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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stated topic of the World's Conference, which followed preliminary gatherings at Toronto last fortnight, was "Youth's Adventure with God." As is usual at such conferences, the Y. M. C. A. concerned itself chiefly with international problems on which it hopes that its busy world-wide membership may have some influence. Delegates from 50 countries last week passed resolutions calling for revision of the Versailles Treaty, abolition of tariff barriers, abolition of national armaments. The German delegation held separate meetings to draw up a resolution absolving Germany of sole War guilt, later endorsed by the other delegates...
...proposal to extend Y. M. C. A. membership to women was brought before the International Convention. Philadelphia's General Secretary Walter M. Wood backed the idea, pointed out that it had worked in Philadelphia for 18 years. He said there was "increasingly popular acceptance of the unit association service for the whole family. . . ." Assistant General Secretary Ralph Wendling Cooke of Chicago opposed the plan on the ground that the Association would tend to lose its identity. The proposal was referred to U. S. and Canadian National Councils...
Professor Clyde A. Miller, Chairman of a subcommittee, addressed the conference on sex education, suggested that "parents should give children sex education early in life. In view of the incapability of many parents . . . Y. M. C. A. directors and secretaries should pass on sex education to boys and their parents...
John Ferguson Moore of Manhattan, a Protestant, a onetime social worker and secretary in the Y. M. C. A., after studying the question of political, cultural, financial influence exerted by 20,000,000 U. S. Roman Catholics, has written a book.-His subject was widely publicized in 1928, has been widely discussed ever since. His conclusions may be equally discussed. He finds Catholic influence "bewilderingly slight." finds Protestants who fear Catholic control guilty of "exaggerated alarm" and Catholics who boast of such a possibility guilty of "exaggerated hope...
Died. Herbert Savage Ide, 61, president of George P. Ide & Co. (collars) since 1928; at Troy, N. Y...