The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-06-27
NORTH DAKOTA
G, E, NJ EETING
OPENS SUNDAY
$50 Delegates to Attend
State Convention of
Christian Endeavor
THREE SESSIONS DAILY
Men and Women Prominent in
Young Peoples Work to
Give Addresses
THREE SESSIONS DAILY

Delegates are arriving here today
for the state Christian Endeavor
convention. which will open tomor-
row evening and close on July l..
More than $50 delegates are expect
ed to be in attendance from all parts
of North Dakota.
The convention will open at $3.50
o'clock tomorrow evening with a
meeting in the Evangelical church.
Clell Cannon will preside and lead
the devotionals. The Rev. f. N.
Harris, who spent 30 years in India
under direction of the Baptist Mis-
sion board, will deliver the address.
Another meeting will be held Sum
day night at o'clock in the Presby-
terian church. Mrs. w. E. Butler
will preside and the Rev. G. F..
Strutz will lead the devotionals. A.
r. Lenhart, president of the city
commission. will welcome the dele
gates to Bismarck, the Rev. C. F.
Strutz will welcome the delegates
for the Bismarck Ministerial asso-
citation and Miss Alice Strutz will
welcome the delegates for the young
people of the city. Miss Dorothy
MacCillvray of Dickinson will re-
spond to the addresses of welcome.
Special music will be given by the
Evangelical male chorus and appoint
ments of committees will be made.
The Rev. Paul S. Wright will de-
liver an address on "The Glorious
Life"
Three Sessions Daily
Morning, afternoon and evening
sessions will be held Monday and
Tuesday Addresses will be made by
men and women prominent in young
peoples work in the state. On Mon
day afternoon the Bismarck Associa-
tion of Commerce will take the dele
gates for an automobile ride to the
Bismarck water plant, Fort Lincoln,
experimental station at Mandan and
other interesting points. Indian
girls from the government school in
Bismarck and the mission school at
Elbowoods will give a program Mon
day evening.
The annual business meeting will
be held Tuesday morning, when Of
ficers will be elected for the en-
suing year. The annual banquet and
get-together will be held Tuesday
evening in the Grand Pacific hotel.
The Rev. Paul S. Wright will be
toastmaster and addresses will be
given by Miss Vera Merrill of Chi
cago and the Rev. James Elyin Of
Dickinson.
Convention Feature
The big feature Of the convention
will come Wednesday morning when
the Christian Endeavor special train
from the east, carrying delegates to
the International Christian Endeavor
convention in Portland, Ore, will
stop here for several hours. Inter
national officers of the Christian
Endeavor, including President DR..
Francis E. Clark, the organizer of
the Christian Endeavor; Mrs. Clark,
E. P. Gates, general secretary, and
other men and women prominent in
young peoples work will be aboard
the train.
The state delegates will meet the
special train. Following reception
at the Northern Pacific depot, a par
ade will be formed and march to the
city auditorium, where meeting
will be held. The Rev. Paul S.
Wright will preside at the meeting
and addresses will be made by DR..
Clark and other international Of
ficers.
The state convention will adjourn
following the meeting at the audi
torium.