The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-15
FRIENDS centennial
PAGEANT MARKS END
OF YEARLY MEETING

The 101st conference of Indiana
Yearly Meeting of Friends, largest
and most influential of the Quaker
bodies of the void, closed Monday
with a centennial anniversary celebra-
ton recalling in pageant and IN
speeches a century of growth. The
formal celebration was conducted in
the morning in East Main Street
Friends church, where the body has
met annually since 1873. Here 81
year-old Timothy Nicholson, the
grand old man of Quakerism," presid-
ed. while speakers reviewed the past
and told of the future of the church.
Prof Harlow Lindley of Earlham col
lege read a paper narrating the his
tory of Indiana Yearly Meeting and
Prof. Rufus Jones of the Haverford
college faculty spoke on THE Future
of Quakerism."
A pageant depicting incident of the
body's development was held later in
the day on the campus of Earlham col
lege.
$50 to Participate.
More than $50 Quakers. garbed in
the regulation attire of the old
Friends discipline, took part in the
pageant the first time that historical
incidents of the denomination have
been presented in this manner in the
middle west THE Pageant of Serv-
ice" was written by Estelle Slmms
Hewson of this city with the assist
ance of advisers.
The pageant opened with an intro
duction by Quaker boy and girl
dressed in old-time Quaker costumes.
The Setting Off" the first scene,
showed the organization of the meet
ing here in 1921.
Attention was paid to the SO quar-
terly meetings that have belonged to
the Yearly Meeting in the next scene,
and the Is quarterly meetings of the
present organization appear as me
scene closed. The Indian Concern
showed how the Quakers began mis-
sion work among the Shawnee In
dams at Wapakoneta, o., in 1921, and
Following the Trail told of present
work among the Western tribes. I'm
der The People of Color" a close con-
nection on the underground railway
system, by which Quakers helped
thousands of slaves to freedom, is pre-
scented, in which runaway slaves are
helped to the Grand Central station of
Levi Coffin at Fountain City, nine
miles north of here. The origin of
Southland institute, Quaker school
to train colored persons. was included
in the next scene. Foreign Mis-
sions," the Richmond General Con-
ference. lSS7-1S94." The Five Years
Meeting, 1902" First Day Schools, +"
"Earlham," "A Service of Love in War
Time, 1917-1921," followed, the page
ant closing with the singing of a re-
cessional hymn.
Return to Old Beliefs
"The world with its load of tragedy
and its burden of sin and sorrow.
needs to be brought back home to the
Christ" declared Rufus NJ. Jones of
Haverford college, Monday.
1--WE need again to proclaim the God
of all patience and tenderness, who
suffers long and is kind, who pursues
with love that never lets go. A
Quakerism that sounds that truth sin
cerely and wildly has future and
will meet with a great response" he
declared
1.-TWO hundred years ago, we were
better than most people knew or sus'
pected; now we lag behind the est.
mate which has been passed upon US
by a world grateful for our work of
relief and reconstruction.
Theories Are Not Enough
I'VE are thankful as we should be
for the appreciation which has been
bestowed bul we do we'll to feel very
humble in the face of the immense
expectations with which a weary and
disillusioned world is turning toward
us. Economic theories, even good
ones, are not enough for this situation
Panaceas of social enthusiasts will no,