The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-07-09
LUTHER LEAGUE SESSION
TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVER-
SARY IS DATED
Meeting of Organization Will
Be Held At Fort Wayne
July 1915

Celebrating its twenty fifth ami
versary, the Luther League Of Amer
lea will hold its biennial convention
at Fort Wayne, Ind, July 13 to Is.
Hotel Anthony will be the convention
headquarters and all the meetings,
except the grand rally at the Strand
theater celebrating the anniversary,
will be held at Christ Lutheran
church.
The Luther league is the young
peoples organization Of the United
Lutheran church. AS the conven-
ton has been arranged for the va
cation period 1t is expected that
thousands of delegates and visitors
will attend the Fort Wayne con-
!clave.
Throughout the three day program
the theme Our Neighbors," home
and abroad, will be presented at the
various sessions, which will be large
men and women of the Lutheran
Church will speak on the most in
teresting phases of the church's work,
including especially, the educational,
mission and young peoples activi-
ties.
Great plans have been made for the
celebration of the Luther Leagues
twenty fifth birthday. The grand raj
ly in honor of this event will come
as the climax Of the convention at
the last session in one of Fort
Wayne's largest theaters.
Organized Twenty Seven Years Ago.
Twenty seven years ago the Luth-
err league was first organized in New
York, and the quarter centenary OF
the New York body was celebrated
body, however. has just reached it's
twenty fifth birthday.
Several early leaders of The move
mont will be present, including E. F.
Eilert, New York, always active in
the movement, and now chairman Of
the executive committee.
Among the other prominent speak
ers for the convention are the Rev.
J. Henry Harms, DID,. formerly
president Of Newberry College; the
Rev. Walter Krumwiede. Rochester,
n. Y; the Rev. VIM. Freas, New
York, inner mission secretary of the
church; the Rev. Paul Krause c. -
,cago, one of the secretaries of the
G.. H. Bechtold, Philadelphia; the
Rev. A. Herring. Pittsburgh.
The Rev H. ]. Schulz, d. D., Anna,
Ohio. one of the Lutheran commits
sioners to Europe, will have much
to tell the young people of after war
conditions on that continent Other
speakers are Miss Mary e. Markley,
New York, women students secre-
tary of the church board of educa-
ton: Mrs. M. H. Frey; o. H. Rohde;
the Rev. l. c. Hoffman. Philadelphia
Others On Speaking List.
The Rev. L. NJ Kuhns, Lift. D..
Omaha Neb., long time leader in the
Luther league; the Rev. E. T. Horn,
a missionary to Japan; Dr. Amy
Rohrer Neudoerrffer; Miss Mary
Borthwick the Rev. j. s. Albert.
Wisconsin,; L, M. Waidelich and
Mrs. Rosalyn Summer Sease.
Present national officers of the
Luther League are G. T. A. Anderson,
Chicago, president; o. C. Rohde,
Toledo, O.. and Geo. w. Rapps, Mil
waukee. Wis vice presidents: Har-
ry Hodges, Philadelphia. general sec
rotary; and P. Walter Banker, Phil
adelphia, treasurer
Other members of the executive
committee include VIM. C. Stoever,
Lift. D.. PHILADELPHIA, Berkeley, Cal;
o. C. c. Fetta, Indianapolis, Ind: L.
s. Runvon. New York: the Rev. C. F..
Gehr, Williamsburg. Pa: James NJ.
Reynolds. Valatie,, NJ Y; and the
Rev. NJ. ]. Bieber, D. D., Winnipeg,
Canada