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In this report of the minutes of our latest Federa­tion Convention the undersigned will confine herself to the business transacted, as the other activities such as speeches, banquet and program numbers will be recorded in this issue of the Standard Bearer by others. The business sessions were opened in the morning of Thursday, Aug. 22, by the Rev. L. Vermeer, after our President, Homer Kuiper, read Psalm 144 and the Psalter number 371 was sung by the delegates. The roll call was then taken and all societies were repre­sented, including the three new member societies of Creston, Kalamazoo and Roosevelt...

With the permission of our Editor-in-chief, the undersigned has been instructed by our Convention to give a report in our Standard Bearer, concerning the latest activities and undertakings of our youth as they are organized into various Societies. We sincerely thank our Editor for this allotted space. Our first National Convention of Young People’s Societies was held August 2 and 3, in the auditorium of our South Holland Church. A year ago the desire was expressed by members of the South Holland Society to unite more closely the young people’s societies, and immediately a committee was appointed to study the...