The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-06-27
WELCOME EXTENDED TO SECRE.
TARY C0RBETT.
Addresses Delivered and Songs
Sung.

! ONCHAliS ChISA vain Voc S0N
cessfully carried out, Mr.. H. F
Wichman introducing the perform.
ers. The Wall brothers appeared
with violin and piano solo. Their
playing was very good.
President c. B. Ripley made a
brief address of welcome to the
new secretary, Mr.. Corbett. He
said that he felt greatly honored
for the privilege of introducing Mr..
Corbett, their new secretary, and
he wished all to extend to him a
most cordial welcome. On behalf
of the Christian homes of this city
he extended sincere greetings. He
hoped that Mr.. Corbett's work in
Honolulu would be a source of
pleasure and benefit to him.
Mr.. Corbett replied to the adj
dress of welcome from the presi-
dent of the Y. NJ. C. A. Over two
months ago he had not the least
idea that he was ever coming to
Honolulu, but he believed that it
was providence that brought him in
their midst. He spoke of the work
being done by the Y M. c. a.
abroad. He laid particular stress
on the great task of reaching the
young men. The places where
they go to are the theaters, saloons
and the Y. NJ A. If the Y. NJ.
c. A. does not exert its influence
over them, the other attractions are
bound to have the boys. The gym
nasiums of the Y. NJ. C. A. are de.
voted to the physical culture of the
boys. 1t is there that the boys are
developed for life. The evening
classes tend to advance the educa-
tional side of the Y. NJ. G. A. 1t is
in these classes that many young
are trained for daily duties, and
many have grown up fitted intel
lectually to go through life. Mr..
Corbett urged the great need of
starting evening classes. Boys do
not know where to spend their
evenings, and if not embraced
within the Y. M. c. A. boundaries
they are bound to go where there
are attractions for them. He
pointed out the urgent need of
building up young men so as to be
intellectually fitted for life, and
with the cooperation of all, he
would do his utmost in that line to
build up young men. Mr.. Corbett's
remarks were warmly received.
Miss Kulamanu Ward favored
the audience with a song, Miss Won
Holt accompanying on the piano.
Miss Ward was loudly applauded
and obliged to give an encore.
Mr.. W. C. Weldon, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Y. NJ. C. A, made the
farewell address to their retiring
general secretary, Rev. II. W. Peck.
He expressed on behalf of the asso-
citation its high esteem and appre-
citation for the good work done by
Mr.. Peck, and as he returns to his
native land, he will carry with him
the good will of the association.
The two years Mr.. Peck devoted to
the Y. NJ. G. A. work were faith
fully devoted. His love for sports
proved that a Christian gentleman
can play with impunity football
and cricket without throwing aside
Christianity. Mr.. Weldon wished
Mr.. and Mrs. Peck future prosperi-
ty in their new field of labor for the
Master.
Rev. H. w. Peck, retiring secre-
tary, in a short speech, acknowl-
edged the kindly words of brotherly
love extended to him. He spoke of
the great need of the work among
the poor of the city. The best hours
of his Y. NJ. C. A. had been spent
with the poor, consoling them in
their hours of grief and praying with
them. He had devoted more time
to the poor because he felt that that
work had been sadly neglected.
The rich are kindly matured and
looked after, but the poor are neg
lected. If the Y. NJ. G. a. wishes
to be a successful institution, it
must be free from connections with
any other organization. Good work
had been done by the Y. NJ. c. A.
on the temperance question.
He agreed with Mr.. Cor
bett in what he said about the
need of a gymnasium for reaching
the boys, who are the stuff to
make men of. In the future, he
will always look back upon the
association with pleasure.
A song by Mr.. Ruevsky with
piano accompaniment by Prof.
Theo. Richards, ended the literary
exercises of the evening. Then
followed hand-shaking with the
new secretary. Ice cream and
cakes were served to those that
remained.