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been completed for the foreign mis-
SfonS convention, which opens Tues
day at the Washington Auditorium
and will continue daily through Febru
ary 2. President Coolidge is to speak
on the opening day.
There will be in attendance mis-
sionary leaders from Europe, Asia
Africa, Australia and Latin America.
and every race will be represented by
church delegates, missionaries or
visitors, except possibly the American
Indians.
The convention also will bring to-
gether from all parts of North Amer
ICa officially appointed representa-
tiVeS OF the foreign mission boards of
Canada and the United States. The
attendance Is expected to reach 5000
persons. 1t is limited only by the
size of the haIL No assembly of
similar character has met since the
world missionary conference at Edin-
burgh in 1910, nor has there been
such a gathering in North America
since the ecumenical missionary con-
ference in 1900, IL is declared.
Right Rev. Michael Bolton Furse.
Bishop of st. Albans. England.
noted churchman, will attend. Canon
II. J. Cody, DR.. James Endicott and
Newton w. Rowell. all of Toronto,
are on the program. J. II. Oldham
A~C4AOOIlI al uIilOIllE On missions.
viii take part. Other foreigners Will
participate.
American Leaders ON Program.
Among the leaders of great church
organizations in this country who are
on the program are DR.. John r Mott
head of the Y. NJ c. A; Robert p
Wilder, founder of the Student VoIun-
teer Movement; DR.. James l. Barton.
chairman of the Near East Relief;
Dr Fennel p. Turner, executive OF
the Foreign Missions Conference of
North America, composed of prac-
tically all the Protestant foreign mis-
sion boards and organizations of
North America; DR.. William 1. Haven,
secretary of the American Bible
Society; DR. Robert E. Speer, secre-
tary of the board of Foreign Missions
OF the Presbyterian Church and for
merly president of the Federal Coun-
Gil of Churches; Bishop Charles H
Brent of Buffalo, who was chief of
chaplains of the American Expedi-
tionary Forces in France, and Presi-
dent W. II. 2. Faunce of Brown Uni
versity; Bishop Edwin D. Mouzen of
Nashville, President w. Douglas
Mackenzie of Hartford Theological
Seminary Conn; DR.. w. I. Chamber
lain of New York, Prof. D. j. Flem-
ing of New York, DR.. Arthur J.
Brown OF New York, Bishop Francis
J. Mcconnell of Pittsburgh, Miss
Margaret E. Burton of New York,
Miss Mabel X. Howell of Nashville,
DR.. Hugh T. Kerr of Pittsburgh, DR..
Harris L. Kirk of Baltimore, Prof.
Rufus NJ. Jones of Haverford, Pa:
R. A. Doan of Columbus, Ohio; DR.. S.
J. Corey of St. Louis, DR.. r. E. Diffen-
dorfer of the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. DR.. S. W. Herman of Harris
burg and DR.. Frank Mason North of
New York.
Missionaries, many of whom are re-
garded as great heroes of the church,
will take part. They include Bishop
st. George Tucker of Japan, Miss
Jean K. Mackenzie of Africa, Prof.
Paul Cornelius, Lucknow Christian
College, India; Rev. Watts o. Pye,
Fenchow, China; Prof. T. Dwight
Sloane, Peking Union Medical Col
1ege; Principal Fred f. Goodsell, Con-
stantinople; Rev. DR.. Samuel NJ
Zwemer, Cairo, Egypt, an authority on
the Moslem world; Rev. John Mac
Laurtn of India and DR.. Charles z.
Hurlburt Of Africa
Incidental Meetings.
Arrangements have been made by
the Presbyterian leaders for the 500
Presbyterian woman delegates to
meet each morning from to 8
O'Clock. The student volunteer move
uent representatives, who will act as
ushers, will also meet each day from
s to 9. Denominational rallies will
be held February 2.
Two big meetings for the students
of Washington will be held February
I. The first will be for high school
boys and girls and the second for
college students.
The convention will have 16 main
sessions in the auditorium.
The committees in charge are as
follows:
General convention committee in,
Washington-ReV. DR.. w. S. Aber-
nethy, chairman; Rev. DR.. W. L. Oar
by, secretary; Holcombe Johnson,
treasurer; Rev. B. F. Bryan, Rev. G.
VI. Diffenderfer, Rev. G. F. Dudley,
Rev. c. Z. Fultz, Rev. w. A. Lambeth,
Rev c. E. Hawthorne, Rev. J. Phelps
Hand, Rev Murray Kenworthy. Rev.
H H Ranck, Rev. ]. H. Straughn,
Rev. J. II. Taylor. Rev. Earle Wiley,
Rev. Charles Wood and Rev. ]. N. Pierce.
Hospitality committee-E. H. De
Groot, chairman; Burns c. Downey,
Rev c. E. Longacre, Mrs. J. NJ.
Heagy, Harry Hoskinson, Charles
Warden, Mrs. John Nelson Mills, T.
&. Dulin, Mrs. w. a. Metz, Robert
SSeCIldIlcSb - u. ZIl6SIeT ana LIT. Il. w.
Glazebrook.
Finance committee = Holcombe
Johnson, chairman; S. ]. Richards, w.
NICK. Stowell, Charles Easterly, F. A
Coffin, ]. H. Cooper, H. D. Ormsby,
Rufus p Clarke, Fred L. Fishback,
A. G. Bishop. w. Sinclair Bowen, Har-
old Hayden, Paul L. Lesh and T. A.
Grooven.
Halls and churches-W. A. Eisen-
oh, ,fvy,, ~
Mrs. II. S Irwin and Percy s. Foster.
Publicity committee-Rev. H E
Dickens, chairman: B. A Harlan, ].
II. Hildebrand, Gardner Johnson and
James 2. Schick.
WOman's Organizations.
Women's committee Of 100-Mrs. W.
L. Darby, general chairman; vice
chairmen, Mrs. William f. Mcdowell,
h1ra Har1-arr Irrrir MrS w s A b.