MEETINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15398, 5 September 1913, Page 4

MEETINGS.

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

Tub monthly meeting of the Women's Bible in State Schools League was held in the Pitt Street Methodist Schoolroom on Tuesday. The following resolution was passed: —

" The Central Committee and other members of <he Women's League for Bible in State Schools in the Auckland province express, on behalf of the women _ members of the league. in the 17 electorates in the Auckland province, all of whom have signed a written request for the referendum, our profound conviction that no permanent settlement of this question can be effected unless and until the matter has been referred to the whole people of the Dominion, so that every elector, whether for or against the league's proposal, can have the fullest opportunity of expressing his or her opinion bv a vote under legalised conditions as to what shall be done in the people's schools, which are supoorted by the people's money, and attended by the people's children."

Several fresh branches have been formed, and '" coin teas " have been held in Grafton Road Methodist School, St. Heliers Bay. St. Mary's (Parnell), and at Epsom Methodist Hall.

A meeting of supporters of the Bible in State Schools League will be held to-night in the St. John's School. Ponsonby.

Y.W.C.A.

The lecture hall of the Young Men's Christian Association was filled to overflowing last evening, when Mrs. T. S. Gladding, of New York, gave a lecture on " The Dawning of a New Day for Girls in Many Lands." Mrs. Gladding is an enthusiast, and this fact necessarily made her lecture the more acceptable. She showed a particularly interesting series of slides showing the various academic institutions in the United States from the Southern States to the Middle West. The lecturer gave many interesting' facts and figures, and showed clearly the great hold that the Young Women's Christian Association movement has taken in her country. Miss Helen P. Barnes (travelling secretary) also addressed the gathering.