The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-09
Y.M.CA. CONVENTION
Twenty-fifth Annual Meet
ing Convened in Mont
clair Last Night.
MANY DELEGATES PRESENT
Interesting Report of Elkanah
Drake, Chairman Of the Ex-
ecutiye Committee.
Special TO the Jersey City Ne,rs.


MoNTCLAIR, Feb. 9, 1S94-The twenty fifth
annual State convention of the Young Mems
Christian Associations of New Jersey was
convened last evening at the First Congrega-
tional Church. Delegates began to arrive
early in the day, and they were cordially
received at the Y. M. G. A. rooms. 1t was
eight o'clock when the proceedings began at
the First Congregational Church. The
church was crowded with deegates and
others. Mr.. A. II. Siegfried, President of
the local YMC.A A, on behalf of the assoeia-
tion, and the Rev A. II. Bradford, D. D., on
behalf of the local churches, welcomed the
delegates. State President w. D.. Murray
responded. A Committee on Permanent
Organization being appointed, the report of
Elkanah Drake Chairman of the Executive
Committee, was received.
CHAIRMAN DRAKE'S REPORT
1t in substance was as follows:-
There are forty-threei associations In the
State, against forty-five last year, ten of
which are in schools and colleges, four are
in railroad departments and twenty are
in cities and towns Three have dsbanded,
while two are inactive. Two school associa=
tions shave been organized
Academy and State School at Trenton, the
one village association at Washington, which
did not live the year out.
Forty-two associations have membership
of 9,212, a decrease of $50; thirty y-lline asso-
Citations spent for current expenses S161,
9S1. Al; fourteen associations own buildings
valued at S491 800, three have building funds
paid in, three have endowment funds, twep-
ty-eight have libraries valued at $11 $50, two
have real estate, fifteen have educational
classes with average attendance of 54l,
eighteen have gymnasiums, thirty five asso-
Citations conducted thirty seven weekly gos-
pei meetings for young men with an attend
ance of 1856, twenty-eight associations re-
port S07 conversions, an increase of 800;
thirty-one have reading rooms with an at
tendance of 3,031, twenty-one associations
have forty-six salaried employees, sixteen as
sociations have Junior departments, while
twenty-five associations conduct Bible train
ing classes, with an average attendance of
SIG.
AS to the buildings of the associations,
Dover, Summit, Paterson and Plainfeld have
buildings of their own, making total of
fourteen buildings, valued at S491, 500, to
which may be added value of real estate, etc, !,
which makes the total property valuation
1892 606, an increase for the year of S73, ,6S3.
The total indebtedness against this property
is $95,210, showing net valuation of
| $497, 800.
In the railroad work I'll bere has been no ex-
tension, the membership being |, 1872 at pres
ent.-
There are ten college associations, with a
membership of 9S4. During the year 344 of
these students professed conversion. Arthur
Lucas, the associate State Secretary, has
visited all but one of the associations.
SECRETARY MoRE'S WORK.
State Secretary, d. F. Moore, in his report,
gives an interesting account of the work he
has to care for During the year he has
Travelled IL, 900 miles and made 230 visits to
thirty-six places He has counselled with
State officers $50 times. boards of directors
six times, associations eight times and COM
mlttees fifty-three. He also gave thirty ad-
dresses at religious services and thirty six
upon association work presided at seven
monthly conferences of general secretaries
and attended many State conventions.
The meeting was concluded with an inter
esting address by Rev. W. 81. P. Faunce, D.
d. of New York.
The parlor conferences to be held this
afternoon from 4:30 to P. M. will be held
as follows:-Presidents and directors, at the
residence of Mrs. Thomas Porter; physical
departments, at the gymnasium of tn Mont
clair Military Academy; railroad delegates,
at the residence of Alfred S. Badgley on
Midland avenue; boys work, John r. How
ard, residence Mountain avenue: members
congress, at the residence of Nathan Porter,
Gates avenue; district work, at the residence
of Mr. and Mrs Thomas Russell; college
students, at the residence of Mrs. J. r. D.
Moves, Union street.