OVER 8,000 WILL ATTEND INDIANAPOLIS CONFERENCE

Thirty-eight men will represent the University at the ninth International Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement at Indianapolis from December 28, 1923, to January 1, 1924. During their stay they will be entertained by the Indiana Harvard Club, and a luncheon to be given in their honor on Saturday, December 29.

The conventions of the Student Volunteer Movement are held every four years. The first one took place in Cleveland in 1891. At that time 51 institutions sent a total of 680 delegates. This year it is expected that the number will exceed 8,000, and will represent over a thousand different institutions all over the world.

The purpose of the convention as stated by the executive committee is as follows:

"To realize the critical needs and possibilities of the situation in the world today and to consider the responsibility of the Christian students of the United States and Canada in light of this situation.

"To consider Christ and His way of life as the hope of the world.

"To present the foreign missionary enterprise in the light of its achievements and possibilities as an indispensible means of bringing the power of Christ to bear upon the world's needs."

The convention will be opened with four addresses dealing with four great themes which are being discussed in the colleges throughout the country this Fall, "Modern Industrialism," "Racial Relations and Christian Brotherhood," "International Problems and the Christian Way of Life," and "Present Day Social and Intellectual Unrest." The second day will be devoted to group discussions of these subjects, and the remainder of the convention will be given to a more detailed study of the conditions in various parts of the world.

Many other national and international organizations have taken advantage of this large gathering of students and have scheduled meetings in Indianapolis at the same time. The Student Friendship Fund for European Relief will hold a meeting at which Dr. John R. Mott, chairman of the Fund, will speak. The League of Nations Non-Partisan Association expects to discuss the possibilities of an International Conference in England next summer. The Episcopalian delegates will undoubtedly talk over the recent controversy in their church.