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elected perm anent chairm an, Dr. M athes, of B ellingham , vice-chairm an
for the W ashington side, and Mr. L eonard, of E u g en e, for th e Idaho
and O regon section.
1 he principal speaker for the evening session, was F red Sm ith, of
Chicago, who addressed a capacity house. H is subject was “ T h e man
of F oreign L a n d s.” H is talk was very in terestin g and dealt m ostly
w ith th e various custom s of the O riental people. M r. Stone, secretary
of the P ortland Y. M. C. A ., followed closely w ith a talk on, “ in T h eir
Own F ie ld s,” w hich applied m ostly to the association w ork in the
N orthw est.
T he session on S atu rd ay m orning was devoted mostly to reading re­
ports from th e different state com m ittees. T h e m ost in terestin g talk of
that day was delivered by H u g h M oran, G eneral Secretary of th e V.
M. C. A ., w ith head q u arters at H ankow , C hina. H is topic was
“ Y oung Men in Foreign L a n d s .” H e told of th e great Y. M. C. A.
w ork am ong the C hinese and the rapid grow th of the association under
difficult circum stances.
A nother notable feature of th e convention was to m ake know n the
liquor traffic “ As th e w orst foe of men and boys, whom we are to
se rv e .” T h e slogan is, “ E x term in ate the L iquor T raffic.”
T h e convention was closed w ith a banquet given in honor of the del­
egates by the L ad ies’ Aid Society of V ancouver. F u lly 275 men were
present. T h e evening was devoted to a general good time.
On Sunday evening, Feb. 8, Rev. R. H . K ennedy preached for Dr.
\V. O. S hank, in th e E ast Side Baptist C hurch, P ortland, w hile Dr.
Shank was w ith us at the assembly m eeting. Paul K ininnook w ent with
Mr. K ennedy, and addressed th e young people’s society on life am ong
his people in A laska. It was P a u l’s first talk to an audience outside of
school circles. H is com ing had been well advertised, and a large au d i­
ence greeted him . H e gave an in terestin g talk in which he described
the changes th a t had taken place am ong his people since the com ing of
the w hites and of the m issionaries, and described the totem poles and
the cerem onies atten d in g th eir carving and p lan tin g . T he young people
were delighted w ith his address and hope he will come again.
W ord has ju st been received from Mr. R. I). H all, In tern atio n al Sec­
retary of the Y . M. C. A. for Indian Schools, th at he will be in Che-
m awa about the latter p art of M arch, and will spend so m etim e with us
H is visit and w ork may be looked forw ard to w ith pleasure and expec­
tation of rich blessings and we should prepare for his com ing bv person­
al C hristian w ork.