Word: missions
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...consequence of this action, the committee of the Harvard Mission which has the trip in charge has selected from the men who had applied or been asked to attend the convention, and had been granted leave of absence by the Office, 32 regular delegates; and designated the remaining men as alternates, numbered from 1 upward. The selection was made on the basis of the following considerations; all student volunteers, that is men who have offered to go out as foreign missionaries, were included; and among the remaining men preference was given, first to men who have been active...
...following committee of the Harvard Mission has charge of the trip: C. H. Sutherland '06, R. B. Gregg '07, H. W. Nichols '07, D. J. Knowlton '08, E. G. Stillman '08, F. B. Biddle '09, F. H. Burr '09, E. T. Wentworth...
...Canadian Student Young Men's Christian Associations, the British College Christian Union, the Australasian Student Christian Union, and similar organizations in many other countries. The convention will be attended by 3,000 delegates from about 500 universities, colleges and seminaries. The speakers will include missionaries from about forty mission fields, men from the government service of the United States and other countries, and others who have first hand knowledge of foreign countries and of missions...
...largest delegation present. This year Harvard is entitled, on the basis of the size of the University, to 41 representatives at Nashville. It is planned to send the full number of delegates, and arrangements for the trip are in charge of the executive committee of the Harvard Mission, made up of Professor E. C. Moore, Dr. Endicott Peabody, Mr. A. S. Johnson '85, R. H. Oveson '05, J. M. Groves '05 and sixteen undergraduates. One or two men from each of the professional schools will probably go, and the rest of the delegation will be made up of undergraduates...
...Massachusetts, presided at the mass meeting in Sanders Theatre last night. John R. Mott spoke on "The Possibilities of the Student World in the Extension of Christ's Kingdom," and Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd, D.D., general secretary of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society spoke on "The End of Missions: The World for God." Mr. Mott enlarged upon many chances for young missionaries to Christianize the world, and of the Christian universities and colleges in pagan countries which would spread the gospel among their own people. The resurrection of Christ, the perfect man, said Dr. Lloyd, represented the day when...