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Show THE EPISCOPAL CONVOCATION. Second Day' Proceeding of the Annual Meeting of Clerical and Lay Delegates. The delegates to the annual convocation convoca-tion of tho Episcopal church for the district dis-trict of Utah aud Nevada met this morning morn-ing at the residence of the pastor of St. Mark's cathedral, Rev. N. F. Putnam. There were present Kevs. N. F. Putnam, St. Mark's, Salt Lake; S. L. Gilberson, St. Paul's, Salt Lake; R. W. Plant, St. Mark's sc hool, Salt Lake; F. W.Crook, St. John's, Logan; J. II. Young, St. Paul's, Plain City, and Samuel Uns-worth, Uns-worth, Good Shepherd, Ogden, clerical delegates, Hon. G. M. Scott, St. M ark's Salt Lake, aud E. D. Flanagan, Good Shepherd, Ogden, lay delegates.. Rev. Samuel Unsworth was elected secretary and Hon. G. M. Scott, treasurer. treas-urer. Bishop Leonard appointed the following follow-ing committees: State of the church, Revs. F. W. Crook and J. H. Young; schools, Rev. N. F. Putnam and E. D. Flanagan; St. Mark's hospital, Revs. Samuel Uus worth aud F. W. Crook; ways aud means, Rev. S. L. Gilberson and Hon. G. M. Scott. Tho committeo on schools submitted the following report, which was adopted: The committee on schools beg to report that fronOhe Information laid before them thy believe be-lieve all the schools of theirniissionary district to be In a prosperous condition. The status of the school of the Good Shepherd atOgdeu has somewhat changed since the last meeting . of the convocation. It has been taken in charge by the principal prin-cipal of the Ogden Military Academy Henry Howard and Newill and is under their management. man-agement. Its work for the church, however, has not been lessened by the change. There are some US scholars in the Bchool Instructed by four teachers, who give them excellent instruction. in-struction. At Plain City the school continues under the chargo of Rev. James H. Young, the mission, ary at that place. , ' Mr. Young is a good teacher, Is at home in the schoolroom, and no better work could be done for the children at Plain City than he does for them. The school numbers fifty -seven pupils and he Is the only teacher. At Logan in St. John's school there are eighty -Ave different pupils for the year, with an average attendance of fifty. Three teachers are employed. They do good work and the instruction is thorough. There is not however inai nuanciaj support of the school from the parents which ought to be givou and which would be given but for the bidding for pupils Indulged in by the denominational schools, to the demoralization demoraliza-tion of principles of a true self-respect in ttnancial matters, and to the pauperizing in-Jnryof in-Jnryof the people and of true Christian work In the place. This is the second year of the school at Lay-ton. Lay-ton. The bright prospects with which it sthrted are being realized more and more. Layton Is in a fanning district. It is not a city or a village The people are scattered aud they are almost all Mormons. But our school has thirty-five pupils under one teacher, Miss Prout, of . Ogden. and .. she is much encouraged iu her work. In the school at Salt Lake there are 4(10 children chil-dren and thirteen teachers. The schools are in excellent condition. Rev. R. W. Plant is a good dlsciplariau and a competent instructor; St. Mark's school under blm as principal, and with his efficient corps of teachers has steadily advanced during the year in scholarship scholar-ship and in the whole bearing and spirit of the pupils. Rowland hall has a larger number of pupils this year than over before. The people of Salt Lako show their appreciation of a superior su-perior school for girls by the liberal patronage which they give It. The boarding department has had in it thirteen for the year. Miss J. H. Von Rennselaer is the principal and it would be very difficult to find one better adapted to the place.,The above-mentioned schools are all iu Utah.,, At Reno, Nevada, Is the bishop's school for girls. This school, from Its foundation, has been known as a boarding school worthy of the patronage of the Christian people of Nevada, and they have been,, very generous in their support of it. It has now an excellent corps of teachers numbering 8, with Miss Julia Meggulre as principal, and sixty-five pupils, Whole numbers of pupils in the schools of the district are 81S. Number of teachers, SO. All of which is respectfully submitted. sub-mitted. ' N.. N. Putnam-, " t E. D. FLAN AUAN, Committee. The committee on Ways and moans reported a scale of assessment for the different churches, to provide for convocation con-vocation meetings and tho publication of The Journal. Tho treasurer's report shows that there is a balance on hand of $3,237.55. Idaho formerly formed a portion of this district, but is now separated from it; and the proposition to refund to the Idaho churches the sum of $500, contributed con-tributed to this district, was discussed at some length. The matter of the advisability of holding triennial convocations hereafter here-after instead of annual, was discussed and the suggestion adopted. The plan is to hold annual conferences throughout through-out the district, and once in three years a convocation at which all portions of the district can be represented. As it is now it has beeu found both expensive and inconvenient to get together au-nually au-nually a large representation. The proposition to refund Idaho's contribution of $500 to the general fund was adopted. The convocation then adjourned sine die. |