Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-09-11
HANDSOME ROOMS OPENED
RECEPTION AT THE Y. N. c. A.
BUILDING LAST EVENING.


Headquarters for Young Men of the CITY. !
Descriptions of the rooms. wen
Equipped Gymnasium. Addresses aud
Gymnastic Exercises.
The old Ebbitt House at 1907 Market
street, now the headquarters of the Young
Mems Christian Association were for
mally opened fer the purposes Of the
latter organization, last evening, by
reception to f. Bruce Lyttle, the general
secretary.
The building has been entirely reno.
waited, aud many advantageous changes
have been made. It is lighted through
out by the incandescent electric light
and an arc light was suspended in front
of the building last evening. All the
rooms have been neatly papered and
reprinted and are light, pleasant and
large enough for the present purposes OF
the association The floors have been
painted a reddish brown The hallway
has not been changed At its left two
doors give entrance 10 the reading room,
which extends from the front Of the
building TO the gymnasium and has glass
doors opening into the latter The read
ing room is furnished with tables and
chairs and provided with newspapers and
periodicals It Is free to ali Young
men. At the right Of the hall back OF
the stairway Is the Office Of the general
secretary, which is carpeted and fur
nished with tables aud Desks There are
two rooms on the second floor: large
meeting room with a capacity Of 200, and
a directors room opening from it. The
a. 4 80
has a platform at one end on which Is an
upright piano Il will be used for meet
ings Of the association and religious ser
vices.
The room in which the most interest
conferred last evening was the large new
gymnasium II IS a new addition to the
building, with entrances from the read
room and hall Large and well lighted, IL
promises to be a regular recreating place
for many OF the youth Of the city.
Adjoining the gymnasium there are
water closets, bath room and dressing
room. Lockers will be built at once.
About 800 young men were present last
evening and considering the terrible
storm that was raging this was large
attendance and indicates the success OF
the new organization. All visitors were
welcomed by the reception committee and
shown through the building. At o'clock
the opening exercises were held in the
meeting room ON the second floor.
Charles Baird, president OF the associa
ton, presided aud the Owl Orchestra
furnished the music
After the long metre doxology haC
been sung and prayer offered by Rev
Vaughn s. Collins, President Baird made
brief address and introduced f. Bruc,
Lyttle, who spoke OF the contemplated
work Of the association. G p. Wayte
secretary for West Virginia, MARYLAND
e and Delaware. and w. II Morris, gen
eral secretary for Baltimore, also mad
addresses in regard to the work to b
8 done
I The audience then adjourned TO tn
gymnasium to see an exhibition Of wha
: a gymnasium is for. w. Ward Bear
assistant gymnasium instructor Of ia
!, Central Y. M. O. Al Of Philadelphia wa
d in charge. H. q. Gundaker and w.
Klemnuck OF the Central Association an
a w. Cooper, Alfred Davidson and j. +
4 Mccoy Of the Warren Athletic Gu
q assisted in the entertainment. II. {
; GundRker went through the "clRss exer
' else" which brings into play every muscl
> in the body The athletes then Shove
the parallel bar movements. job
y R. Mccoy then gave hi
unparalleled exhibition OF club swinging
8 Cooper and Davidson gave a clever tumt
IS ling exhibition that elected much Rp
. plause.
The chest machines we're then worke
$ to show their possibilities Mr.. Bear
n and his companions did some trick wor
on the hosizontal bar that delighted Oh
audience Mr. Beam is a hne-lool1ing
we'll built young man. a careful instru,
tor and good athlete.
e The Y NJ @. A. gymnasium Is htte
d up for profitable work. Il contains par
: allel bars, horizontal bar. chest and wris
9 machines, swinging rings trapeze, In
= dian clubs, dumb bells and the like. Tn
& gymnasium instructor has not yet bee
= selected, but he will be a thorough II
q structor and otherwise suited for til
4 position.
N The thanks Of the association are tel
dered to those who aided in the exercise
y Among these present we're: The Rev
le Lafayette Marks, W. P. Swartz, Waugh
Id S. Collins, Moses Heath, w. l.. 5. Mu
@ ray and Paul Martin; Charles Bair'
Is Alfred p Stevenson. Allen Gawthro
Henry 0. Conrad, Esq, Alfred Lee, Jr
George w. Todd. Professor Isaac
Johnson, J. T. Mullin, Jr Robert Adai
es Ernest Keigwin, Albert Keigwin, Villa
s. Davidson, David w. Harlai
CORTLAND E Pierson, Thomas McCorkl
! Harry Emmons, Esq, T J. Lawso
Charles Linville, II. II. Ward, ESQ
4 William H. Foulk, Frank Sheppar
Colonel John Wainwright. Thorn
,.68 Mitchell T. A. Hilles, W. s. Hills, Esq
los w. 7. Hilles. VIM +. smalley, Esq
LIS F. Hadley, G f. Wollaston, Thos. Taylo
Jacob S. Beetem, Willard +. Davis. lie
A. Bertolette Harvey Wiley, Able
90 Chur shman, George Grub. w.
on HUMPHREYS, Joseph G. Pierce. Lindsay
k. Pierce, Samuel Lewis, w. s. Prickei
We Esq, William NJ Pyle, J, n. Robinso
re E. T. Taylor, Edward Wstso
i'll William G. Taylor, John w. La
lal son, Jr., William Shilling, E.
lie Price Joseph Hilles, Ferris Giles. ].
e McGarvey. George W. Quinn, Robe
Taylor, Fred Beaston, John William
William Smith, Vansant Thomas. Walt
Il. Drake, William P. Kurtz, James
IL Springer, Joseph Pierce Harry Eve
y Daniel Farra, William Davidson, G.
no. Grubb, Charles H. Triggs, Horace Bett
Ts Victor R. Pyle, John Barr Edward Sea
=; les, Everett Jones, JOHN .sarfrdge j
~ Collision, H. w. Frazer, Il c. Simpso
- Walter B. Cook.