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...Harvard Mission Committee has been notified of the need of three men for service in Labrador this summer. The Grenfell Mission wishes two men with knowledge of sailing and motorboat engines, while--the Reverend William Stride of St. Anthony, Newfoundland, also needs a volunteer with some experience in running engines...
...mission wishes the two men to take their motor-yawl, the "Northern Messenger", from Battle Harbor, on the Newfoundland Labrador to Harrington on the Canadian Labrador, a distance of about 250 miles. They will be needed for this work in the latter half of June, and, after taking the boat to Harrington will remain there throughout the summer as volunteer workers...
...conference, but was unable to do so. At this conference, held in the Noble Room of Phillips Brooks House, the various methods used in both colleges for conducting missionary work were discussed; actual experiences of graduates in Yale-China, both Yale and Harvard men at the Grenfell Mission in Labrador, and the Harvard work at Robert College were narrated; and plans for the improvement and enlargement of the work at both colleges were brought up. A considerable amount of good resulted from this meeting, and it is the opinion of this committee that a similar conference ought to be held...
...activities of the Mission during the winter and early spring periods have centered mainly about the endeavor to interest men directly in the work. Towards this end the committee has taken an active interest in the cause of the Grenfell Mission in Labrador and a new member has been added to conduct this part of the work, E. K. Merrill '34, who has had some actual experience in the Labrador work. Articles have been put in the CRIMSON and interviews have been held with men interested in the work. An effort was made to obtain Bishop Charles H. Brent...
...done. One Amherst student took one of our boys back to school and college, and several others have done the same thing for short periods and sent us back invaluable helpers. Some have brought down boats--a Harvard crew took a 45 foot power yawl from Boston to Labrador in seven days, keeping the open all the while. Some have both held Sunday services and helped in Sunday classes...