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Show 368 369 les last December two exhibits. Again, at the California State 'l'eachers‘ Association at San Jose. in central California, we had another exhibit; and again at the Old Soldier‘s Encampment at Huntington "av-9-". , W I\|\\\&\\\"\- " Beach. one of our coast towns, we had another t-:~:hthit of peace literature: and then in the secretary's ofiiee in Los Angeles \\ e have a continuous exhihit there so that all who enter the (lwtii' may lie t-xpostd to the microbes of peace. we believe that if the people can get in touch with our excellent peace litera- tttre furnished us from the head office in Boston, and actually it :id and learn something of the movement, they too will become arlrttrzitts of peace and good will among men, in addition to this. arrangements have been made for some it‘lll (tinteds in California. There is one to take place in the a. future among the youngr men and young women of the high schools of tjtlit‘ttriti' . of southern California more especially. The no»: inspiring: \wi'k that it has been my privilege to do in llll‘ cause on the l'acitic Coast has been with the youngr men It'll immune \\t'lll(ll of the high schools. Formerl y it was inv pi-titssiwn tn tt-aeh history iii some of the high schools of Cali- 4 . to sit. thew young people as they came to me to get llllt Illlftlh'll, to get Krill‘tt‘tllll‘." to write about on the subject of Illuttr t<r L'tt tl:t-r t‘yt‘s s, .‘kle. to see the interest thev take i \' \v I wht- . u tla, tt.-. l/t-t the tnl I that may be acquir A ed, the V knowl edge 4 Iulltt \\ tlt.. tilt vm thrilgt‘ tit history . the knowledge of human it. , i , : :: an . .that . Ht tit pumlttl tta's ‘ ii grow out of this work, is an . I 1lll"‘ll. l?iit, .i ll."an. l \t. .t ‘n x .t t. ti'ltltl ~ share v- with ' me as I work With i titt ~t t. _' t'lu‘til students in the l'aeitic Coast I .\tt unit that. but college studen ts have come and wanted to .\lll'\‘t what iii s . what suhject to take, what inform ation to int] and where to get it. so that in the past few month s I have "m: l.‘l| Hin ,1. n.\' riftice M "f in11‘Its , . .. 1"\nm‘lc ‘c s, , .twnt s ' " een llbll ' ‘0‘ school students, . . ti .tis ..i\e written inc, about a dozen college a: it iii i"?\ i\t . '\t" i u: .\lll ~' .gath ' 1' timq i inform ation ' ' order that theV in i t]‘,l:_‘lll\ \tl'lt‘1.'tti ~pcnl \' upon the subject of peace. i I" I . p I\\t W, rd Ill'ttill H I" our cttn it‘s t rtttntly held in ' Los Angeles Just ' i"t ‘.tt. i! "s ‘ \r‘Ir V tss. \\ l‘c had gathered there in ' L05 1}.-\i‘.;tlt-s :i . ‘ r .tittueiiee than I see here this morning to ‘Hl .~ i 1 ‘ f lit. l1~v‘(‘l. ‘il Ft ' ] tui ‘ young men, representati. ves of son"..it.ii -* ' t..t.ioi iii.t. " ' L‘pon the platform on that 1 occasion was one of the most highly honored men. Bishop johnson, of Los Ageles. as presidingr ofiieer. Upon this platform also were three doctors of divinity, and in our list of judges some of the most prominent citizens of the city. Three prizes were offered by the liriends Churches of California; a cash prize of seventydive dollars offered by the Methodist Churches of southern California: and a cash prize of tifty dollars oil-cred by the Christian Churches of southern California. I desire to say that after listening to rm excellent inter-collegiate contest at your great University of t'hicae‘o yesterday I am sorry that our young nicti from Les Angeles were not here to enter that contest and try their mettle with those young: men who entered the contest at the University of Chicago. Again, there hare come to our office inquiries from ladies who were preparing programs for the ladies" clubs like the IChell and other organizations, asking for information upon this great subject. and tire of those clubs have been aided in preparing: pro~ grams upon the subiect of peace and good will. In addition to that we have had special addresses by such men as the following: Rev. ll. ll. (iiiy, for fifteen years missionary to Japan, who gave a magnificent address :it our first peace conference. l'resident George A. (iates, president of l'omonzi (follege-you people will recognize him :is a strong man formerly of the middle V\'est, who gave us an excellent address at our second conference. Then we had the Rev. l. N. Metiash, of Berkeley; Hon \V. Almtint Hates, , retai'y State llttard of Charities; Dr. Arthur . . l'helps and Dr. ('liarles ldeard Locke, two (if our prominent divines of his Angeles, and last and not least we had Dr. David Starr jordtni, who lectured to an audience that filled one of our largest churches to the doors. [I has been my own privilege and pleasure to give something like tifty addresses in the past y'ar; l\\'(flll)'4t)IlC before church congregations, one before the l.os Augeles Y. M. C. A.. the W. (1 '1‘. U., and the (‘hurch Federation of that city; five before teachers' meetings and tertchers' institutes: and I may say here that l have in my possession an invitation from the county superintendent at Los Angeles to take part in his next County Teachers' institute for the County of Ins Angeles, the largest one in southern California. In the business schools of Los An~ ""1"" MIN) Di ll |
