The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-10
Rotary Club Decides to Help in
100000 Campaign.
Program for Fiftieth Anniver-
sary Celebration Planned.
GUILD ON MODERN PREACHER
Minister Must Be Student OF
Social Conditions of Day.
Enthusiastic Luncheon by Club
Members Today.

The Topeka Rotary club will take
an important part in a great pageant
which will be a feature of the cele-
bration of the fiftieth anniversary OF
washburn college June clio. In the
pageant, which will take place
Wednesday, June 8, various phases OF
the history of Kansas will be depict
ed. The Rotary club will represent
the primitive days in Topeka when
the Indians roamed the Kansas prai-
ries. This was decided at the regular
biweekly meeting of the club at noon
today in the u. c. T. hall on East
Eighth avenue.
The Rotary club will also help in
making the annual spring festival or
music which will be put on by the
Musical Art society under the dlrec-
ton of Dean Horace WhitehOuse, one
of the greatest musical events in KAN
sas. and a valuable advertising
medium for Washburn college.
committee of the club will work to-
wards giving the event next spring
publicity and swelling the attendance
and in every other possible way.
This club cannot do better
thing than get behind Washburn and
make this annual. musical presenta-
ton one of the great features of the
state" said Scott Hopkins.
Modern Preacher.
"Thc modern preacher must be a
thorough student of the social condl-
tions of today that he may most eff
fect,vely cry out against the existing
evils and persuade men to right
them" said DR.. Roy B. Guild, who
read a paper on "The Task of the
Twentieth Century Preacher"
1.-The most serious handicap a
preacher has in gaining this knowl-
edge is often the fact that people
know he is preacher. SAID Doctor
Guild, He does not know men as
other men know them. In away he
is fortunate because they often put on
their Sunday-gO-to meeting Asnorals
and language when he Is around. He
thus knows the best side and wishes
that they would wear that garb al
ways But because they take it off
when he is not around he does not at
first know what is needed.
ut is easier for him to know OF
mems dealings with their fellowmen
There never was time like this for
having shouted from the housetop the
sin that was committed in secret
With what impunity for instance our
railroads used to do as they pleased
Every trickery under the sun was re-
sotred to with impunity. Now even
railroad men are coming to hate the
sins their predecessors ecom1oitted
The greatest joke in Kansas today is
to sit in the house or senate and hear
the piteOuS petitions rolling in from
all over the state toshave mercy or
the poor sinners. If they will come
out and confess their sins Davi(
did maybe their masters. the people
will have mercy. The fathers have
eaten sour grapes and the children.
teeth are set on edge"
A sketch of the life of DIR. Guild
was given by DR.. c. B. Van Horn
Herbert Dale gave a Rotary talk. D.
o. COe presided at the meeting.
A prize was offered the member OF
the club who was found TO scarry the
most hardware" in his pockets. The
prize-a coffee percolator given by
Roy ThOmpsOn-was-s awarded tC
Frank p. MacLennan.
The nucleus for a library for the
state tuberculosis sanitarium at Nor.
ton was formed when member.
brought contributions today. AL
persons who failed to bring at Least
one book was fined twenty five cents
Among the special guests present
were: Senator Emerson Carey Of
Hutchinson. F. T. Rodgers of Beloit
Representative w. G. Tulloss of OF
stawa, Representative Arthur r. Kin.
KEEL of Council Grove. James Wood o,
Kansas City, and Representative A
M keene of Bourbon