The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-14

however worthy that agency may be, a point that isn't recognized in this country" asserted Francis F. Miller, field secretary. of the For eign Policy Association and Q southern gentleman, in his address as a layman, at the Saturday after- noon meeting of YMCA officials at the Hotel Elton which officially opened the sixty eighth annual state convention, attended by ap- proximately 500 delegates.
 Schools in this country will soon have a more important function in the not-so-dIstant future because in them rests the enactment of im- partial and true education, stated the speaker, whose theme was based on the subject, "A Program of Christian Education For Youth D The future of education in the United States faces one of the most serious crisis in our national life and the time will come when the disestablishment of education may be an issue as important as any which ever faced our school sys- tenn, he added.
 The word Christian has lost it's meaning. Many people now favor using the words religious" for Christian" We must take for our Christian programs the obtectives, ends and purposes of faith itself and implement our program to serve those objectives. Some will say, "what does 1t mean to be a Christian?" l believe many people opine it means nothing, because we use it in such 8 meaningless sense. I use 1t in a minority movement to describe people of all faith in an objective realty, as in a Commun- istic or Nazi faith, but stronger.
 Education Lags
 Usually education lags far be- hind life. In our programs we should not expect too much lag in our activities, he added. He des- cribed his recent trip to the Orient and stated that Americans have done as much evil in China as the Japanese or any other great power. He concluded saying it was an ab- surd reality that they should build colleges in some of their main cities of fortresses. for after des- cribing one of their recent fort house 10000 soldiers, he asserted AlC Wd0 SOiO 4kOAA sources that in Shanghai the Jap- anese could cover the whole city in ten minutes, militarily speaking
 Previous to MT Miller's address officers for the convention were nominated and sanctioned as foi- lows: President, Harley M. Hodges of New Haven; vice-president, Julius B. Smith of this city, liar old L. Blakeslee of New Haven and William H. Brettman of Greenwichi and clerk, Walter E. Crittenden of New Haven.
 State committee for three years, F. Kingsbury Bull of Litch- field, Herbert s. Smith of this city. National Council (1935) ex- officio); H. Almon Chaffee of Bridgeport; Ralph L. Cheney of New Haven; David L. Clark of Milford! Warren A. Hanson of New London; Harley M. Hodges of New Haven; George c. Hubert of Hartford; George R. Marsh of Bristol; John w. Mershon of Stan- ford; Ernest l.. Simonds of New Hacen; Elemer T. Thienes of Hart ford; Allen J. Wiley of Hartford; Alpheus Winter of Bridgeport; and Ernest A. Yarrow of Haddam. This report was submitted by Pro" lessor Hudson B. Hastings of New Haven.
 Charles W. Holman of Manches- ter gave report of the business and finance committee for 1894 and stated that the receipts for that period exceeded expenditures by a small sum. A budget of $20,- 900 was adopted at the 1894 con- vention.
 Treasurer's Report PIeases
 Levi T. Snow of New Haven rem dered gratifying report as treas- urer for the fiscal year. January 1st to December 1st, 1894, empha- sizing the state endowment fund and the work at Camp Hazen. He added that $6.000 or more was de- posted in the Mechanics Bank in New Haven at the time the bank was closed, and that $661 has been paid on the $2,000 note of the state Y, and that the market value of in vestments has increased consider ably.
 Harry Hedley Smith. state sec- retary of New Haven, then de- livered a report of the state ex- ecutive committee for 1894 say Ah6 AO yCdI pC6ah O pOIAoo that led us, as a State Association, into new administrative and pro- gram relationship with the Nation- al Council and into possibly a dif- ferent type of program service to the local Associations in Connecti- cut, and it Is our responsibility in making these changes, we see to 1t that the State Association con- 'tinues to be the Representative" of the local associations of the state. That the local associations may continue to look with con- fdence for leadership to the State Association and that each and local association will join in the general program of cooperative activities and also gladly share in the financial budget of the State Association, not of necessity, but because the State Association en- deavors to adequately serve the To- cal associations"
 Attacks WOrshippers
 Professor Hastings then render ed report on the state work study telling of the reduction of the state staff from three to two members. which meant a reductiveness in the effectiveness of state. associations. Stressing another point, Professor Hastings asserted that many Chris tions think worship in the home alone is enough. but added that he thought those people lost the vital spark gained by those who wor- ship in the church too. He stated he opined no association can do as good a job unless they take part in state wide activities and he him. self looked forward to the day when he could give g. report on a three man staff, instead of two.
 Just before adjournment of the sectional convention Arthur l.. Purinton, of this city gave group session assignments and other an- nouncements and the members ad- journed to attend these held at the Central Y and the Colonial Room of the Hotel Elton.
 Many Sessions Held
 The group conference for all delegates were as follows: Adult Education, Watson w. House of Hartford who spoke on Effective A~t2 tx