Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1892-02-19
CHRISTIAN WORKERS.
NJ &. A. REPRESENTA-
AT RICHMOND.

III. L. A. bEH Els
AT RIC.HMOND.
Staunton was we'll represented at the Y. M.
c. A. Convention at Richmond last week. The
members of the Staunton Association were
quartered there as follows-II. W. Hilleary,
1872 w. Main ST.; Taylor Mccoy, 7O7 E. Leigh
ST.; l. c. Morton and E. G. Hardy, COZ w.
Grace St; T. N. Powell, oo5 Floyd Avenue :;
j. L. Templeton and T. K Woodhouse, IL S.
Sd St; T. G. Morton. All E. Main ST.; w. A.
Shepherd and L. l.. Hayden, I'LL Grove Av.;
j. N. Mcfarland and Frank Alexander, rs
w. Grace ST.; James Ker Jr., America an Hotel.
W. W. White and w. Karnes, 2l1 S. Sd ST.; J.
l. Curtis of Fort Defiance, 102 E. Franklin
ST., and W. F. McIlwee Of Basic City, So4 E.
Franklin st.
SAYING ''HowsDO YOU Do
On assembling, and before organization,
State Secretary II. O. Williams announced as
one of the most pleasant parts Of the first ses-
sion the mutual introduction, when the dele
gates said, GLOW do you dog" to each other
Beginning with the temporary secretary,
Thomas A. johnson, each delegate arose and
gave his name and address and standing in
his Association. Some of the responses were
very amusing and gave proof of the splendid
spirit that prevailed among the delegates.
Mr.. Williams first called on a gentleman
whom he addressed as Pa The gentleman
arose and said that his name was Morton, T.
C., who had held various positions in his AS
ISOLATION, of which he had been president at
one time When asked where his Association
was by Mr.. McCaughey, he remarked that his
home was Staunton where he had been
member for seventeen years. His organiza-
ton three years ago at Danville had the larg-
est representation, two years ago in Ports
mouth the one next to the largest and last
year in Lynchburg it tied Roanoke for the
first place. This year it is expected to be far
ahead of all Others
MI. II. NJ. McIlhany of Staunton, had been
a member of the Association for more than
seventeen years, and has, as he said, held
every position in his organization from the
ground floor up. One of the gentlemen occu-
plying one of the most remote seats, arose with
he statement that he did not know whether
he was a member OF not. He ad ded that he
hailed from Radford, Montgomery county,
and had recently sent in an application for a
charter for an organization. Mr.. Williams
assured him that the application had been re-
ceived and attended to. "What is the name?'
asked the State Secretary. "Tyler,' was the
plain and modest reply. Lieutenant Cover
nor Tyler, explained MI. Williams amidst
loud applause by the audience.
ORGANIZATION OF THE CONVENTION.
The committee on the nomination of officers,
of which MI. Frank Alexander was Chair
man, reported the following permanent Off
GERS for the convention who were elected-Lt
Gov. J. Hoge yler Of Radford, President; W.
w. Vicar of Norfolk S. W. Travers of Rich
mond, and J. N. Mcfarland Of Staunton,
Vice Presidents; T. A. johnson of Roanoke,
Secretary, and j. w. Adams, Jr., OF Freder-
icksburg, and A. d. Mason of Pantops Acad-
envy, Assistant Secretaries.
In the appointment of committees, James
Ker, Jr., of Staunton was put on the Creden-
tial Committee; j. l. Curtis of Fort Defiance,
on the Business Committee; II. NJ. McIlhany
OF Staunton, on the Committee on Resolutions,
and Frank Alexander of Staunton, on the
Committee on State Committees report.
The address Of welcome by Mr.. Travers,
President of the Richmond Association. was
responded to by Capt. L. G. Morton of the
Staunton Association, who was introduced as
the Father OF the Association.
THE MIDSUMMER ENCAMPMENT.
In the conversation on ''Our Midsummer
meeting" Capt. L. e. Morton laid before the
convention plan for the purchase of land at
Hampton for 81, 800 and the establishment of
a permanent encampment there
Mr.. Templeton of Stanton, was called
upon to give his impressions of the "Bible
Study" and MI. j. |. Curtis OF Fort Defiance,
described, as far as eXpedient, the ''Family
Aspect; or, Nights in the Camp" He referred
to the way that the nights were spent in the
barracks, and said that they were compelled
to report at 10 o'clock, and all lights extin-
guished at II; unless this was done they were
contaminated. lie also spoke Of the prayer
meetings, which were held nightly, and at
the call of the State Secretary all the men as
sembled around and listened to the reading
CT the Scripture.
THE ATHLETIC WORK.
He was followed by Mr.. Hugh McIlhany of
Washington & Lee University, the young
man who had been in the Association work
since he was Is months old. MI McIlhany
spoke of the elegant bathing at Hampton
and the excellent roads for bicycle-riding,
and referred to the Bible study as being
especially helpful"
MI. Mccoy of Staunton, spoke of the ath-
letcs which had been made a new feature of
the encampment last year. There were tennis.
baseball, and all kind of outdoor exercises,
and twenty-five gold medals were given to the
best men in each branch, besides one
medal to the best all-round man. The chief
thing obtained in Hampton was the rest for
mind and body. lie advised all present who
should be able to secure a two weeks vaca-
ton during the coming summer to spend their
time at the encampment.
FACTS AND FIGURES
The reports showed that the whole MEM
bership in Virginia was 6,06S; active member
ship, 3,640; associate membership, 1927; men
on committees, /, 1oi; papers in reading room,
$50; young mems meetings, 45; average atten-
dance, 2, $40; men in Bible classes, 367 GYM
nasiums, 81 buildings owned, 5; lots owned,
81 professed conversion, 313; united with
churches 1873. The Associations in the Valley
have the following membership-Staunton
80; Harrisonburg 142; Berryville, II; Front
Royal. 81; Luray, so; Roanoke, 279; Salem,
60; Augusta Military Academy. 26; Roanoke
College. so; V. NJ. Institute, 1870; Washington
& Lee University, 100; Shenandoah, $50; Gov
ington. 81: Winchester, 1873. The following
five Associations have been dropped from the
list since the last convention, namely: Char