10:00 A. M. Organization of the Convention. Address, “Wanted—An Inspiration.”—W. W. Prescott.
3:00 P. M. Reports of committees.
8:00 P. M. Address, “God’s Call to Our Young People.”—E. W. Farnsworth.
SABBATH, JUNE 30
11:00 A. M. Address, “Our Schools and the Mission Fields,”—A. G. Daniells.
3:00 P. M. Social Meeting.
8:00 P. M. Address, “The Educational Work in Germany.”—O. Luepke.
SUNDAY, JULY 1
8:00 A. M. Devotional Exercises. Topic, “The Education of Jesus.”—M. D. Mattson.
9:15 A. M. Reports of committees.
10:45 A. M. Papers, “Qualifications and Duties of Educational Superintendents.”—M. E. Cady, B. E. Huffman.
3:00 P. M. Reports of committees.
8:00 P. M. Paper, “The Growth and History of Our School Work.”—C. C. Lewis.
MONDAY, JULY 2
8:00 A. M. Devotional Exercises. Topic, “The Teacher’s Refuge.”—R. F. Cottrell.
9:15 A. M. Reports of committees.
10:45 A. M. Paper, “The Development of Teachers.”—J. W. Lawhead.
3:00 P. M. Reports of committees.
8:00 P. M. Address, “Establishing Educational Work in New Fields.”—H. R. Salisbury.
TUESDAY, JULY 3
8:00 A. M. Devotional Exercises. Topic, “The Teacher’s Privilege and Responsibility.”—W. E. Howell.
9:15 A. M. Reports of committees.
10:45 A. M. Papers, “The Financial Problems of Our Schools.”—C. B. Hughes, C. M. Christiansen.
3:00 P. M. Reports of committees.
8:00 P. M. Address, “The Relation of Evolution to Education and Religion.”—W. W. Prescott.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4
8:00 A. M. Devotional Exercises. Topic, “The Second Advent to be Held before Our Students.”—A. T. Robinson.
9:15 A. M. Reports of committees.
10:45 A. M. Papers, “The Financial Problems of Our Schools.—H. G. Lucas, N. B. Emerson.
3:00 P. M. Reports of committees.
8:00 P. M. Musical Recital.—Under the direction of B. R. Shryock.
THURSDAY, JULY 5
8:00 A. M. Devotional Exercises. Topic, “The Spirit of the Educational World versus the True Spirit.”—S. M. Butler.
9:15 A. M. Reports of committees.
10:45 A. M. Papers, “Relation of the School Work to the Medical Work.”—J. E. Froom, M. D., W. A. George, M. D.
3:00 P. M. Reports of committees.
8:00 P. M. Address, “Lessons from the History of Education.”—Frederick Griggs.
FRIDAY, JULY 6
8:00 A. M. Devotional Exercises. Topic, “The Encouragement of the Missionary Spirit.”—N. W. Kauble.
9:15 A. M. Reports of committees.
10:45 A. M. Paper, “How Shall the Religious Interests of Our Schools be Maintained?”—J. E. Tenney.
3:00 P. M. Reports of committees.
8:00 P. M. Address, “The Certainty of Our Hope.”—A. G. Daniells.
SABBATH, JULY 7
11:00 A. M. Address, “The Opportunities of This Hour for Our Young People.”—E. W. Farnsworth.
3:00 P. M. Social Meeting.
8:00 P. M. Open.
SUNDAY, JULY 8
8:00 A. M. Devotional Exercises. Topic, “Why Our Schools Exist.”—W. D. Curtis.
9:15 A. M. Reports of committees.
10:45 A. M. Paper, “Self-supporting Schools.”—E. A. Sutherland.
3:00 P. M. Reports of committees.
8:00 P. M. Address, “The Bible in Education.”—M. E. Kern.
MONDAY, JULY 9
EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM — HOURS NOT ASSIGNED
Topic, “The Training of Our Children and Youth”:—
In the Home, Mrs. C. C. Lewis.
In the Sabbath-school, G. B. Thompson.
In the Church-school, Mrs. Flora H. Williams.
In the Young People’s Society, W. D. Curtis.
In the Intermediate School, A. W. Hallock.
In the College, M. D. Mattson.
“The Relation of these Institutions to Each Other,” W. E. Howell.
Paper, “The Relation of Our Intermediate and Training-schools to the Young People’s Work,” J. G. Lamson. Discussion: O. J. Graf, Clem Benson.
