Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-14
Boys CONFERENCE
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For Lewiston Meeting.
Foremost Orators Of Country
Accepting Invitations.
Its Purpose and the Rules to Gov.
ern Gathering in Mid.February.

Auburn. Maine

Lewiston, Jan, 13.-(SpeciaD. From
Waterville come delegates with the en-
couraging news that plans are begin
ming to take definite form for the great
Boys Conference, which is to be held
in this city and Auburn. Feb. 1S, IA
and Is. State Secretary of Y. NJ. C. A.
Jefferson c. Smith has not yet COM
pleted the list of speakers, but in a
preliminary word has said that they
will include some of the foremost ora
tors in the country. and those who
have a message for boys.
At the conference held in Portland
last year there were 1886 delegates, the
largest assembly of boys for such an
occasion in the history of the world.
These boys were merely delegates, rep
resenting 1000 more at home or in the
club house. The State Y NJ. C. A. has
taken a great step in the movement
of building up better citizenship for
the Maine of tomorrow.
The purpose of this conference is to
bring together the representatives of
the hoys organizations in Maine for
an interchange of ideas on their work.
To give them the opportunity of hear
ing some of the greatest authorities in
North America on the-various phases
of Boys Work. To create a State
spirit of good fellowship among the
Christian boys Of the State. To give
inspiration and incentive to every boy
TO live up to the standard of manhood
as eXemplified in Jesus Christ To
train them for future leadership in
positions of responsibility which they
must soon assume, believing that the
destiny of Maine in all human proba-
bility, will be determined, in a very
large measure, by the motives which
control these boys.
Delegates are invited from Church
Clubs, Community Clubs, Sunday
Schools, Young Mems Christian Asso-
Citations and other religious organiza-
tions for boys. Each delegation must
be accompanied by an adult leader.
Not more than five delegates can be
allowed from each Individual organ
iZation.
Free entertainment will be furnished
by the citizens of Auburn to
regularly accredited delegates.
a registration fee of one dollar will
be charged each delegate and leader,
to cover, in part, the expense of the
conference. This is done to avoid the
taking up of collections during the ses-
sions. No offering will be taken ex-
cept at the public mass meetings and
even then the delegates will not be
expected to contribute. The registra-
ton fee should be sent to the State
Y. Nj. c. A. Office, Waterville, at the
same time that the request goes for
ward for registration blanks.
A limited number of individual
credential blank forms may be Sc
cured from the State Y. NJ. C. A. Office
at Waterville on request, Credentials
that are not presented on these forms
and duly signed by the pastor, Sunday
School Supt., Y. NJ c. A. Secy, or
adult leader, will not be accepted. Ac-
companying each request for creden-
tials should be a check covering the
registration fees.
Individual copies of the Conference
Hymns will be forwarded to leaders
for the delegates free of charge, on re-
quest of the leader, who thereby agrees
to rehearse the same with the delega
tion before coming to the Conference