Evening journal., 1893-01-21
CONVENTIONS BUSY DAY
Important Papers Read and
Discussed This Morning.
A FINANCIAL DEFICIT REPORTED.
The Treasurer's Report shows Small
Surplus ON the Wrong side-An Earnest
Address on the Adaptation of the
Association to the Communit, -Impor-
tant Morning Work.

About forty delegates attended this
mornings session of the Y. M G. A.
Vice-president John H.
Adams, Jr., of Baltimore, presided. T.
A. Harding, of Washington, chairman
of the State Executive Committee,
spoke of the strength and weakness of
state work. He considered its strength
dependent upon the executive
ability of the state secretary
That official could much encourage
local association by informing them of
the successful methods of the larger
branches District organization was
another element, and the value Of dis
trict conventions in strengthening dis
trict work was declared large A we'll
filed treasury and plenty of confidence
in the righteousness of the work were
needed. The lack of an assistant secre-
tary was one of the weaknesses A local
secretary who ignored other associations
and idle members of the executive COM
mittee we're others.
The report CT the state treasurer was
read. 1t showed receipts of 81, ,9S5. 7S
and expenditures of 50, 22S %, leaving a
deficit of $242.4 45 Wilmington was
credited with the receipt of $lu6
State Secretary II. 0. Williams, Of
Virginia, read his report. He deplored
frequent secretarial changes and urged
thoroughly organized district work. The
progress made during the past year,
though not great. was manifest. George
H. Winslow, of Hinton, VIVA, reviewed
the successful work of the railraad
branches.
Short papers on the successful work
ing committees in the college and rail
road associations were read by Charles
s. Estes, Johns Hopkins University, and
George II. Winslow, Hinton, West Va.
w. c Douglass, Philadelphia. spoke on
"The Necessity of Familiarizing Our
selves to Communities. The funda-
mental idea of the association was the
establishment in a city a substitute for
the home He expressed the sentiment
that the association had gone to the full
limit of amusements which the
convention applauded. The asso
Citations should adopt itself to the
community and its religious work should
be guided by the pastor of the place. He
considered that the educational part OF
the work suffered from a general idea
that the clerk classes should above all b,
benefited while the great class of mechan
les were neglected This neglect il
Great Britain had resulted in thl
establishment there of numerous secular
institut ions derogatory to the associa
tion's growth. Manual training could b.
taught, he thought The teaching of trade
and sciences had drawn into the Orde
many young men employed therein. bu
ignorant of the laws governing thei
work University extension had beer
first tried by the association and th
largest branch of that work was now il
a Y. NJ c. a building The libraries
too, required careful pruning and atten
tion and were an important part of tn
work.
The committee on resolutions offere'
the following recommendation, whic
was adopted:
Resolved that the chairman Of tn
Interstate Executive committee aI
point a committee of five to arrange 70
state athletic meets on the Pentathloi
plan"
The committee on Devotional exercise
gave out the following assignments 70
L" morrow morning: Delaware avenu
Churchill Thane Miller aud J w
Sims Central Presbyterian a. Q
Williams Methodist Protest ant {
w. Shaw and G. M. Busey
Second Bapiist-E II. Fleming an
w. H Hoffman Brandywine-Jam G
Tyler and T. H. Wells Bethany Bapti-
j. w. Sims. John Agliouby Yves
Presbyterian-R c Harris, w A Leor
ard Olivet Presbyterian-A. b Gran
and w. c. Stewart. First Presbyteria
II. A. Harding and A. S. Baty. Grac
NJ. &c. ]. Hicks and W. H. Morris
Eastlake Presbyterian-Ch Charles Holto
and g. H. Winslow. Union-A Rudise
and R. r. Lewis. r. f. Church of tn
Covenant-B G Steiner and John Col
leigh. German Baptist-B. g. VonZasi
row and ID. Gunther NJ. E. Church
New Castle-W. G. Birely and G. p Wa
ner. Newport-C. S. Estes.
The sessions yesterday afternoon an
last night were well attended. Thrt
papers on the physical department wei
submitted. The first was THE Physics
Director and His Work Indoors, and W,
read by Charles S. MCGOWAN, formerly 4,
this city. now Physical Director at Gun
berland, Md.
He suggested that the leaders clai
act as a reception committee in the gym
nasium He favored physical examinl
tions and commended compulsory exam
nations.
81 think we are not accomplishing OF
aim if we encourage boxing and wres
ling too much, although they could
carried on to advantage, probably, If
$ special room away from the main roo
: be kept for that purpose, and only Il
instructor and the pupils that are lear
ing be allowed in the room at one tim
5 Do not have them in an exhibition,
r some people object very seriously
i wrestling or boxing They have with
2 them the elements Of barbarism, and
q the days of the gladiatorial contests a
d over, let us do without either wrestlii
e or boxing
He favored graded classes, month
contests and annual exhibitions He sa
particular attention should be pa
]. associate members, an effort being ma
d to interest them in the associations !
n ligious work.
=. The second paper, "The PhysiC
4 Director and His Work-Outdoors, W
read by j. W. Sims of Washington
o spoke Of noticeable development in &
4 association.
7, Thomas Cornelius of Baltimore re
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