Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-09

fitness fop the secretaryship Bible read ing by J. H. Elliott of Albany, N Y, fol- lowed, and next vas an informal conversa- tion on ''The secretary's relation to finances and the work of the international commit tee" s. M. Sanford in the chair.
 GENERAL STATEMENT OF WORK.
 The following statement was distributed among the conference members yesterday:
 When the Secretaries' association was organized twelve years ago. there only about twenty taries employed in association work. Now there two hundred and fifty seven; the number having doubl, in the last tao years. Then there no taries i'll the southern States, and but two three in the Vest now they are located in nearly every 'uthern and western city The increase in the number of secret res has only kept with the growth of association TX in other directions
 In 1866 when the International committe was or ganized there were no buildings owned by he assoc1 atioas Now there are sixty worth s. TOO 0GO and Durln the present year bui dDgs have been erected at Rome, N .Y. costing S15,0U0; Elmira, Y (R !, added before the year closes fine buildings at Boston, costing $500 CO., Buffalo, S75 co Pittsburg S75 900 Washington, $32, GOO; Newburg, N. Y, S2o,OOO and
 It was ten years after the International committee organized that work among railroad m9n as a class was taken up Already forty six raj r ad assoc aon secretaries employed, and the leading rail road corporations contribute S500O0 per year to sus- train the work among their employees. In 1878 work among colleges distinctive phase of the association work was taken up. There were but few college ass citations at that time Now they number hundred and seventy-hve. and in every prom1nen college in the c-untry except three they at work.
 The International committee has recently taken III work for commercial travellers class that numbers 100000, and nearly all young Among German young men, of whom there are over 5OO,O00 four secretaries at work and the Inter | national commite doing valuable work among | the 50O,O0O colored young men of the South. 1 The International committee ploy nine secreta ries and three assistants and expend S29O00 per num- In 1866 there was no State or Provincial asso l citation secretaries; now there eleven, having charge of the work in many states and Provinces MT. Douglas in his paper on ''The secre tary's relation to young men in his worE showing fitness for the secretaryship," sait
 he sustained the relation 1st, of sympathy 2nd, of adviser, 3rd, of teacher and train 1 CT; 4th, of helper. Some time was occu pied in discussing this topic.
 Blr. Sanford's paper on ''The relation O
 the secretary to treasurer' was discussed by
 Messrs. Cree, Weidensall, Dawson, Douglass
 Jenkins, Bruton, Mccoy, Budge. McBirne y
 Hatch, Fuller and others. Mir. R. c. Morse general secretary of the International com l mittee, then opened conversation on '"Tht l relation of the secretaries to the information
 al work" " He gave synopsis of the growtl
 of the work since Mir. Weidensall, the frs
 secretary of the committee, was employed
 He stated that in 1866 the expenses of thu
 committee were about $500, while in 188
 over $20,O0 were expended. Mr. Mors
 answered several questions relative to hi
 topic.
 An invitation was received from the Flee trlc Light company to visit their works whicl
 was declined with thanks.
 1 The business committee reported the pro gramme for the evening session and the con ference adjourned.
 EVENING SESSION.
 The evening session of the conference wa called to order promptly at the appointed hour, MT. H. J. Mccoy, of San Francisco presiding.
 The devotional exercises occupied abou fifteen minutes. Messrs Flanders of Lowell Hall of New York, and Rhodes of Manches ter, led in prayer. The singing was led b, State Secretary Williams, of Ohio
 An invitation was extended to the member of the conference by the Young Mems Insti ute of New Haven to use their library whil, in the city. The invitation was accepted with thanks.
 MT. c. O.. Ingersoll was then introduced l who read an admirable paper on "What art the defects in our railroad work p He very 1 clearly pointed out some of the difficulties and in the discussion which followed somt | very helpful hints were given by the follow l ing, who took part in the discussion: Franl Smith of Toledo, O., Sands of Troy, Adams o- Hornellsville, Stedwell of New York, Luce O. Buffalo, s. A. Taggart, State secretary o Pennsylvania, and many others. Mir. R. R l MeBirney. of New York, asked several point ed questions concerning workers Bible classes. Anumber of secretaries said that they had no Bible classes, while larger number reported that they were holding them witt great success. During the discussion of this | topic MT. and Mrs. Williams rendered beau tifully duet which was received enthusi astically.
 | The elevation of the reading habits of rail road men was emphasized as very impor. | tant work and educational work was regard l ed as very important. After prayer by T | G. Wilkie, of Brooklyn, and the singing oi the doxology, the conference adjourned tc 1 meet at o'clock this morning. 
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