STUDENTS' ENCAMPMENT AT TRENTHAM

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 6

STUDENTS' ENCAMPMENT AT TRENTHAM

' ' Between 50 and GO representatives.. of. University Students' Christian rnious en-, tered camp nt Trcutham. yesterday afternoon, 1 They comprise delegates from all tho New Zealand University Colleges,; including a proportion of lidy studonts, who; will , find quarters.at tho hotel. J Tho regular routine.,of the camp,and.conforonco will; commence to-morrow, and tho encampment will brealc up next Thursday. Tho mornings will bo devoted to. conference work and discussions,- afternoons to social gatherings and recreation, and'ovonings to public meetings. Tho Anglican Bishop, of Wollingtoii (the Right Rey. Dr. WaUis) l will givo an address' to-morrow ; afternoon, arid among tho other speakers', will lie-the Rev. if. J. North, Rev. J. Reed GMsoii, Rev. A. Dewdney, Rev. I. Jolly (Palmerston North), Rev. T. D. Russell (Petone), and Mr. H. N. Holmes (general secretary of the' Wellington Y.M.C.A.). .. . Mr.. Holmes n-ill speak on tho advisable-' ness of union between tlio Y.M.C.A. and Christian .Studonts' movements. In tlio United States-and other countries .the second movement is a branch, of the first,,but wlieriMr; John R. Mott, head ,'of. the,.-Christian Students' , Branch ..of tho Y.M.C.A. , iii America, visited' New. Zealand .five, or six years ago, lie agreed that'it was; raoro practical' for. the .two bodies to remain separate in this country. The in New Zealand has increased greatly in strength, and niinibera since (lint time, and tlicuo. is a 11ati1r.1l tendency,'toJook to.the University Students' Christian Unions to provide trained and educated leaders for (lie. movement in the fiiture, so that the. question .of amalgamation is brought, again within-the range of matters for discussion. : '■ ' .- ~. The ciiinp at Trcnt.liam is pitched in a very chsrming locality, aud the. students expect to enjoy thoroughly their life under oaavai,