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ATHENS, GA., APRI
L 10, 1081.
Blue Ridge
Program Has
Leads Conference
”Y” Leaders
Gather Here
Chairman
Georgia Sets
25 As Blue
Poteat, Alexander, Eddy, i
Barry, Weatherford, and
Brockman to Take Part
Smart, Meares, Elea/.er,
and Paty to Addrc»8 150
Delegates
Rev. R. McNeill Poteat, Raleigh.
N. C., pastor and former mis
sionary, who lectured here In
January, and who Is a principal
speaker at the Blue Ridge con
ference, June 15-25.
Men outstanding in the religious,
educational, and social life of the
nation and in the foreign fields will
be leaders and platform speakers at
the Southern Student Y. M. C. A.
conference at Blue Ridge, N. C.,
June 16-25,
Those who are expected to be plat
form speakers include the following:
The Rev. F. R. Barry of Balliol
college, Oxford, England, rector of
the University church, St. Mary the
Virgin, while making a brief visit in
this country, will visit three sum
mer student conferences, and teach
in Union Theological seminary. He
is very popular and effective in stu
dent circles in England, both as a
writer and as a speaker. His best
known contribution is in the field
of the psychology of religion.
Dr. Sherwood Eddy, many years a
missionary in India, and now for
more than a decade a missionary to
all the world, has recently retired
from the active secretarial work of
tin Y. M. C. A. He is one of the
greatest exponents of personal and
social Christianity now living. Hav
ing reached the age when retirement
is optional, he is, in the opinion of Southwood J. Morcock, Savannah,
friends, Just entering on his widest member of the Junior class, has been
and greatest service. elected president of the University
Race Leader Young Men’s Christian association
Dr. W. W. Alexander, executive for the year 1931-1932. He suc-
secretary of the commission on in- cee ds Claude Bond Jr., Toccoa.
Morcock Named
Y.M.C.A. President
For Ensuing Year
Montgomery, Ro8s, Crenshaw,
aiul McCay Hold Other
Offices
terracial cooperation, ranks
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with
Other officers chosen for the com-
' ing year include Richard A. Mont
gomery, Cave Spring, first vice-pres
ident; Charlie Ross, Davidson, N. C.,
‘second vice-president; Myron McCay,
Danielsville, recording secretary; and
McCarthy Crenshaw, Jacksonville,
Fla., treasurer.
Morcock Active
One of the outstanding features I Mr Morcock *• a candidate for the
of the Blue Ridge conference is the 1 bachelor of agriculture degree in
Bringing together some 150 col
lege students from the seventeen col
leges and universities in the state,
the annual Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C.
A. Officers’ Training conference will
be held at Camp Wilkins on the
Agricultural campus Friday, Satur
day, and Sunday, April 10, 11, and
12.
The purpose of the conference is
to train and instruct the new offi
cers and leaders in college Y. M. C.
A. and Y. W. C. A. work for the
coming year. This meet, which has
become an annual event with the
university as host, is declared by
"Y” leaders to be one of the most
constructive pieces of work under
taken in the state.
Eminent Lcalcds
Included on the program are some
of the outstanding religious leaders
of the state and nation. Dr. W. A.
Smart, of Emory university; R. B.
Eleazer, educational secretary of the
commission on interracial cooper
ation; Miss Carrie E. Meares, nation
al Y. W. C. A. secretary; and Prof.
R. B. Paty, of Emory university, are
the principal speakers and forum
leaders. They will be assisted by
Claud D. Nelson, secretary of stu
dent Y. M. C. A. work in the South;
Miss Mary Moss, secretary of the Y.
W. C. A. at the Georgia State Col
lege for Women; L. K. Patton, dean
of men at Emory university; H. W.
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All Stiidentn Intcrcslnl in
Ten-Day Fellowship Are
Invited to Attend
Claude Bond Jr., Toccoa, retir
ing president of the University
of Georgiu Y. M. C. A., who was
elected chairman of the Southern
Field council of the Student Y.
M. C. A. at the Southern Student
conference last summer, and
who, as chairman, will preside
at the conference in June.
Deputation Teams
Present Programs
In Various Cities
Athletics Events
Are Features of
Blue Ridge Day
Virginia Wilson
Elected Head of
Y.W.C.A. for ’31
extensive sports program which is
carried on throughout the ten days.
The afternoons are devoted to the
various Individual and intercollegiate
contests.
A banner is presented each year to
the delegation which amasses the
largest number of points in the j
scheduled contests. Points are given
to the teams winning the tourna-'
ments in baseball, basketball, volley I
ball, track, swimming, and tennis.
Points are also given for hiking trips.'
the individual being awarded a cer- j
tain number of points for each mile
hiked.
Georgia Victorious
For the third consecutive time,]
the University of Georgia delegation
won the athletic banner offered at
the Southern Student conference at
Blue Ridge last summer. Duke uni
versity won second place over the
University of North Carolina delega
tion which placed third.
