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banquet, minute speeches were given by representatives from the various schools on the theme, “Like Him.” This phrase was chosen from the year’s memory chap ter—the third chapter of First John—and it was also the conference theme. The speeches were excellent and revealed many abiding truths learned in the weekly Bible classes. Roy L. Laurin, of the faculty of the Bible Institute, gave the evening ad dress, the rain beating an accompaniment all the while on the roof of the auditorium but detracting not at all from the atten tion given to the message. Miss Elizabeth Merritt, Director of the Euodia Clubs, brought the Saturday morn ing devotional message, and the day was started with this sweet meditation upon Him in whose name the girls and their leaders had met and whom they sought to glorify all through the conference. Singing, an impromptu program presented by the assembly, and the awarding of prizes and cups were important features of the con ference. For the closing session, Miss Myrtle E. Scott, Director of the Lyceum-Eteri Clubs, was the speaker. There were many who accepted Christ as their Saviour, and many more who surrendered their lives to the Lord and promised to let Him guide and direct them. Still others, a large com pany, came away from the conference praising the Lord that He had searched their hearts and had drawn them closer to Himself. The conference closed with the singing of the little chorus, “Follow, Follow, I Will Follow Jesus,” and with the song, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” It was' a blessed conference, and eternity alone will reveal just how far-reaching it was. But the leaders are rejoicing in the conviction that a very real work was done by the Holy Spirit in the hearts and lives of the girls—girls that are all in the tender years of their lives, and all at the place when life decisions are being made either for the world or for the Lord Jesus Christ. Alumni Notes 1 t the Student Missionary Union meet- /\ i n g held at the Institute on March 5, ^-students and friends shared in a fare well service for the following new and re turning workers of the Sudan Interior Mission: Eric S. (’25) and Mrs. Horn (Syvilla E. Ferron, ’25) ; Edna Luft, ’35; and John C. (’31) and Mrs. Wiebe (Nancy Tupman, ’32). Mr. and Mrs. Horn are re turning: to the Ethiopian part of the Mis sion’s work, and sailed from New York on April 11. Their address will be Box 105, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa. The others in the group are going to the field for the first time and will serve in Nigeria. On her journey to New York, Miss Luft was met by Beverly Pegg, ’33, who is another new member of the Mission. They, to gether with Mr. and Mrs, Wiebe, sailed from New York on April 4. Mail will reach them in care of the Sudan Interior Mission, Minna, N, Nigeria, W. Africa. Mrs. Donald S. Butterworth (Flora Lockheed, ’34, who was married in April, is to teach a Sunday-school class of high- school pupils near Parker Dam, where she and her husband are to live. For the past three years in Los Angeles, she was super visor of a Christian Endeavor Society at the Pico Heights Congregational Church. The address of Mr. and Mrs. Butterworth is Whipple Camp, Earp, Calif. Wesley W. (’35) and Mrs. Nelson (Mar garet Nyquist, ’33) are serving in San
Pedro, Calif., where Mr. Nelson is pastor of the Swedish Mission Church. Ruth D. Farquharson, ’28, is serving under the Presbyterian Board of National Missions at Haines House, Haines, Alaska. K. Owen (’22) and Mrs. White (Pearl Woodworth, ’25), who have been serving in the Central Baptist Church of Gaines ville, Ga., where Dr. White is pastor, were the subject of much concern on the part of Institute friends when word came of the tornado which struck their city. Shortly after the catastrophe, Dr. White wrote to Helen White, ’20, the secretary of the Alumni Association: “Our city is in ruins, and our hearts are heavy over the sufferings of our people. I have never seen such destruction anywhere before. By the goodness of God, our church and home have been preserved practically un damaged and we are safe. Scores of our people are homeless and most of them job less, yet we are grateful that, so far as we can tell, we actually lost less than ten of our members. If you could see the stores and houses, you would wonder that any are alive. Only our church and one other are standing and fit for use. Yesterday we buried the chairman of our Board of Deacons who was trapped and burned to death in the store where he worked. I had six funerals during the day ; tomorrow it will be the same. How hard it is to know what to say to people in such an hour as this! We can only commend to them the gospel of the grace of God and still be lieve in the goodness and justice of God. In spite of all