, 1923-05-13
SECOND Y.M.C.A.
G0NFEREN nee IN
SCOT
Second Worlds Meeting With
Boys to Bring Out Nearly a
Thousand Delegates.

Nine hundred representatives of
nearly so countries. with a full quota
NJ delegates from America. will meet
from Ma 80 to June 10 to discuss
tho place of boyhood in the nations
n, he world and the relation thereto
or the Y. W. C. A. Tits Second
worlds Conference of Y. NJ. C. A.
Workers with Boys" will be held at
F~iortschach am See. Austria. The
first was held at Oxford. England.
lust before the outbreak of the
great
Evidence of the rapidly expanding
interest in dealing with problems OF
boyhood is offered. conference lead
ers point out. by tho fact that the
900 registrants exceed by so per cent
the number originally planned for.
A. special auditorium Is being erect
for the meetings.
E. NJ. Robinson. long a leader in
association work for hoys in many
countries. is supervising arrange
ments for the conference from the
headquarters OF the worlds commit
tee OF the Y. N. C. A. in Geneva,
Switzerland.
a majority OF the American dee
CATION Of 100 VIII leave New York
May is on board the s.. S. Pitts.
burgh Of the White Star Line, I'M
der the leadership Of Arthur N. Cot
ton. senior secrstary OF the boys
work division of the International
committee. Y. NJ. C. A.
Besides a number OF employed OF.
ficers engaged in Y. NJ. c. A. work
for boys. the group win include bust
ross and professional men who have
associated themselves with the or
g~anlzation in this department of ser.
vice. Among them will be Lewis A.
Crossett. manufacturer of Boston.
who is a member of the International
committee; DR.. Max j. Exner. d,rec-
tor Of the department OF educational
measures of the American Social
Hygiene association: Cameron Beck,
personal director of the New York
Stock Exchange: Frank Moran.
founder of the Moran School for
Soys on Puget Sound.
For many months five commits
sons have been at work preparing
findings n recommendations to
present to the conference. DR.. John
Brown. senior secretary OF the ply.
seal department of the international
committee. is chairman OF n commits.
son which has been making n study
o. the physical conditions of boys
throughout tho world. The other
com sslons, dealing with the lega.
religious. vocational and domestic.
civic and national phases of the gen.
erai subject. are headed respectively
by Wallace Soutter, chairman OF the
national committee. Y. NJ. C. A. of
South Africa; Rev. Gunner Engberg,
chairman OF the National Y. NJ. C.
A. boys committee. Denmark; T.
Thomas, chairman of the natioi. al
committee. Y. NJ. C. A. of Australia,
and T. z koo. national committee,
Y. NJ. C. A.. of China.
The most remarkable generation
Of boys that this world has ever
riYht before our eyes in these mo
Lnentous years. says DR.. John r.
Mott. general secretary of the inter,
national committee. Great issues
await these boys. Great responsibility
Will come on this particular genera.
ten. This generation is going to be
subject to very special dangers. i
find no limit to the possibilities OF
this oncoming generation of boys
when I think of the time in which
we live. 1t is the time of times. il
We see and seize our oDoortunftv WE
ean do no more in the years right
before us than in ali tho history that
lis behind us. Let us greatly en-.
large our plans. 1t is possible for us
TO lay pans to teach millions Of boys
Where We are 10Y teach q hun.
dreds OF thousands. This field is alb.
solutely wide open. It is compare.