Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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|9. Wi. C. H. Cabinet OFFICERS President Emma Bloomquist Vice-President .... Grace Howard Secretary Gladys Hastings Treasurer Hattie Wolf §9. iH. C. Cabinet OFFICERS President Edward Wahl Vice-President Harold McCullough Secretary Donald Lawson Treasurer Alden Doud

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gear’s HUorfe in tfjc gtegoctattons Interest in the work of the two Christian Associations for the school year 1915-1916 has been keen and spontaneous. The opening of the school in the fall witnessed a change in the time of the weekly devotional meetings. Time out of mind the young men’s meeting had been held Sunday mornings at eight o’clock and the young ladies had met on Thursday afternoons. With the opening of this school year, however, the order was changed and arrangements made whereby both associations might meet at the fourth bell on Saturday. This eliminated so many religious duties for the men of the college on Sunday and made it a more popular hour for all concerned. The plan has proved its effectiveness and it is quite likely that it will remain in vogue. The spirit of the two meetings when they are held simultaneously is more in harmony, and more and more as the new order of things becomes fixed in the minds of the students the fourth bell on Saturday will be a time set apart for worship. During the year some of the strongest Christian leaders from this section of the state have acted as leaders in the devotional meetings. Some of the out of town men who have led the meetings of the Y. M. C. A. have been: Mr. Kennedy, State Student Y. M. C. A. Secretary; Evangelist Charles Goff, who conducted a union revival meeting among the evangelical churches during the winter; Evangelist Williams, an old racehorse man who led a revival campaign among the Baptist people the early part of February; Rev. Heppe, the pastor of the First Methodist Church, of Burlington; Professor D. B. Heller, an ex-president of- the- local association, and at the present time superintendent of the Seymour public schools. Resident leaders and student leaders have been: Reverend Osborn, Dr. Luebbers, Frye, Hon. W. F. Kopp, Wiltse, Professor Koch, Stillwell, Professor Boyer, Reverend Moore, Arm-bruster, Akcrson, Professor Edwards. The young ladies have had among their leaders the following: Mrs. Sowers of Bloomfield, Miss Helmer, Miss Lynch, Miss Nutting, the Y. W. C. A. secretary of the Keokuk high school, Miss YTorhees, Miss Booth, Mrs. Warhurst, Amy Zimmerman, Katherine Druse, Dorothy Withrow, Nellis Curran, Emma Bloomquist. Other interesting meetings during the year were the Christmas and Thanksgiving services, the Day of Prayer for Colleges, and the Sunrise Easter Meeting. Two special evangelistic efforts in which the students took a vital interest were held during the winter. The first was particularly a college meeting, and was held under the auspices of the two Christian organizations. Reverend Hankins, a Wesleyan alumnus and at present pastor of the Methodist church at Morning Sun, held a week’s campaign before the Christmas holidays. The purpose of the meeting was the deepening of the religious life of the students and the salvation of souls at Wesleyan. Much good was accomplished under the leadership of Reverend Hankins. The second series of meetings in which the students took an active part was the union revival campaign under the auspices of the city churches. The Goff evangelistic party had charge, and a revival the like of which was never before witnessed in Mt. Pleasant was held. During the meetings the regular college prayer meetings were abandoned and