The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-18
Purpose Is Adult Education

Purpose Is Adult Education
The new owners have for their pur-
pose adult education and the continu-
alton and extension of the summer
program at the Park, and point to the
crowds that gathered this year for the
Mountain Top Camp Meeting as an
indication as to what could be en-
pected for the entire summer next
year and future years.
Plans for the purchase of the Park
have been in the making for three
years and the offer was made to the
Foreign Mission Board a year ago.
With the announcement of the sale it
was stated the new organization would
be given year in which to become
fully organized and place the Park on
a working basis.
The International Character Edu-
cation Association is the outgrowth of
the educational department of the
Worlds Purity Federation, and has
been active for more than five years.
1t sends out lecturers and literature
on character building. It's headquar-
tiers have been in Cincinnati, O., but
Dr. Dean C. Dutton, member of the
Board, announced that Mountain Lake
Park would be the headquarters in the
near future.
Governing Board Named
A governing board of fourteen has
been set up with the following menu
bers: Fred R. Barnes, Westernport,
president; Earl D. Ford, Cleveland, o.,
secretary-treasurer; DR.. Dean c. Dut-
ton, Lawrenceville, ILL.,, acting chan
cellor; Rev. Dan McNally, Cumber-
land; Frank E. Baker, Evanston, ILL.,;
Rev. Paul R. Maness, Corinth, W. Va,
Miss Bernice Blythe and Miss Fran
ces Miller, Monongahela City, Pa;
E. Richard Barnes, 'Elmira, N. Y;
Rev. Frank N. Lynch, Marietta, o.;
Howard R. Barnes, Jacksonville, Fla;
James Mcdonald and Kinsley Melon
aid, Barton, and M. W. Castle, Char
/ lesion, w. Va.
| DR.. Dutton explained that the For
eign Mission Board of the Methodist
Episcopal Church had planned a
school at the Park originally but that
the crash of the Centenary Movement
twenty years ago had caused the Mis-
sion Board loss of two million dol
lars, which prevented it from carry
ing out it's promises at Mountain
Lake Park. The Board advertised the
sale of its property in the Christian
Advocate on July 7.
"The new program" DR.. Dutton
said, sis such that it picks up where
the Mission Board left off, except that
we are going to train people in all
walks of life and help them to get all
education" There is only one other
self help school in the country, and
that is located in the State of Ten
nessee. This school at the Park will
be available to any person who wants
an education.
"Those who come to this school will
support themselves by industries and
working on the Associations farm and
about the Park. The school will oper-
ate twelve months"
1889 Program Announced
Next years program schedule was
outlined to include all activities of or
CARNATIONS which have been conduct
ing meetings at the Park within the
past few years, such as the Choir Fes-
tival, the Mission Schhol, etc. The pro-
gram includes the following:
/. Students Crusade Congress, May
to June IL.
2. Victorious Life Congress, June IL
to June 25.
8. Good Government Chautauqua
and Music Choir Festival, June rs
to July 6.
4. Youth Congress, July 10 to July
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S. World Fellowship Congress,
Continued on Page Eight.