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December 31, 1913. FAMILY PAPER. It
ST. LOUIS, MO.
wagons and moved bim out to bis
Miss Maggie Edgar, missionary to new home on Tuesday afternoon and
Latakia, Syria, is sojourning at the Wednesday forenoon. Mrs. Hagadorn
home of her brother, Rev. Geo. A. later visited a lew days with Mr.
Edgar.
Our communion was held tbe third
Sabbath of October and we enjoyed
the services of Rev. J. M. Wylie of
Kansas City, who assisted the pastor.
We have had visiting in our midst
recently. Miss Rebecca Middleton of
Kansas City, Mrs. M. I. Dripps of
Parsons, Kansas, Mr. Robert Wylie,
formerly of Chicago congregation,
Mrs. J. C. French from Denver, and
Mrs. iMargaret T. Smith of Belle
Centre, Obio.
The younger members of tbe Sabbath
Scbool assembled for fun on
Hallowe'en. Many ol tbe old games
were used in rather new ways and
the walls resounded with merry,
childish voices as from the witches
caldron they drew tall pointed hats.
The refreshments consisted of apples,
pop-corn and bags of candy dressed
in up-to-date costumes of crepe paper.
Invitations were sent out for a
Syrian Tea at tbe cburch on November
14. Miss Edgar gave an interesting
afternoon, having many curios
and pictures to exhibit, also many
beautiful pieces of Irish crochet made
by the girls in tbe Mission School.
Coffee and sweets were served in
Syrian style by young ladies attired
in native dress.
Miss Jessie Patterson entertained
in honor of Miss Edgar Friday evening,
November 28. A Thanksgiving
indoor football game caused much
excitement and merriment. Refreshments
were served at a late hour,
the tables being artistically arranged
with autumn leaves and baskets of
fruit.
The Sabbath School scholars are
practising for the Christmas entertainment
which will be given a lew
evenings before Cbristmas.
HE.THERTON, MICH.
The young ipeople held a business
meeting and social at Mr. Geo. Grey's
some time ago. Then on November
18th they met at Mr. A. A. Logan's
and had a corn husking and so3lal
time afterward. The weather was i-'
pleasant that they enjoyed games in
the open air. Still more recently
they met at the home ol Mrs. M. L.
Roby for a pleasant evening's enjoyment.
Flora Mathews, who has had a very
severe attack of tonsilitis, is some
better at present writing.
Loren Campbell, youngest son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. c. Campbell, is very
low with pneumonia.
Rev. J. M. Faris preached -very acceptably
to us for three Sabbaths,
also on Thanksgiving Day, and
though in very poor health, preached
each Sabbatb, both morning and
evening.
Mr. Samuel Hagadorn arrived with
a ear of stock and household goods
from Eskridge, Kansas, on Tuesday,
December 2, he previously- ha;ving
bought a fine piece of land among
115. The friends met him with their
Hagadorn's parents at Sturgis, Mich.,
till her husband got settled on the
farm. She, with their son Edward,
arrived on Thursday, the llth, and
are now at home to their friends.
We are glad to welcome them to our
midst. Later iMr. Stewart, formerly
of Billings, Okla., arrived, and is now
at Mr. Hagadorn's.
Mr. Calvin Jameson, formerly ol
New Concord, Ohio, has bought a
farm near the church and has returned
to his old home to bring his household
goods and take up his abode
among us. We are certainly glad to
welcome these new arrivals, which is
adding to our numbers.
have room for many more.
We still
A MAN FACTORY.
Each college is likely to p-it foremost
for its chief end, either the making
of scholars, or the making of
m.en. It seems to commend itself to
the public either by tbe scholarship,
or the 'Christian 'character, of its
graduates. Our larger schools are
aiming specially at scholarship, the
smaller schools at character, though
ir each case both factors are included.
Northwestern College, at Naperville,
Illinois, is one place where the
administration makes much of character
while holding a fair place
among other colleges of its class in
the work of the classroom, I had been
somewhat impressed with the conduct
of the students as I met them on the
campus and sa-vf them about the town
a.nd I began to look for reasons. One
thing [ had marked among the two
hundred boys was the absence of
smoking as far as could be seen or
smelt, another, the earnestness which
seemed to prevail. I asked President
Seager about the rules and he said
that they had no special rules made
by tbe Faculty. The students themselves
had flxedthe standard and they
brought the pressure on the new student
to conform to tbe standard or
find a more congenial piace elsewhere.
President Seager said in the
three years during which he had been
President of Northwestern l-e had not
seen a student smoking about the
college premises, tho-ugh a High
School beside the can.pus, appeared
to be a smoker's club. I asked him
a.bout dancing and was told that he
had not known of any student of the
college taking part in this kind of
amusement since he came to Naperville.
This seemed a little remarkable
tu me since I had just come from
Northwest University where the
President was at issue with some of
tbe students because of tbe kind of
dancing tbat he bad seen at a college
reception.
But I understood the reason why
they could be clear of tbe dancing
habit, wben President Seager told
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ent year seems to be an exception as
there are two Seniors who have not
been converted. Students say that
there is so much pressure to take up
with the Christian life that one is not
comfortable who refuses. Northwestern
does not stand alone in this respect
among the colleges which 1
have visited, but its class is not so
large as we could wish. At Naperville
I lectured in the College and also
in the Seminary of the same churcb,
tiie Evangelical, and found the religious
influences working to my ends.
In the Seminary I had the hours of
an absent professor and in the Coliege,
all the classes were excused i
certain hours so that all could t
present. To the Christian Amend
ment and the argument leading up t
it, no important objection was offe
ed. In fact there is no place shoi
of that for a Christian to stop an
if he is a thorough Christian he doe
not stop short of tbe demand for th
social regeneration which must pn
cede tbe Christian Amendment.
J. -M. COLEMAN.
RAYS PROM RAY, INDIANA.
On Dec. 14 we observed the Lord'
Supper, Evangelistic services wer
held on each evening of the previou
week. The pastor was assisted b
Rev. John Yates, of Pittsburgh, whos
services were highly appreciated b
tte members of the congregation.
Our congregation has adopted th
individual cup, and everyone seem
well satisfied with the change.
Our church music has been great)
improved of late under the ellicier
leadership of Miss Ruth McNaughtoi
a musical graduate of Geneva.
The Missionary .Society held it
annual business meeting in th
me tbat scarcely a student passed
through the college years without churcb, not without refreshment
professing belief in Christ. The pres- •which are always served at tb
monthly meetings. The treasurer reported
$1C5 raised during the year.
Money on hand was divided between
the Chinese and Syrian missions.
The W. C. T. U. of Ray now numbers
sixty members. Mrs. Edith Mc­
Naughton and daughter Miriam, and
Mrs, Lida Duguid, and daughter,
Beulah, attended the world's convention
at New York, and took in Washington
and other cities on theit return.
Their reports of the ccffivention
and their travels were ve,^ flne and
were received by a well-filled house.
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