East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-16
Mems Meeting Also Well At
tended and Convention Is
In Full Sway.
YOUTHS ARE BANQUETED
Music. Songs and Interesting Ad-
dresses Mark Feast and Inspires
Young Workers 10 Better Efforts
Meeting for Men Tonight.

With three hundred specimens of
sterling young manhood, the best' in
Umatilla county, manifesting an en-.
thusiasm in the work in which they
have been enlisted, the Men and Re
ligion Forward Movement, conven-
tion which began in this city last night
with a big banquet, is well under way
today and promises to yield all of the
results which the most optimistic of
the workers anticipated. Besides the
banquet last evening, a platform meet
ing for men, well attended, was held
Hast night in the Christian church
while today the boys have held two
conventions the committee, local pas
tors and Walla 'Walla team have flet
in conference and the day will be con-
cluded tonight with another meeting
for men,
At the banquet last night two hun
dred and eighty boys gathered at the
sumptuous repast prepared by the
church ladies of the city and sat for
three hours listening to a program,
the participants in which were nearly
all boys. Chester Fee, well known
high school student, delivered a short
address Of welcome and he was fol-
lowed by Oscar Ferguson. another To-
cal high school boy, who voiced the
need of an ideal for the growing boy.
THE Ideal Boy was the title of
the toast responded to by the repre-
sentative of the delegation of twenty
five from Pilot Rock while William
Crandall of Hermiston followed with
1.-THE Ideal Young Man. Edwin
Stockman of Adams spoke on THE
Ideal Citizen" while Echo's represen-
tative expressed his conception of an
ideal statesman. Rev Raymond c..
Brooks of Walla Walla made the boys
a short talk. encouraging them. in
their efforts to help out the move
ment. John Gibson, one of the lead
ers Of the movement in Walla Walla,
also inspired the boys with greater
zeal by his address. The third speak
er from the Garden City was Lowden
Jones who took as his subject The
Ideal City"
During the course of the banquet a
number of musical selections were
rendered. boys quartet singing
Onward Marching" Charles w. Mel
CHAN contributing a vocal solo and
]. +. Keefe rendering a number of
his famous selections, being called
back three times before he could es-
cape The United Orchestra added
much to the evening with its num-
! bers.
The mems meeting last evening
was also marked with enthusiasm
for the movement Three addresses
were made, all by Walla Walla men,
one by Rev. j. C. Goodrich on Men
and the Bible" one by L. f. Meacham
en- "Christianity and Social Service"
and one by Rev. Raymond c. Brooks
on Prayer as an Agency in the King
dom" Devotional services were con-
Quoted by Rev A. L. Thoroughman
and vocal solo by Frank Hays COM
pleted the program.
! The boys met in convention this
morning at 10 o'clock with Jewel
Roork acting as chairman. Lowden
| Jones of Walla Walla and Rev. ]. C.
/ Goodrich made the principal address,
es while Claud Hampton, local high
school student, delivered a splendid
talk on clean athletics.
Another meeting is being held this
afternoon and the attendance and en-
| thusiasm is just as marked as at the
one this morning