The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-01-23
BANQUET RENDERED
EDITOR NICHOLSON
Members of the Four Friends
Churches in City Met
Last Evening.
FIVE YEARS MEETING
"American Friend" to Be En-
larged.-Publication Is
Appreciated.
FIVE YEARS MEETING

"A hearty reception was accorded s.
e. Nicholson, editor of the American
Friend by the members Of the four
Friends churches of the city when they
met at the East Main Street Friends
church last evening. A banquet was
served by the Ladies' Auxiliary socie-
ty of the church.
More than 200 Friends attended the
banquet and social gathering where
prominent Quakers gave words of en-
couragement to the guest of honor and
pledged their support in every way to
the publication which he is editing.
The event was arranged by a commit
tee composed of two members from
each of the four Friends churches, of
which John H. Nicholson was chair
man.
After a formal opening address by
the chairman, Timothy Nicholson took
charge of the meeting and acted as
master of ceremonies. Mr.. Nicholson
expressed the appreciation of the fact
that this city had been selected as the
home for the publication. He also COM
mented on the large number Of mem
bers of the Five Years meeting board
living in this city. There are three
chairmen of board committees residing
here
Address of Welcome.
President R. L. Kelly Of Earlham
college gave the formal address Of well
come. What the decision of the board
would mean to this community by de-
Gliding on Richmond as the seat of the
Five Years Meeting was spoken Of by
Prof Kelly.
In behalf of the American Friend,
Alvin T. Coate of indianapolis. presi-
dent of the board of publication. gave
short speech, as did Mr.. Nicholson,
who outlined the policies of the paper,
/ Mr.. Nicholson spoke on the neces-
sity of having an arrangement where
by message can go into each Friends
church every week to emphasize the
unity of the denomination. The pol
icy of the paper Is to contain material
which will be food for the churches
both in spiritual and intellectual
way" he said.
Several Talks.
A religious journal ought to contain
material representing the organized
activities and general activities of the
church as means of inspiration to
the churches in general A publication
of this kind should give an inside to
the world activities of the social and
moral life. Our denominational paper
will be an advocate for all the church
stands for and an exponent Of the
work of the church board
Others who addressed the meeting
| were Prof. Allen D. Hole of Earlham
College; Charles E. Tebbetts, secretary
of foreign missions board, Rev. Eli.
| son Purdy of Wilmington, Ohio, Isaac
Johnson of Urbana, Ohio, and Robert
! Cannon, secretary of the congrega'
| tional church.
At the meeting of the publication
board yesterday afternoon it was de
cided that the American Friend
should be enlarged from sixteen to
twenty or possibly enty-four pages.
| The paper will not be enlarged i'm
mediately as the present number OF
subscribers is not large enough to jus
tify the increase. 1t is hoped that by
April the subscription list will be rails
ed to 5000. 1t is now 4,2OO. 1t is
thought that the number of subscrib
ers will ultimately number 10000.