Weekly Chemawa American., May 01, 1903, Page 3, Image 3

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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Pacific northwest Student
Conference
BYR. L. EWINO,
To those interested in the Young Men's
Christian Association the inauguration of
the Pacific Northwest Student Conference
is of more than ordinary significance. The
establishment of this Conference has been
deemed not only advisable but urgent be
cause of the great distance of the Pacific
Northwest Schools and Colleges from the
Pacific Coast Jonference, held annually at
Pacific Grove, California. The location
of the North wet Conference makes it pos
sible for every institution in these States to
be well represented. The Conference will
be held for ten days at Gear hart, Ore. , begin
ning Friday evening, May 29th, and closing
8unday evening, June 7th. The Conference
includes all institutions in the States of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Each
institution which has an association is
urgently requested to send a delegation and
those institutions without associations are
cordially invited to participate.
The forenoons of the Conference will be
devoted to the discussion of association
work, to Bible Study classes and to public
addresses by able men. On the program
will be H, B. Sherman of Chicago Univer
sity, Prof. E. I. Bosworth of Oberlin Col
lege, Ohio, Arthur Rneh, Travel ling Secre
tary for the Student Volunteer Movement,
E.T Colton, Secretary of the International
Committee, W. M. Ladd, of Portland, E.
C. Bronaugb, of Portland, A. S. Allen,
General Secretary of the Association at
Seattle, Rev. E. L. House, of Portland, H.
V. Stone, State Secretary for Oregon and
Idaho, and ltno Hutchinson, Religous
Work Director of the Portland Asso na
tion. Tne afternoon will be given up to recre
ation. Gearhart is well situated and
adopted to this purpose, There ample
facilities for tennis, baseball, and golf,
boating on the river near by and surf battl
ing will affor) amusement to fiose inter
ested in these sports Delightful tramps
may be taken along the beach and to Tilla
mook Head, a rocky promontory a few
inilfs to the south, and to the mountains
to the east. Bitaebair games and athletic
contests will be arranged between the dif
ferent delegations.
Beginning at seven in the evening an
hour will be devoted to addresses by prom'
inent men, upon the various professions
and occupations such as most of the men
at thecouference will be interested in. In
these addresses will be presented the ad
vantages, the needs, and the. oppor
tunities of the different professions arid
occupations.
Following these addresses aud closing
the day will bo the meeting of the dele
gates at which the work of the day will be
summorized and applied to the local fields.
Each delegate will be charged a program
fee of five dollars. This money goes to de
fray tbe expenses of the Conference. ! Dur
ing the Conference the delegates will h
lodged in the Gearhart Hotel, at t he reit uced
rate of eighty cents per doy. One and
one-third fare on all railroads has been
secured.
The expense of delegates from Chemawa
will be as follows: Program fee, rive dollars,
board and lodging for ten days, eight do I
lars, car faro, six dollars, sundries, one dol
lar. Total twenty dollars. While a huge
delegation may not be secured yet it is im
portant that the local Association be re
preseted in some way if by only one or
two men.
Tbe benefits gained by sending a delega
tion are mauy: Among the most' import
ant are, the gaining by the men sent, of a
better knowledge of ass iciat ion work and
methods. Second, a personal benefit to the
man gained by the ten days association
with picked men from the different schools
and colleges of the Northwest. Third a
representation of this school as one of
the Northwest educational institutions.
Fourth, a trip to the ocean beach and to
one of Oregon's most fashionable resorts.
Fifth, the acquaintance of strong leaders
present such as Colton, Rugh, Bosorth,
Sherman and others whom to know is in
deed a privilege. .
Inasmuch os this is the first conference
of the kiud held in the Northwest it will
be unique and important and will un
doubtedly mark an epoch in the develop
ment of the work ot to Young Men's
Christian Association in our institutions of
learning in the Pacific Northwest.