, 1865-03-26
YOUNG MEMS ASSOCIATION.
Twenty-fourth Annual meetlne-Re-
por9x Of officers ana Uumu{t.
tee8-Haghty Gat1sfhcxory he.
-sult4-1hc Elt tctton4 Etc.

= The twenty fourth snnual meeting Of taa Young
Mems Association WIS held on saturday evening.
in tho rooms Of tho Association In Portland Block,
tho President H. II. Shepherd, In tho chr1r.
There wes large attendance.
PnR:rDKNrs n1roHT.
The President of The Association, Il. n. shop-
hard. Esq- presented his report. He congratn-,
lated the Association III having closed SO auccess
fnly yits twenty yeat, verifying tho largest
expectations ot the lew gentlemen who uet In tho
Council % %Ensu1osr, J.nuaIr y, lstl. 70 ioanl .
meat. tet twas dwarf Is compared With tEsai-
'tutaons having simiisr objects in other cities.
Asny pia1s had been PEopo.ta II ~ thS pas. t. xtvs
SUCCESS n compared with those preceding:
spsd 81 saa
honors1J member, have used the library. II It
had not been for tho Lectures and other outside
fallen oE several thousand dollars; these aids
fSe report hat amer " 5
eGr e u u ssaf, s1 ~ y and
lure. when the .Yonng Mems Association would
ea ss Sssf set Srss Is ~ esss
could ea+ily be supported ~ an endov-
.ment fund. md f95n llbEaH, worthy
eia, attention to ths report prssented BY tho Il.
brafT Committee, and pad high. tribute to The
efficiency and energy OF Its chairman. suggesting
Junction M viii the Librarian. NJ. I. Il Horton, il
due the perfect catalogue Of the institution.
cecds Of DR.. s. Il. chspin's lectures in he early
part Of The year amounted 10 Sl9o which suu, ~ Mas
lectures Il Dr.. VIM. Elder. lateT in the sesson,
under the auspices Of the Board Of Trade, STOCK
Exchange, Mercantile Association, and 7. Il. l..
RH3rE +HtA$r
"iit 4 conmit%tee @ % %eoastatins oi C.. Il Cram, q Il.
Crosby and q. M:Shephpfd. has been appointed 70
eupetintend the printing q she citalogae, already
Tie trea:ueJ topa3 for the e2me.. Some apprchen-
sion had been caused at the failure Of Jacob E.
Courad, treasurer OF the ASSOCIATION, but II war
funds Of The insdtutlon tnract, and arcounted,for
the ssme In full. 1t was I matter OF regret that
the samc appreciation Of the nature Of tfast rela.
failure. Money to the amountof$ belonging
to he Life Membership Fund had passed into
his hsnds; 9pd VS. nsgligsuty is11 there By those
projection did rot deyolte upon the Executive
Committee, bu. upon Board Of Trustees special
" appointed for the purpose The "BtJan FUND.-
Vested IL R9eTwenhes nd Yields N "a snnaai us IN
come to the Institution.
During the year, under the provision, Miss
high School, was elected { Lie Member: Tbs
x1,MD donated by Geo. r. chittendon. aud c. G.
psrkp. has drawn fnto6est during the year at the
est in b. s. T-so bonds, and cone1gued to Tho care
Of the lie Member bip Fund trustees. -,
Early In the year by an amendment to the BY
d1w: saa fes for Life "ss Increased
LII MsSrance M 20 to the amount Of $4,000 na, been
kept On the property, which sam should Be In
r.. 10 fund for new building, the necessity
oi winch has been discussed, Hon. j. r. Scam.
mon and 2: a. Crosby, Esq, have each donated
Of SO COO, haye been promised, bnt a. that sum
Eae not half sufficient the matter was not farther
pressed. Dn1ing the year the Assoctatiou has
one Of its honorary members. who fell for his
country white her0ical1y defending her a1E On
the 9Th Of June last at the battle OF heneaaw
III. Sheppard concluded his report BY exprsss-
ing his thanks to the gentlemen who have been
aseoc,nted With him-thn President and all mem.
bera who hare offered aid to the management Of
| the in.t1tntion. =.
The report was accepted and adopted. In pursu.
ance Of The Suggestion Of the President, Nj.
| Charles II. Cram was then elected an honorary
! member Of the Association.
REPORT or LECTURE ooGnTTKR.
Mr. Clarkson. Chnrman Of the Lecture Com
m1ttcc, next delivered the report Of the commit.
va, of very ti.faclory natarc. The number Of
s delivered By Dr.. willis@ Elder, were ffee, ths
expenses being sustained by ennEibuttc:ss from
the Board Of Trade. Stock Exchange and Young
Mems A:Eocsetion. OF the three lecturers en-
Henry Ward Beccher have failed to apptar, the
first On account Of personal illness, the second on
sceount u press Of other engagements: The
city With veTy satisfactory resnits, Pecuniary ad-
vintage was also derived from the six dramatic
readings Of James f. Murdoch, Esq. Lectures
ard Taylor yielded q handsome profit The total
receipts Of theJear have been......... 50 a34 O.
The expcnditures...........-. e,1s14s