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Show BOYS' CLUBS OF ; " : STATE IN SESSION Convention Opens aj.the High School AmTd Great Enthusiasm Dr. John H. Taylor of Y. M. I. A. Scouts of the Mormon ChUrch'is'feuest of the Convention rProgram for T.oday. t PROGRAM FOR TODAY. 1 Morning session High school. Music Mu-sic by Boys' club orchestra. 9 a. m. "The Boy and His Bible." (Topic Introduced by Ogden. Discussion Discus-sion by the delegates). 9:45 a. m. "The Boy and Hla School." togan. 10:30 a. m. "The Boy and His Home." Helper. 11:15 a. m. Business secslon.' Afternoon scsGjon High school. 1:30 p. m. "The Boy and His Fun." Provo. 2:15 p. m. "The Boy and His Temptations." Salt take. 3 p. m. "The Boy and His Foes and Friends." Salt take City. Outing: 3:30 p. m. Trolley excursion to Hot Springs and a big swim. (Treat donated do-nated by the Ogden Rapid Transit-company Transit-company and Dr. Hlbbs of Hot Springs. Cars will leave High school at 3:30 p. m. sharp). The State school band will play. 6:30 p. m. Annual banquet tendered ten-dered by the women of Ogden( auspices aus-pices "Child Culture Club." Music, club and city yells, toasts and after-dinner after-dinner speeches. Amid cheers and yells and merry shouts two hundred boy delegates and a crowd of visiting youths filed Into the auditorium of the high school last night and opened the second annual an-nual convention of the Associated Boys' Clubs of Utah with glad acclaim. ac-claim. The State school band played a rallying air and the Webor academy orchestra brought the hundreds of boys to their feet with a medley of patriotic anthems. The conent!on was declared to bo open by the state president, Frederick V. Fisher, and the Rov. Maxwell Rico of Garfield solemnly dollvered tho Lord's prayer Prof. J. O. Cross did the honors of tho city and wolcomed the bovs to Ogden in a great speech, after which was followed by a talk filled with witticisms delivered by the Rev. Paul Jones of Logan. Mr. Jones received a great ovation from tho boys The speaker of the session was the Rev. F. A Hamilton of Idaho, who spoke on "The Boy, the State's Greatest Great-est Ass He weighed against the natural icsources of the state tho greater value of the boys of Utah. Ho pictured the possibilities of the fn-ture fn-ture for tho boys of the state and made an eloquent plea to the boys to prepare themselves for a life of responsibility re-sponsibility and uanhood. Stale Secretary Rice spoke on the value of tho club work and told of the many privileges which it gave to the boys for physical and intellectual growth. His talk was ono of great interest to all who heard it The Deseret Gym. boys, twenty strong, gave a fine athletic exhibition exhi-bition which showed the work which is being done in physical culture at that Institute At the conclusion of the opening session many of tho boys wont to various var-ious hospitable homes, whose doors have boon opened to them during tho convention. Some of the boys living in Salt Lake City returned for the night to their own residences and will return to Ogden this morning. The registering headquarters for the boys during the course of tho meet will bo at the Marlon hotel, this place having been chosen by tho committee in charge of local arrangements because o its convenience. Dr. JOlin II. layiur ui oun. j-rn-. City, representing tho Mormon boy , club movement, is attending tho convention con-vention aB an Invited guest of the state organization. Tho church organization, or-ganization, which was recently launched. Is a part of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement association, associa-tion, and is really an auxiliary of tho general church organization, Its general gen-eral head being President Josoph F. Smith. Dr. Taylor is the athletic field man of the Improvement association, associ-ation, his special province being that of perfecting the new boy movement, which will correspond with tho Boy Scout organization The doctor states that within a comparatively short time 15,000 boys will bo organized as church "scouts," and that the organization will extend from Utah into Idaho. Nevada and Arizona Tho unit of organization will be the ecclesiastical wards, and ' wherever tho church has wards the "scouts ' will bo organized. No definite defi-nite name has yet been chosen by tho church oQlcials for the boys' clubs to separate them from tho Young Men's Mutual Improvement association, tho two organizations at present being practically the same Dr. Taylor states that the church "scouts" will be different in some respects re-spects from tho olllcial Boy Scout organization or-ganization An effort will be made to strip the church movement of all semblance of militarism. None of the boys will be allowed to carry guns, although it Is possible that some form of staffs may be used in placo of firearms in certain of tho drills. The boys will bo taught to save life rathor than take it, and oven the killing of sparrows uill bo discouraged by tho officials. Whilo the organization Is under tho direction direc-tion of the church officials, all boys, whether members of tho church or not, are eligible to membership, and no religion will be taught in the clubs. Tho church "scouts" havo no delegates dele-gates at the state meet, but it Is likely like-ly that arrangements will bo made which will provide for representation at future state conventions. Dr Taylor Tay-lor win remain In Ogden throughout tho convention. The convention has been almost entirely en-tirely taken up by business meetings and tho election of officers for the coming yoar. After much talking and much speech making the nominations for officers wero decided on and aro as follows: For president, F V. Fisher and Paul Jones of Logan. For convention prcsldont. F. Owens Ow-ens of Ogd.en. E. Caffey of Logan, II. Andrews of I'nrk City and R. Smurth-waito Smurth-waito of Ogden. For vice president, U. H. McCartney McCart-ney of Park City and W. P. NIchol3 0 Salt Lako. For secretary, M. W. Rice of Gar- field and J. R. ' Scgall of Provo. The convention -w)H - vote for tho election of offlcei'Btbls afternoon, after af-ter which all hands-iWlll go to tho Hot Springs for a swim. At this election each delegation has a -vote, whether there be ono hundred delegates or ten, but if one delegation represents inoro than onq club It has the right of a voto for each club' represented. |