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NOTES AND QUERIES49 " Your presidency comes at a time when Christianity is beginning to press hard against the walls of political and economic and social conventions , national and international, behind which crass, unregenerate paganism has long and securely entrenched itself against the influence of religion. Those walls will some day go down, and the mind of Christ will become the mind of the state. We dare to believe that your administration will hasten that day. Not alone the little flock of your Quaker brethren are upholding your hands with their prayers, but a great host of Christian folk in all sects and of all creeds ask God to make you strong and to keep you true to your deepest loyalties." —In Friends' Quarterly Examiner, First Month, 1929, pp. 1-27, there is printed the presidential address, given by E. Vipont Brown, before the Friends' Guild of Teachers in First Month, 1929. It is entitled " Quakerism and Education," and emphasizes the great value and importance of an education that is Friendly in the true sense of the word. The following extract indicates the viewpoint of the author: "At bottom, there are only two methods of education: (1) The Quaker method ; (2) The method of the drill-sergeant. " The ideal of the drill-sergeant is easily attained and is extraordinarily successful, up to a point. He imposes his will upon the child, makes him do what he ought to do, and think what he ought to think. It stultifies character, and is the end of progress. " The Quaker ideal is far slower and more difficult of attainment. It never loses sight of the personality of the child, seeking to encompass all its potentialities and to develop them to the full. This method demands infinite faith and infinite patience." —The publication of the Records of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting is continued in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 4 (1929) : 128-133. These records are being transcribed and contributed to the above publication by Frank H. Stewart. —A copy of the architect's drawing of the new meeting house at Westtown School is published as a frontispiece of the Westonian, autumn number , 1928, p. 2. This meeting house is the gift of Arthur and Emma F. Perry of Boston. NOTES AND QUERIES The annual meeting of Friends' Historical Association was held on Eleventh Month 26, 1928, at Twelfth Street Meeting House, Philadelphia. The Directors of the Association for the ensuing year were duly elected, and at the close of the annual meeting the incoming Board of Directors elected the new officers of the Association. The list of Directors and officers thus elected is printed on page 1 of this number of the Bulletin. At the close of the meeting for business, Charles F. Jenkins delivered an illustrated address entitled, " The Two Quaker Signers of the Declaration." This interesting and valuable paper is printed above. 50 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Gilbert Cope, Quaker historian, died at the home of his son, Herman Cope, near Media, Pennsylvania, 12 mo. 17, 1928, in his 89th year. Apart from his diligent researches and many publications in Quaker history and genealogy , he was an officer and leading spirit in several historical societies. On his 88th birthday he was honored by a group of his associates in historical work, who travelled to his home to pay their respects. By request of the Editor, Professor J. Russell Hayes, Librarian of Friends Library, Swarthmore College, has prepared the following statement for the Bulletin : The Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College is soon to be moved into its spacious new quarters, a fireproof building of stone and steel adjoining the college library. There will be ample room for the collection of books and pamphlets on Friends' religion, history and literature, and works on allied ethical and philanthropic subjects. A Quaker museum will aim to illustrate the daily surroundings of Friends' families in earlier days. The large reading room is a cheerful place, flooded with sunlight and offering a quiet retreat for readers, with special facilities for scholars pursuing research, and for those who wish to trace their family lives in the Quarterly and Monthly meeting records which are to be deposited here...

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