Prominent scholars from around the country will converge at a free two-day conference to explore "Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life at its Centenary" from Jan. 11 & 12 in the Bronco Student Center's England/Evans Room. Herbert Croly was a political author whose book The Promise of American Life had such a striking impact on 20th century America that President Theodore Roosevelt used its themes in his second presidential campaign in 1912.