The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-06-04

w nat DOth the LORD Require or
Thee" has been announced as the
theme of the open air lectures to be
given during the Young Friends con-
ference, beginning Friday evening,
July %, and continuing until August
l. Frederick J. Libby, publicity secre-
tary for the American Friends Serv-
ice Committee, is to deliver a series of
seven lectures based on this theme.
Each of the lectures.will be deliver
ed at Chase Out-of-door stage on Earl.
ham campus, between the hours Of
! lO:45 and 1850 each day except Sun
day. All sessions of the conference
are to be held at Earlham The sub
Jects to be presented by Mr.. Libby
| during the series are as follows:
The Worlds Need of Friends;
Christ In the Life of A Friend; God
in the Life of A Friend; Faith in the
Life of A Friend; Love in the Life of
Friend; "Helping God Build
Heaven: and What Doth the Lord
Require of Thee"
Lectures Chief Feature.
1t is the plan of Mr.. Libby to show
flrst the need of the world physically
and spiritually for leadership. and light
and hope and peace, all incarnate in
personalities. His series of lectures
will be one of the main events of the
entire conference.
The conference this year will be the
| 18th. Last year the conference was
attended by 300 delegates. Two
class periods have been arranged for
each morning, with the exception of
Sunday. These classes will be taught
/ DIV able lnSfrlIPtnrS n "a
Young Friends conference for this
year, Clarence E. Pickett, general
secretary of the Young Friends
board, has had the following points in
view:
To meet the needs of leaders of
! Christian Endeavors and study class
es; to meet the needs of those having
the responsibility for and the leader
! ship of boys and girls organiza tions
and all work with intermediates: to
meet the needs of those desiring help
tul study classes in teacher training,
| social service. personal EVANGELISM
! and other educational courses to
meet the needs of pastors and young
Friends interested in the work of pas
toral secretaries and directors of re-
| llslous education. Classes for BOYS
and girls between 16 and IS years of
i age are pldnneC.
Class Work Outlined.
Five classes will be conducted at
once each morning from $40 o'clock
to $50, and from 9:35 o'clock each
morning to 1890 o'clock Glasses to
De conducted each morning between
$40 and $50 o'clock include:
Bible Study" by Alexander c. Pur-
dy, head OF Biblical department of
Earlham college; "Friends History
! tsenlor division) by Agnes l.. Tiernv.
! associated with the educational com,
mlttee and the committee on Social
order, of Philadelphia Yearly, meeting;
Foreign Missions" by B. Willis
Beede, educational secretary of the
American Friends Board of Foreign
| Missions. His text book will be the
! revised edition of the book on mis-
: sions, The Why and How of Foreign
! Missions by Arthur Brown. colder
| Girls Classes by Edith E. Wildman,
teacher of English in the Friends
Splceland academy; and "Older Boys
Class, by Harold Laity, teacher-elect
of Oakwood Friends school, Pouch
keepsie. n Y.
Glasses to be conducted each morn
ing between 9:35 and 1920 O'Clock
include:
Discuss Church Problems.
Young People and Local Church
Problems" by Ora w Carroll, presi
dent of Nebraska Central college, Cen
trail City, Neb.; The Teacher and the
New World" by William j. Reagan
! principal of Oakwood Friends school
Poughkeepsie, n. Y; Friends His
tory junior division) by Agnes l.
T1erney. of Philadelphia Yearly Meet
ing; Religious Education" by an in
structor yet to be named; and Per
sonal Evangelism" by Errol D. Peck
ham, pastor Of Friends meeting
Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
A recess period will be granted from
1890 to 1915 each morning. At 1o:4s
each morning of the conference, Fred
erlck j. Libby begins his open air lee
| lures. At the conclusion of ~ -