Charlevoix county herald., 1913-12-06
The State
Boys Conference
Over Thirteen Hundred Met at
Saginaw.

The Eleventh Annual State Boys
Conference which was held at Saginaw
this year from November 2S-30, was at
tended by about thirteen hundred boys
from all parts of the state, represent
ing Churches, Clubs, Sunday School
classes, Boy Scouts and City and County
Y. NJ. C. A. Clubs.
This large number of boys were
heartily welcomed and cared for by the
people of that city, especially the high
school boys.
The regular session began at 200 in
the afternoon Friday, with the registra-
ton of delegates, although the larger
number did not arrive in Saginaw till
nearly six in the evening. About that
time the fellows and speakers sat down
to splendid banquet. This was great
treat for the boys, some of whom came
from such distance as Escanaba. The
following speakers of the evening, Will
liam H. Gay of Grand Rapids, and C. c.
Robinson and A. E. Roberts of New
York, gave very interesting talks. Sat-
urday morning the conference divided
into two sections composed of the
city and country boys. The latter of
these sections was led by j. M. Artman
of Chicago, with the address "What
can the Bible do for me-" Then sever
al papers were given by the boys in
which it was resolved that the country
boy has the most and greatest advant-
ages and that the &C." in Y. M. C. A..
and its meaning were what gained for
it the highest recommendation of the
people and also their esteem.
The other section of the conference
was led by E. C. Foster of Detroit.
Here also effectual and interesting
papers were given by those present.
The afternoon was given over to recre-
alton and educational features. The
games, basket ball, swimming and ef-
ficiency test were pulled off in the
Burt Manual Training School and the
Y. M. C. A. building. The Boys Work
Exhibit and the Art Exhibit of Amer
lean Masterpieces took place in the
Auditorium. After this many places
of interest were visited by the boys
Saturday evening group suppers were
given in the various churches in the
city.
AT 7:30 the boys gathered in the large
roomy Auditorium for the big and final
meeting of the conference. Here it was
decided after close election and vigor-
Gus campaigns, to have the next con-
ference at Ann Arbor. For speakers
of the occasion we heard Courtright of
Lansing, on, "Clean Athletics" Dinnie
Upton, "the boys favorite of Michigan"
on the Christian side of men in Ath-
letics," in which he brought out the
relation of the mother to the child and
why that child should make the best of
its opportunities, and C. c. Robinson,
gave an appeal to help boys who do
not have the advantages of ourselves.
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MED the people with whom he stayed
went to church and in the afternoon
gathered at the Congregational church,
where A. E. Roberts in, "Can it be
Done" spoke of cleanliness in habits,
conscientiousness, Goth century chival-
ry and the power of Jesus Christ on the
character OF man. AT this same time
about so boys took decided stand for
christianity before the bowed heads of
the audience.
Sunday evening Dinnie Upton again
addressed the boys. He advised the
boys to copy after the man of 20 cent
uries ago and to be men for their
mothers sake.
Special features of the conference
were the spirit of the boys, the music
given by the Alpena Boys Band, the
conference parade Saturday and the
hospitality of the Saginaw people.