this, He is still on the throne. The tragedy was so unexpected and so complete that we are almost stunned even yet. Pray for us and for our stricken people.” Jesse I. Parker, ’19, Rt, 5, Vancouver, Wash., is in his eleventh year in the pas torate of the United Brethren Church at Manor Washington, ten miles north of Vancouver. He writes: “We would be pleased to meet any of the B. I. alumni as they pass through this way.” Harold B. Kuhnle, ’26, 224 W. Lexing ton Avenue, Danville, Ky., has been pas tor of the First Baptist Church of Dan ville for the past year. Henry Alexander Jones, ’22, Brahman- baria, Tippera, E. Bengal, India, for twelve years has been engaged in evan gelistic and educational work among Mo hammedans and Hindus. He is affiliated with the Baptist Missionary Society of New Zealand. Elizabeth Spencer, ’28, Lancaster, Calif., is t e a c h i n g the second grade in the school at Lancaster. In Sunday- school she teaches girls from the seventh and eighth grades. She is adviser of the recently organized Intermediate.Christian Endeavor, and the group already includes about sixteen boys and girls. Miss Spen cer is working also with the University Bible Clubs chapter among high school and junior college students at Lancaster. Leo (’22) and Mrs. Polman (Leila Neher, ’20), 3301 Lafayette St., Fort Wayne, Ind., are serving in the First Brethren Church of Fort Wayne, where Mr. Polman is pastor. Caroline Meier, ’20, 1216 Washington Avenue, Bronx, N. Y., is engaged in mis sionary work among Jews. She is serving under the Christian and Missionary Alli ance. Grace I. Polkinghorn, *23, 1090 E. Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena, Calif., is nursing in Pasadena and is en couraged to believe that the Lord may open the way for her return to India this
year. She is missionary superintendent of the Lake Avenue Congregational Church School. Jay O. (T4) and Mrs. Bovee (’14) have been living at 3740 So. Hosmer Street, Tacoma, Wash. Mr. Bovee has been pas tor of the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church of Tacoma for five years. Byron Chase, ’33, is enrolled at Wheaton College, Wheaton, 111., and is active in Sunday-school and young people’s work in the Baptist Church in Wheaton. Mrs. Cecil C. Martin (Martha Acker man, ’22) and her husband and daughter, Kathryn Cecilia, are located in Honolulu, their address being Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu, T. H. Mr. Martin, has a fine class of high school students at the Hono lulu Bible Training School. Christine MacDonald, ’23, 503 W. 121st St., New York, N. Y., took a three-years’ nurses’ training course at the Columbia Medical Center, New York City, and has been working as a nurse in connection with this medical center for the past sev eral years. K. O. (’24) and Mrs. Stensland have been living in Centerville, S. Dak., where Mr. Stensland has been serving as an evangelist. James W. Black, ’20, 3136 S. E. 26th Ave., Portland, Ore., has been reappointed by two Missionary Baptist associations as Home Missionary for the North Pacific Coast. He has been teaching also in a newly opened Bible school in Portland. Jane E. Entz, ’27, Fallsington, Pa., has been engaged in evangelistic work for the past three years. She has traveled from coast to coast in this ministry. Mrs. Bessie D. McAnlis, ’16, is teach ing Bible in the public schools of Chat tanooga, Tenn. Alma McLain, ’26, writes from San Nicholas Island, off the coast of Southern California: “For five weeks we have seen no mail boat, and now I feel a little as John G. Paton must have in his early days on Tanna. But between work hours, I travel by international hook-up to Addis Ababa, to Honolulu (hearing explosions of the volcanic eruption), and to other places of interest.” Miss McLain: is the school teacher on the island, and she also assists with programs for the island’s small group of residents. Her address is San Nicholas Island, via Coast Guard, San Pedro,' Calif. Married Joseph H. Beckett, ’32, and Jessie Mc Laughlin, November 28, 1935, Nigeria* W. Africa, William Arthur Ellis, ’31, and Virginia Crain, ’36, April 7, Los Angeles, Calif. Flora Lockheed, ’34, and Donald S. But terworth, April 15, Los Angeles, Calif. Wesley W. Nelson, ’35, and Margaret Nyquist, ’33, April 18, Turlock, Calif. Hermann Weber, ’35, and Maria Gro- nauer, March 14, Oakland, Calif. Born To James S. (’35) and Mrs. Blake (Mil dred Hughes), a son, James Fredrick, March 28, Los Angeles, Calif. To Robert and Mrs. Chrisman (Esther Ender, ’27), a daughter, Carolyn Elaine, Bangkok, Siam. To Gerald G. and Mrs. Jacobs (Edith Raleigh, ’31), a daughter, Marion Eliza beth, March 26, Kano, Nigeria, British W. Africa. To Oliver C. and Mrs. Mullen (Evelyn Gibbs, ’32), a daughter, Charlotte Barbara, April 8, Long Beach, California.
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