Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-23
STUDENT CONFERENCE
Is WELL ATTENDED
College len Missing Owing TO War,
hut Places Are Filled by
Younger Representatives.

BLUE RIDGE. \. G.. me 22-The
/ boys at the Y. NJ. G. a. studen, con-
I ference have been hearing addresses
! from men OF national reputation. TIL :
/ year the conference is made UP of boys
rather than men. War has made the
college man. the senior and junior.
especially. conspicuous by his absence.
i;ut the attendance is not cut down So
much as might have been anticipate ted.
The boys from preparatory and high
schools have come in increased num-
hers. and the classrooms are We'll
Tiled
one of the principle speakers has
been pr, Harry T.. Ward. professor of
ethics at the Union Theological SEM
mary of New York. He is man of
vide reputation in all matters rciat al
20 the social order His addresses have
been plea for the richtinc OF social
injusticcs as we'll as for the winning
q. .hc war against political oppression.
On Sunday morning he presented with
.sIcaut cogency the reasons for employ
,ne IN our attitude toward our enemies
in war those principles that scienc.
has shown most effective in rcdccmns
he enemies Of society. These priu-
CjplcS. he argued, are essentially Chris
tian. and are described by the one word
l"vc-lovc not as sentiment. but as
a motive. a mode Of action.
PRESENTS CLAIMS or
MEDICAL PROFESSION
DR. Harvie Il. Jordan. professor in
the school of medicine OF the Univer-
sty of Virginia, gave the boys a stir
ring presentation Of The reasons why
the medical profession has ella inns upon
them. Already the United states has
mobilized an army OF - 00o.uco men.
For the proper care Of them $4,000
surgeons are required. So perfect is
surgical service in the present war
that less than - per cent of the men
wounded in battle die. Ey next spring
II is estimated that 2.oco."o0 more men
viii be under arms. That will mean
the calling into service OF another
$1,000 surgeons. Now there are Just
about lJu.""0 physicians in the United
states. by that time. therefore. 30 per
cent Of them. CT Unc-iifth. viii then lie
in military service They Will he the
younger and stronger men Many o:
The l3o,0o" are already old a"d VIII
soon retire. II Is clear. then, that the
country Will soon be in desperate need
OF more medical service ordinarily
The medical colleges turn out about
80 graduates a year. Thn, number
should be maintained and. If possible,
increased during the war. In both
france and England thc medical
schools have been closed for four
Years. Those countries viii also look
- us for help.
ne u~ua. activities OF the confer
enc" are going forward. ON saturday
there was 4 baseball match game uc-
tween members OF the faculty ON one
side and the students on the other.
"uih won over age and experience.
Dr. w. y. Wcajhcriord Is the lie
o! the gathering. ana is every where
III -. r.. Grown. religious work
director of the army y NJ {. ~ at Fort
bglcthorp". i one OF the most popular
speakers who comes to Blue Ridge
In Spii" Of the heavy work with which
he Is loaded down. he managed to
spend twenty-iour hours Il, the con-
ference, where he delivered two in
spring addresses He brought a mes
sage OF ringing patriotism To the boy:. |
many OF whom viii he in uniform
"ih!n year or two IL the war con
Nnuts His them" was that the war
- war Tor righteousness. and that
IN" only way /" become a. good soldier
Is |" he good man iirSt
''hef great speaker visited the con-
rene" inns week. among them Bishop
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