State C
Vol. 1, No. 30,
Review of the Year in State’s
The Association year 1904-05 came
to an end with the Spring vacation the
new administration taking up the
work at that time with the following
officers : President, 0. C. Hays, ’O6 ;
vice-president, B. D. Kunkle, 'O7;
treasurer, B. H. Olmsted, 'O7;
assistant- treasu
rer, H. B. Wood
ward, ’O7; re
cording secreta
ry, W. A. Slater,
’O7; and general
secretary, J. R.
Woodcock. Last
year's cabinet is
given in.the ac
companying cut.
The past year
in the Associa
tion has been
marked by sub
stantial advances
in all its depart
ments as well as
by the introduc
tion of some new
features. The
greatest advance
has been in Bible
study, the enroll
ment having al
most trebled that
of the year be
fore. The social
facilities of the
Association have
been increased
by the enlargement of the social rooms
with the addition of game boards and
files of school and college periodicals.
The constitution has been thoroughly
revised to meet the enlargement of
the work and to provide for further
progress. A successful lecture and
concert course has been carried on
during the year providing the students
with a much needed means of amuse
ment and entertainment. The work
of the various departments is outlined
jn detail as follows ;
STATE COLLEGE, PA., MAY 18, 1905.
Association
Bible Study: —The total number
of students in Bible classes for the
year has been 213 as against 83 last
year. These have met each Sunday
in eighteen classes in four different
courses of study:—Life of Christ, Life
of Paul, Studies in the Acts and Epis-
O. C. Hays, 'O6 C. L. Eshleman 'O5 R. H. H. Aungst, 'O5 C. P. Stewart, ’O6 C. F. Noll, ’O6
P. M. Ramey. ’O5 R. D. Barclay, ’O5 J. R. Woodcock .1. J. Morgan, ’O5 H. D. Easton, ’O5
RETIRING CABINET OF THE COLLEGE Y. M. C. A.
tles, and Old Testament Characters.
Classes were organized for .the first
time this year in fraternities, three such
classes having been started. A spec
ial class for athletes has met for part
of the year in the Track House, led
by the general secretary, The Asso
ciation is greatly indebted to Profs.
Willard and Foster, Dr. Runkle, and
a number of students for valuable help in
the leading of these classes. The impor
tance ot this large increase may best
be understood when it is considered
ollegian.
Price Five Cents
that Bible study is fundamental to all
true Christian development and is at
the very centre of the best work of the
Association.
Membership : —The membersh i p
roll has reached a total of 280, some
what of an advance over last year.
This includes 149 active, 48 associate
and 83 sustaining members. Ttfe
conditions of membership in the Asso
ciation are broad enough to allow more
men to belong than do. For the best
work of the or-
problems they
present in poli
tics, commerce, and religion. This
study has been supplemented by mis
sionary addresses, notable among which
was one given by Dr. Takasugi on the
war between Russia and Japan. A
number of missionary meetings have
been held forthe discussion of various
mission fields and about fifty dollars
has been given towards the support of
Mr. Harvey in China.
Social.
At the opening of the college year a,
reception WHS given to the new sty-
ganization the
strongest men in
college, if they
are in sympathy
with its objects,
should unite with
it that their influ
ence may be ex
erted in the right
direction.
Missions :
Two mission
study courses
have been con
tinued thro ugh
the year, one for
a study of Japan
and the other of
China. About
thirty in all have
been enrolled in
these classes.
The object of
this study has
been to give a
brief but helpful
idea of these
countries and the