Excerpt from Towards a New Social Order: Being the Report of an International Conference Held at Oxford, August 20-24, 1920<br><br>The headquarters of the Conference was Keble College, and the kind reception accorded to those attending was greatly appreciated. In the intervals between the meetings of the Conference, visits were paid to places of historic interest in Oxford, and to attractive spots in the surrounding countryside.<br><br>During the first half of the week the discussion centred round the social implications of the Quaker Faith, and the world need and opportunity for a new Social Order. This was followed in the second half by discussions on the practical proposals put forward by the New Town Council.<br><br>The conference was attended by about 300 Friends and others, from Great Britain, Ireland, the United States, Canada, jamaica, South Africa, and the Continent of Europe.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.