The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-17

city built on the edge of the Haran
plain at the base of a range Of rocky
hills, and having a population of
$1,000. The mission work there is
chiefly industrial and educational.
There is a boys ~orphanage. a boys
industrial school, a school for the
blind, az handkerchief manufacturing
business to give employment to poor
women and girls, and no less than
2,4S0 women and girls are given work
there. Mr.. Leslie will have charge Of
the entire mission at Urfa next year..
During the past week DIR. c. G..
Thayer entertained at the home of his
parents on Third avenue south in hon
or of the college basketball team. The
young men were requested to bring
ladies' with them. The Thayer home
was attractively decorated with fes-
toons Of pink hearts and valentines.
The evening was spent in contests,
games and st. Valentines tests. A
dainty luncheon was served. Mrs.
Thayer and Miss Sylvia Forth as
sisted in entertaining. Among the
guests were the Misses Flaten, Akre,
II uIBSSOl, COI LiIls LOWE III lStnSOIlt
Zintheo and Fraser and Messrs. Forth,
Boise, Haggart, Slingsby, Engerud,
Athol Thayer, Harrington and Coach
Watkins.
DIR. Creegan has loaned the library
the complete edition in twenty-seven
volumes of the Hart American Nation
series, which is the newes and latest
thing in American history. j.
Miss Perley has a practice class in
German in connection with her work
in German pedagogy.
Miss Lucy McGrath has been called
home on account of her mothers ILL
ness.
The Grinnell Register has an ac-
count of the visit to that city of DIR.
Vittum, formerly president of Fargo
college. He, is at present professor of
English at the normal school at Mil
~ledgeville, Ga. His health is much
improved, and he plans to return to
the ministry as soon as he feels he has
the strength. ...-
On Thursday morning DR.. VowIes
addressed the students of the Moor
head high school on Life at Oxford
university.
At chapel Wednesday President
Creegan gave an inspiring talk on the
subject of immortality.
The regular weekly meeting of the
college Y. NJ, c. A. was in charge of
Leo Horst, who chose as his subject
The Call Of the Wild. Miss Agnes
Ayrea led the Y. w. c. A. prayer
meeting.
At the basketball game the girls of
the art department sold candy to Wis
itors in order to raise funds for some
improvements in the decorations of
one of the art rooms. This evening
the first game with the University of
North Dakota is being played. Dur
ing the past week the girls team has
been defeated by the Moorhead high
school team, and has won a victory
over the Detroit high school.
Last Sunday at the city Y. w. C.. A.
vesper service Miss Perley gave a
number Of readings from Annie Trum-
bell Slosson. 5
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Pollock recent
ly entertained =the members of the
senior class. of which Hal Pollock is
a member. Covers were laid for four
teen. and the decorative scheme was
carried out with reference to st. VAL
entine, and the evening was spent in
pastime savoring of the patron saint
Of February,
Among the guests at dinner at the
college Sunday were Mrs. and Miss
True and ]. d. yowles.
During the past week Miss Helen
Welter was a guest of Mrs. Hewett
and Mrs. NJ. w. Brainard in Minneapo-
lis. While there she was a guest at
the junior prom of the University of
Minnesota.
AT a recent meeting OF the drama
section of the Fine Arts club Miss
True gave an Interpretation of Henry
Arthur Jones The Case of Rebellious
Susan which elected much favorable
comment. The play may be summed
up in Miss True's quotation from the
author, who characterizes it as "a
tragedy dressed up as a comedy