CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 16

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

PAST YEAR REVIEWED ' NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED Virtual completion of the new Christian Science Publishing House in Boston, Massachusetts, and gratitude for the loyal support which made this achievement possible, was tho keynote at the annual meeting of the mother church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, last month. Announcement was made of tho election of the following officers: —President, Dr. John M. Brewer, of Cambridge; treasurer, Mr. Edward L. Ripley, of Brookline; clerk, Mr. Ezra W. Palmer,.of Brookline. The new president of tho mother church, Dr. John M. Brewer, is a native of Antioch, California. Ho graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1902. In 1916 he received the Ph.D. degree in education from Harvard University and became an instructor there. Two years were spent as head of the Department of Education at tho Los Angeles State Normal School, after which he was appointed to the position he now holds, Associate Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. Professor Brewer is author of several books on education. In connection with his professional work he has travelled extensively in Europe. Mr. A. Hcrvey Bathurst, chairman of the board of lectureship, reported that lectures on Christian Science were, delivered by members of that board for the first time in such distant fields as Macassar, Celebes; Colombo, Ceylon; Peiping, China; Cairo, Egypt; Bangalore, Delhi, Lucknow, and Madras, India; Surubaya, Java; and Singapore, Straits Settlements. "In one instance," Mr. Bathurst said, "it was reported that an individual travelled many miles on horseback, followed by a night journey on a train, in order to be present at a lecture; while in India some travelled as much as 700 miles to hear a lecture —200 miles over mountain roads before taking the railwav train."

Since June of last vea'r 29 societies have qualified for the title of church, 59 new Christian Science societies, three churches, and five university organisations have been formed. This brings the total to 2673 branches of the mother church and 48 university organisations throughout the world.