Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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THE SARGASSO THE YOUNG WOMEN ' S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION E. WiLDMAN. President XK Pritchard. Secretary The Earlhamite ..f . [a cll, 1885. appears the illowiiii; : L. 1). Wishard, Corresponding Sec- et;ir of tlie International College of the Y. M. ' . A., visited Earlham February 5th and 6th. liilf hen-, he (■rg.inized an association for the voung ladies with iW fullMwing officers: Presi.lent, I ' .thcl Kirk : ' re cord- iiii; seci ' ct.irN , .Marianna Brown: ci irrespomHiiL; secrctar -. . hiria ' l)llnL; : treasurer, aggie Mnrri . At tliis time there u ere iiiily ahoiu thirty nieinbers. Tlie harlhamite ..f .May, 1,X85. speaks of a State College A ' . M. C. A. and Y. W . C. .A. conference at Del ' anw University, at which Earlham was represented. At that time the Earlham association had the largest membership of any college repre- sented. In 1906. the national organization of the Y. W. C. A. was formed and the Earlham association was one of the 616 charter members. The -piiq.ose of the ass..ciati(.n he l expresses the .scope of the u.ii-k. uhirli llir rahiiirl has irled In i-e:iH e this he consonant with tlieir belief. It shall thus associate them itli the students of the world for the advancement of the Kingdom of ( ' ...d. It shall further seek to enhst their devo- tion to the Christian Church and tn the religious work of the institution. During the summer. Earlliam was represented at the Y. V. C. A. conference at Lake Ceiiev:! by twelve -iris, the largest dele,gation from any Indiana college r uni ersit . In I ' ebruary, seven girls attended the Indiana Student Mis- sionarx Conference at Indiana University, b ' .arly this fall, during -Dad Elliott ' s stay at Earlham, the religious hie of the girls gained new impetus and many lives ucre coiisccrateil or reconsecrated to the blaster ' s service. Six I ' .ihle and six mission classts have been directed by members of the faculty and b studeiUs, Several students have been engaged in city social srrvice work throughout the year. Pledges for mis- sionary .giving have increased from $50 to $175. Tlie flf- livlh :miiiversar of the founding of the Y. W. C. . , of America w.is ap].i-o],ri;ilel celebrated wdtll a pageant. and Christian ser . ssoC o ,,tlK II II II IIII II II II IIII II II II II II nil IIII II II II II II II II IIII II IIII II II iij: = II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II IIII II UlM II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II y MJI II I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II g EARLHAM COLLE GE 19 16 E == iiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniin Firn II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II I II II II II II II II II II I II II II II II II II II I II II II II iHiirii IIII II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II 11 II II 11 II

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THE SARGASSO | THE STUDENT VOLUNTEER BAND of the niLiulicrs of the band oiiurvis iKxt Near leading to missionary aclixity. ' I ' lic lir t l{arlham missionary was Kli anah liearcl, who altimkil the I ' .uarihng School in 1852. He went to India in ISi. ' i. under the auspices of the Friends of England. Mica- jah Llinford was the first college student to go to the field. He attended the preparatory school in 1868, and the college in 1869. In 1873, he was sent to Matamoros, Mexico, the h ' rieniK ' first iifission station, which had just been opened. In IS ' H. for the first time, the Y. ;M. C. A. was repre- sented at Lake Geneva by two delegates. In the spring of 1892, both the Y. M. C. A. and Y. V. C. A. were repre- sented at Lake Geneva by large delegations. Missionary in- terest, which had previously been at a very Inw ebb, received an impetus that has been on a steail increase since. The first Volunteer Band was ..r ianized in 1892, con- sisting of five members, three of whom went to the field. Five members of the class of 18 ' )3 took uii missionarv work. the fields represented being Japan, China and Mexico, and later Cuba. One of the graduates of this class was a Jap- anese, Chusu Kaifu, who was among the first students to accept the teachings of Christianity in a Friends ' school at Tokio. lie abandon. tend Earlltani and f. president of the Tokii Mr. and Mrs. W, ico in 1893, have the graduates to go to the miss went out prior to 1900. Soi a good government position to at- almost a quarter of a century was school. rving Kelsey, ' 93, who went to Mex- istinction of being the first Earlham . Twelve missionaries lem have been pioneers in their respective fields. The majority of Earlham missi. .naries ha under the auspices of various h ' riends ' board have gone out under boards of other deiioiiii some under tile auspices of the International C the ■. M. C. A. an.l •. W. C. A. Alxnit sixt missionaries have gone out fn over half of llieni alumni. More tlian thirty an field. The conntries to whicli tlie liave gone Japan, India, Russia, . frica, Palestine. Haw; Guatemala, Cuba, Mexico and .Maska. II nil II llllllll III! II nil nil II II II II II II IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ:. ::: II II II II II nil II II II II II II II II nil II IHil jjjli II 11 II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II iiii II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II in , EARLHAM COLLE GE 1 Q 1 6 ,„ I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II nil iiiiii II II II II II II II II II II III! II II II II II nil II II II II II II III! II nil nil II II II nil II II II II ii ii ii n ii n n ii n l II