Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-14
CONFERENCE WILL STUDY
teen ACE" PROBLEMS
Meeting for Boys and Girls Between
Fifteen and Twenty to Last
One Week.
WILL OPEN ON NEXT SUNDAY
Leaders VIII Discuss Physical, Men
tai, Social, Religious and Other
characteristics Of This Special
Age and How to Meet Them.

The evangelical churches of Rich
mond and vicinity have united in a
great effort to discover light on the
problems of young people as they ap-
pear In the Sunday school, and Will con-
duct an Older Boys and Girls Confer
ence during the period of February
2l-2S
The leader will be John L. Alexan-
der. Of Chicago. superintendent of the
Secondary Division of the International
Sunday School Association. He is gen
orally regarded by those who know as
one OF the wiscst advisors and most
progressive leaders in this difficult
field in all North America.
a conference council has been ap-
pointed to direct all details, consisting
OF Rev. William Megginson. dean Of the
Assembly, Training School. chairman;
Curtis Scott, Methodist: Rev. ]. 4.
Watts. general secretary for Sunday
Schools for the Baptist Association OF
Virginia: Professor w. H. Magce, Of
Richmond High School. Disciples; Jacob
Umlauf, president of Virginia Sunday
School Association, English Lutheran:
r. +. Anderson. l1piscopalian; T. c.
Digs, secretary OF Virginia Sunday
School Association; Miss Katharine IT.
Halves, president Young Woman's
Christian Association; w. j. b. House
man. of the Boy Scouts. and Rev. A. L.
Phillips, d. D.. Of the Presbyterian
Committee of Publication.
CONFERENCE OPENS
NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
The conference will open on Sunday
afternoon, February 81, and close Sun
day afternon. February IS. with two
sessions daily.
In the afternoons OF February o. "a
and 25 there will be simultaneous con-
ferences of boys and girls between tho
ages OF Is and 20. They will be chosen
from the Sunday schools OF the various
churches on tho basis of five bows and
five girls. with an adult leader with
each group. These conferences will dis
cuss their own problems. In the even
ings of the same days the leaders will
meet for definite institute work
The boys conferences will be held
in the Seventh Street Christian
Church. the girls conferences will be
held in the Grace Street Presbyterian
Church. All of the leaders conferences
will be In tho Grace Street presbyter-
ian Church
Monday evening February %. will
be given to the celebration of Wash
ington's birthday, at the auditorium OF
the John Marshall High School. where
there Will be patriotic songs and dem
onstrations, accompanying the chief
feature of the evening, an Grafton on
the Spirit of Washington" by Rev.
Theron II. Rice, -. D.. of Union Thee.
logical Seminary.
PLANNING BANQUET
At MASONIC TEMPLE
On Friday evening, February %
delegates Will meet for q splendid ban
quct In the Masonic Tcmpel, on Broad
street, where it is expected there will
be 500 present. There will DO music
toasts, speeches. and n rousinE good
time.
On Saturday, February 81, I'm tho
morning. there will DO demonstrations
OF recreation and play for leaders ot
the Ne!ghborhood house of the train
school on South Fourth Street. Tn tho
late afternoon and early evening OF
saturday there will be real camp fire
icd by Mr. Alexander, who has been
initiated into an Indian tribe.
Here are some OF the questions that
VIII be discussed by the young people:
The organized teen age Bible class"
Why Should we organizer" What
my class Is doing" class activity, Am
| my brothers keeper" The leaders
Will tackle such questions as "Charac-
teristics of Teen Age life. physical.
mental social, religious and how to
meet them"
ward step meeting at tho Grace Street
Presbyterian Church, To which point
all work Will be headed. S. ID. Gordon
has been invited to address this meet
Ing.