Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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Nine students and two former students composed the delegation that represented Midland College at the tenth quadrennial Student Volunteer convention held at Detroit. Mich.. December 29-31. Nearly 3.500 students, representatives of every country in which missionary work is being done, attended the conference. The tudents who represented Midland were: Irene Modi. Georgia Fuhrmeister, Dorothea Krueger, Iva llininan. Herbert Dichsen, lvin Havekost, and Berniece Hcnriksen of the college; Fdmund Wood and Henry Scherer of Western Theological Seminary, and Johannes Klolschc end Pauline Prestegaard. Midland graduates. Challenging subjects were presented In great Christian workers and mission- aries. Some of the speakers who gave addresses at the convention were: Dr. Henry Hodgkin, famous British missionary; Dr. Francis Wei. president of the Central China Christian I Diversity; Sherwood Fddy. secretary of the 5. M. C. A. in Asia; John R. Mott, international secretary of the V. M. C. A.; and Dr. Robert K. Speir, general moderator of the Presbyterian Church. In a series of chapel talks the delegates gave the students of the college portions of the great messages heard and told of the benefits derived from the conference. CHURCH COLLEGE CONFERENCE Midland college was host to more than 200 instructors and executives of Ne- braska’s nine church colleges when the annual convention of Nebraska Association of Church Colleges was held at Midland. March 23-21. Features of the two-day program were two addresses delivered by Dr. Harry M. Gage, president of Coe college. Cedar Rapids, la., the various departmental meetings, and the physical education demonstration by thirty girls from Grand Island college. The subject of Dr. Gage’s main address was “The Improvement of College Teaching. Dr. II. F. Marlin. Midland’s president, was elected president of the association for the coming year. Other officers named were: ice President. Dr. F. W . Fmorv. N «»ik college; secretary. Porlessor F. F. W'eycr. Hastings college; and treasurer. Miss Harriet Anderson, Grand Island college.