The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-10-21
Boys From All Over the State
to Meet At Camden for
Three Days This Month.
TWO HUNDRED EXPECTED
THEY WILL BE THE GUESTS OF
THE LOCAL ASSOCIATION AND
WILL BE MOST HosPITABLY
ENTERTAINED.
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CAMDEN, Oct p, 19o5.-Two hum
dred or more older boys. represtning the
Young Mems Christian Associations of
New Jersey, will be the guests Of the
local association for three days, begin-
ming Friday. October 27. The delega-
tions will come from every section of the
State. and win be made up largely of
high school students and business be
who will come together to consider
phases of work for and by boys. H.
Kight and the local committees
meet the boys at all railroad stations
escort them TO the building, where a
quet will be rendered by the WON
auxiliary.
At this time Mayor Ellis viii v
come the coming men to the city of Can
den. Elmer j. Wak will extend the
welcome on behalf of the association an6
the boys. DR.. Floyd W. Tomkinz. OF
Philadelphia, will deliver the opening ad-
dress on Cooperation, which will be
the theme of the conference. At this ser
vice the St. Paul's Church vested choir
! will sing. This service will be held IN
the Broadway NJ. E. Church, and will
be open to the public, which is true Of
all the sessions of the conference, except
those otherwise stated
On Saturday. in the Centenshy N. E.
Church, the Rev Dr. A. H. Mckinney.
formerly State Secretary of the New
York Sunday School Association, will
speak on ..Co-operation with the. Sunday
Schools and William Wetzell. Phi. D.,
principal of the Trenton High School.
will present the subject of Corporation
with the Grammar and High Schools
L. E. Hawkins, of Orange. will address
the boys on Life Work.
Following these. addresses the dele
gates will adjourn to FIVE sectional com
ferences, which viii be in charge of lead
ers in boys work. Papers viii be here
| presented by the biys in Bible study, in
dividual work and committee service. In
the evening, at the North Baptist Church
Rev. Marcus A. Brownson. pastor of the
Tenth Presbyterian Church. Philadel-
phia, will speak on ''Co-operation in the
Extension of the Kingdom
On Sunday in the First NJ. E. Church,
Charles R. Scott, State Secretary for
boys work. viii conduct a preparatory
service for delegates only, and at 1
o'clock Elkanah Drake, of Newark, will
speak at boys meeting, to which all
boys over twelve years of age viii be
invited The farewell service will be in
charge-of Henry S. Park, of this city.
chairman of the State committee on boys
work This service will also be for del
egates only, and viii be conducted in
the association gymnasium.
The singing viii be in charge of
Frank B. Hoagland, of this city, assisted
Nv the State Boys Orchestra. in charge
Charles F. Wibiralske, of Orange, w.
H. Taylor, of East Orange, win be ~
soloist. All of the devotional services
will be conducted by w. H. Wones, Of
Newark.
Among the leaders and specialists in
boys work who will be in attendance.
besides those already mentioned, are
Charles I, Kilborne. chairman of the
State committee; E. L. Robinson, inter-
national secretary; W. H. Burger. boys
work secretary, of New York; F. A.
Crosby, State secretary of Pennsylvania;
A. Allen Jameson. Of Brooklyn; J W.
Storey. of Massachusetts; W. D. MeRae.
county secretary, and all of the boys
work secretaries of New Jersey and
Philadelphia
/ Every detail of the conference is be
ing looked after BY the State and locai
committees. and tits expected that this
gathering will be the best in the history
of the association boys work.