New Britain herald., 1916-12-01
39O DELEGATES
 AT CONFERENCE Large Gathering of "Older Boys"
 Now in This City HOLD THEIR FIRST MEETING

HOLD THEIR FIRST MEETING Center Church Scene of Preliminary
 Business-Banquet Tonight - Pro-
 gram for Tomorrow and Sunday
 Calls for Interesting Sessions.
 A bracing breeze coupled with plen- ty of sunshine greeted the opening day of the Older Boys Conference in this city today. The conference which is the seventeenth annual meeting gives promise of outdoing any similar event, due to the work that has been put in by the various local commit tees arranging details for several months. Delegates numbering 390 were registered up to this afternoon when the first session of the confer ence opened in the Center church | Vice president William Rackle of Hartford presided at the business ses- sion which was opened with a report of the nominating committee, con- sisting of a representative from each t, the officers will be elected and will immediately take charge of the meet ing. At 4:30 o'clock a song service was held followed by devotional ser vice lead by Rev. w. F. Cooks of the Methodist church. At o'clock J. A. Van Dis of New Haven addressed the gathering his topic being. Why This Conference"
 rJ o'clock this evening when a banquet will be served in the Center church, with Charles P. Taft the noted Yale athlete presiding as toastmaster. Words of welcome will be extended by the churches, boys and association members, followed by responses by the delegates to the conference. The Wesleyan quartette will render selec- tions. The principal address of the evening will be given by Eugene C. Foster of New York on, 'The Hun dredth Man."
 Program Tomorrow.
 Tomorrow's program will com mence with a meeting of the leaders in the Y. M. c. A. lecture room at 8:30 o'clock. The general session of the conference will open at g o'clock with a song service, A. H. Kessler of Holyoke leading. Professor E. A. Wiegle of Yale university will speak at 9:3O o'clock. The sectional meet ' ings of members of the employed boys of the Y. M. C., high school and Sunday school classes will open at 10 | o'clock.
 1 At 11:30 o'clock the delegates will gather on the steps of the Swedish ] Lutheran church where a photograph | of the group will be taken. Follow | ing will be the street parade which promises to be one of the features of 1 the conference. Headed by the Phil harmonic band and the Boy Scouts Drum corps of Hartford, the dele gates will march through the princi- pal streets of the city. Handsome i banners of the various organizations promise to play an important part in l the procession. At the conclusion of the parade luncheon will be served in the Center church and Methodist church banquet halls. ] Assisted by local committees. the visitors will be taken for a sight see- ing tour of the city, and the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium will be thrown open for recreation.
 
 Preparedness in Christian Ser vice. will be the topic of the ad- l dresses to be given at the eroun sun- pers to be held at 5:3O o'clock as fol. 1 lows: For the ministery, Rev. Robbins w.. Bassette of Hartford, Center church; Rev. Dr. Earle B. Cross of the Baptist church, at the South church ReY. w. F. Cook at the Methodist church; for the Y. M. c. A., Judson J. Mck1m, New Haven at the Center church, w. H. Davis of Waterbury, at the South church, w. Seymour Lacy Of Bridgeport, at the Methodist church; missionary work, Paul Nilsson of Asia Minor, at the Center church James Webster of China, at the South church, Harwood Catlin of Hartford at the Methodist church: for social service, Miss Elsie C. Osborn of this city, at the Center church. Stetson K. Ryan of Hartford. at the South church; religious education Rev. E. T. Thienes at the Center church, Ralph M. Timberlake of New Haven, at the South church, Herbert J. Wyckoff of Norwich, at the Meth odist church. The evening session al the South church will open at 7:3C o'clock and will be pubic affair De-
 
 w. F. Cook, followed by a song ser vice and moving pictures. At S:15 o'clock, Paul Super of New York, will speak on "Mobilizing For Kingdom and Kingdom"
 Sunday Session.
 The sessions on Sunday will open with meeting Of the leadersa the Y M. c. A., after which the delegates will attend church services with their hosts The big meeting for the boys Will be held at o'clock in the after noon at the Center church, when Q | special program of music will be rem dered and an address by Eugene C.