The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-22
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Mason County Conference Closes With
Wonderful Address by President
McVey on League Of Nations
-"Y" Defended - Band
Makes Another Hit.

Mason County's Community Confer
ence on After the War Problems
closed Friday evening at the First
Presbyterian church in a very inter-
esting session. The Maysville Boys
Band attracted great audience and
the boys and girls did fine and sur
prised the many people present who
had not before had the pleasure of
hearing them. The band grows in the
estimation of the public with every
appearance and there is no doubt but
that 1t Is going to prove the most pep
ular thing that has been started in
Maysville in recent years.
The first speaker on the program
for the evening was Mr.. Philo C. Dix.
who resigned his position as General
Y. M. c. A. Secretary for Kentucky to
accept position as head of all "Y''
activities at Camp Zachary Taylor
during the war. Mr.. Dix spent consid-
cradle time in answering the criti-
cisms Of the Y. nj. C. A. overseas work
by the soldiers who are returning
from France. His argument was good
and probably cleared up many uues-
tions in the minds of local peoule ir
regard to the work Of the organization
overseas. He answered all Of the mcs'
prominent criticisms in a very salts
factory manner.
The chief address of the evening
and Of the entire conference was that
delivered by Dr. F. c. McVey, Presi-
dent Of Kentucky University. Dr. Nc
Vey changed his subject at the last
moment and had it been generally
known that he was to speak on the
League Of Nations, it is more than
likely that more would have heard
him. His address was logical and in
many instances convincing. He is
qualified to speak on the subject for
he has given it much close study and
has been said by President Wilson to
be one of the most valuable men in all
of the country during the war period
and the period after the war
DR.. McVey after reading the pream-
Bile of the League and declaring it to
be one of the greatest documents OF
modern times, enumerated the var
ious articles of the Leagues constitu-
ton and explained them. He then an
swered the most important criticisms
to the document and closed his ad-
dress by saying that the Leagues con-
stitution should be adopted with the
Treaty Of Peace for unless there was
some such. organization 70 carry out
the provisions of the Peace Treaty
there would be repetition of the for
mer alliance of nations.
Taken In all the County Conference
was very helpful to the community.
There were not as many in attendance
as might have been and probably the
people Of Maysville obtained more real
good from the meeting than the peo-
pie Of the county as they did not at
tend as well as was hoped for. The
meeting was not failure by any
means, however, and will prove bene-
ficial to the community ror a long
time to come. Such lectures as DR..
McVey delivered on Friday night are
needed in the community. Maysville
should have more of them SO that the
people of this section would more
thoroughly understand the matters of
Importance facing the nation and
there should be some forum for the
discussion of these important ques-
tions occasionally by we'll posted peo-
pie.