Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-16
ENCOURAGEMENT
GIVEN YOUTH
At the Yearly Meeting of Friends
Being Held in Phila-
dclphia.

The interests Of the young people
claimed large share of yesterdays pro
cecdngs al the Philadelphia Yearly
Meeting OF Friends in Philadelphia
In the morning session communica-
| ton WAS received from the Dung Friends
Movement. asking that they might he
| come an organized part vt the early
| Meeting. They wished that committee
| might be appointed from the older mcm-
hers rs an advising board and also that
| 81 900 from tho Yearly Meeting he grant
| ell for their use. or such portion oi that
| amount rs might hc required To help
| them carry out thc,r propaganda work
It being understood that they them
selves expected to raise another 81 0oU
| for the work
treat unity with the movement was OK
pressed in both meetings lflwood
Roberts said they needed the life and
energy of theso Young Friends. who saw
sphere of work before them and one
which thev were best fitted To do
DR. q Edward Ianncv felt that n won
dertul step forward had been made IN
this same missionary movement Arthur
e Jackson said the movement was an
uutgrowth from tho sectional committee
Of the Young Friends Association
Dr. Jesse II Holmes said that the So
ciety originally was q Young people q
movement and II was hopeful sign that
the same spirit WAS alive TODAY. DIR
Joseph SWAIN said that IN every society u
was most important To encourage the life
of its youth and tho general nominating
committee was instructed to select q
committee of seven to assist the Dung
Friends movement
The committee which had hecu apToiut-
cd tn consider the question Of 'Ihrthright
Membership recommended that the
following be added To tho regular queries
How manv Young women and how
many Young mon between the ages Of SIN
teen and twentvfour wears are members
OF your meeting Have Won this wear
delegated 10 q suitable committee the
responsibility Of giving 70 these and
other persons interested loving care and
instruction sufficient for their enllghten-
ment "a 10 our principles and testimonies
and for the development Of their spiritual
l,fe2 Has the committee attended 10
this duty"
The report Of The central committee Of
general conference told Of the work done
under four heads. First-dav school com
rnittee, educational committee. philan-
thropic committee and Advancement Of
Friends principles The Philadelphia
Yearly Meetings share OF the expenses
this wear Is S4,35O
QUARTERLY MEETINGS TO RAISE SIC. 900
The auditors named Edmund Webster
for treasurer. with Anna r. GrIscom and
Charles J. Jenkins, IT, correspondents
The amount 70 bc raised by the Quarterly
Meetings is $4,000
The report on peace and emergency
service was full of interest. IL WAS pre-
scented under the heads: Remedial work
looking To the prevention or alternating
of suffering due Go the WIZ, and the prep
;lration of material for q study Of Iuterna-
tionalism. To prepare ourselves and others
for intelligent citizenship in the world 81
the future
Under the first head IL told Of sewing
groups among Friends in nearly 300 com
mumties, representing twenty-five ! early
Meetings aud twenty-f0ur States. About
10000 garments, packed IN $50 boxes,
have been consigned TO the Red Cross
headquarters to he distributed wherever
special need exists.
The Friends have 100 Americans in
France and SIX IN Russia with others
shortly to follow The Red Cross or
ganization has sent urgent and repeated
requests for Friends TO aid IN the struggle
The other line of service Is TO prepare
for the future. A new order must be
found for the rights and duties of nations
both TO other nations and 10 their own
people
The committee has been active in dis
seminatIng principles of better lnterna-
tional relations in various ways The
amount of money raised by the Philadel-
phia Friends for recreation work during
the year was Sl27 900. They asked for
an appropriation of 81 800 for running
expenses which readily was granted and
the members of the committee were
commended for their work
At midday there was a meeting in the
interest of the Friends Neighborhood
Guild, addressed by NJ. Louise Lswton,
the head worker.
The evening meeting WAS under care
OF the committee on Frist-eiay schools
Marion II. Longshore spoke on Ideals in
Religious Education and DIR. Helen n
Porter on THE Adaptation OF Bible Ma
terial to the Needs of Children of the
Various Grades.
This morning. instead OF the usual
morning business sessions there were devo-
tional services in all of the meeting houses.