Paper, “The Needs of the Young People’s Work,” Mrs. L. Flora Plummer.
Paper, “How to Interest Our Young People in Education,” Meade McGuire.
Paper, “A Study of the Adolescent,” W. T. Bland.
Address, “The Hope of the Church—Our Young People,” G. B. Thompson.
TUESDAY, JULY 10
8:00 A. M. Farewell Meeting—Topic, “The Holy Spirit in Our Schools.”
The Convention at College View
By F. G.
A QUORUM meeting of as many members of the Department of Education as could reasonably be gotten together, was recently held in Washington, D. C. The purpose of this meeting was to arrange for the program for the educational convention to be held at College View, Neb., June 29 to July 10. It was thought best to publish the program in the REVIEW rather than to get it out in some other form. This would enable all who are interested in the convention to have the opportunity of knowing something of the plans for its work.
It will be observed that a very considerable portion of time is given to the reports of committees, and not so much to addresses and papers, as at our last convention. It is the purpose to make this a working convention, and to formulate some very definite plans and suggestions for all grades of our schools. Committees were appointed at a meeting of the department held at the close of the General Conference at Washington one year ago, to prepare reports to be submitted to this convention. These committees have been working as far as possible during the year, and we hope for valuable reports from all of them. It is in the study and discussion of these reports that we need the attendance and earnest work of all those interested in educational matters. These reports should constitute the most important and valuable portion of the entire work of the convention. In saying this, however, we would not minimize the great value of the addresses which may be given.
The preceding program will be adhered to as closely as consistent with the best interests of the convention.
F. G.
Christian Education
By Frederick Griggs; C. C. Lewis
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman,
C. C. LEWIS, Secretary.
The Kansas Intermediate School
By H. E. Reeder
THE Conference Intermediate School, located at Thayer, Kans., closed March 19. This year’s term was very short, lasting only six months. The enrolment was twenty-nine, and the average attendance was twenty.
Six or seven of the pupils are now out in the canvassing work in different parts of the State, and are sending in good reports of work being done.
Three, or more, will attend the Central Union Conference summer school, to be held at College View, Neb., and will prepare to teach.
Up to this time the school has been held in the local church, but now the foundation is being laid for a new school building. In this there are to be two rooms for the intermediate school. The employment of two teachers will strengthen the school very much.
Five acres of fine land has been donated for the site of the school, just outside the limits of the town of Thayer.
H. E. REEDER, Principal.
Williamsdale (N. S.) Academy
By E. E. Gardner
THIS school opened Nov. 15, 1905, not as a new school except in buildings and grounds, it being a continuance of the Farmington school begun about three years ago at a place five miles from the present location. The attendance this year has been fair, in fact, nearly all we were able to provide for. Others not ready at the opening of the school have signified their intentions to attend next year. This warrants the board in making plans for increasing the present capacity of the school. A class of eight in double-entry bookkeeping has done creditable work. Other classes may be mentioned as follows: A class of twelve in Bible history, ten in Bible topic study, seventeen in language, fifteen in geography, ten in physiology, nineteen in mathematics, six in mechanical drawing, and ten in instrumental music. Nearly all have taken classes in vocal music, and special exercises in writing, reading, spelling, etc. Most of the students living in the home have worked twenty-one hours each week, receiving a credit of six dollars per four weeks.
Our young men have prepared and hauled from the woods a large supply of lumber besides what was needed for fuel. Four or five young men expect to remain through the summer to work the farm. Wheat, oats, vegetables, and small fruit are the products of their labors. E. E. GARDNER, Principal.
Christian Liberty
By K. C. RUSSELL
Reports, Notes, and Comments Pertaining to the Current History of the Rights of Conscience
Religious Liberty Notes
WHILE recovering from a spell of sickness, a brother in Tennessee read a number of our religious liberty leaflets. Writing concerning the impressions these made upon his mind, he says: “I was glad to see the truth put before the people in so good and simple a way that they will have to see it if they read it.”
The Pathfinder, of Washington, D. C., bearing date of May 26, contains a most interesting item illustrating the extremes that people will go to attempt to prove that God’s judgments are visited upon those who disregard the Sunday institution, as the following will demonstrate: “A man who was playing ball at Detroit Sunday dropped dead just as he reached first base. Many people will say this was a visitation on him for playing ball on Sunday. But it happens that a minister in Washington was stricken in the same way on the same day, without any warning, while in the middle of his sermon.”
