Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-10
SECRETARY elBsoN's REPORT


During tho pavt Noar.
Secretary Gibson of tho Y. NJ. C. A.,
presented his first annual report before The
board OF directors at the last meeting. and
the following fncts are taken tbcrcfrom;
the attendance at the various socials and re-
captions was good.
At the musical entertainments in the
winter lecture course there was an attend
nnce respectively of 900 Oil the evening of
December 10 and 1000 on October % cud
January 1G.
In the severnl educational classes an ag-
gregate ot 133 Lessons were given and the
total membership was ~ The total mum
Dor of lectures given during the Tour was
nine, the tOtal Attendance vas $40, aver
aSe attendance G;in total attendance OF
rrcc;caI talks $50, average attendance 81.
Three meetings OF the Current iop.c Club
were bel with total attendance oil l23,
on an u,ecago # 10. The sub .ect, discuss.
ed were The silver question: ''Thc farni-
ers' alliance question: and "The Indian
question"
The total membership in the physical de-
partnent was 80. The average attend
anco AT - business mons c.assas VAS TO-;
8, young mons classes s; II stUdonta'
classes 10, 81 hoys classes S. The large
amount of individual exercising, outside O.
class. il not stated III Che above report. The
average attendarca at II ladies' classes was
10; 3lg'rl,' classes !. In rel gious work there
Lave been held during tho year OF regular
SUNDAY afternoon meetings for men AZ, with
i total alton lance of 3l5j, or an average of
-. During tic winter eeaaon, from No
vember to April !, there were ~ meetings
with total Attendance of !0NS, OF an aver
age OF Gj. 1t has been the custom to hold,
Immediately after the regular Sunday after
noon meetings, & SpeClci or after meeting.
Ot such meetings / nave been held, the
total attendance being 3GG and the average
IL. During the week Of prayer Rev. George
,. Ray mond OF Montpelier conducted 5 gen
oral afternoon meetings, with Il total at
,ondarce Of HS2 and an average Of IS: and
evening meetings Tor men only, with n
total attendance Oh 29i or TN average OF 50.
Robert T.. Lewis, superintendent Of the
Home sunday school, has held classes.
The number o. teachers was j, ana there
We're 90 scholars in all CLASSES As to the
definite results OF this WORK, Ia mon have
expressed a desire to enter the Chris tan llfs
and of this number have joined the
churches AS opportunity has presented,
men nave been approached il regard 10 the
Christian life
Nov. |, 1890 was go The total member
ship Nov. /, 1891, was as follows: Sus-
timing, contributing, regular and gymna-
SUM, J61; junior department, 1865 total,
6'3 TINS shows a gain during the year Of
1i3
series of eight practical talks We're
siYuu bofore the junior department. Tie
total attendance was BOD, and - was tie
average. Ihroe entertainments or sociables
"ere given, the aggregate attendance being
80 and 10 the average. The aggregate
number Of religious meetings hciG was SO,
l2SJ being the total attendance aud 81
Gao average. The ,nemoership is 1906 In
November 1890 it was So showing gain
of 2i
The membership Of the woman's auxiliary
will be reported at the annual me ting. The
auxiliary has rendered valuable service to
the association.
Boarding house lists were furnished to 60
young men. Employment has beon fur
ni.hed five Young men. 4 number Of sick
men have been cared for and furnished with
food. The number OF CON mttoes IS +
meinoeraIip Of same 50, papers AND maya
zines on file 80, number Died during the
year 5000, estimated dnily attendance at
rOoms $50, nurlb9r Of regular committee
meetings b. average attendance :.
The seventh annual conference Of New
England genera secretaries was held here
from Marc, 10 10 =
The report c.osos VITA few words re
garding the outlook of tho WORK The
equipment OF the association Ia, never been
better and the opportunity ior doing good
is great. 'L"t us permeats the work with
love toward God and man. that the hight OF
il
center to circumference. -