Conference of College Church Societies

The annual conference of the Church Societies of the New England colleges, which met last year in Trinity Church, Boston, will be held next Saturday and Sunday in Phillips Brooks House at the invitation of the St. Paul's Society. Delegates from Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Williams, Amherst, Trinity, St. Mark's School, and St. George's School, will meet here for the purpose of strengthening the efficiency of the Church Societies by an interchange of practical experience and the discussion of unsolved problems. An assignment of rooms for the various delegates will be made at a reception which will be held in Phillips Brooks House Friday evening at 8 o'clock. All those who wish to attend should notify H. N. Arrowsmith '09, 56 Mt. Auburn street, today or tomorrow.

Saturday morning at 9.30 o'clock the delegates will attend the following conferences in Brooks House: "What the Preparatory School can do for its graduates in College," E.S. Hale '08 and H. N. Arrowsmith '09; "What Preparatory School graduates can do to prepare schoolboys for active religious life in College," H. B. Barton '09; "How to bring College men to appreciate the grace of the Sacraments," Rev. W. H. van Allen, D. D. After lunch in the Union, Rev. A. H. Vinton, D.D., bishop of Western Massachusetts, will give a smoke talk on "The Bible."

In the evening the discussion in Brooks House will be devoted to the subject, "How can we reach College men?" and conferences will be led by the following men: "By College Church Societies," B. M. Washburn, Dartmouth, and R. L. Wright, Trinity; "By Bible Classes," H. P. Stokes, Jr., Yale; "By Work in City Missions," P. E. Osgood '04. At 9.30 o'clock Rev. H. S. Nash '78, of the Episcopal Theological Seminary, will speak on "Preparation for the Corporate Communion."

Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock Rev. Prescott Evarts '81 will preach at Christ Church. After dinner at the Union, Rev. E. S. Drown, D. D. '84, will give a smoke talk on "How to Meet Intellectual Difficulties." At 4 o'clock Professor C. H. Hayes, of the General Seminary of New York, will preach on "The Joy of Service" at Christ Church, and directly afterwards Mr. R. H. Gardiner '76, president of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, will give a farewell address in Brooks House.