Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-30
HOME FOR GIRLS
ASKED BY COLLEGE
Effort Will Be Made to Raise
Money for First Unit Of
Building

Lebanon, Or, Sept. 30.-The fourth
day of the Oregon Methodist confer
ence yesterday opened with an address
by DR.. Larkin of San Francisco, on
"The Christian Doctrine of Human
Life and later the conference heard
the reports of the pastors on the pro-
gress of the work for the year. These
showed substantial growth. DIR. George
II. Parkinson of Eugene delivered the
conference missionary sermon at 2:30
which was followed by lecture by Dr.
Blake on GLOW to Hold the Young
People to the Church.
At $50 the annual seminary men S
banquet was given in behalf of Kimball
College of Theology, to impress upon
the members of the conference the i'm
portance of this school of the church.
w. W. Youngson of Portland presided
as toastmaster and the address of wei
come was given by d. Lester Fields, of
McMinnville, with responses by DR.. H.
j. Talbot, president of the college, and
by DR.. A. NJ. Fisher, C.. R. Carlos and
M. B. Parounagian. The night session
was given over to an Illustrated lee
ture on the European war by Rev. John
Lewtas of Tacoma.
Laymen Open Session
The Laymen s association convened
in annual session at 9 o clock in the
Presbyterian. church with A. M. Ham
mer, the president of the association,
presiding, with IT, S. McDaniels of Port
land as secretary. Mrs. Marsters of
Roseburg and Mr.. McDaniels were APP
pointed to convey the greeting of the
association to the conference and they
brought back an invitation from the
ministerial body for a joint session
which was addressed by DR.. Blake of
Chicago, with responses by the presi
dent of the association and Mr.. McDan
iels and others.
The morning session of the laymen
was given over to the interests of Will
lamettc University, with talks by Dean
G. H. Alden of Willamette; DR.. II. j.
Talbot, of Kimball College; DR.. W.
Arnold Lindsay of Portland; T. S. Ne
Daniels and N. M. Newport of Lebanon.
Girls Dormitory Wanted
One of the actions of the laymen S |
meeting was the adoption of Il resolu-
ton calling for the appointment of a
committee to raise funds for girls
dormitory at willamette University,
the building to be erected and com
pletcd if possible, before the opening of
school for another year. This PROPOSE.
ton met with strong approval from
many of the laymen az one of the chief
needs of the university and it is be- |
lieved that the laymen can soon raise
sufficient funds for the first unit
The following officers of the associ- |
alton were elected or the next year: |
President, A. NJ. Hammer, Albany; vice
d. w. Day, Portland; DR.. b.
l.. Sleeves, Salem; j. S. Van Wrinkle,
Albany, and II. l.. Gilkcy, Grants Pass;
secretary, T. S. McDan-
iels, Portland; recording secretary, f.
A. Baker, Portland; treasurer, J. l..
ence, claimants s fund, DR.. Theodore
Fessler, Portland.
DR.. Lane May be Superintendent
Since yesterday some developments
have taken place that may make chang
es in one of the leading pulpits of
Portland. There is now strong talk that
DR.. Lane of Centenary church, may go
on the Portland district. as district su-
and DR.. X. +. Gibson of
St. Paul church, Spokane, will be as
signed to Centenary. This change may
not take place if DR.. Avison will take
he Portland district superintendency.
If he does DR., Gibson may go to First
,hurch in Salem. The Eugene district
still remains as unde-
termined as heretofore.
Among the prominent visitors at the
conference are DIR. Thomas Elliott of
Puget Sound conference, now district
of the Vancouver dis
trict; DIR. o. II. Perry, district superin-
-cndent of The Dalles district in the
Columbia River conference; II. 7. At
iinson of Alaska, former minister of
his conference, who will return, and
Dr.. w. b. Hollingshead of New YofS,
, former district superintendent of the
Portland district