, 1866-03-26
YOUNG MEMS ASSOCIATION, 4
Twenty. fifth Annual Meeting..Reports
Of Committees and Officers.
Election for the En-.
suing Year.


te.s and apparent lack Of interest among our atl-
ze1s not enough stock has been taken to encourage
hope Of present success ffum Etoek subscriptions
seth.s feasible fer .unee sRae9nas,ea a'o 70
,tsuo en9owment policies Of insurance on the
Of Tho lshra1y. By this means persons q limIIed
mtans may c:ntnbute to the endowment Of this
noble institution: The fund TINS to be ralsed viii
the policies will aseuine a specific value md ars
negotiable a. security for borrowed money. AZ
son!1ittee for the carrying out Of Ibis scheme, the
Chas. 3. cram.. It Is to be hoped that hereafter
our cattzena will lake greater degree or interest
IN this sdsttution, and that the proposed effort will
be crowned ultimately With SUCCESS -L
The lhrasJ now consists Of between 5000 and
5000 volumes. many Of them mott valuable and
profitable works, well calculated to improve the
tnosai and intellectual tone OF The community tn
On Apd1 I'd, 1861 the Association had delivered
before II, By Rey. r. II. aataeld, free public ora
lie services Of Abraham lincoln, on which occasiou
fa0 were subscribed for the benefit of private Geo,
F. Robinson, Who saved the life Of Secretary Sew
The Bry1n Fnnd and the Life Membership
Fund remain the Rame ~ At the dAta Of
,he 1sss Ieport. except that the latter
s1is9s During ihe yeas dis. Ann. e ossood, i he BE-
highest graduate Of the Rteh School class Of 1885,
was made lie member. The report OF the Library
copttts thoss o. t4e psesen; nnaoes q see.stsea
have Jotped during the yess; 600 volumes have also
been added to The ltozaiy III the same time. The
ssma1ndes the repo.! passes 4 Al mhish compliment
Chairman Of the Library Committee: Nj. Brown,
Chairman Of the Lecture Committee; Mr. B. F.
Guyton, Secretary, and Mes:rs. c. q. Cram, q. u.
ioeutne The books IN &c library. Ine rpost was,
on motlun. accepted.
Mr.. E. L. Brown prrsented the following
REPORT OF TIE LECTURE coxx11Ex.
On the 7th Of June OF hst rear, convention OF
the y Assoc1ated Western utersrY soc1etes'' {so
called] met in these roons far the purpose Of con
torrtnR toeether IL regard to the lectures f,r tbs
eesies e 4es5s I'm ts Wes 9 H., dsh
lectures VAS trpmltted to the convention from
which eaeh delegate selected tho lecturers he
w1.hed. Georse Anassws. Esq.,, Of Detroit wsa
convention adjourned, to meet ags11 ia this Gty on
the 1sst Wednesdly Of June next This con1en-
ton; unfortunately. Tas q but httle assistance to
OsF Association for the reason that ~ wanted none
hu. hrst ck4s lecturers md but TWO Of those
we applied for through the convention would prom-
tEe to come West the past season; Wc wtrc, conse
qucnuy, thrpR1 Gp our CNn fttourcee, and CON-
Pelcd 10 act entirely independent Of the other SO
ctestee. Your committee, however, hare a very IA.
yo1aole opinion o! he As-ocistjon q Western LII
crary Societies, an think thst It Will eventually be
come Of great benefit to al Concerned Besides the
eulogy II memory Of Abraham Lincoln. delivered
Ct ~ IN H.ls, or satq5day evening. April - 1s6a,
Association fadnts,un to which, ot couEte. WIS
ftee) The total number Of lectures delivered during
the past se3soa h.s bcca fourteen. a. follow:
oy each Of the following named persons: Rsy. Dr:
Il. ". Bellows, Hon. Schuyler Cplthx. Wn. 1loyd
Carbon, tel. Geo VI: N'chok, Leut; GOV. B7os.,
liz lectures By John d. Cough all OF when. e1-
cept those Of Dr. Bellows. Isl. Nichols and Miss
Esans, resulted In peeuuiar5 profit to the Akso-
c1xtlon. ~
Tour committee applied during the Lust summer,
fu1 fourteen OF fifteen OF the most prominent lee
turers In the country. but we1e only aelo to engage
one. Mr. J. 3. Cough, and at the proper time for
the1ecfure season 10 commence. had only that gen.