The Buffalo (N. Y.) Evening Times of May 28 contains the following regarding a Sunday closing crusade that has just broken out in Louisville, Ky.: “Louisville observed the Sabbath rigidly. All saloons were closed except the park kept by a Jew who observed Saturday as the Sabbath. He was arrested, but allowed to continue selling throughout the day, doing a lively business as the news spread. Besides the saloons, all barber shops, bowling-alleys, billiard halls, theaters, groceries, and in fact everything except hotels, drug-stores, and railroad and street-car lines, was closed. An attempt to play a ball game between Louisville and Toledo resulted in the arrest of the players, employees, and the presidents of both clubs.”
Cattaraugus County, N. Y., has the honor (?) of issuing through Sheriff Waite of that county one of the strictest Sunday laws that has been issued of late, as the following item in the Randolph (N. Y.) Register of May 25, will indicate: “The fiat has gone forth from the office of Sheriff Waite that no base-ball games will be tolerated in this county on Sunday. All deputy sheriffs have been notified to that effect, and they will be expected to see that the law is strictly enforced. It is said that the order is interpreted so strictly that the mere tossing of a ball to and fro is as much a violation of the order, and will subject the offender to the prescribed penalty the same as if a nine-inning game and a crowded grand stand were the features on record against the defendant. The sheriff’s office has received many complaints against Sunday ball this season, and Sheriff Waite has deemed it time that something be done.”
Recently Cardinal Gibbons held a confirmation at a place adjacent to Baltimore, and the occasion was made one of great display, as will be seen from a brief paragraph or two taken from an extended account in a recent issue of a Baltimore paper. One can but exclaim, as he reads of these frequent displays in all parts of the world, “And all the world wondered after the beast.” “Hours before the time appointed for the cardinal to arrive at the hotel, the cavalcade had assembled, and at intervals of two or three minutes the riders sent their steeds at full speed several miles toward the city, hoping to get the first glimpse of the guest. The riders formed an interesting spectacle. Every horse was elaborately decked in strings, ribbons, and cords of different colors and descriptions. Each bridle was hidden in many folds of red and white ribbon or bunting, while on each side of the horse’s head and in the center of his forehead there was a large rosette of the same colors. Long streamers were also tied to their tails, several of which were hidden beneath bow after bow of the red and white. A red and white blanket was thrown over each horse, which covered the greater part of his body. This was also fastened with ribbons.”
K. C. RUSSELL.
Current Mention
— Yellow fever has appeared at Havana, Cuba.
— A revolution is under way in Guatemala, which from latest accounts, seems to have a fair prospect of being successful.
— The recent decree of expulsion against Greeks residing in Roumania has led to the severance of diplomatic relations between that country and Greece.
— At the forty-third national convention at the United States Brewers’ Association, at Indianapolis, June 6, the brewers congratulated themselves upon the fact that the consumption of beer in this country is increasing four times as fast as the population.
— A Sunday-closing crusade has been started in Louisville, Ky., all places of business and amusement being tightly closed, and ball games prohibited. A Jew, however, who owns a pleasure resort, is allowed to do business on Sunday as usual. The Sunday law will be tested by the State courts.
— San Francisco experienced another sharp earthquake shock at eleven o’clock P. M., June 4, said to be the most severe since the great shock which destroyed the city. A dispatch states: “The new quake has affected public confidence in the future of San Francisco. Already several business houses which had prepared to rebuild have decided to drop their projects. They feel it would be foolhardy to risk more money here.”
— The coming Pan-American Congress is likely to prove a partial failure, owing to the attitude of Argentina and some other South American countries which refuse to admit the right of one nation to collect debts from another nation by force. These countries are dissatisfied with the program for the congress, and threaten to withdraw if it is not changed. A proposition to submit the debt-collecting question to the coming Hague conference was made and rejected.
— The National Liquor Dealers’ Association assembled in Louisville, June 5, for its annual convention, and while the members were apparently sober, issued an address to the people of the United States conveying the news that the liquor dealers believed in temperance, that they indorsed the white ribbon and blue ribbon movement, and believed intemperance should be considered a crime. They favored also the abolition of the low-grade saloon, favoring high-toned drinking places to which a man would bring his wife and children. It was a possible oversight that no plan was reported to reform the character of alcohol.
