The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-29
STUDENT CONFERENCE
PASSES INTO HISTORY
Colleges Enrolled in Northfield Move
ment to Aid in War Relief Work
Body of $50 Men.
EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass, june /.

EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass, June %
The student conference for 1917 under
the auspices of the Y NJ. C. A has
passed into history Under the existing
international conditions, body of over
450 men could not well consider any other
subject than that of individual and ma
tional dedication to the war, and 10 DAYS
Of conference and Bible study were fruit
full in aiding the delegates to decide what
they will do in the gigantic world strug
gle \ certain scrious-mindedness per
vaded the atmosphere, making the stu
dents unusually receptive.
One OF the important features of the
conference was the petition for wartime
prohibition which was signed by the dal-
egates. showing the trend of student
thought on this great moral question.
The colleges enrolled in the NorthGeld
movement have pledged themselves 10
support war relief work among the sol
dicrs in prison camps.
\ number ot very strong men addressed
the gatherings. Among them were Dr.
| Charles w Gilkey Of Chicago, DR. Robert
| +. Speer OF New York city, Dir C. +.
| IIurlburt, Rev. William F. ScheI OF the
| Presbyterian Board of Missions, DR.. Rob
ctt p Wilder aud Fletcher Brockman of
| the international committee OF the \ VI.
| {. \, Dean Charles r. Brown Of the
| Yale School OF Religion, DR. Henry Sloane
| Coffin Of New York city, Charles D. Hur-
| rcy, Dr. John Douglas Adam of the Hart
ford Theological seminary, Dr Clarence ID.
| Ussaer OF Van, Turkey, Prot. Il. ID. So
per, Prof. Oscar NJ Buck of Ohio state
university, and Dr Ralph Harlow of
| Turkey.
Owing to the uncertainties of war. it
Wa deemed best to include the Middle
| Atlantic States conference with that at
! Northded. For field day on Monday the
shuttle method of competition wa usad,
and the colleges were divided into four
teams. Ohio and Pennsylvania, New York
and New Jersey. New England, and for
c1n students. The result Of the contest
left Ohio first with 10 points and New
| England second with l. points stunts
were given in the evening College spipit
was never more manifest than In the
songs. cheers and stunts Registration
showed that delegates were present from
Harvard. Amherst. i. L., Mass Aggic
NJ l. I, Clark, Worcester Tcck., Inter
national \. NJ. {. a, Yale, Wesleyan
Bates, Colby, Jn'vsrsity OF Maine, Dart
mouth, New Hampshire State, Princeton
Rutgers Colombia. Colgate. CorntU. Syra
e,ise, Union, Hamilton. Denison. IteideI
berg, Hiram. Miami, Defiance Christia1
Penn State. University of Pir~hur1
Ursinus, Washington and Jefferson
Brown. Vermont, West Point, Oborhn
Ohio State Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster
Hayerford, Lchigh, Mount IIcrmon, iron
Il Latin-American countries besides other
delegations. The ranks of Canadian sta
dents have been sorcly depleted dEIns
the war. but one Canadian representatty,
lat the conference was gladly welcomed
| From July 2S comes the second divs
lion Of the young womcn's conference
IJuly l017 the foreign missionary summe
school: July 1924 summer school OF hom
; missions: July 25-Aug | summer schoo
for Sunday-sehooI workers; and Aug. 81
the general conference of Christian work
ers, the original Northticld con.ereuc
which this year has an unusually stron
program.