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274 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
attendance grew all summer. The weather was intensely hot, the thermometer
climbing above 100° daily for a month. One afternoon it went up to 109°, so I
asked the women if they didn't think we might suspend our classes until cooler
weather. They said: 'No. It isn't any hotter here than at home.' So we
gladly continued; but from that day on, we did not have another hot Thursday."
—Mrs. Paul Freeman, Tucuman.
GOOD WILL CENTER
The Good Will Center in Mendoza, under the splendid leadership of Miss
Vada Waldron, reports another gratifying year of activity. There are more
than two hundred enrolled in the various classes, and through these the gospel
is being carried into many homes. A project is under way for a larger and
better building in order to reach more people and to do more effective work.
We are grateful for the arrival of two new missionaries, Misses Sara Taylor
and Irene Smith, who, after the period of language study, plan to open up a
Good Will Center in Rosario and Avellaneda.
NURSES' HOME
This new project was begun in March of this year by Nurse Miriam Willis
The Home is located in Rosario and Miss Willis writes: "We have seven girls,
four of whom are graduates of our Training Schools, two of the other three
have been studying in the Institute while also attending nursing classes. Five
of the girls attend the Red Cross and the other two the Assistecia Publica
Nursing School. In addition to their class work, they have been working faithfully
in various churches and mission points."
ENCAMPMENTS
The importance of this phase of the work is being realized more and mor
and plans are under way to broaden out in this line of service. The Cordoba
Encampment, sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. V. L. David, has continued to grow
from summer to summer. The results have been most encouraging, and each
summer many of our churches send delegates to receive the benefits of the
encampment. In Bahia Blanca each year, during carnival week, there is a
Young People's conference, and Mr. Swenson says that last year more than fifty
delegates came from the outside and spent three days there during the conference.
Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Quarles of Mendoza give splendid reports of the work
of the Young People as revealed in their conference at San Juan. In La Plata,
Montevideo, and Rosario other conferences, pastors' retreats, and like conferences
are held annually.
BAPTIST STUDENT MOVEMENT
This year has seen the growth and development of a new movement, and
one in which we have experienced many joys and blessings. The Baptist
students from our various churches—those who are studying in the universities
and secondary schools—have united and formed a Baptist Student Organization
with a program of practical activity and one that will provide spiritual, social,
and cultural development. Once a month a general meeting is held, and, in
Buenos Aires, we have had as many as seventy-five students present. They
have also had good meetings in Rosario, and it is the hope that in other university
centers this type of work can be organized. What a glorious hope for
the future when there are well prepared, trained, and consecrated young people
ready to fill the places of leadership in the days ahead!
PUBLISHING HOUSE
In spite of the many problems faced in 1945, the Publishing House completed
a splendid year. We are deeply grateful to the Lord for his help and
blessings, and for the progress made.
We welcome Miss Mcllroy back to her place of service after a year's
furlough.
Due to the scarcity of printing materials and the restrictions limiting the
use of electric power, we still have in the hands of the printer, as the year