The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
GRHENVILLE Y. NJ. c. A.
Pastor Bruce's New Organ
ization Likely to Cause
Its Downfall.

Directors Of the Greenville Y. M. G. A.
was held 10 the room on Linden avenue
last night. The main question to be
decided was whether or not the G. Y. NJ.
c. A. should continue to exist. 1t was
decided not to disband.
There was q bare quorum present.
Messrs. Reuben Simpson. Arthur Duhme.
john Morrell, Fl. Nelson Walker and
John E. Peters were tue five members or
the Board on hand. The prospects OF the
the Association were discussed, The
principal question was the financial OUT
look. The Association IS in debt 90 Mr.
Morrell for rent. but they were counting
upon the funds derived from entertain
ments during the winter TO liouidats the
Indebtedness and pay a few months rent
In advance. Entertainments or rather
their success depend q great deal on the
support they obtain.
ITS EXISTENCE THREATENED.
The new organization the. Rsv. w. r.
Bruce is e~ndeavorfng to effect in connec-
ton with the Reformed Church threatens
the support OF the Y. NJ. c.. A. OF Green
vile. 1t also threatens to take some OF
the latter's members. In the event OF
this nothing would be left for the z. M.
c. A, but to go to the wall with q crash
or to fritter away into %fnnocuous non
existence. The Young men come In the
majority from the Reformed Church.
aud it is because OF this that the forma-
ton of the new society will affect the
association SO disastrously.
Between these two troubles the sus-
tanning members were sorely perplexed.
Many of the members who have lost
interest In the association have permitted
their dues To- accumulate unpaid.
President Duhme and Secretary Peters
would be pleased to see some of the old
members come forward and settle mp.
They would derive more pleasure from
the evidence of renewed interest than
from the actual cash secured.
This financial difficulty is an event OF
annual occurrence. This year. however.
difficulties began when the G.. Y. M. G.
A. moved from It's old and smaller quar-
tiers at No. 80 Linden ven to their
present position on the opposite side of
the stree: at No. 90 Linden avenue. This
was the old Bamber Hall. IL Is q dne
hall. with an excellent stage and about a
dozen well assorted scenes. One corner
was partitioned off for a reading room
aud o bookcase containing tne library.
file racks for the files of papers, tables
aud chairs were introduced into this
reading room.
But the rent was too great for the
association. From its removal to this
hall lI started to decline. The intense
rivalry between this team and the
Puritan A. G. nine on the baseball
diamond presented an opportunity for q
boom, but the Y. NJ. G. A. nine lost and
went still further down Into the mire.
A LITTLE HOPE.
So things looked very blue last evening
when the Board met to decide that CUES
ton of such momentuous import to the
association. There was one ray OF sun,
light filtered through the clouds aud lit
up the gloom. The Miukakwa Club met
at their clubhouse on Ocean avenue on
Thursday evening. After a discussion
of the present crowded coalition
Of School No: 20. Principal s
to procure a fitting place to hold over
flow classes. Bamher Hall was recon-
mended as enjoying every facility for
that purpose. This Is to do away with
the half day sessions in Schoul No. 90.
1t the Board OF Education act GU this
suggestion the Y. NJ. c. A, can still use
the hall In the evening and the joint oc.
the ~latter's rent. There Is a bare chance
that the Board, IL it followed the Min
kakwa suggestion aud secured the hall,
might object to the use of it in the even
lug for club purposes. This Is not thought
likely, however. There is one thing very
creClLaDl6 TO the WeIlOorS OIL IulS pFducu
of the Y. NJ. C. A. DULY one of the entire
Board of five was for giving up last
night.
Reuben Simpson said he hoped to see
the Y. NJ. C. A. on lis feet again and all
ways on Its feet thereafter. Arthur
Dunno and Jacd Peters joiued in saying
that IL the other three overraled them
and dissolved the organization, they
shovld begin again and endeavor to make
the Y. NJ G.. A. a power. And John
Morrell, to whom the Association is so
greatly indebted. held out this ray OF
hope of the school annex and refused to
give up the ship" The crisis IN this
Organization Is not yet past. but it Is be,
lieved now that recovery is assured and
that greater success will follow further
efforts to advance this branch OF the As'
ISOLATION,