Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-14
THE SATURDAY SESSION,
Proceedings Sunday and Notes On
the Gathering.

annual conference of the college Y
NJ. G. A of Oregon. The delegate
from the different colleges spent tn
remainder of the afternoon after the.
arrived in looking over the university
buildings and finding their places Of
entertainment. In the evening
large audience assembled in Willard
hall to hear the opening exercises
Pres. Chapman, of the State univer
sity, gave very earnest address o
welcome, stating the main object o.
the Y. NJ. c. A. in a very clear man
ner. Its special aim is to hold W
Christ as our Savior of men. Prof
Dunn, OF Willamette, gave in response
a very pleasant and well worded eulogy
Of the U. Of o. his alma mater.
The address OF welcome by Rev. w.
s. Gilbert on behalf of the churches
was earnest and entertaining. Prof.
Rowland noted especially the signif-
icance OF the fact that the pastors of
Eugene realize so fully the good work
that the Y. NJ. G. A. is doing in the
colleges Of Oregon.
Pres. Mcclure, Of the university Y.
M. G. A., gave pointed address to
which Mr., Washburn, OF Portland,
responded.
On Saturday morning the session
was opened with "quiet hour" Of
prayer for the conference. Some very
pointed questions were asked by Mr..
Michener bearing upon the work OF
the christian student. An excellent
address was delivered by Mr. Brown,
OF Salem, on the Equipment OF the
College Association. He urged that
the association should have full con-
troll OF the athletics in the college. To
this end he urged that the associa-
tlon tit up Il gy mnaslum where there
Is none In the college.
In the afternoon Prof. Howland
gave very interesting talk on "The
Statistics of the Colleges. 1t was
remarked that but small portion OF
the members OF our association are
engaged in any kind OF systematic
Bible study. The duties of the col
lege association president were
thoroughly discussed.
Mr.. Dummett gave a very interest
ing account of his visit To the summer
school at Northfield. Aftera thorough /
discussion of the work, Mr.. Michener
announced that such a school would
be held In California this summer for
the benefit of the college men of the
Pacific coast. This announcement
met with a hearty cheer from the
delegates.
In the evening Mr.. Michener deliv-
cred an interesting address on the In
ier-colleglate movement. There are
more members of the college Y. NJ. C.
A. than OF any other intercollegiate
organization.
During last year, for the first time
n the history Of American colleges
more than half the men in our col
eges were Christians.
The men who are leading I'm all col
ege movements are largely members
II the Y. NJ. c. A.
After the service a collection for the
work In the Northwest was taken
to nearly thirty dollars.
SOME STATISTICS.
Prof. Howland submitted a black
oard review Of the work for the mast
ear This review was table of
tatlstlcs giving all kinds Of infor-
nation concerning college Y. VI. G. A. ,
.orR IN Oregon. The report of the
leNen colleges which have associa.
IONS IN them shows that there .Os6
Dung men In these colleges of which
70 are professed Christians; 966 are
ctlve members OF the Y. NJ. &. A.,the
otai membership being S54. There
re 4lS new students among them and $
members have been added this ,
ear Eighty are engaged in Bible s.
.udy' have been converted through T.
ne euertS of the college Y. NJ. A
len ana the average attendance upon
ie gospel meetins have been 30
alrty'nine committees are in the
si1 and sl2l.5O have been raised NV
Nr Kitchener urged upon the dele. er
'Ves the importance of providing
lemsel'eS with Y, NJ. c. A. literature II
= .he proper and intelligent perusal
.he'r work, and announced that
: necessary funds had been raised tol
we training school, on the same an,
a. an as tue Northheld conference next ,ur
ring at Cascade near San Fran.
NO 40 nSN the expense OF which
,C ,uld be comparatively light.
ihe Question box was conducted 4