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W. M. c. B. :~ '" '" HE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION has T much to do with shaping religious sentiment in any college where there is such an organization. And the religious status of the student body may often be determined by the prominence given to association work. It has been the boast of Western Maryland College, that she not only required a high standard of morality among her students, but this requirement has always met a hearty response from the students themselves. This, we think, is due more to the work of the Christian Association than to anything else. Almost every line of work which call be successfully con- ducted by a college association receives attention here. Devotional services are held for thirty minutes every Wed- nesclay evening after supper in the Y. M. C. A. hall. On Sunday afternoons, in union with the Y. W. C. A., meetings are held in Smith Hall Auditorium, which all students mav attend. Bible study and missionary classes are conducte~l throughout the year. Besides work alTlong the stucients, much is clone outside the college. This work is largely confined to. the county jail and the almshouse, where services are held every Sunday. Many have been led at these meetings to give up the old lifeof sin and selfishness, and to look for-strength and help to Christ, "the sinner's friend." Strong evidences of changed lives and testimonies of God's forgiving and adopt- ing grace ha ve often cheered the hear-ts of those of our mcm- bers who spend their Sunday afternoons in carrying the "good news" to these unfortunate ones. Delegates are sent each year to the Tri-State Convention of Maryland, 'West Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, and to Northfield, where ten days are profitably spent under the instruction of the most distinguished min- isters and Biblical scholars of the highest rank. -1-114 -r-