| Show DANCING I IS H CONDONED BY r. r r r Poling o of New NewS S York of Is s Elected seta Head ea o of Society f Society 1 PORTLAND D Ore Ore July July 7 AP AP- AP W w 1 Dr Francis E. E Clark founder of the thed Iru d Iwi united d Society o of Christian En- En 2 y deaver Beaver has retired after thirty thirty- t. t f tan v three years jears of unsalaried service M as president of that body and the thes s r. r M duties s of that office have been taken taken taken tak- tak en over by Dr A. A Poling f native nath e of Portland and present resident res res- 1 ul Ident of New York Dr Poling for MM ten years ears has acted as associate president of ot the die organization Dr Dr- Dr Clark Clart Is more than 70 w years old oli and Is known as the s father of Christian Endeavor y i The retirement of Dr Clark drew f a deep tribute from the organization tion which he had directed He was t elected president emeritus and to him and his wife during g their lIfetime lIfe lIfe- t q fA time will go the Interest from a ar r Mi memorial fund of to be raised In the United States and used Tl Canada The money will wll be 13 fOr Christian Endeavor purposes Purposes- MM after atter that time V This action and the election of h the retiring officer as president emeritus was embodied In a reso reso- Y- Y M lution presented by the nominating r B I committee and adopted ed by the trus- trus t. t tees The question of amusements as s related to the church was taken up up yesterday by a ga gathering of I about under 30 years of age ge and although the conference conference con con- ference fall failed d to agree as to whether er a dancing foot and aid a praying knee could go tog ther It was announced announced an an- ii that no dance d nce may be given en under the auspices of the Christian Christian Chris Chrls Sen tian Endeavor tt r Although some of the young persons per per- sons eons declared dancing of any sort sorti i was bad and others replied that hat It was a wholesome amusement when pr properly perly regulated the us of I Z opinion was that the dance was a 3 desirable form of amusement for Christian young people BR On Ona a large blackboard on the platform present day amusements were divided by the conference Into the wholesome the bad and the twilight zone zone Amusements re regarded regarded re re- I as wholesome were hiking and all forms of ot athletics home and church games and socials singIng singing sing sing- Ing pageantry and dramatics ed edi j films charades and fishing fish fish- ing Reading at first placed place In the f v wholesome list was Vas removed to the IJ twilight zone on the objection of V r a young who protested that the two-bit two fiction might be Included In reading 2 24 4 f i The only amusements Immediately Immedi of s ate y condemned as bad as-bad tad were gambling gambling gamb gamb- ling prize fights rights and intoxication In the twilight zone went dancing cards movies the theatre Sunday amusements and reading |
