Word: mission
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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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 study groups, running for four weeks each, have been held. The fall group extended from November 21st through December 12th and was under the leadership of Professor James Thayer Addison '09 of the Episcopal School. In this course the subject of "Educational Missions" was discussed, and the average weekly attendance was five. The second or spring group extended from March 7th through April 4th, and was led by Professor Edward Caldwell Moore, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Chairman of the American Board of Foreign Missions. The subject of the group was "The College Man and Missions." Fifteen...
Among the fall activities of the Mission one was the sending out of Christmas greeting cards to all Harvard graduates engaged in missionary work; an- other consisted in a conference on the eve of the Harvard-Yale football game, Friday afternoon, November 18th, between the Yale and Harvard undergraduate mission committees. Princeton was also invited to send delegates to this 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...
...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...
This year's committee is issuing a report of the activities of the Mission from 1914 through 1922--the Sixth Report to be issued by the undergraduate committee. The report will contain the work of the committee at home during the period, articles by Harvard graduates in the missionary field, together with illustrated photographs, an article on the Harvard-Yale Mission Conference held on November 18th, and also suggestions as to the future. The report will be published about June 1st. It is the earnest desire of the committee that the work of the Mission may each year...