The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-18
Some Slight Changes Made
in Constitution and By
Laws at Last Meeting
MUCH ACCOMPLISHED
AT EXTRA SESSION
Appointment of Principals for Various
Schools in South Confirmed-Re-
ports Submitted and Recon-
mendations Adopted

sionary council, which has been in session
here a week, closed the most successful
convention in the history of the council
During the afternoon most of the dele
gates and visitors left Birmingham for
their respective homes.
The 1914 convention of the council will
be held in Fort Worth, Tex.
Extra Session Necessary
The extra session convened yesterday
morning at o'clock with a devotional
service lead by Mrs. J. Fl. spiman of
Harrodsburg, Ky.
Following this service Mrs. George
Mathews of the North Georgia conference
sang unaccompanied "All the Way to
Calvary"
Mrs. A. l.. Marshall, editor in chief of
the Council Daily, announced that the
final edition of that paper would be pub
lshed and mailed to the homes of the
subscribers Friday morning.
Mrs. Marshall was followed by Mrs.
Frank SIZES, who made short talk on
the recent unveiling of monument in
Augusta Ca, to Edgar Allen Poe Sid
ney Lanier and Paul Hamilton Hayne.
She then presented to the council S. L..
Bibson, nephew of Sidney Lanier who
made brief address to the council thank
ing them for the honor.
Changes in Constitution
The reading of the bylaws by Mrs.
Luke Johnson, with the additional amend
ments offered by the committee on con-
stitution and bylaws, was the first busi-
ness on the programme
When the report was concluded 1t was
unanimously adopted by the council Mrs.
Humes Steele, chairman of the commit
tee on nominations of the standing COM
mittees read the changes made ON the
following committees: Educational, tim
Grafton, institutions, applicants for train
ing for missionary work, candidates for
foreign missionary work, city missions
and deaconesses work, bylaws, litera-
ture social service, children's work and
young peoples work. The report created
two new committees. one was the conf
mittee on the estimates of the home de-
partment and the other was the COM
mittee ON estimates of the foreign de-
partment. :.
The following ladies were appointed by
Miss Bennett TO fill places on the old
committees, made vacant by the resigna-
tion or the incunlbents, Mrs. Bessie Lips
comb, Two committees; Mrs. NJ. L.. Woods,
Mrs. T. NJ Clark, Mrs. J. n, McEachem,
Mrs. Arch TrawielSs Mrs. w. A. Albright,
Mrs. r.. B. John, Mrs. J. B. Hammond,
Mrs. A. IL. Robbins, Mrs. p. c. Archer,
Mrs. e. f. Stevens and Mrs. Sherzer
Reports Adopted
Miss Mary Moore president of the Ath-
ems Female college and chairman of the
standing COMMITTEES on educational in
stltuiions, presented a report of her COM
mittee confirming the appointment of
principals for the various Methodist mis-
sion schools located throughout the south.
This report was also unanimously adopt
ed by the council. a report was next read
from the Yangtze-Kiang valley committee
in China This commission governs the
interdenominational institutions in this
district. The work being carried on by
this committee was given the hearty in
. dorsemcnt of the council.
= The council then recommended the ac-
ceptance of the land offered by several
Chinese patrons of the McTyeire school in
Shanghai, China. for the purpose of en-
larging that institute.
The committee on social service was
presented to the council. 1t recommend
en- that the memorials presented to the
council by the Paine institute asking for
the appointment of committee to in
yestisate the status of the negro in the
south be approved. This the council did
unanimously.
Report No 8 of the committee on dea-
conesses and city missionaries was read
to the council. The most important rec
concentration was that the spending
money of the deaconesses be increased
from SIS to S2o which was approved Of
by the council
The standing committee on young peo-
ple's work was presented. Among the
things recommended was that Good Fri
day be set aside as Il day for the special
presentation Of young peoples work. This
was also approved of by the council.
A great discussion arose over the sug-
gestion Of one of the delegates to change
the name Good Friday to the Friday