The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-24
NEXT YEAR IN MONTPELIER.
Continued from Page IL

instances of effective work in Barre
land other places in the state.
The adjourned business session of |
1.-THE morning was resumed at 3 o 'clock |
land Mrs. Woodruff of the Woman s |
Home Missionary society spoke briefly |
lon the work of that organization. She |
lsaid that there are nearly 213.000l
members of the society of all ages and
tclasses and that among other work it
has done in the past year is to minis
ter to GOA preachers and to them alone
has provided $45 900 of new materials
Secretary Frank w. Lewis reported
THAT letter OF sympathy had been
/ lsent to Rev. f. r. Currier of Essex who
Twas prevented by illness from attend
!, ling the conference.
Duty Towards Seminary.
: A return to the task of settling the
financial duty of the conference to-
wards Montpelier seminary was made
and Rev Frederick A. Lendrum of St
Adams offered a resolution to the eff
feet that the conference treasurer be
INSTRUCTED to apportion 50 per cent
. New England that can compare with
) Montpelier seminary and all of the con
ference educational collection and 9th
or items appearing under public benev
olences and marked for Montpelier
; seminary.
District Superintendent R. T. Lowe
of the st. Johnsbury district spoke at
some length on the fact that the con
ference should give, instead of pitt
anee of five or even 10 per cent OF It's
benevolences to an educationa: insti
tuition of its own, - per cent at least,
He declared that the time mad cUl;C
: to assert themselves and insist upon Il
| fair proportion of the appropriations
going to the seminary and at least the
amount they pledge themselves to give,
and not far short of that amDunt as
was the case last year.
Leonard B. Fuller was introduced as
la recent graduate of the seminary. He
is only 20 years of age and has been
Idoing very effective work in the Yer
:, lmont conference in which he was later
= admitted on trial in first year studies
He spoke effectively on what the sem
Iinarv does for boys, declaring that
THAT there is no similar Institution in
n New England and can compare with
n the work the seminary is doing. When
j. the time comes that there is no pren,i-
um on manhood then there will be no
le further use for the seminary. lie wa'
"a heartily applauded.
n Rev. William Shaw of Montpeher
er moved that the members pledge them
L
le cational purposes and that that should
le be % cents per member, saying that
this would meet the general confer
ence obligations and leave enough K
n properly sustain the seminary III,
o was promptly voted.
as The work of voting on candidate,
= was then taken up, but at o clock i
l had not been completed and was re
. sumed this morning.
"a The following were admitted to thu
70 conference on trial in first year stud
les: Allen s. Charleton, Leonard +
~ Fuller Frederick r Kssler, George W
!" son, James f. Sails and Fred Wilcox
nc continued in first year studies, Scot
w. T. Cooley, Howard c. Hoyt and Ruth
Ierford II. Moore; continued in studio
lss of second year, John @. Angel. Arthu
50 ". Atwood; advanced to studies i
=" third year, Philander f. Barton ad
vanced TO studies in fourth year to b
40 ordained and admitted in full men
~ lbership, Duncan G. Porteus.
OF W. H M S. Anniversary.
nd The anniversary of the Woman
of Home Missionary society was observe
i yesterday afternoon at $50 by an az
bv dress in the chapel of the Centre Coz
Id gregational church by Mrs NJ.
Woodruff of Allentown, \. J.. nation
al corresponding secretary of the 81
ciety, Mrs. A. II. Webb of Fairlee, 70
merly of Brattleboro, presided as pres
dent of the Vermont society.
it'll Mrs. Woodruff, who is an inteusel
Interesting and convincing speake
said this was the eighth conference al
5ed niversary she had attended in the pa.
ing three weeks. She brought before I'll
- Ia.
ur- of the society. One Of these was II
III race problem, presented by the ten mi
rec lions of negroes in the black belt
my the South, and the two millions els
DIX where under our flag. They are he
ea. through forced immigration, and viii
III they have been freed from slavery Il
ian problem is how to ma Ike them absolut
hFy lY free. The problem cannot be di
ast posed of by expectation or segregatiC
ON or humiliation.
oo,a, Another problem in the South, whi'
w has not heretofore been regarded
lof great moment, is that of the viii
" mountain highlanders, of whom the
~ are now six millions and with who
seu' are associated family feuds and lille
~ stills. There is the problem of the /
NC dams, of whom there are 323, 900
"a. aiS the United States of mixed bloc
~ which is more than there were 10 yea
the ago. Fifty thousand of these India
'"e are shut away on reservations with
opportunity for Christianization or e
ucation.
ND The problem of Mormonism was q
en- more attention than any of the OF
anne ers, and the statements which she ma
as to the extent of Mormonism a.
polygamy were startling. Mormon m
mes sionaries and others are coming ba
iety from Europe on account of the W
lnty and in New York they have organic
for the eastern mission and will establi
und1 a temple there which will rival til
mes, in Salt Lake City.