El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-26

has gone into every country on the
globe. At the Toronto gathering there
will be between 1900 and 1900 dele
gates from every quarter of the world,
eager to solve the great problems
which face the institution and which
will have far-reaching effect upon the
spread of its beneficent influence.
Three Important Questions.
The three most important concrete
questions to come before the conven-
ton will be: First, the resolutions
presented by the Pacific coast presi-
dents and general secretaries, providing
that any 10 percent of the associa-
ton shall have the right to file a ref
erendum petition at any time within 90
days after an international conven-
ton The argument for this is that
at the conventions many of the associ-
ationS are unable to have proper rep
resentation and therefore are not par
Elephants in making the laws which
govern the institutions activities Sec
ond, further discussion Of the Evan
gelical Test" proviso, which restricts
active management and control of the
Y. N. c. A. work to members of Prot
estant churches. Third, plans for the
advancement of the Men and Religion
Forward Movement" a campaign which
1911, and continue through May, 1912
During that time it is hoped to bring
to Christ and the church 100000 men
and boys; to double the enrolment
of the Bible classes; and to add a con-
elusive testimony to the essential real
ity of Christian unity.
Advance of work in Europe.
While these are the formal ques-
lions to be discussed, it is known that
many of the leaders in the Y NJ c. A.
movement are more vitality concerned
in questions of advancing the work of
the organization in continental Eu-
rope and in England along the lines
which have brought such a rich har-
vest in America The democracy of the
American Y. NJ. c. A. is the ideal to-
ward which the continental organiza-
lions are striving. In England the
work is largely confined to the classes
among which the association was
founded by George Williams in 1914.
In America the Y NJ. c. A appeals alike
TO the Slav who comes from the
depths of the coal mine to learn the
rudments of English in the night
schools, and to the sons Of Americas
multi millionaireS who find in the in
stitution's gymnasiums and in its So
cial circles recreation and sound moral
influence On the continent. the work
Is handicapped by the traditions of
caste and class. It is these traditions
which the leaders are trying to over
come. so that the benefits OF the irA
stitution may be as widespread else
where as in this country In the ORR
ent, where the American has been the
4 M C. A pioneer, the work has pro-
crossed far more satisfactorily than in
England, where the movement was
started.
The great hold which the work has
taken upon the Chinese and the Jana !
nese is shown in the fact that in the /
city OF Tokyo more than 400 Chinese |
students assemble from time to time
IN the new building erected as the head
quarters Of the $4,000 Chinese students
VINO are studying in Japan Count
Okumra, the famous Japanese states
man, who is not Christian, but main |
taIns Shinto shrine in his palace
grounds, said to the secretary of the
board recently: TT is i'm /
portant that these Chinese students be I
impressed with the fact that Christ
anlty Is good for a nation" He added
that he proposed to do all he could TO
help the association get hold of the