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Day
21
Month
April
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Mrs. L. D. Wishard, president of the convention, is the wife of the foreign secretary of the Y. M. C. A., and has traveled nearly all over the world in these interests. Since 1893 she has visited South África, Bombay and Sweden in this work. She is a pleasing speaker and an excellent chairman. Yery unassuming hut with perfect self-possession. Rev. Theodore Cuyler spoke Thursday evening. He looks feeble, but his will is strong and his manner vigorous. His address was one of the finest given. Last year the association held a training school for secretaries, but lack of funds prevent this beingdone this year. A series of institutes will probably be given instead. There are fifty city associations with 2,000 members in the United States and Canada, besides a much larger number of college associations. Reports were given from the associations of the western states, Texas, New England, our home states, Canadaj England, Germany, Italy, France, China, India and África. A letter was read by Miss Reynolds, secretary of the World's Associations. Yet a year ago a young man who was a prominent figure in university religious work, was surprised to learn that the Ann Arbor Y. W. C. A. was not simply a little society gotten up in this city, and that there were other such societies in other cities.

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Ann Arbor Courier