Evening star., 1925-10-23
COOLIDGE ADDRESS
WILL OPEN SESSION
International Y. M. c. A. Con.
vention Here Tomorrow,
With 1000 Attendance.

With more than 500 delegates al
ready in the city participating in
group and sectional meetings which
opened Wednesday, the Triennial In
tNrnat ational convention of the Young
Mems Christian Associations Of the
nited States and Canada will be
ooened formally tomorrow morning
al the New Willard Hotel with an
address by President Coolidge. At
tendance is expected to be about
00u.
Policies governing the future of
the international committee and the
International convention, as well as
determination of "a program OF unity
and cooperation between the Nation
4 Councils of Canada and the United
States will be among the most i'm
portant matters before the leaders.
The much discussed question of a
basis for voting membership again
will be opened and modern "charac-
ter-destroying" influences will be
analyzed.
The international convention will
occupy three days, Saturday, Sunday
and Monday, and will be followed for
the remainder of next week by the
annual meeting of the National Coun-
Gil of the Y. NJ. c. A. of the United
States.
Various problems of inter-relation-
ship between the different bodies re-
main 10 be worked out. as the Ma
tional Council of the United States
was formed less than a year ago, and
has already taken over some of the
functions of the international COM
mittee.
Will Adopt Budget.
4 budget is to be adopted for the
ensuing year for the National Coun-
ell. Budgets for 1925. covering the
work at home and abroad of the
national body and its agencies, ex-
elusive of the sums raised each year
by local associations for home ex-
penditure, totaled S3,s34.929, OF
which S2,442,S1 had to be raised in
contributions The total was divided
into two parts, st,510.911 for work in
tie United States and S2,324,O19 for
service in foreign countries.
President Coolidge, in opening the
convention tomorrow morning at 1880
O'Clock, follows the precedent set by
Presidents Grant and Roosevelt, who
welcomed to the Capital the two
previous conventions of the asSocia
ton. held here in 1871 and 1907.
Judson G.. Rosebush of Appleton,
Wis. a member of the national coun-
ell. Y. NJ. c. A, who was president OF
he international convention at Allan
il City in 1922. will preside at the
opening meeting tomorrow.
The remainder of the program to-
morrow morning following President
Coolidge will include addresses by r.
r. McWilliams of Winnipeg. chair
man Of the Canadian national council;
ganization of the convention and
reports of committees, and an address
hr- the Rev. DR.. :. Parkes Cadman
II Brooklyn, president of the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America.
Divided I'm Three Sections.
The convention tomorrow afternoon
will he divided into three sections.
The first will consider the proposal re-
g;trdinG voting membership basis.
rnis is one of the vital topics before
he entire convention, and is expected
70 arouse much interest and sharp dis
r,,ssiun. The section considering It
VIII be in the ballroonl, and will be
presided over by Chairman Clyde Joy
# keokuk, Iowa.
Section tomorrow afternoon will
consider "character-destroyi and
misunderstanding Influences which be-
set the young men and boys of North
America.'
The third section will open a. hear
ing for the report of the international
Committee. Tomorrow night there Will
he Survey of the world situation
with several speakers, as yet unan-
pcunced.
Will Fill Pulpits.
Sunday many of the pulpits of
Washington will be filled by visiting
-. NJ. c. a. men. The program for
sunday evening includes addresses by
charles P. Taft, I'd, of Cincinnati, and
24chard F. Cleveland of Baltimore,
on Of Former President Grover Cleve-
Iand. Secretary Of Commerce Hoover
VIII speak Monday morning. Further
details of the program were not ready
1ciay for announcement.
Important conferences and commit
eas which are working out many
problems of importance to various
ranches of Y. NJ. c. a. work were
catered today not only through the
Willard Hotel but over different parts
of the city.
At the Willard Hotel were the ma
ionaI physical education committee,
he educational council; the conven-
ion committee and interstate com.