The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-09-04

country ana their talks this morning
were filed with gems of thought tina
will not soon be forgotten by thei
hearers. r. Fl. Clifford, OF California
a former resident of Oskaloosa ant
financial agent of Penn College fol
many years, was next called upor
and made a few remarks, concerning
education and, particularly, Penn col
| lege. DIR. David M. Edwards, presi
dent of Penn college, made a brie
talk, experimenting his report thal
was previously read by the clerk
He explained that Penn college was In
a fiourishing condition and doing more
good now than at any previous time
but there is much yet to be accom-
plished and these Penn will try tc
perform. Daisy Barr, Rev. Mead Kel
sey and others spoke along the same
lines.
by the nominating committee as trus
tees for Penn College for term Of
three years, adopted by the meeting
and the appointments made:
Roy Wood, New Providence.
Albert johnson, Lynnville.
Jehu H. Stewart, Minneapolis.
William A. Johnson, Oskalosa.
Mahlon Roberts, Veo.
The report of Supt. of Whites Iowa
Manual Labor Institute for the past
year was read. The report showed
affairs in good condition and % per.
manent scholars being cared for. Sew.
eral remarks were made in regard to
the school and its affairs and the meet.
ing adjourned.
Christian Endeavor.
The Christian Endeavor vesper ser.
vices at GAS last evening in the Aud
itorium were led by Charles T.
Moore, pastor of the Friends church
at Denver, Colo, last year, who goes
to Indianola this year. The singing
was led by Grover Hawk and Hadley
Kelsey. Vespers this evening in the
Auditorium at 6:45 will be led by
Daisy Barr of Indiana Yearly Meet
ing.
The devotional meeting in the new
meeting house at 1880 was addressed
by Mrs. Daisy Barr, minister from
indiana Yearly Melting, and the hear
ers listened to one of the most elo-
quent and convincing sermons ever
delivered at any session of Iowa Year.
ly Melting.
Nomination of Officers.
The second session of the Fifty
first annual assembly of Iowa Yearly
Meeting of Friends convened Tuesday
afternoon at 300 p. m. and organiza-
ton for the coming year was effected
by the election of officers. The rep
resentatives of the fourteen quarterly
meetings comprising the Iowa Yearly
Meeting held meeting at / o'clock,
previous to the opening of the after
noon session. - ..a
Following a brief devotional SER
vice the nominations of the represen-
tatives for clerks were reported, ap-
proved and the appointment made.
The same clerks who did excellent
service last year we're nominated and
reelected for this year. DR.. Stephen
NJ Hadley, of Oskaloosa, Dean OF
Penn College, was again elected pre-
siding clerk, the position that he has
held for the past several years. Miss
Cory NJ. Mattison, OF Oskaloosa, win
again serve as recording clerk; L.
Howard Brown, of Marshalltown, will
still serve as reading clerk and Rev.
Zeno H. Doan, of Lynnville, is an
nouncing clerk. ..."
officers and committees were nom
mated by the representatives and
elected by the meeting as follows:
Printing Committee. c. Cook, OF
New Providence; Ross Wood, Oska.
loosa; r. H. Williams, Oskaloosa.
Members of Permanent Board
(term to expire 191S)-W. A. Cope
Marshalltown; Edward Hartsuck
Scranton; C. w. Moore, Cedar; r. 7
Ellis, Mia; Harvey Hoskins, Pleas
ant Plain; DR.. T. E. Coffin, Oskaloosa
Franklin Hadley, Richland; Nathan
Rosenberger, Muscatine.
Ito fill unexpired term - Linton
johnson, Hedrick.
Caretakers-Anna NJ. Pinkham, B
j. C. Patton, Roy Woods, Clyde COT
fin, Leona B. Doan, Willis Craven
Ida X. Johnson, Sceya Laughlin, Ida
Hodson, Kate Miller, Roy Weant.
Change in Program.
Rev. Kelsey recommended on be
half of the Devotional Committee thai
the morning devotionals begin at
o'clock instead of 1880, as stated or
the program. Breakfast hour is mo-
yet over at 1880 and the devotional
committee thought good crowd fo
As minutes was better than half
crowd for 70 minutes. The recommen
dation was approved and the change
authorized.
The subject of Bible Schools wa!
next taken up and the report of F. E
Carpenter, Supt. of Bible Schools o
the Yearly Meeting, was read by thu
clerk T. Clyde Coffin was assistan
superintendent of the Bible schoo
committee the past year and Artalissi
Coffie was secretary and treasurer
The report of the committee showe'
good gain in almost every depart
ment of the Bible schools. The lara
est record of Improvement an
growth was shown in the number o
teachers meeting held during tn
past year, as compared with the nun
Der in 1912. Seventy-six meetings o
the teachers of the Bible schools wer
held during 1913, whereas but tw
we're held during the preceding veal
THE report showed total enrollmen
of 4,937, a total of $40 classes and Q
organized classes. Teacher trainin