated at its
close. A Musical Organization as a
Community Builder. was the subject of
the address of J. Engel, who touched
on the cornet band and the singing
school and said that such organiza-
tions had tendency to bring people
closer together. How to Make a. Social
Surety, was the theme of r. Fulton,
and he went into that interesting topic
to a great extent. The Rural Library
was the subject of Dr. Max Batt OF
the A. c., and he used the stereopti-
con to illustrate his lecture. He told
of the good a library of the circulating
type might be in the country and Of
what the state had done along these
lines. The addresses of the afternoon
closed with one by w. c. Palmer.
whose subject was, The Newspaper, 3
Factor in Country Life, showing how
the farmer in a measure depended on
his weekly and daily papers TO keep in
touch with the outer world.
At the Round Table.
Following the set programme of the
afternoon there was an hour of the
round table, when various matters
were taken up, among which were the
following: The Lecture Course; How
Can the Rural Community Be Vitaliz-
ed? The Rural Church and the Beau
tification of the Country; Country
Church Settlement Work; The Farmer
Minister; The Call of the Country Par
ish; Should the Church Take Hold of
the Economical Problems of Country
Life? Should a Church Try to Organ
ize a Satisfactory Form of Agricultural
Credit for Its Community? The Coun-
try Church and Social Orga ganiZations;
Church Grounds; Church Buildings.
It was found that il was not possible
to finish all the subjects set for the af-
ternoon and this part of the pro-
gramme was continued this morning.
Some interesting Charts.
While the country church pro-
gramme was. going on there was dis
played in the chapel number of
charts pertaining to the country church
and country life, and these were in
charge of Rev. w. J. Hutchinson. Here
are some of the inscriptions on the
charts:
Wanted. a church to interest young
men. Marshall county, Iowa. has nine
ty-one churches and twenty-five of
these have no young men under the
age of II years."
everything in it's power to pave the
farmers way to glory land, but IT has
paid far too little attention to his road
to the nearest village"
When our own use of the world IL
over and we make room for others.
may we not leave anything ravished
by our greed or spoiled By our ignor-
ance, but may we hand on down to
those we leave fairer and sweeter
world fertile njoy and peace"
The country store is the greatest
social center of the country neig1bor-
hood. 1t is here that men most FREE
quently gather to swop stories and
exchange views on the crops, on the
weather on religion and on politics,
1t is here that the issue of many
presidential election is determined and
1t is here that the ideals and character
of many country boy are formed"
These charts had been used at Lith-
bridge, Canada, not long ago and were
secured for this conference by a good
deal of effort
Last evening the conference joined
in the great moving picture show at
the armory and everybody was pleased
with 1t.