The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-18
ELECTED THE DIRECTORS
REV. o. J. ARTHUR IS ON
THE OFFICIAL LIST
Mankato Minister Is to Serve
On Gustavus AdoIphus
~ College Board

Saltwater, Mimi. March 14-Ben-
evidences, reports of the past year and
new appropriations were considered
by the Minnesota conference of the
Lutheran Augustana synod in session
here.
Receipts for the Women's Home
and Foreign Missionary society for
the year amounted to nearly $4,000.
More than 800 women attended the
annual session in the Presbyterian
church. For the Girls school in Chi
ma, $2,100 was appropriated; for home
missions, S1,400. New officers are
Mrs. Nels Lundgren, Minneapolis,
president; Mrs. ]. e. Inner, st. Paul,
vice president; MIS-. Ed Hedman, St.
Paul, recording secretary: Mrs. G. X.
secretary, and Mrs. Ida Dearborn,
Minneapolis, treasurer.
Arthur Elected Director.
Directors for Gustavus Adolphus
college at st. Peter, elected by the
conference are Professor A. A. StromS
berg, Minneapolis, head Of the depart
ment Of Swedish literature and arts
at the University Of Minnesota: Rev
Q. J.. Arthur, Mankato: Rev. v. H.
son, Gibbon. Directory 1 elected 81; IT.; 'oh for
Minnesota college, Minneapolis, are
Rev. DR.. G. Rast, Litchfield; N. S.
Hoogner, Minneapolis, and John Og-
rem, Saltwater.
The conference voted a recommen-
dalton to the Augustana synod that
the seminary and Augustana college,
both under one head and board Of d.
rectors for fifty years, be separated.
The conference voted to support the
q m nQi0n for naw h,ri1dinuo for n
seminary.
BY large vote the conference accept
ed the 100000 offered by the Rookie.
Teller Foundation for Gustavus Adolf
phus college, and steps were taken to
raise an additional 100000 for the
endowment fund. This will increase
the college endowments to more than
$500, 900.
The conference completed its bust.
ness deliberations Saturday night aft
er day authorized for the charities
OF the conference. One Of these build
ings, hospital, will be located in st.
Paul, and another, children's home.
between st. Paul and Minneapolis.
A new children's home was author
lied at Vasa, Mimi, and another
.chtldren's home at Duluth, to- take
the place Of one DESTROYED by fire.
The conference elected members to
r. various boards. p. A Peterson of
Falls, Mimi, and Evald An
u i OF st. Paul were elected d.
rectors of the Vasa orphanage; An
drew johnson Of Superior, Wis, and
Rev. G. H. Olson of West Duluth, d.
rectors Of the Bethany Home at Du-
luth. and Rev. Oscar SapdahI Of Cen.
Ter CITY, MINI, John A. Holmen OF
st. Paul and Levi Lund Of Kandi-
yohi. Mimi. directors OF the Bethes-
da institutions.
Inspection of Charities.
A committee of five was appointed
to make an inspection of all the con-
ference's charities with instructions
to report at the next meeting of the
conference. The committee consists
Of Miss Florence johnson, st. Paul;
Rev. G. X. Stark, Minneapolis; Rev.
G. W.: Samuelson, Ruth City, Mimi:
Rev. Swan johnson; Cokato, Mimi,
The decision to erect an invalid
home and an orphanage in the twin
cities came after a parliamentary
battle. At first the conference decid-
ed to CO. operate in the Lutheran Col
ony OF Mercy at Lake Johanna, but
reconsidered this action and decided
to establish its own institutions in
the twin cities. The two buildings
authorized probably viii be the nu-
at the same place.
Fair Officials Censured. ~
A resolution introduced by DR.. v.
Hegstrom, st. Peter, was adopted.
severely censuring the officials of
the State Fair associations for con,
Quoting the fair >on Sunday. The res
olution characterized the action of
the state fair officials as an Official
Dissertation of the Sabbath" The
legislative committee was instructed
to call this attention of the legisla-
ture to this matter. y,
A legislative committee was an
pointed as follows: Rev. George N.
Anderson, st. Paul; Rev. G. A. Wen
dell, Minneapolis, and Erland Lind,
Minneapolis.
A resolution adopted strongly in
dorsed the management of the state
prison and copies were ordered sent
to the warden and state board of con-
troll.