ARMISTICE DAY. Beautiful bright cold clear fall day. Arose 6:30 A.M. Studied. Breakfast. To College 7:45 A.M. - 12-10 M. Home. Mother in Troy to W.F.M.S. meeting. Wrote letter. Candled eggs. To Phi Nu Theta meeting. In evening out with Ruth. 15,000 in big parade. Hourdes [sic] of people. To bed 11:30 P.M.
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The WFMS is the Women's Foreign Missionary Society, an organization founded in the Methodist Church. Here is some information about it from the United Methodist Women website:
Here is a picture, taken from the Schenectady book, of the original celebration in 1918:
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The WFMS is the Women's Foreign Missionary Society, an organization founded in the Methodist Church. Here is some information about it from the United Methodist Women website:
In 1869, Mrs. William Butler and Mrs. Edwin Parker, wives of missionaries to India, were home on furlough. They spoke to a group of women in Boston. Only six women were present because of an intense storm. Mrs. Butler told about the desperate spiritual and physical needs of women in India. A male doctor could not treat women. Schooling for girls was almost non-existent. Single, trained and dedicated women were needed for medical and educational work.
The six women who were present called another meeting of women, wrote a constitution, and organized the Methodist Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS). By November 1869, the newly formed organization raised funds and sent Isabella Thoburn, an educator, and Dr. Clara Swain, a doctor, to India.The parade Stanford refers to is of course the Armistice Day parade, which is now known as Veterans' Day. This was the second anniversary of the signing of the armistice on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 that ended World War I.
Here is a picture, taken from the Schenectady book, of the original celebration in 1918:
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