Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-28
Boys Conference
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Boys Conference
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group Of delegates arrives and regis
tiers. the boys win be taken singly.
and in pairs and larger groups to
| their places Of entertainment. This
staff Of guides is under the director
ship OF Edwin s. Metcalf. with Dom
| aid Hewitt, Maurice Leavitt, Howard
| Horace Ingraham, and Charles Nell
SON as aides. EACH of the zone
leaders will have a full corps Of as
sistants.
Some Of the leaders. officers Of the
conference and State r. NJ. c.. A. and
| religious leaders arrived in Augusta
Thursday and thesAugusta Y. NJ. c. A.
building was a beehive of activity,
| engaged in checking up the many de-
tails Of the final arrangements for the
great conference. So great is the
| volume of extra business which must
| be cleared through the 'Y" that the
telephone company has installed two
additional telephones in the Office lob
by to handle both in and outgoing wire
! traffic.
Y. m. c. \. Conference Headquarters
The Augusta Y. NJ. c. a. building is
the conference headquarters, the South
Parish Congregational church the con-
| Terence church. and City hall audito-
rum will be the scene Of the great
banquets on Friday ard Saturday eve
nings and Of the monster mass meet
| lngs which are always wonderful fea-
| lures of the conference programs.
| The program for this afternoon and
| evening. the first day Cs the confer
ence. is chronologically as follows: 2
| p CT haQ p
at the Y. M. c. A. assembly hall. 4.30
P. NJ, general assembly at the Congre-
gational church with Philip II. Chad
| bourne of Auburn, president of the
10th State boys conference, presiding:
song service led by John Taylor of
Camden: appointment of committees
! on nominations, credentials and reso-
lutions. P. NJ, addresses Of welcome
for the city by Hon. Ernest L. Nc
Lean, mayor Of Augusta, and for the
churches by Rev. Howard H. Brown,
pastor of the Penney Memorial United
Baptist church: response for the con-
ference by Hon. Orlando E. Frost.
mayor of Belfast. $50 P. NJ, report Of
nominating committee and installation
of conference officers; introduction of
county leaders; announcements.
Parade To City Hall at 5.45
At 5.45 p. M. the delegates and
leaders will form for the parade to
| City Hall. Captain Harold A. Miller
| Of Augusta, Chief of the State High
way Police will be the grand mar
shall, with Herbert A. Folsom, score
tary of the Augusta Chamber of Com
| E,erce; Arthur S. Merrill. president OF
the 1910 Boys Conference; and
George A. J. Froberger, Commander
of James Fitzgerald post. American
| T 10 twill hea
headed by the Fairfield Boys Band
! of fifty pieces, and the Augusta Sal
walton Army Corps Band will also
| be in the line of march.
The great army Of Boys will enter
lefty hall and take their positions at
the tables in club and county groups
and the banquet will start at 6.15
o'clock. with program during the BAN
quet and after. Prayer will be offer
ed by Rev. Andrew T. McWhorter,
pastor of the conference church. Hon.
| Norman +. Bassett Of. Augusta will
preside as POSTMASTER, and Fred Ellis
Of Cony high school will act as cheer
| leader. Welcomes frotl the four en-.
pertaining centers will be given by
Donald Hewitt for Augusta. Bernard
Lucas for Gardiner. and Randolph.
| John w. Lister for IIallowell, and
|
ponse will be made by Philip Chad
bourne Of Auburn, president of the
/ 10th State Boys Conference.
Governor Speaker at Banquet
His Excellency, Percival P. Baxter,
Governor Of Maine, will be one Of the
speakers at the program following the
| banquet, and Rev. Henry H. Crane
Of Maiden, Mass, will also address
the great asemblage. Conference an
Eouncements by Arthur A. Head OF
N'atterville will close this evenings
program.
DR.. F. N. Seerley of the Springfield
Y. M. C. A. college with Rev. Henry
H. Crane will be the big conference
speakers, both addressing several of
| the big mass meetings during the
conference speakers, both addressing
several Of the big mass meetings
during the conference program. DR..
| Seerley is known throughout the
United States as an eloquent orator
with a message for boys and young
men which will hold them raptly
attentive in their seats. He is a
great lecturer on social hygiene and
during the World War his services
| were of great value to this, nation.
| when he addressed hundreds of
| thousands of soldiers in the canton
ments and training camps in this
| country and later, overseas.
DIR. Seerley was a sterling athlete
| when a student at Springfield college,
where he is now dean, and was
| backfield man on the great Spring
| field college football eleven of 1891,
| captained by the all-American star,
| Alonzo Stage. In the historic clash
| with Harvard. university that year
he scored touchdown against the
Crimson. DR.. Seerley will speak on
! Saturday night at City hall and on
Sunday afternoon at the Congrega-
tional church meeting.
Seats for Spectators
For the information Of the general
public. State Y. NJ. C. A. Secretary
jeff c Smith, that human dynamo of
energy from Waterville, announced
last night that the hosts to the dele