With several of Georgia's ont-i
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3 2. He is president of the Inter
national Relations club, a member of
the Glee club, and a member of the
Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He was
(Continued on page II)
Religious Welfare
Conference Program
THURSDAY APRIL 16, 1031
12:00 o’clock noon—Woodruff
Hall
Address: "Atheism”—Dr. Jas.
I. Vance.
6:00 to 6:30 p. m.—Memorial
Hall
Informal reception for Dr.
Vance, with music directed
by Hugh Hodgson.
8:00 p. m.—University Chapel
Address: ‘‘Jesus’’—Dr. Jas. I.
Vance.
For complete details of con
ference read story on page 1.
By Lcssie Bailey
Virginia Wilson, Duluth, was
elected president of the University
of Georgia Young Women’s Christian
association for the year 1931-1932,
at the annual election held March
31. Other officers elected include
Mary Humber, Cuthbert, vice-presi
dent; Dorothy Hill, Tlgnall, secre
tary; and Cornelia Daniels, Haw-
kinsville, treasurer.
Miss Wilson has been active in
Y. W. C. A. work for the past two
years. For the past year she has
served as chairman of the vespers
program committee. She is a can
didate for the bachelor of science in
home economics degree. She is a
member of the Alpha Gamma Delta
sorority.
Members of the newly-chosen cab
inet are:
Jeanne Lyons, Columbus; Virginia
Holbrook, Columbus; Margaret Sla
ton, Washington; Eloise Settle, At
lanta; Margaret Saunders, Atlanta;
Lessie Bailey, Atlanta; and Rose
Harrold, Atlanta.
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Through its deputation trips to
various colleges and cities In the
state the University of Georgia Y.
M. C. A. Is doing much to familiarize
the citizens of the state, and especial
ly the young people, with the earncst-
I ness of purpose and the ability of the
students of the university, according
to correspondence and verbal mes
sages received from the college ad
ministrators and leading citizens and
university alumni by E. L. Scores!,
general secretary of the association.
Schools and colleges that have
been visited this year include Wes
leyan college, the Riverside Military
academy, Brenau college, Piedmont
college, the Georgia State College for
Women, the Georg.a State Teachers
college, and Lucy Cobb Institute.
Church Program
Among the churches, where pro
grams have been promoted by the
j Y. M. C. A., are: the First Presby
terian church of Macon; the First
Baptist church of Madison; the First
! Presbyterian church of Gainesville;
and the various Athens churches.
These deputation programs con
sisted of hour ser ‘Ices given at the
! various places by carefully organized
| teams of student”, a prominent
1 faculty official or alumnus, and the
! Y. M. C. A. secretaries. The faculty
| official or alumnus and several stu-
I dents would make short talks, while
I other students lei the devotional
! services and furnirhed music.
Participants
Faculty official:- and alumni who
have taken part -»i this work are:
i Dean S. V. Sanford, Abit Nix, Pro
fessors J. Alton Hosch and W. N.
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Attended by student leaders from
practically every college or univer
sity in the ten southern states, the
Southern Student conference will be
held at Blue Ridge, N. C., June 15-
25. Having sent toe largest delega
tion of any institution to the confer
ence for three consecutive years,
the University of Georgiu, through
the University Y. M. C. A., bus set
its quota at twenty-live delegates for
this session. The conference officials
are expecting over 400 students from
the some fifty colleges anil univer
sities of the South to attend.
Interested Students
All University of Georgia students
interested in getting a broader out
look on life and enjoying a ten-day
fellowship witli spiritual college lend
ers in an insplrinc surrounding ure
invited und urged to attend this con
ference. All students interested are
requested to talk to the members
of the Y. M ,C. A. cabinet, or to E.
L. Sec rest, general secretary of the
association.
The conference progrum includes
lectures, interest-group discussions,
and personal interviews on all phases
of student life. Men und women re
lationships, the race problem, ath
letics, fraternity and sorority life,
Christian world education, student-
faculty relations, and other vital
campus subjects are discussed by
competent college authorities.
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Variety Program
Given Blue Ridge
Delegates Daily
The dally program at Blue Ridge
provides diversified occupation for
delegates. Time for meditation,
reading, sight seeflig, and athletics
is allowed, outside of the hours as
signed for worship, addresses, dis
cussion groups, and bible study.
There Is no organized program for
the early morning. Many will wish
to spend some time alone or with
one or two friends, seeking through
quiet meditation In one of nature's
beauty spots, with the help of the
bible or some other book of aspira
tion or devotion, the strength and
i guidance which Jesus found in con-
I versation with his Father.
Breakfast Is served In the dining
hall. All the delegates eat at the
same time, special tables being pre
pared for individual delegations or
the combination of several delega
tions.
Bible Htudy
Bible study groups under capable
ministers or other Christian leaders
are held during the period Just after
breakfast. The groups scatter out
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