The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . t ofthe human family, and so. like all goodefforts, has the approval and guidance ofDivine power. At the annual meeting, on October , the Secretary reported as enrolledon his books, 81 members, with 14 appli-cations in hand which had received favor-able action on the part of the ExecutiveCommittee, making a total of 97 January, 1906. this comparative hand-ful had grown to the encouraging total of470. Then it was ne
The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . t ofthe human family, and so. like all goodefforts, has the approval and guidance ofDivine power. At the annual meeting, on October , the Secretary reported as enrolledon his books, 81 members, with 14 appli-cations in hand which had received favor-able action on the part of the ExecutiveCommittee, making a total of 97 January, 1906. this comparative hand-ful had grown to the encouraging total of470. Then it was necessary to advertisethe Society and solicit applications formembership; now membership has be-come an honor eagerly sought. Then wewere known within but a limited extentof territory; now the Society is repre-sented throughout the length and breadthof our country, and even bcymid its con-fines. A mere glance at tlie list oi thosewho make up its roll of membership isevidence of their high standing, not only. in the comnumity, but in the State aswell, and even in the Xation : the dayhas come when, instead oi shrinkinglyand shamefacedlv retiriuix into the shad-. nON. A. KNDLICU. of the Pt-nnsjlvania-German S^.Cietj. ows of human activity, we can unhesi-tatingly step into the full light of pub-licity, and exclaim with pride: *T. a Pennsylvania-German! In the early history of the Society muchdiscussion took place with regard to theestablishment of permanent is a source oi congratulation that thisproblem seems to be laid low. and that,instead of blindly stepping in the fcK>t-steps of others, we. ourselves, have be-come a leader and are blazing our owndirect way towards the goal of has been felt that the work of the So-ciety, primarily, is the dissemination ofhistorical inforination relative to our an-cestors, and that this is even oi more im-portance than the attempted limited means, of what would neces-sarily
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