THE NORTHFIELD CONFERENCE.

The appointment of the leader of the University's delegation to the Northfield Conference of 1919 is announced this morning in another column. This should serve to re-awaken many of us to a realization of the meaning of this Conference, and of the real importance of the heartiest support on the part of members of the University. In former years Harvard has made a creditable showing at the Conference, and has sent a large and thoroughly representative group of men to take part in its discussions. Fully seventy-five men are expected to respond this year to the call for delegates which will be made by Phillips Brooks House.

The Northfield Conferences were started forty years ago with the object of affording an opportunity to members of different colleges and universities to meet and discuss together the problems common to all. They are held each summer under the auspices of a central committee, and are of a religious character. The problems discussed are all those which affect the growth and welfare of colleges, with the general aim of moral and educational progress through the co-operation of representative students of the various institutions. The business of the Conference goes on in the morning and evening, leaving the afternoon free for informal athletic competition of various kinds between members of the different colleges.

This year the Conference will be held during the last ten days of June, and some forty colleges and universities will be represented. Prominent speakers will address the gathering, including Bishop Lawrence, and Dr. John R. Mott, General Secretary of the International Committee of the Y. M. C. A. Surely attendance at this Conference will be a broadening opportunity to meet men from other colleges and other sections of the country. No less surely will it mean a distinct service performed for the ultimate good of the University itself.