The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-20
FRIENDS DELEGATES
BEGIN ARRIVING FOR
ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Young Friends from all parts OF the
United States and from Canada began
to arrive in Richmond Thursday morn
ing for the Young Friends general
conference which is to begin at Earl
ham college Friday evening. Miss
Ruth P. Hunter, of Baltimore, Md,
was the first of the delegates to ar
rive. Twenty-Five new registrations
were reported Thursday morning, max
ing a total of ABOUT 120 in all and it is
expected that this number will be
much larger before the day is over.
The conference will open with lee
ture by Prof Alexander c. Purdy, of
Earlham college at 1880 O'Clock Fri
day night. 1t will continue for 10 days,
during which an interesting and varied
program will be followed.
According to the program, there will
be one-quarter of an hour devoted in
the early morning for morning watch
or study period which will be followed
by breakfast at o'clock. At 7:45
o'clock comes the devotional Bible
study classes under w o. Menden-
hall, who is president of Friends uni
versity at Wichita, Kans. The re-
mainder of the morning is divided into
two class periods of approximately an
hour each.
Divided Into Groups
Under the first period there are
five groups, A, B. c, D and E Group
A is devoted to Bible study under Ed
ward F. Nourse, professor of New
Testament in the Hartford Theological
seminary at Hartford, Conn. Under
group B comes Friends history, which
c'ass will be instructed by Clarence E.
fIckett. executive secretary of the
Dung Friends board with offices in
the local Friends Central offices.
Missions, under Group C, will be
taught by Mrs. Amelia r. Lindley, a
Friend Indian missionary from Shaw
nee, Okla. Group D will be an older
girls class under the instruction of
Edith E Wildman, while William J..
Reagan will conduct an older boys
class under Group E.
Under class period II there also are
five groups, F, G, H. and ]. Group
F is class on Young People and
Ward Apologize, Isadore H. Wilson
will conduct a class on THE Teacher
under Group G. THE Modern Sun
day School," a class which will be in
charge of F. T. Albertson, secretary
of the State SUNDAY School associa-
ton, will come under Group H; a
class in Personal Evangelism" will
be conducted by Milo S. Hinkle under
Group l. and Group ] will contain a
training class for the World Peace
movement, by Frederick J. Libby.
Omen Lecture Daily.
There will be an open lecture each
day CT the conference at 1915 o'clock
in the morning and this series will be
given BY Rev Miles H. Krumbine. pas
tor of the First Lutheran church, of
DAYTON. Ohio. These lectures will be
followed by open forum discussions.
The afternoon will be given over to
recreational work, community games
and the methods of teaching them be
! ing included in the general plan for
this period
An attractive program has been ar
ranged for each evening during the
( conference. The evening programs
follow:
Night Programs.
Friday, address by Prof A c. Purdy
6 of Earlham college; Saturday, gen
eral social; Sunday. young peoples
meeting which will be conducted by
Arthur Rinden of Penn college, Oska,
ioosa,. Iowa; Monday. delegation meet
ings; Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings. addresses by Murray s. Ken
worthy who has just returned from
: year as head of the American
Friends service committee in Russia;
Thursday. Friday and Saturday eve
nings, addresses by Kirby Page, sec
rotary of the Fellowship for Chris
tian social order with headquarters
in New York City, and Sunday, :
Z purpose meeting.
1t is probable that Murray S. Ken
Z worthy will deliver addresses will
subject matters relating to the wori
4 of the American Friends Servic
committee in Russia. This unit is con
nected with the American Relief Ad
ministration. Kirby Page will talk Of
the general topic of "Christianity ant
Human Relations"
Besides the young Friends enroll
ed at the conference, it is expected
that large number of people will al
! tenG the classes during the day