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20 GAS ATTACK News of the Y. M. C. A. EDITED BY BAY F. JENNEY. THOMAS HAMILTON LEWIS, D.D. Camp Religious Work Director at Wadsworth. Dr. Thomas Hamilton Lewis came to Camp last week to join the Headquarters Staff of the Y. M. C. A. workers, as Camp Religious W ork Director. Dr. Lewis suc ceeds Dr. Strayer, who returned to his church duties in Rochester, N. Y., some six weeks ago. Dr. Lewis was educated in W estern Mary land College and he became pastor at Cum berland and Baltimore, Md. He left the pastorate to organize the Theological Semi nary at W estminster, Md. After spending four years there he was called to the P resi dency of the W estern Maryland College at W estminster, where he has been since 1886. Under his able direction and owing largely to his unstinted efforts in her behalf this college has made great advancements along every line, in enrollment, number of build ings and endowment. W estern Maryland College is a State Institution, co-educational and under the Methodist P ro testant patron age, yet non-sectarian. During this long service, with the exception of the last five years, Dr. Lewis taught logic, ethics and philosophy aside from his duties as Presi- CHAPLAIN HANSCOM EASTER WEEK SPEAKER. Easter week was a week long to be re membered at 93. Every evening, with the exception of Saturday, a half hour service was held in commemoration of our L ord’s last week on earth. Chaplain Hanscom of the 106th Regiment spoke at each service, and made a profound impression on the men. The most impres sive service of the five was h e ld . T hursday night. After the regular evening service a communion was celebrated at which nearly three hundred men took the supper. Many of the boys remarked afterwards that it was the most impressive communion they had ever attended. dent. Owing to the demands because of the increase in growth of the institution it necessitated the giving of this entire time to his presidential duties. Dr. Lewis is Vice-President of the State Board of Education, of which hoard the Governor is President. He was the Presi dent of the General Conference of the Meth odist P ro testant Church from 1908-12. He has been a member of that General Con ference for the last thirty years. In 1908, as the President of that Conference, he became the center of a great deal of in terest in religious circles when he appeared before the Methodist Episcopal Confer ence and presented a sane, broad-minded and practical proposition for the Union of Methodism. This created so much sen timent in its favor that in 1909 he was asked to appear before the United Confer ence of the Methodist Church South, where he presented a like proposition. This singu lar step on the part of Dr. Lewis caused the various Methodist bodies to appoint com mittees who have been working on this m atter since that time. The final meeting of the committees to take place in the near future are awaited with a great deal of in terest. Dr. Lewis has written two books, “The Good Life,” and “The Divine Creden tials.” The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Adrian College of Michigan; LL.D. by W ashington University of Maryland and D.D. by Victoria University of Toronto. He has a son in service a t Camp Devans. The keen desire on the p art of Dr. Lewis to serve his country led him to give up his beloved work where he has spent the greater part of his life to come and do his bit for God and country at Camp W ads worth. The spirit of such a man as Dr. Lewis gives us high hope for the future. j IMPRESSIVE HOLY WEEK SERVICES. Converse Girls Charm Audience. The observance of Holy Week displaced everything else on the schedule of No. 96 except the movie program on Tuesday even ing. Chaplain Foreman of the F irst Pioneers was the speaker on Wednesday evening and Chaplain Jaynes of the 108th Infantry on Friday. Both brought stirring and practical messages. On Thursday Secretary Welsh of our own building force gave the address. While the house was not filled, the attend ance in each case was good. Saturday even ing we had a great treat, when the choir of the F irst Presbyterian church of S partan burg, under the direction of Mrs. Blotcky, gave us their full program of E aster music. They were assisted by Mr. C. C. T urrian of the 107th Ambulance Co., violinist. During the last chorus, “Hallelujah, C hrist is R isen,” the audience remained standing, and at the close gave to the choir, the director and Mr. Jordan, the Presbyterian camp pastor, a hearty vote of thanks. On E aster Sunday our building was beau tifully decorated with E aster lilies and dog wood. The flowers w ere the gift of the hos pital nurses and of officers of the 108th and 53rd regiments, as well as of the Y. M. C. A. headquarters. Four services were held in the building. Holy Communion at 7:40, Chaplain Jaynes in charge; L utheran Com munion service at 9, conducted by Chaplain Keever and Mr. Ryden; regimental service at 10:30, with sermon by Chaplain Jaynes, and a second celebration of the C ommunion; Y. M. C. A. service at 6:45, w ith song service in charge of Mr. Clark, and a splendid ad dress by Bishop F. D. L eete of A tlanta. Per haps most enjoyed of all were a solo and trio charmingly rendered by young ladies of Converse College. Besides these gather ings in the building, our religious work di rector held an outdoor service E aster morn ing for the men of Co. B, F irst A nti-Aircraft Battalion, at the request of Captain Foss, and a service at the division stockade in the afternoon. Mr. Fitz, our building secretary, is absent this week attending a conference at Blue Ridge, N. C. IN UNCLE SAM’S NAVY. Ensign—See the Captain on that bridge* five miles away? Gun-pointer—Aye, aye, sir. Ensign—Hit him in the eye w ith a 13-inch shell. Gun-pointer—Which eye, sir?
