Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-27

ERs IN CONFERENCE AT WATER
went I met men who We're once Maine
boys In far off Colorado the princi-
pal of the High school-the man who
had much to do with the success of
the CONFERENCE.-THE n Maine boy edu-
Gated in Maine institutions: his tive
sons were half of the High School
Quartet whose selections delighted
and enthused the conferences; one of
his sons was elected president of the
conference and presided at all the SEES
sioRs. At the New Hampshire Confer
ence attention was called to the fact
that out of the II men who were di-
recting the activities, speaking from
the platform, and directing the sec
tional conferences including the state
secretary of mems work, state secre-
tary of boys work, local Y. NJ. c. A.
secretaries. and others-Maine had
contributed eight. Al the Virginia
conference there Were fewer speakers
and only four men were prominent
on the program. one of the four was
International secretary 70 High schools
and prep. schools; one was secretary
Of boys work for the Southern states.
one is located in 9af1 Rat : called
from tbs Atlantic 10 tNe Pacific rs Il
leader in b3vs' woTts n 9Nss thi5 man.
whe. at a diaaer table. held UP the
program ana said "l.aa5 81 taat.
Five or six years 9o ete4y ole Of the
speakers in this c9ntIt r5e were fiv-
3 ing in Maine
..S.ap t.nov= ~. i,5S-frfs book z,i1
.there IL tha+ esatt.zaat7s and 7-ef IN
eraaeath and tsa,.a i ;bs+ E=itHh6it
9Th t,.ore 49,. e ,+,gaf and r frnd-.t n
+, 4,nt-crtx, ono fr7i,z4+ thff1,- fF,sa Tue
eanfri1tfffon (which Maine has made
T., +5a ~ ord t,,nsne.;f@. nj other
sfafs< thaf she p,ief,t he aa0Y to-
nfebt In Nor 1.,vf7a,,o5 and ea5-f, man
b5os. bpt th4ra IS no s,or ~ notsrtv
bere. sba saa,,-s tr bsve ma lari5 of
strona, enthueias,ic bo,hood
we are on the threshold ct b oyd;,ys
of great actiXitS There are tnree
things | WANT ia say about The Boys.
Conferences OF the pest.
"Piyst-To many boys conference
has been mount of vision Probably
many Of YOU have at some tine gone
into an unoccupied building and
started Z fire on the hearth or YOU
nave neeh IL 'iie %ooSs 'li d -,
ciieeiIs9 li,s,,l ,'i''' nl'ls'Fo g ,,,l
you 'io.iceu INA iJiis oelp' -,
.. v -. -, - - IA
- 49,. -, ~ warmth ana
" a.. -, ,,.,,..r,s
- -, l,,,,(,,ie,,ca tbat efght
&c ~ t,,.1 ..ao,,,, To y,ar,,, tho h6av
Is,,t ,,o,, oro not the fIrst enc tsat ever
,,9,t;ooa = =, tho 9Th cbantpr nj isaiah
We b,,,o rho descrintion Of a man who
l,.s e,,t down a tree used a mart of the
wood for one n,irnosez n mart for am
ether and then with some of it he
k,ndIes . fire and exclaiins: Aha, I
have seen the fire. am warm You
WIN find if Won read biography that
tie men who have achieved are men
who have had vision of the fire.
could snend an bour giving Incl
don't ofter incident illustrating how
ho,,s have attended conferences like
this tbev have heard addresses. they
nave learned what others were doing.
tbev have had vision Of the nossi-
hil;tias IN their own homes their own
school +beir community and thew
have returned home to be and to do.
seeond-To many boys a conference
IKE this has been valley OF DECISION s'
The word decision Is worth taxing
apart and putting together again. If
we take it apart as we would a lock
or watch 10 see how it works and
then put it together again we find
that it is made up of two words; one
means off" and the other means Ito
cut" as to cut off the end of a rope.
So decision is a cutting off Boys
have gone into these conferences by