Valley City State University - Viking Yearbook (Valley City, ND)

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it QQQQCW ' THE QUANDRENNIAL ' OPPORTUNITY PURPOSE The Ninth Quadriennial International Student Volunteer Convention was held at Indianapolis Indiana from December twenty-ei hth ninteen thenty-three t anuary second ninteen twenty-four. The purpose of the convention was to lead students to realize the needs and possibilities of the present world situation' to direct Christian students to their responsibility in the light of that situation' and to consider Christ and his ways of life as the hope of the world. It decided the needs of the world in this generation and considered ways in which these needs might be met. The wa-tchword of the Student Volunteer Movement is The Evangelization of the World in this Generation. TRIP The representatives of S. T. C. left Valley City on the morning of December twenty-seventh. At Minneapolis they united with representatives from other colleges in North Dakota to form the larger unit known as the North Dakota delegation. From Minneapolis to Indianapolis the delegations traveled by special tram Travelling was a pleasure Absolute freedom on the special trams was conducive to group singing and college yelling and the forming of new acquaintances and friendships PERSONNEL The opemn day of the convention saw at Indianapolis approximately six thousand curious and enthusiastic students from a thousand educational institutions in the United States and Canada They represented all types and races apanese Chinese Hindus Negroes in short students pf all nations tallied together as friends and ln a common tongue It was a line example of the reality of the brotherhood of man To see them to hear t em and to feel their wonderful enthusiasm was a great ln sprration for they were real red blooded students full of life and vigor and yet really interested whole heartedly ln Christian work PROGRAM During the five day session of the convention sixteen meetings were held eleven of which convened in Cadle Tabernacle The others consisting of group meetings were apportioned among the various churches and Shortndge High School We shall long remember Cadle Tabernacle for it was there we had the privilege of listening to such men as ohn R Mott Sherwood Eddy Robert lf. Speer and Cannon Edward S Woods Enthusiastic discussion groups evinced an active interest in securing the world against future wars and in endeavonn to bring about a feeling of brotherhood between all races Many delegates to Indianapolis went there under extremely adverse conditions This fact is only one among many that are indicative of the vast influence that the Student Volunteer Movement plays upon student life DELEGATION CERTRUDE BALE BERNHARD j STRAND BERNICE R BOYER LUCILLE M TEWKSBERRY D AVERILL BURLUM HARVEY E TOMLINSON MISS C A PROCTOR Delegate - , s- ,OJ eu. ,V 11, I s ilu. .- -.. Jg. , l ' 1' v l J 152 '

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