Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-10-30
Older BOYS
~ CONFERENCE i
Makes New Records in This
City Last Week
MOST SUCCESSFUL
MEETING EVER HELD
Delegates and Officials HighIy Praise
the Splendid Tanner in Which
They Were Entertained

| AS The Enterprise anticipated last
week, the third annual Older Boys
| Conference of the Arkansas Valley.
which was held in this city last Fri
day. Saturday and Sunday, was by
long odds the best attended and most
successful OF any yet, held and has
established record that will stand
| for many years TO come.
And not only was the Rocky Ford
conference the largestin point OF at
| tcndancc-therc were $50 delegates
present and they came from thirteen
different towns. being scattered all
| the way from Colorado Springs to La
Veta and from Florence to Holly
but we have it upon the authority of
the State Boys Secretary, X. A. Ken
ncdy. TO whom is due in great meas
urc the organization of this younger
branch OF the Y. NJ. c. A., that this
meeting was the most memorable in
point OF efficient instruction impaired
and interest created OF any that has
been held in the state.
Another rccord-brcakcr for this
conference was the fact that sixty
five delegates subscribed Sl70 for
conference work, an mount that it is
believed has never been exceeded by
a like number of members in any
Older Boys conference that has ever
been held.
The only rcgrcttablc feature of the
conference was the fact that our
weather man should have taken it in
to his head 10 favor this city with
downpour of rain during the time that
the delegates were arriving and to
follow il up with a continuous drizzlc
all of Friday night and gloomy,
chilly atmosphere most OF Saturday
which was sufficient to give our Wis
itors the grumps, but the boys seem
ed to take is as a matter OF course
and SO far as public expression was
made thoroughly enjoyed themselves
during every nriniitc OF their stay in
Rocky Ford.
Amongst the very enjoyable fea-
lures OF the conference was the ban
quet furnished by the ladies of the
several churches and the Y. w. {. a.
and served in the Presbyterian church
on Friday Evening AT this feast OF
good things Frank Latson, chairman
OF the conference executive commit
tee, most acccptably presided as toast
master and aided and abctted by our
worthy mayor-who delivered short
but cordial address OF welcome
made the guests feel that they were
among friends who wished them to
have jolly good time.
The address OF welcome was re
sponded to by member OF each del
egation present, in which several OF
the boys showed that they could
talk some" themselves. Then came
an address from Secretary Kennedy.
who outlined what had been accom-
plished and what there was up to the
conference to do in the future. lie
was followed by w. s. Hopkins,
state secretary of the y. NJ. {. A..
., no told the boys about the wonder
ful resources OF Colorado. its scenic
wonders and many inducements ior
the development OF 4 splendid man
hood. The different delegations then
gave their songs and yells and as
pcrscd.
On Saturday morning II. L. theinX-
man. international student secretary
of the y. NJ. c. A., delivered a splcn-
did address upon The Man. OF To-
morrow" who lie said must be men
tally. physically and spiritually
sound Then came three excellent
papers from boy delegates: Clean
Athletics" by Edwin Edwards OF
Fowler, "Older Boy in Church.. by
Spencer Scribncr OF Pueblo and
colder Boys Bible Class by Frank
Cotton OF Colorado Springs.
Shortly before IL o'clock the Meth
odist church was filed by thronR
eager to hear DR.. Chas. Reign SEQ
Vile. the noted evangelist. who was
introduced by the conference, .presi-
dent as the man who is making II
hot for the wcts in Pueblo, he
sneaker took for his text the hrst
Psalm and gave stirring address
built upon the conference theme
..The Man of Tomorrow who the
| sneaker said is the fellow that gets
RIGHT down and digs In tcrse,. cpl
prammatic style DIR. Scovillc told the
boys: ,...o ,t,,r ,
rescue mission.
"Formation is better than rctorma-
ton" ,o,-
/ ."Bring other fellows up TO your lev.
ri instead OF getting down TO theirs.
"The vocation does not make the
man. II the fellow is rotten at heart
he will be failure. A..
| The man of tomorrow must be thc
man WHO revercnccs the Omnipo-
tent" ,, ,,,
Some schools cram the head but
leave tho heart empty Thank Hod
we have the " NJ. {. a. to educate
the brain, heart and will.
The mcancst scoundrel on earii
] is the educated scoundrcL
| You've got no right to pleasurS
that is purchased by another pam
| "Aister means master.