The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-08-20
By ALICE PARKER HALL


The announcement made at the last
evening session of the Mountain
Lake Park School of Missions that
Mrs. F. l. johnson, program chair
man for the past four years, would
return in this capacity for another
year, was received with long and loud
applause by the large gathering pres
ent, attesting to the love and esteem
in which she is held, not only by the
members of the school who are at
the Park for the week only, but the
summer colony and year round resi-
dents who help make up the evening
audiences.
The Camp Clean girls also greeted
with enthusiastic delight the news
that Miss Anna Shaw, of Severna,
Md, would again direct the activities
of the camp for next year.
Mrs. BENZ. H. Sincell, of Oakland,
who has been local chairman for the
school since 1927, and has worked
tirelessly and increasingly for its
success, felt that she must retire
this year, and her resignation was
received with deep regret by her CO.
workers and many friends. After
announcing the return of Mrs. john
son and Miss Shaw, she introduced
her successor, Mrs. c. Richard Hall,
of Fairmont, who responded by pay
ing deserved tribute to the faithful
and efficient leadership of Mrs. Sim
cell, under whose tutelage she said she
had been taking training for several
years, and upon whom she would de-
pend for counsel in the future.
Although relinquishing the chair
manship of the school, she will still
be a member of the executive board
in two important capacities, as the
list of officers will show, for she
was elected treasurer and a member
of the advisory committee. Other Of
ficers elected for the coming year in
clude: Corresponding and recording
secretary, Mrs. H. o. Smith, Park
ersburg, w. Va; registrar, Mrs. j.
M. Knight, Charleston, w. Va; direc-
tor publicity, Miss Sarah E. Evans,
Fairmont, w. Va; secretary of liter
ature, Miss Della Sherman, Baltimore,
Md; chairman of music, Mrs. E. w.
Yates, Cumberland, Md; chairman
courtesy committee, Mrs. Elizabeth
Talson, Mountain Lake Park, Md;
advisory committee, Mrs. E. L. Dav-
idson, Parkersburg, w. Va; Mrs. B.
H. Sincell, Oakland, Md; Mrs. A. A.
Richards, Mountain Lake Park.
Mrs. ]. L. Stratton, of New Castle,
Pa, who has been treasurer of the
school for the past sixteen years, was
compelled to resign on account of ill
health, and her help and presence was
greatly missed. Other retiring Off
GERS are Mrs. C. Richard Hall, cor
responding secretary and director of
publicity; Mrs. Levi B. Harr, record
ing secretary, and Mrs. A. A. Rich
ards, registrar.
The duties of the two secretaries
will be combined, with Mrs. H. o.
Smith in charge of the work.
A Growing Interest in the School
1t required no stretch of the mag
ination on the part of those in at
tendance at the school this year to
say, with the CHEEKY little French
philosopher, Coue:
EVERY day, in every way,
The school is getting better and bet
ter"
For that was actually true, and
when the climax was reached on
Thursday night, with most inspir-
ing program presented by the girls
of Camp Clean under the direction of
Miss Shaw, before a large and appre-
ciative audience, and closing with a
beautiful pageant, "The Message of
the Cross" presented by the Girl
Scouts of Oakland, Nd, wearing the
beautiful and colorful costumes from
the Orient, assisted by the Camp
Clean girls, who numbered in all
about sixty, with their lighted can
dies, formed cross above which hung
an electrically lighted cross, present
ing truly message of the cross in
service, there was a general feeling
that the school just closed had been,
in many respects, the best one ever
held, and all were made to feel more
keenly than they had ever felt before
their responsibility toward their fell
lowmen.
Instructors and Speakers
Mrs. Johnson, who, with DR.. John
son, has just recently completed
ten months tour of the Orient,
brought to her lectures given at the
night sessions, and to the review of
the Foreign Missionary textbook,
"Christ Comes to the Village" a
wealth of information and inspira-
ton gained first-hand in her travels,
which will prove invaluable to her in
terested and attentive listeners when
they, in turn, try to interpret to the
societies at home the real needs and
aspirations of the peoples in Orien-
tai lands.
Mrs. Dan B. Brummitt, of Evans
ton, ILL.,, in her usual forceful and in
teresting manner, reviewed the Home
Mission study book, "The Challenge
of Change" by John Milton Moore.
This book is appropriately titled, for
it presents a real challenge to the
thought and effort of Christian men
and women to do their part in bring
ing about adjustments in social, re-
ligious and economic conditions that
will help to meet the need of a chang
ing world, and Mrs. Brummitt, who
does not confne herself entirely to
the "text" left her class plenty of food
for thought which she had gathered
from various sources. She also gave