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societies elsewhere who are glad to profit by our successful ex- 

 perience. 



From the beginning the Society has had to contend with 

 the adverse conditions of poverty. Its limited financial resources 

 have often forbidden undertakings of great promise. Never- 

 theless, thanks to its faithful friends who have saved it from 

 disaster, it has been able to maintain a highly honorable exist- 

 ence and to show a steady growth. 



It is expected that the Hayes bequest will greatly assist 

 in its educational work, and it is hoped that with this prospect 

 of usefulness in sight, its membership may now be largely in- 

 creased and that it may be enabled to undertake the duties that 

 clearly lie before it with vigor. and with the knowledge that its 

 efforts will be widely acknowledged and generously sustained. 



Henry R. Howland. 

 July 1, 1907. 



