Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-07-15
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thoroughly stimulating and Informing.
One morning period was devoted TO
discussion forums where the theme:
.The Christian Woman Citizen was
developed in a mastery manner. The
period Immediately preceding lunch
was given TO further technical discus
sions
president Woolley, OF Mount Holy
oke College, at the second evening
meeting, welcomed the conference on
behalf of the college officials. and in
very earnest way. said the success OF
the conference would be determined
bv our reactions to church. home, So
eial, political, and industrial life in
The days that We're to come.
Miss Head, associate executive,
Department Of Research and Methods.
in a series of rather informal address
es. painted very intimate picture OF
the life of the women of South AM
erica. China and Japan
"At the Thursday evening meeting
we had the pleasure of hearing Presi-
dent Butterfeld. of Massachusetts
Agricultural College. who emphasized
the factors which are conducive to
contented country life He offered
solutions TO the many problems which
Immediately arise as soon as closer
relationship with the people in the
country is undertaken.
"A trip TO Mount Tom on Friday af-
ternoon was a great treat to every
body. After heaps of merriment and
a real picnic supper a never-to-be-
forgotten devotional service was held.
| On Saturday evening most
thought provoking talk on present
| day Industrial problems as the are
confronting the peoples of all nations
was given by an Industrial secretary
The theme of the Sunday morning
address was The Cross It's horizon
tai surface was fittingly compared to
mans relationship to himself; its per-
| pendicular surface, mans relationship
to God We were urged TO remember
| that,.the cross is responsible for the
most tragic death in history; yet with
out that horrible death there could be
no eternal life.
Tho vesper service, a most me-
morable one, was held in a pine grove
on the summit of a mountain to the
rear of the college buildings. One OF
| the special workers of the Overseas
Committee, who had recently return
ed from Russia, thrilled us with a
1 ~ Ito,
Y w worker.
AS the. shadows were deepening on
a gloriously perfect Sunday, we were
charged, by Director of Religious
Education, who was conducting a
Bible class at the Conference, to Sc
lect as the planks for our political
platforms the Ten Commandments,
and to make them vital forces in our
laily life.
ION Association Night Monday,
June rs, we had the privilege of re-
eeiying authentic accounts of tie
work which is being carried on by
the Y. W. in Poland, Italy, Czecho-
Slovakia and France. We were told
Of the exalted position in which AM
erican women are held by the women
Of these countries The speakers
| themselves natives, appealed to the
young women to equip themselves for
service abroad. and expressed the
hope that the trust which has been
given to the womanhood OF America
would not be misplaced. Pledges
amounting to approximately five hum
bred and ten dollars were given for
The extension of the work of the
World Fellowship Program
son Tuesday evening the Librarian
at Mount Holyoke College gave an
intensely appealing biographical
sketch of Mary Lyon the girl with
IN ideal the founder, eighty-three
years ago, OF Mount Holyoke College
which stands today a living memorial
10 her
AT a short meeting on Wednesday
| evening we heard echoes of the Ma
-ional Convention which was held in
I Cleveland in April, 1920. Many tech
meal points were touched upon but
| he issues of common interest were the
increase Of membership on the Ma
hional Board (from thirty to fifty !;
md the determination to have ma
lional conventions at intervals of two
| rather than three years.
''The final meeting was held on
Thursday evening. A doctor, who had
been in attendance throughout the
Conference and had performed nu-
merous examinations, reminded US
hat our bodies are temples of the
living God and challenged those
present to make them worthy tenn
pies. The Executive then fired US
with the spirit of service: service TO
God. service to fellowmen. The en-
tire Conference was shot through and
through with the spirit of Jesus
Christ"
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