The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22

work, he'd in the First Baptist Church,
was eniivened by furry over the evolu-
tionary hypothesis; ore of the oldest
delegates objected to Dr. Halls assump-
ton in his paper on Modern Tendencies
IN the Development of the Human Race
that man had an ape-like progenitor.
DR.. Hall is Professor Of Physiology in
Northwestern University, Illinois. His
paper set forth the contention that I'M
due specialization in athletics. as an in
dustry, was injurious The paper of DR..
Phillips of Amherst College, on Chris
tan Character in athletics. called forth
practical discussion on the present
state of basket ball ethics under or be-
yond 7. M. c. A. supervision. the con-
sensus of opinion being that this sport
now needs more careful watching than
any other. Mr.. Geo. Tibbs of Omaha,
described methods of making the Physi-
cal Departments of z. M. C. A. religious
recruiting agencies. DR.. Luther Gulick
of Springfield and Prof. Dudley Sargent
of Harvard participated in the discus
sion on the three papers.
The railroad section, Traffic Manager
B. D. Caldwell of the Delaware, Lack
awanna & Western Railroad presiding,
was held In the Clarendon Baptist
Church. The speakers were men actual
ly connected with the railroad manage
ment, and three hundred men and a few
women were present. Many of the men
were railroad secretaries. Mr.. Caldwell
emphasized the value of level-headed-
ness and conscientiousness to either en-
ployee or officer of a railroad. Any
agency which advanced that condition
was for the good of the road and the
public. A paper prepared by vice-Presi-
dent R. S. Logan of the Central YER
mont on the Contribution of the Rail-
road Department to the Religious Life
of Railroad Men. was read by Mr.. Harry
w. Foot of Lackawanna Railroad
Mr.. VIM. Kingston of st. John, N. B.,
"trainman' spoke from the standpoint
of trainmen. He believed that the sue
cess of the Association work for rail-
road men was due to the attempt to
make strongful man on the "Godward
side" Mr.. Geo. T. Coxhead of ST Louis
evolved several practical recommends
tons from the lessons of the past
The last feature was an interesting
question box, conducted by Mr. F. w.
Pearsall of New York. The questions
asked and answered called attention to
the following points: The work should
stand On its own merit, as a religious
movement and should not depend too
much on the railroad management for
financial support. At least seven Of the
SecIeldIle5 present ndQ mace use or the
Roman Catholic clergy in their meetings.
A large number of the secretaries said
they knew of instances of conversion
which had resulted from sending nom
Christian men as delegates to the recent
Philadelphia Railroad Mems Conference.
The meeting of the college men to
consider college Y. M. C. A problems,
was held in the Phillips Brooks House,
Harvard, under the auspices of the Har-
ward Y. M. c. A. Mr.. John A Mott
presided, and the Secretary of local As
sociations described Harvard's organized
Christian work. Speeches followed by
representatives of Finnish, German,
Dutch, Swiss, Japanese, British, India.
Norwegian, French and Danish college
associations. The Harvard students then
acted as host plotting the guests about
the university and dining them In Mem
orial Hall.