Eeman dehniIcls cuEaecd; At that time also, Bryan
Hal! NEE ccnyrned INTO s!nse leavtng u only tho
Open House: Notwithstanding which. your CON-
m1ttec hBFc the pleasure OF rcporttnF that the
course OF lectures Of the pas. season ha. been hl9h
Atsocssion ihs tosai rece3pts have been 81 sso0o
of ed'1 net eli pfotiis o7 fi-ssi.:a a'
thanks 10 the }ocal editors md other nemhets oi
The prers Of this c1ty, for the!f uniform Indnes4
Ihe rcpost Was accepted md ordered On tle.
TIE LIBRARY coxNI11EE's REPoET
Vas presented BY the Chairman Of the Committee,
Nj. Gram, md read By Rev. Rohf co1!ytF 1t VA II
follows: The number Of members who have bec1
entitled to the privileges Of the Association during
the past ye1r. Is one thousand dre hundred and
txe1fy-four cla.sed a. life mtmbert. 151 hono1a
ssy ,a;s iefts o s s;s Fe.s, E.ss ,oss} s@
ben, none; hdy members, IS; regular mem
bers. a2;; tn ~ 3M. Dn'!@1s @ u
hess. The library has been open 70. the dtNTer'
Of books es3 days. The average number delivered
each day has been 116, and tbe averaee number II
circulation At one tine has been about l,1Od. tn
library now contain. besides pamphlets. period
calls tnape ard charte, 869e volumes. OF this NUN
ber there hare been added during the past yeaz, a.
Volumes
BIT
By binding pamphlets. .........1s
faeorei3 Eco oi book, previously reported lost.
Total increase volumes ........,6o
The financial condition Of the ASSOCIATION durtn
could be pl,eed Il he dspos.l of tbe GbrsrJ Con
mlttee 1os the purchase ct books. It seemed in
portant 10 add at least the current puhltestlon. {
reeonise to he publication Of 1hads Circxla,
and under tue excellent management Of Vt. j.
Fowler. OF the Eoeahg Fhst, It WIS made to yiel
profit Of $to0. From this fund a
ment Of The library hut few changes have bee
made Increased current expenses uncertainty Q
income, and desire 10 keep ont Of debt. have pfe
t1on OF Mr.. John II. Horton. Librarian, wns accepl
ed In Deoembef last, and the library has since n
mafned in charge Of Nj: lincoln z. Clark, formeri
|
osed 10 gnaru carefully again>t loss Of book, an
they belese that the usua1 sprtng examination wil
chow satisfactory results. The snount Of dnes col
lions to Hon. John Weatsenh' nd ae to Ion. a liz
Newton, Commissioner Of Agriculture, for yaluab1
puhlic documents, and to \ few citizens OF Chicasg
Res. nj. Collye, also read letter which he ha
received from Mr. Cram, inviting him to give. o.
this oeeason, rome facts relative to the great nra
puole ior nd md support Il ine4es-ng % the i int II
ence and magnitude OF the noble enterprise Of
public llbsaT IN this city, Speaking from thl
city inhabited By men Of cur raee propo1ionately
destitute Of good pubic library az The city o
Chicago. He raid he was ashamed to tell foreign
clty, anything about onr library facilities.
The speaker then proceeded to toeak OF The he
Manchester library. 1t vas established In 1850 b.
eight thousand Of which were invested IN build
ing, and four Thousand tn books. II Was the
made free tbra1y and. e1 An evidence Of 1ts popu
st.1t1nc % ihere lid oeen 5saa vonmes mes Issued fro1
1t and It had been increazed to HES volumes. L
1855 tte size had increased 70 a25!3 vo1ane.
s1d xhsa so sSs,,ei ss bRs RGte, M
this great library has contsntly increased with th
same s1pidity that marked it, early career. IN cor
ci1sson be hoped that such Eucce.s woald aittn
this association In the future, that ere long We III
sure and praise to our city.
poxAT1oss AND SUBSCRIPTIONS.
l Nr. B. F. Gnyiou read the report Of the Comn11
tee on Donations and Subscriptions, ncknowIedl
ing the receipt nom Mr.. S- D. kfmbark, Of con
plete set Q! .sConfeaef9se bonds. and slso Of th
valued At f5n The report Was accepted and q
dered On file.
noons AND 1u1uRzs-
| Mt, Guytou presented the following report
deistIed expenses under this head, which s1as n
! cepted:
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