The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-06
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WORLD LEADERS OF !.
Y. M. C. A. CONFER
Eleven Members of International Com
mittee Discuss Country Life De
partment at Mortified. ~. i
Especial to The Reformer.)


EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass, Jan. 6.
A conference of IL members of the
staff of the international committee of
the Y.~M G. A. in connection with the
country life department closed here
SATURDAY after four days session at
the Mortified Hotel. A heavy snow
fall Thursday night enabled the dele
gates to see the beautiful country, and
to enjoy some of the winter sports
that are always popular here at this
season of the year. The members of
the staff, represented the Southern.
North Central Rocky Mountain. East
ern, and Middle Atlantic divisions of
the United States, the Canadian ma
tional council covering the entire Do
minion of Canada, Russia, and other
important countries, and included, with
osherr secretaries of. the administration
Henry ISRAEL. editor of Rural NIanhaad
and, C. G. Hatfield, director of the re.
cent expedition to Russia.
The conference considered the insis
tent calls from such countries as the
allie5~srcss. South Ameries, Australia
China, Japan. and India, in which the
country life 1Ferests combine to per-
suade the association to carry its nses-
sage and methods into those eoun tries.
OF special interest was the message
andf problem brought before the dele,
gates BY Mr. Hatfield, who recently re-
! turned after a year spent in Russia
directing Jan expedition in the intereats
of country life along the Volga. which
touched 40 different communities and
brought 70 the Russian peasants mo-
idern methods of agriculture and ami
nal, husbandry. the more modern ac,
/ tiSities Of recreation, domestic science
| (in teh operation with the Y. W c.. A
/ a delegation from which accompanied
I the expedition1.. better schools, better
thome conditions, hygiene and improved
| -healSh. scopditt oHs.s Perhaps .sthe most
urgent call TO the conference wasa the
Gigantic forward movement that 4 al
looking to Y. NJ. C. A. secretarieE ii
every z aainfyl of the tFAfse1F States itt
bring to the manhood of the farmssan6
villages a constructive program, which
is not without its religious emphasis
that win touch the individual as vel
as the entire community life.
This is the third conference held a
Mortified this winter in the interest
of the Y. NJ G. A. From Nov. 20 TO .:
about so physical directors of thu
Northeastern department, of whicl
George L. Listman of Boston is exeeu
tive manager, net here in conference
using the gymnaSiums of the Mortified
seminary and Mount HerTnon sehoo
for demonstration purposes. From Dee
q TO so conference of 80 secretarie
of the northeastern department. unde
the direction of Clarence P. Shedd. wa
held at the hotel
Other gatherings at Mortified thi
season are the executive meeting OF tn
! Board Of the American Baptist For
leigh Mission society which met in con
junction with the executive committe
Of the Woman's board Nov. as, an
the winter conference of the yonn
women of the Mortified league whic'
will bring together. Jan. 1920 approx
imately 100 young. women from prepa
ratory schools of the East to discus
the problems of Christian womanh6od
its relation to the welfare of adu
country. and its part in the gigaati
task of reconstruction already linde
way throughout the nations of eth
world