4 Report! by | Secretary. ! , t>ay’l { , February the twenty first wis ‘Gre ff Day.” I The morning chapel >ervi<:e was given over to the con sider it ion )f the work of 1 missions ind especially that of State’s repre- eat the Canton Christian College, China. A committee!, of seventy students had charge of the day wi:h Dr. jSparks as honorary chairman, the president of the Asso ciation as chairman, , the class presidents and j three alumni as vice chairmenj j The theme of the morn ing was '‘Missions from: the Stand-, pointj pf 11 the Statesman. 1 ’ General Beavief; and three students spoke. There | was special ndusic. The Chinjese Ambassador at Washington sent a large dragon flag for the day. A thbusand dollars was subscribjed as subscriuv .or the!support! of George Weidman Grofjf ’o i. ' ' 1 | Hugh jMcAliister Beaytr Day is set apkrf to consider the) life of Hugh jßefcvpr ’95, Who at twenty four; laiddoiyn his life, a true type oj: oUr best college chnstian life. | >jlissionary . ' This, has j been our Iba. enrollment in mission stjjt have! been five difjfere studying jthe prOblemjs c try, 'the pity, the aliens cans and |the foreign work 'There are three student in sdboolt There! has beer a diecid in our missionary contrft 1907!-*08 [! $559. LB, ! & ' f 1 !# i ii . Community Servi( , | Through the activity oi. tee c f women bebngi 3g to the civic iclub of State College a reading room fbr the! boys o: the village has been seduced. The Management of this has jee^ l turned, over to the associa tion. Th e room is open four nights a week, j Thefe are thirty five;bdys inpe club. A con mittee of sj|u- debts unc er tHe directorship of George Qplviej tike their (turn in spending sp. evening with the!boys, A Sunday schcol is: held in the 'Branch school | house jjvheife there a/e a number jof childten too far from chbrch jo attend! Sunday school regularly,! Fifty scholars are 1 |Ther: iiij' also a well at* tended; min-wee c j iijayer meeting. * | Students; teach! in town Sbnday Schools aim take interest in local churches!;'! | ;| ; A | Bible clajss' of janitors- and working men ||>f the College been carrj|d on ; since Fejb/uary with in enrollment of sixteen men'. A service is held fqr the lumber men at Aljo whpn weather permits. This is a great doc ip to them! as they ire too fajf from durches to attend. The meetings {are held tin the saw mill with me peopljp seated on the logs anfi :ne saw c ust, The attend ance on pliyj 30l| was, 61. The Young W cjmenT s C hristian Associa - tion gave them) !a picniclj This out: ing was a kre treat for them. 1 " Three state naeii will ble associated with the iey. Rotert Davis as resi dents in, he Christ Church Settle ment Hoise this coming Rummer. Mbre me rj have applied for Christ-* ian w jrk in New! I York City i this spmmeij thin can be accommodated. One ol'tic Stajtje ijnen has, decided for the nii istry as ms lifei vforx. ' Flemibb *O9; rtjpresentejd State College at an | important! ljtymen’s missionary i convention at ■ Troy, New York. ■ j, _'|*' : > Watsonj 09 and Pentacost ’ll at* tended thb cpnyentipin ,a,t Pbttsville., Bible Study. „ : { j] j ! - \ j j ;rie 550 men in Bible study ievehty-fjve of these) en |r the second ieinester., e|sl group Bible classes, ese were fraternity groups itollbjent of 145. jin 1907 only 29 men in the General [tier year ip ily. There ipt classes f the coun or Ameri volunteers ed increase utions.j In - 1908-’O9 a codmit- Ssre w s: ! rolled aft Therewei Nine ofjn with an e: and 1908 iherejj these Five sthdeni 1 ' / HAN. „ i classes. and two faculty members; attended the Bible confer ence at Columbus, Ohio:, Profs. FjJ L. Pattee, Foster and Rev j Mr. Mar tip led 1 normal classes, and Profs'. Willard, Cottrell, Hunt, Agee, Dun can, Cloke led Bible closes. It is. enct uraging to see the favorable at titude toward Bible study! which over ran Jur policy by 10 per) cent. !' 1 1 k I. — : > 1 , . the Class of k 909. 1 We are about to lose, ;by gradua- . tion, this largest class [ which hits ! ever .left Penn f State! j there are 146 members. among Uwhom there-! are two ; ladies,—Florence May* Benedict of; State College, and-. Elizabethßertha Bower; of burg. The class of 1905 had 93 member«j; 1907,130; and*: li9oB, 12 /. In ithje freshman year '> 1909 hac 269 membei[s,; of iphicht. 49 were rbm the sub-freshman' class of ;i He previous year.. The Reduction in numbers i$ the satn&as that of 1908,! which be— • gan its cbujse wijth 23<k I members! ,j As in formjer .years, the Electrical Engineering Department : with 4l students! is at the head! c f the list! there are! 24 Mechanical Engineers! ,25 CiyilJ Engineers, ljB Miners, 18 Chemists; |l5 are in .the bourse; V. in tlie Biology course, and* one each in the courses pf| Modem. •Languages] General Science, and! Hope Economics, j| ; | Practically livery partjof,tile,state has its repre sentatives, of the! 66 can claipj Pittsburg hj» j^,- 1 Harrisburg 5, andScraitonead* 2. and Philadel-| phia, Reading and Aljoojpa 1 apied«L There, are} also memberi Maryland, West Virginia, York, E elaware, and Porto Rica. The a vet age age of- tfcte class |is, about 213 5 years. Four Of the menL bers On: harried: Barlow, Bechtold.. Klebacc, ajnd! Wrigley. i|buring|the four years Of its existence ; the class has had = die following - presidents: Postlethvaite, Simon, Rees, i ana Marsh.! ?very phas<* of collie
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