— The annual arbitration or world’s peace conference at Lake Mohonk, N. Y., was opened May 30. In a reference to Russia’s call for another Hague peace conference, the presiding officer, Gen. J. W. Foster, said: “A discouraging feature of it is that in the program of subjects to be considered the limitation of armaments has not been included. It was hardly to be expected that this measure would be suggested by the power whose armies so recently had been driven from the field and its navy annihilated. But it is of equal importance, with the general acceptance of the principle of arbitration, that some measure shall be adopted to put a stop to this ever-increasing competition of the great powers in the enlargement of their standing armies and navies.”
— Bishop McCabe, of the Methodist Church, has made the following statement as a representative Methodist touching the question of the open shop, which recently came up for settlement at the Methodist Book Concern. The bishop’s utterance has aroused considerable discussion and some criticism. He says: “We are opposed to having a small percentage of labor men run the entire laboring class in a high-handed and authoritative manner. We are the friends of labor, but we are as much the friends of the ninety per cent of the laborers who resent the bossism of the ten per cent who are doing the bossing. It is an imposition for a few men to be able to say, ‘Join our union or you can not work.’ It is an imposition to refuse to allow men to work as they will if they work honestly and earn their livelihood by honest sweat.”
— The Chicago meat packers are making every effort to defeat the movement for reform in their methods of business, and their representatives in Washington now boldly deny the truth of the report made by the President’s commissioners, Messrs. Neill and Reynolds. The packers have invited a committee of Congress to come to Chicago and investigate the conditions to which the report relates. Meanwhile there is a tremendous falling off in the meat trade, both domestic and foreign; and simultaneously, no doubt, there is a tremendous house-cleaning in the packing establishments. An amendment to the meat inspection bill has been brought forward in the House which takes most of the force out of its provisions, and the packers have grounds for hope that this substitute measure will be adopted. Their plan, says the Washington Post, “appears to be to delay reporting the Agricultural Bill to the House until a much later day, and then force it through without any meat-inspection amendment or to add the substitute which is satisfactory to the packers.”
Fernando Academy
By H. G. Lucas
A CHANGE OF NAME
Since this school has been giving only twelve grades of instruction it has been decided to change its name in harmony with the work it has been doing.
THE PLAN OF ITS WORK FOR NEXT YEAR
We have heretofore offered twelve grades of academic work, but this year we have decided to add the thirteenth grade, which embraces the following studies: Bible history III, Latin I, advanced zoology, advanced botany, advanced algebra, and trigonometry. Other classes in higher work may be formed if the demand will warrant. Besides the regular academic work, special courses have been designed and will be regularly offered. These are as follows: Biblical, for those designing to be ministers and Bible workers; normal, commercial, stenographic, and music. We will aim to encourage more young men and women to take up the normal course, and become missionary teachers to supply the calls that come from all parts of the world. Since this school is situated so near to the Spanish countries, Spanish will be taught by one of our teachers. Hydrotherapy will form an important feature of the work next year. Since canvassing is such an important work, and we must depend upon our young people to do this work, we have decided to hold a canvassing institute next year. We have not omitted the industrial feature of education, and have provided for this work. The main industry is farming.
ENROLMENT
During the past year there have been enrolled in the higher grades one hundred and eight students. In the lower grades forty-five, making a total of one hundred and fifty-three.23
BOARD, ROOM, AND EXPENSE
The school year consists of thirty-six weeks, beginning Sept. 19, 1906, and ending May 28, 1907. Board, room and tuition will be thirteen dollars per month for a term of four weeks, and fifteen hours of work each week. To those in our own conference who are paying a second tithe into the school fund, a reduction of three dollars a month is made.
ACADEMY BOARD
The Board consists of the following persons: G. W. Reaser, President; H. G. Lucas, Secretary; R. S. Owen, W. E. Howell, E. S. Ballenger, J. L. Kay, W. J. Dart.
FACULTY
The faculty elected for next year consists of the following persons: H. G. Lucas, Principal, Business Department; R. S. Owen, Bible and History; J. L. Kay, Mathematics; S. Parker Smith, Science; Howard E. Osborne, English; Mrs. J. L. Kay, Assistant in Bible; Mrs. H. G. Lucas, Assistant Business Department; Genevieve Johnson, Vocal and Instrumental Music; Grace O’Neil, Normal Department; Cora M. Shaw, Assistant Normal Department; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lingle, Hydrotherapy.
Those wishing calendars of this institution will please address the undersigned at San Fernando, Cal.