CHRISTIAN IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY, COLLEGE VIEW, NEB.
By M. E. Kern
We have been instructed that if our young people were properly organized and directed, a great work might be accomplished by them. Believing that the number of young people at this place who are interested in the Master's work made an organization desirable, steps were taken during the last summer to form a society. Such a work too hastily undertaken would probably end in failure and discouragement, therefore earnest thought was given to the plans laid for its establishment. Three classes are admitted to membership: active members, who must be church-members in good standing, and, as the name indicates, are expected to be the workers of the society; associate members, who may or may not belong to the church, but desire to place themselves on the side of improvement; interested members, who are older brethren and sisters whose counsel and encouragement are helpful to those of less experience. The responsibilities of the officers are shared by an invitation, or pastoral, committee, a program committee, and an executive committee of which the senior elder of the church is a member ex officio. The intention of the society is to be, as its name indicates, a Christian Improvement Society, and to this end constant effort is made to give opportunity for the younger members to help in bearing the burdens. The interest is good, and all things indicate that it is of a permanent character.