Foreign Mission Seminary Closing Exercises
By Editor
WE copy from the Washington Post, the following report of the work of the Foreign Mission Seminary:— "Pastor A. G. Daniells, president of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists, delivered the baccalaureate sermon at the commencement exercises at the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary, at Takoma Park. "Pres. M. E. Kern presented a list of this year's students who have gone to the foreign field and those who are soon to sail. "The list included Mr. B. P. Hoffman and wife, of Kent, Wash., who have left for Japan. Mr. E. R. Allen and wife, of Springfield, Mo., were appointed for work in Canada. Miss Rachel Jones, of Canada, sailed for India with Mr. and Mrs. Mead. Prof. T. M. French, from Sierra Leone, West Africa, was in school part of the year. "Of those who are under appointment to sail soon are Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Shidler, of McAllen, Tex.; R. T. E. Colhurst, of the island of Dominica; William Spicer, Jr., of Washington, D. C., who are under appointment for Cuba. Miss Alma Gregory, whose home is in Brazil, will sail soon for Barcelona, Spain. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Sherman, of Ferrisburg, Vt., sail for Argentina. Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Peugh, of San Fernando, Cal., are under appointment for southern India. Dr. E. W. Ingle, of Chicago, with his wife, sails for England for a postgraduate medical course, after which they will proceed to South Africa. "The chapel of the Seminary was decorated with mountain-laurel and other wild flowers. The weather was ideal, and there was a large audience. "The closing exercises of the Seminary were an informal reception given in the Seminary dining-hall. Music was furnished by Prof. Clemen Hamer. Short talks were made by Professor Kern, Mr. Peugh, and Dr. H. C. Menkel."