The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-26
GENERAL SECRETARIES,
They are Now in Annual Session in
This City.
THE FORENOON SESSION.
Introductions and Opening Exercises I'm
the Elegant Providence Association
BuiIding--some Of the Notable secre-
taries and Other Men Present,

The much-talKed-of and long-expected
annual session of the Association of Cen
eral Secretaries OF the Young Mems
Christian Association Of the United States
and Dominion of Canada began in the
Providence Y. M. c. A. Building this
forenoon. The guests began to arrive
yesterday. but the greater number came
in this forenoon and some are still Oh the
way.
Those guests who have already arrived
were met at the depot and wharf by MEM
bers of the local association and shown
the way to the building, where they had
breakfast to-day and got acquainted with
each other. Chairman George II, Cox
head and DIR. Hayford, the executive
committee, wereon nand last night. The
former is from Missouri and the latter
from Chicago.
Secretary Conant and the members of
the local association were busy attending
TO the wants OF everyone. A number OF
young ladies were on hand this morning
and at noon to-day to wait on the tables
The guests went TO their respective
boarding places this afternoon.
ID. A. Bulge, general secretary of Mon
treal, Que. presided at the forenoon ses-
sion and the various secretaries arose and
announced themselves. The Iowa State
quartet was called TO the platform to
Sing. The Rev. William G. Langdon,
founder of the Y. NJ. G. A., was called to
the platform aud delivered a speech in
which he referred to the small beinning
forty years ago, and his prophesy OF Just
such great meeting as the one held to-
day, at which a great number of young
men from every State in the Union had
assembled to confer upon their work
Robert A. Orr OF Pittsburg, Pa, a vete-
ran secretary, who recently resigned, was
greeted with great applause when he
arose and announced himself as visitor.
He then gave Bible reading from Luke
5. This was at III o'clock. Edwin +. See
of Brooklyn, offered prayer.
c. A. Lickleider of Atlanta, Ca; +. NJ.
Pratt Of Hamilton, Ont, and Robert A.
McFadden of Brooklyn, n. Y. were ap-
as Press committee.
Among the prominent people present
to-day were K. +. See Of Brooklyn, Dr.
Langdon of Providence, q. A. Warburton
of New York, A. ii. Taggart and r. A.
Orr of Pittsburg. Pa. Thomas *. Cree of
the international committee, l.. ID. Wish
ard, who has just returned from trip
around the world, the Rev. q. A. Hall,
State secretary of New York, J. L. Bovine
Of the training school at Springfield, J.W.
Cook, State secretary of Connecticut, X.
NJ. Armstrong, State secretary of Massa
chusetts and Rhode island.
AT 25O TINS AFTERNOON paper was read
by +. S. Goodman of Cleveland, o., on
How May the Tendency to Restlessness
and Too Frequent Change in the Secre-
taryship be Overcome'"
Daniel Sloan, secretary of the Madison
street department., Chicago, presided
This evening there will be no session, the
members attending the various church
prayer meetings.
The program for tomorrow is: A. II.
Whitford, general secretary, Rochester,
n. Y, presiding-9:30-l0 1890, paper, "Uni-
versity Extensions; Is it Desirable as a
Feature of Association Work." w. G.
Douglas, general secretary, Phil deiphia,
Pa; 10:30-1l:30, bible teaching, W. H.
Morriss, general secretary, Baltimore,
Nd; 1l:3012:l5, paper, Approved Meth
DDS in Work for Boys" +. ID. Fagg gen
eral secretary, Evanston, Ill.
The Narragansett Machine Company
will entertain the conference at Silver
Spring with a clambake Saturday after
noon. The boat will leave at o'clock.
The Young Mems Christian Association
has issued a neat handbook in conuec-
tion with the Twenty second Annual Con-
ference of the Association of General
Secretaries of the United States and
Canada. On the corner is nicely exc
cuted cut of the Association building.
The books contains plans of the build
ing, notices of the entertainment to be
furnished the Conference, a map of a sec
tion OF the city showing the principal
points and horse car routes, and various
other matters which are of interest to
strangers in the city.