Daring the recent holiday season, representatives from the Canadian Universities took part in two conferences, the one religious, the other secular. The first was the Quadrennial "Convention "of the Student Volunteer Movement, held in Detroit, Michigan, and attended by some 3,500 men and women from colleges all over the continent; the second was the annual meeting of the National Federation of Ca dian University Stadents, which took place in Toronto, and was attended by about 100' delegates.
'The problem which was dealt with by' the Student Volunteers at Detroit was tha: of the present situation in foreign missions, for students will not pledge their lives to service in another country uni they. fest that they ave. carrying something that is of much greater value than Western "Christianity. The conference as a whole was addressed by men who have caught a vision of the finest in Christian missionary work, and sce a distinct place for the message of Jesus in every land, while in smaller groups the delegates met with Chinese, Japanese, Indians, and "Africans who presented their points of view quite frankly. As a result of their week of study and thought together, the delegates" went away convinced that in the world-wide knowledge and acceptance of Jesus and His way of life will be found the only solution of the world's difficulties.
The National Federation of Canadian University Students not an organization of many standing, bat it is general that it is playing a valuable rte in Canada by helping to keep the students of the far-flung provinces ju touch with each other. One of the proposals made at Toronto was that the various athletic unions in the colleges should be consolidated into an all-inclusive Canal collegiate Athletic Union, Another matter discussed was that of student tours during the summer months at a minimum cost; in the past many small groups have arranged trips of their own, and they have been at an obvious disadvantage in getting the best travel rates and routes. The Federation also-chose two Canadian students, who have had considerable _experien¢ debating, to tour the Britis this autumn: and meet. representa-fives of the Motherland's univer
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