The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-04-08
BOYS CONFERENCE
ELECTS OFFICERS
CONVENTION WILL END TOMOR-
ROW EVENING; HAS BEEN
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.

ROW EVENING"; HAS BEEN
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.
Officers for the coming years
work in the Older Boys Y. M. G. A
conference of northern Idaho and
eastern Washington, were selected
last night at the second evening ses-
sion OF the 1922 spring conference
now convened at Moscow.
Officers elected were: George
Clarke, president, of Moscow high
school student body, president; jesse
MacMahOn, GeneSee, vice president;
Caleb Whitman, Lapwai, sergeant at
arms The officers were installed
immediately after election
With but one more day to go the
conference has proven great sue
cess, states A. E. Yount, interstate
secretary, Y M c. A.. of Oregon and
Idaho, this morning. More than a
hundred high school boys from the
northern part of Idaho and the east
ern part of Washington have regis
tered.
Conference Ends Tomorrow
The conference will officially close
tomorrow evening with services at
the Presbyterian church. Mr.. Yount
will have charge Of the closing SER
vices. The closing address will be
given by w. W. Dillon, interstate
secretary Y NJ G. A., Oregon and
Idaho.
Tomorrow's services are to be for
the most part devotional in character.
In the afternoon, A. D. Brewer, gen
era1 secretary Y. M. c.. A., Spokane,
Wash, addresses the delegates on the
subject: 1.-The Price of Christian
Leadership" There will also be a
OF hic
ing is for the boys and leaders only
Parents, teachers and leaders of
boys clubs will gather at the M E..
church at 3:15 for lecture by W.
W. Dillon. The evening service
which concludes the conference pro
gram will be held in the Presbyterian
church At this time the reports of
committee will be heard in addition to
the addresses scheduled for the Occa-
sion
Mayor Welcomes Delegates
After the song and devotional SER
vices last evening Mayor Hawkin
Melgard extended the hospitality of
Moscow citizens to the visiting dele
gates. Rev. H. o. Perry, of the NJ E.
church and George Clarke Of the
Moscow high school, also welcomed
the visitors
Olin de Heley, delegate from Lewis
ton, responded to the addresses of
welcome. After the election and in
stallation of officers, Prof. J. W.
Barton, of the department of psychol-
Ogy, university of Idaho, spoke on,
1.-THE price of physical leadership"
"How can high school fellows be-
come leaders in scholarship" was the
subject of an able address delivered
by Dean J. G. Eldridge, dean of fac
ulty of the University of Idaho, at
this mornings session. Other lee
lures by A. D. Brewer, Prof, Snyder
and Prof. Pickett were also given in
the mornings meetings
Banquet This Evening
At 6:15 this evening the members
of the conference will gather at the
M. e. church for the regular confer
ence banquet. At this time the pic
lures of the conference group, taken
this noon, will be shown. Dean Ed
ridge has charge of the banquet cere-
monies.
During this afternoon the confer
.ence gatherings were held at the
University Hut President A. H.
Upham, OF the University of Idaho ad-
dressed the assemblage on the sub
ject: "The price of friendship" Prof.
G. w. Chenoweth gave several read
1ngS- other speakers at the after
noon conference were DR.. F. G.
Church, of the University of Idaho
history department, F. D. Hawley,
scoutmaster, and w. w. Dillon.
Under the direction Of Coach David
Macmillan, Chaplain J. Orrin Gould
and Prof. Snyder, the visitors were
shown over the campus from 3 10 to
p. m.
Many Towns Represented
OF the hundred or more represen-
tatives at the conference the ma
joriity are from Idaho towns. Places
represented by delegates are: Clarks-
ton, Washington; Lewiston, Lapwai,
Genesee, Blaine, Troy,
Winchester, Potlatch, Moscow, Ida
no; Cotton, Pullman, Palouse, Wash
ington.