Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 May 1922 — Page 17

MAY 12,1922.

3CO DELEGATES ATTEND YOUNG PEOPLE’S EVENT Nearly Every State Represented in Methodist Protestant Gathering. Approximately thro# hundred from nearly every State in the Union today ■were attending’ the second day sessions of the young people's convention at Victc ry Memorial Methodist Protestant Chnrch. Delegates from Indiana. Alabama. Arkansas. Florida. Illinois, Oklahoma. lowa, Kansas. Louisiana, Maryland. Michigan, Missouri, Carolina. Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia nave arrived. The day’s activities began with a song service early in the morning and was followed by a “quiet hour" with the Rev. 11. W. Mater of Columbus. Ohio, discussing “The Master's Tonrh.” The Itev. Klein K. Haddaway of Pittsburgh, Pa., delivered one of the Important addresses of tlie morning session on “The High Tfade of Life.” KXqyBLXSIS OF NEED Or MEN IX WORK. Jfcpphasis on the need of men In the work of the church was made b* it* Rev. K I>. Stone, Baltimore, Md . In an address on “The Place for Men in Kingdom Service “ E. w. Jlalpenny of Chicago discussed “The Personal Element In Sunday School Teaching. The convention was formally opened last night The Rev. .T. L. Buckley, pns- ’ r of the Victory Memorial Protestant t l ureh. Introduced the speakers who delivered the addresses of welcome. It behalf of the Indianapolis Church Federation, Dr C. H. Winders, executive *• retarr, welcomed the delegates to Indianapolis. He declared that churches are to longer divided, but ore working b-ward a common good and one religious group receives encouragement and snpI" rt from the actiritl-s of another group. He urgod the young pe-ple of the nation to prepare themselves for the leadership of the future. “The leader* of the future must be educated and trained.“ Hr. Winders said. ‘‘lndianapolis is p!r>d to welcome this c.-n-.-entlon here. The police force- of the city will not have to be Increased while you are here. The bootleggers will do no more business because you are here end probably r.or as nitjch. gambling d-vice* will be displayed to entertain yon. ■'Vou are here for a good purpose. Tou bring a great Messing Into this community," he said. FEASEY GREETS YOING TEOPLE. •T. X. Faesey. president of the Indiana State Sunday School Association In welcoming the deiegate* to the city called upon the young people to realize that Indianapolis is the - greatest inland city in the United States" and asked them to visit the Soldbrs and Sailors monument on the Circle and to “get lost on the Circle." He ca!W attention to the fact of the great Intenirban terminals centering in and about the elty. He remind and them of the Indianapolis Speedway and other points of interest. "Brooklyn may be a city of churches, but Indianapolis is a church going city," he declared. Dr Dixon, who is presiding at all sessions of the convention, responded to the addresses of welcome after Ed Jackson, secretary of State, had extended a greeting to the del gates in behalf of the lloosier State. Mr Jackson asked all ti start out looking for the good in other people. The Rev E A. Sexsmifh of Baltimore Md . delivered the first convention proper address last night-on “The Church to the Young People and the Young People to the Church.” PROGRAM OF THE BOARD. 1 ° program of th° board of Young I'eop'i's Work is outlined as follows: VO preerve acl intensify the spirit of evang dlsm. To heighten and broaden the thought of religious education. To aid in promoting teacher training, t-en-age and adult organized classes, and broth* rhoods. To encourage the organization and development of Christian Endeavor societies. To conduct rallys, convention and summer conferences. To win life work recruits for the ministry. mission fields, deaconess work. Sunday School teaching. Christian Endeavor leaders, or some form of definite s rvicc for Christ. To reach the stewardship of life and possessions. To get as many as possible of our own

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Board Secretary f . ... ; * : DR. A. G. DIXON. Dr. A. G. Dixon, general secretary of the Board of Young People's Work of tin* Methodist Protestant Church of Baltimore, Md., who is presiding at all sessions of a four day young people's convention now In its secoml day at the Victory Memorial Protestant Church of this city. young people into our own colleges and seminaries. To organize our conferences Info districts with a superintendent over each district, whose business it shall be to see that a district rally is held each yjir. and the plans of the board carried out in his district. To encourage the proper development of th? social nature of our hovs and girls, r*eocnizing that t’leir play life must have Chr.stlan guidance. To help carry out the program of the forward movement. The convention will close Sunday night. EARRINGS. H-adlng the race for popularity In earrings Is the piece of Imitation Jade that hangs 'from a pearl, with a tiny chain connecting the two.

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Booknotes T. S. Stribllng, the author of '‘Birthright,” has had some remarkable experiences of late with his own features —or variations of them as interpreted by various newspaper artists who have made sketches from the photographs sent out by his publishers to literary editors. Some of them Mr. Stribllng considers a distinct Improvement upon his facial equipment; but the real thrill was In two which showed him with strongly negroid features, the artists being apparently under a misapprehension that Mr. Stribling Is a negro so strong that they actually saw him that way. The Century Company reports that telephone calls and letters have been received asking if Mr. Stribllng is a negro; or if his publishers are sure he Is a white man. They state that Mr. Stribllng is a very tall, very bony, very blond, very white type of man, whose headstructure and color rather suggest Scandinavian forbears. Further, it may he of Interest that an editor in the Century Company offices has lived for months at the “Hooker’s Bmd" of the novel, that he recognizes the locality in detail, and In some cases the characters depicted—and that he met, and taught to play bridge, two young male Striblings. Harry nervey, who wrote “Caravans by Night," an Indian-Tlbetan love-and-mysterv story that lias been treated by reviewers to adjectives not generally allotted to books of Its class, and is sedlIng, according *o its publishers, The Century Company, with a briskness that pToves tho readers agre*, has another ro* maneo e:i the stocks. He left for the Pacific coast Ap.il Ik. with the intention of settling dovvD at Santa Barbara to the actual writing of another tale which is practically complete In his mind. It will be called “The Black Parrot," and wIU bo laid in Siam, ludo-Cblna and Borneo. When this projected work Is “off his chest," Mr. Ilerrey plans to sail for the Far East, to remain for a year and a ha'f or two years, seeing the more remote Philippines as well as some of the French and Dutch Far Eastern possessions. Avery Interesting eotirse is being given at Boston, Fniverslty. It proposes to teach its students how to read. It is quite generally recognized that but few of us know how to read, beyond the primary acquisition of the mere mechanics or toois of literacy. Most of us road a great deal without acquiring anything whatever exee-pt a slight unavoidable deposit, or scum, from whatever vie have permitted to wash over us. Some read too slowly, word by word, and little ground ran be covered; while there is no perspective because the important

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If there was one thing certain from the first moment the Idea was conceived, It was that Harry A. %*ranck and Frederick O’Brien would be represented on the “Twenty-Five Best Travel Books Ever Written,” of the Travel Book Contest conducted at the International -Travel Show In New York City recently. “White Shadows in the South Seas,” and “Mystlo Isles of the South Seas,” were both chosen, while Harry A. Franck's “A Vagabond Journey Around the World,"

seems still to be a prime favorite, though in its twelfth year and fifteenth printing. Muskrat Wins Battle With Police Officer MANCHESTER, N. H., May 12.—Officer Henry B. Leavitt of the local police force received severe bites In the legs

and about the hands In a battle with a huge muskrat, which attacked and bit Mrs. Joseph S. Debskl as she was walking along the streets of this city with her husband. Mrs. Debskl’s screams attracted the patrolman, who rnshed to her assistance and succeeded In killing the animal with his night stick. Both Leavitt and Mrs. Debskl were treated by physicians, and their wounds wer% cauterized to prevent poisoning.

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