CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

The program of the Christian Association has not escaped the many interruptions that come increasingly into the college year, but in spite of such interruptions some things have been accomplished which may prove of general in. terest.

During the winter term men have been meeting in groups at convenient places about the campus for bible study and discussion. Two general courses have been followed. The men of the junior and senior classes have been following a course based on Adolph Harnack's book, - "What is Christianity?" The leaders of groups meet Rev. Mr. Vernon each week for conference. The freshman and sophomore classes have been following a course conducted in a similar way by Rev. Mr. Janeway, on "Men and Books of the Old Testament." About one hundred men are thus meeting each week for study and discussion. These courses will continue till the April vacation.

A series of weekly half hour bible talks to the men of the Medical School, on fundamental questions of the Christian faith, have proved an especially interesting feature of the bible study work.

It has been the policy of the association this year to acquaint Dartmouth undergraduates with the kind of work that is going on in the principal mission fields today, and to this end some interesting addresses have been, given. Mr. Enoch F. Bell, formerly of Japan, gave a very interesting address on the work done for the Japanese soldiers in the late war with Russia. Mr. Giles B. Palmer of the faculty of St. John's University in Shanghai, China, spoke authoritatively of the educational work at that point. The association was also fortunate in securing Rev. H. G. Bissell of the American Board to address the students on "Opportunities in the Orient." These addresses were well attended.

The association has collected and sent to sailors and lumbermen several large boxes of magazines and literature, and the letters received from the distributing stations show how greatly reading matter is appreciated by men in those occupations.

Through the efforts of the association, a quartet has been secured to go to the hospital nearly every Sunday and singin each of the wards. Letters and many words of appreciation have come to us because of this simple service.

Early in March the association chooses a new set of officers, and much of the spring term will be spent in organizing the work for next year.

The Employment Bureau is now seeking to place men for summer positions, and alumni can render a great service if they will communicate with the bureau concerning any available summer work for college men.