The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-29
RED CROSS MEET
AT COLUMBUS, O.,
TO Be IMPORTANT
Prominent Public Men To Address
Assemblage On Interesting
Topics

Columbus, o.. Sept 29.-The Nat
! ional Red Cross convention which
will convene in this city on October
ana last five days. bids fair to br
] one of the most important Of these
gatherings that has ever been held,
even of more Significance from RED
Cross viewpoint than the meetings
held during the great war.
Men and women prominent in all
walks of life are on the program to
deliver addresses to the delegates
| Dr. Livingston Farrand, chairman
Of the Central Committee of the
American Red Cross and president Of
/ Cornell University. will preside at n
meeting October 4 when Dr. w.
! 0. Thompson, president of Ohio State
University will deliver the address of
welcome Gov. Harry |. Davis Of
Ohio and Mayor James J. Thomas Of
Columbus will welcome the delegates
for the city and state. President
Harding is expected to be the princi-
pal speaker.
DR.. Henry Noble McCrackcn. pres-
dent of Vassar College, will preside
at the Junior Red Cross meeting in
the afternoon of Oct s. The Chal
!enge of Childhood in America to the
Red Cross" is the subject on which
Miss Charl Williams of the National
Educational Association will speak.
Dr. w. W. NIarquart, educational
agent for the Philippine Islehds in
the United States. will address the
convention on The Juniors at Work
f,, Inc DpcsnAcinVu.
bert Hoover. secretary of comnereeF
will speak on the ''Challenge of Child
hood in Foreign Lands and What
Junior Red Cross is Doing There.
while Senator Frank b. Willis of
Ohio is to deliver an address on THE
Future Builders of the Nation and
Citizenship Training"
The evening meeting dedica' cd to
Americas Obligation to Her Service
Men ard Women. will be presided
over by DR.. Farrand and ten minute
speeches will be delivered by such
notarles as DR.. Thomas +. Green. di.-
rector of the Speakers Bureau of the
American Red Cross; Major General
LeJeune, L. S. Marine CORPS; Rev.
Francis p. Duffy, chaplain 165th Reg
man st. Louis Chapter, American Red
Cross; Theodore Roosevelt, assistant
secretary of the navy; Rabbi Stephen
Wise, Free synagogue Of New York:
W. Frank Parsons. vfce-chairman in
charge of Domestic Operations,
American Red Cross; John G. Emery.
national commander American Legion
and General John j. Pershing.
Robert s. Cast, chairman of the
Red Cross Relief Committee of Pue-
! lilo. Colorado will address the con-
vention on "The Red Cross in Dis
aster" on the morning of October 6.
Miss Mabel F.. Boardman, secretary of
the American Red Gross, will pre-
side.
Reunions of Red Cross workers
who served in the world war will be
held at a series of luncheons.
Sectional conferences will be held
on the evening of October Z and
morning of October 8. A mass meet
ing on roll call will constitute the
afternoon s program, winding up with
| The historical Pageant of the Red
Cross in the evening.
Among those participating in the
sectional meetings are: EX-servic@
group luncheon; Miss Clara d. Noyes.
director Red Cross Nursing Service,
presiding; Merritte w. ireland, sur
geon general United States Army;
Admiral e. r. Stitt, surgeon general