Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-23
CONFERENCE ISTO
Be INTERESTING
Broadway Mems Club Has Sc
cured One of Sessions of
Training Gathering.
BAPTIST BOYS TO BANQUET
Important Event viii Be Held in Con-
nection With MeetingAMake
Plans Tomorrow Night.

Broadway Mems club will open is
season of popular social meetings on
Friday e7ening of next week. Pans
are being made by President H. B.
Hayden, with the help of Nice-presi-
dent A. H. McCandless and Secretary
H. E. Curtis to have this one of the
best meetings the club has had.
They have been fortunate in secur-
ing one of the sessions of the Train
ing Conference" which is being put on
by the y. NJ. c. A next week. This
assures a program of most unusual ex-
cellence, as addresses on live topics
will be given by Fred S. Goodman and
James A. Whitmore, religious work
specialists, of New York.
The club, at this meeting, will act as
hosts to the mems clubs and Bible
classes of the city, as this session of
the training conference is listed as a
United Bible Glass Mems Supper"
The men of al the churches, who are
interested in religious work for men
and boys, are invited to attend this
meeting. The only requirement is
that they must make their reserva.
tons for places at the supper not later
than Wednesday of next week. Her.
vey E. Curtis, secretary of the club
will receive these reservations.
The Mems club of Broadway church
| is famous for its good meetings and
good suppers, and the men of the club
are prepared to show themselves hos
pitable hosts on the present occasion
The Mems Bible class of the church
has been engaged in an attendance
contest of late, the two sides being
| led by c. A. Schoessel and W. NJ
Stewart. The agreement is that the
| side scoring the smallest number OF
points on attendance will do the wait
ing on the tables a. the monthly meet
| ing of the club. Unless Captain Stew
art makes big gain next Sunday, his
men will be the walters for this bis
meeting of the club.
BOYS BANQUET.
One of the important events of next
week is the boys banquet which is tc
be held at the First Baptist church
in connection with the Training Con
ference"
Boys Is years of age, or older, are
invited to attend this banquet Jane.
A. Whitmore of New York, special
list On religious work for boys. and al
activities for younger men, is to be tn,
4 chief speaker for this meeting, and hi!
address is sure to be a treat for th'
boys, and to be full of help for them
H. NJ. Craig, boys work secretar!
Of the Y. NJ. C. A, has the matter il
hand of preparing for the boys bar
quet. He is enlisting the help of men
bers of boys Bible classes in all part
of the city to spread the invitation t
other boys, and is working to secur,
an attendance of at least $50 boys an,
, younger men.
INTERESTED MEN TO MEET.
A meeting is called for tomorroT
night, to be held at the Y. NJ. c. A
building, at which time men and olde
boys from the various churches vii
gather to complete plans for the train
, ing conference. This training confer
ence presents to the religious worker
of the city grand opportunity to Sc
cure information and inspiration TO
their work from two of the foremos
men in the United States in such line
of activity. 1t is hoped that man
men who are interested in such wor
will be present on tomorrow evenin
. at the Y. NJ. c. A. to receive detaile
, and final information as to the plan.