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Show REV. F. G. BRUNEI ADDRESSES THE BOYS' CLUBS a The opening session of the conven-t'on conven-t'on of the Associate Bo s' clubs of Utah, was last night at the First Bap-tilt Bap-tilt church with Rev Paul Jones of Logan In charge Addresses were given by Rev. W, A Betts and Homer L Holslngton of Salt Lake and Rev. Jones, the president of the organization organ-ization All the addresses were ovl-donce ovl-donce of the close 6tudy that the speaker had given to the subject of their disburses The work that 18 being done for boys in the Mutual Improvement auBociatlons of the Mormon church was also discussed at the meeting Dr. Betts, In his talk, which was upon the subject of Possibilities," discussed the boy from the point of view of what was in him and what would be the best way to bring It out to the best advantage to the boy himself, to his parents and to the community. The churches of the country, he said, should assist In this work in a much greater degree de-gree than they are at present doing do-ing The parents should and could, give much encouragement to the boys along the lines of church-going, not by sending them to church but by going with them The parents should also teach their children more at home and not leave this great responsibility re-sponsibility to the school teachers, Sunday school teachers and the Boys' clubs. President Jones directed his remarks re-marks along the lines of what was already being done by the Associated Associat-ed Boys club among the boya of the state and mentioned, in particular, how, through their efforts. Police Chief Grant of the Salt Lake department, depart-ment, had organized the newsboys r,r M, . ,.lt, ;.,r. I,.- r.,1', r. The address assigned to F J. Lucas Lu-cas of Salt Lake "The Problem." was also discussed by Rev. Jones as Mr Lucas was unable to be present. The second session of the confer-enofl confer-enofl convened at 10 o'clock this morning with the devotional exercises exercis-es being led by Rev. J H Mitchell of Ulff Methodist church of Salt Lak City The first address was made by Rev F. O. Bralnerd of Ogden on the subject of ' Methods." H!b talk was considered under three heads- Indoor In-door play, outdoor play and the teaching of manliness The most potent points that ho brought out In his able discussion were that the Indoor games should he of a quiet nature that tended to develop the mental and social nature of the boys along the best lines. The outdoor games should be of nature that would permit the -boys to make all the noise that Is natural to them. Including sports that would tend to make them skillful, strong and enduring C. L. Smith gave an excellent ten-minute ten-minute talk about "directing boys activities for goxl uses saying in part, that the boy Is an idealist, a hatfr of shams a reservoir of nerve force a lover of fun. but a possible lover of the best, and impressionable to a gTeat degree He also said that It Is much better to form than to reform re-form and that that fact should be deeply realized by the home, school, church and state He illustrated his point clearly by telling what had been done b men who understood boys In all their likes and dislikes, and closed by saying "When society recognizes the real meaning of adolescence, and makes provision for normal meeting of Its boys and girls and when, In short, all the forces of home, school, church and state join to see the boy get his own and arc patient in seeing him acquire his rightful heritage, then we shall be willing to confidently announce an-nounce the result " The subject of sports and amusements amuse-ments was ably considered in a paper pa-per written by Physical Director W. F Day of the Deseret Gymnasium of Salt Lake City and read, owing to the unavoidable absence of Mr. Day, by Ben Harker also an Instructor at In part, the speaker &ald that the "real needs" of the boys should be considered and the shorts and amusements should be patterned to fit tbem. All sports should be planned for the whole training of the boy and the bos should be trained train-ed In their sports and not for thorn. They should also be adapted to the age and condition of the boy and the teacher of boys should study them at all times so that they may know what is best suited for them The boys must be encouraged to lead the real boy life and the foundations for character should be laid at the earliest earli-est possible moment Their sports and amusement should be- supervised, and not "hoB6ed" but directed to give them the widest latitude possible, possi-ble, keeping In mind the moulding j of the man In later life Athletic standards for boys was discussed by G H Marshall, physical director of the Salt Lake Y. M. C. A. The "Moral' standard was placed first by Marshall, who said, In this re- I spect, that the boys in their contests, vvhether singly or in teams, should , be taught to respect their opponents, to recognize their good points and to take no unfair advantage of them In giving the physic standard, the speaker quoted from the Public Schools Athletic league of New York City, which includes the 85. 100 and 115 pound classes and an unlimited class This league had 200.000 children chil-dren participating In athletics in 1911 and Is now the largest league of the kind In the world An Idea of the contests which ar being planned by the Y. M. C. A., and I w ich would be a good plan for other bos club leaders to follow, was given giv-en by Mr. Marshall. It Included 13 events planned to take In all class CB and weights of boyB with the prizes pri-zes being a gold medal, a silver med al, a bronze medal and an honor shield with the scoring to be done accord Ing to the penthalon system and all eents to be posted one month before each meet. The closing taik was given by Rev W. W. Fleetwood of Ogden. who spoke on the subject or social and religious training These, he held to be practically the same and forcibly forcib-ly brought out in his talk the fact , that every good act that is done In I life, though it may not be coubidered religious in the ordinary sense of the word is religion, nevertheless, com- Dining the social as well as the 8plr- j Itual life of man At noon the delegates to the con-ventlon con-ventlon were taken to the State In dustrlal school, where they were the 1 gueBts of Dr. K. G. Gowans at luncheon lun-cheon After luncheon they were I shown through the school b Super- Intenaent Gowans and memberB of the mmi facult and were pleased as well as j edified by the inspection. W the closing session this evening at 8 o'clock the chief address will 1 be made by the Rev P A. Simpkln of Salt Iake ,! 00 |