Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-28

1 now i'll America, Europe, ASIA Africa and
| Occanica nearly 5, 1870 organizations of tho
| Y. M. G. A., with Il membership little
! short of 40 900. Seven years after the for
| nation of the first association in Great
| Britain associations were formed ut Mon
| trcal and at Boston. There are now in
! AmCr";! about l, 400 a",;uciltiO ions, Of which
| all but about 80 are i'll the lnitCu states.
l The total American membership is 332,
9G2, or considerable more than half the
full membership of the order.
The thirteenth conference of the y. NJ.
c.. A. of the world Will hold its opening
service in Westminster abbey on the even
ing of June |, and its business sessions
thereafter will be held in Exeter hall.
There will be about ., 600 delegates in at
tcndancc--20O from America, mostly from
tho United States, and the remainder from
every corner of the globe. Twenty states
of the Union will be represented in the
American delegation. The London branch
of the Y. NJ. C. A. has made extensive
preparations to receive and entertain the
convention. There will be % daily lunch
con and tea served in u marquee seating
2, 900 persons and erected on tho Thames
cmbankmcnt. There will be n reception
to tho delegates by the lord mayor at the
Guildhall on the evening of Junc4. For
this the corporation of tho city has APP
propriatcd IS, 600. There will be also IL
vast deal of private entertaining durin"
the continuance of tho conference and aft
crward.
Tho jubilee celebration proper will b"
held on the anniversary, June &, in Royal
Albert hail. u room capable OF seating
s, 600 persons. George Williams will pre-
side at this meeting, and there will be
music by n great orchestra and speaking
by conspicuous members of the OrganiZa-
ton A feature of this jubilee meeting
will be the presenting of testimonials t"
Mr. Williams as the founder of the Y. Nj.
c. A. The American branch will present
richly bound album containing an ad-
dress signed hy the leaders of the associa
ton throughout the new world. The
French branch will present an oil portrait
of Mr. Williams, the work of famous
French artist The Paris association will
present marble bust of Coligny, the
Protestant hero of France. During the
Jubilee celebration q marble statue of Mr..
Williams will be unveiled by one of the
royal princes.
A unique feature of the convention will
be tho reception to tho delegates ut Wind
sor castle on Juno Z. Tho queen has given
orders that all parts of tho castle and the
grounds be thrown open to the visitors.
This is tho first instance In which she has
shown such an attention 40 any OrSalllZl-
ton. The queen will be represented by
proxy at tho reception. After the dole
gates have thoroughly inspected the castle,
its grounds, stables and special appoint
mcnts a luncheon will be served to tho
whole body in pavilion erected upon ono
of the lawns. After tho luncheon the fare
we'll meeting of tho convention will be
held beneath the windows Of the castle.
Tho first worlds conference of the Y.
M. c. A. was held at Paris, and the con-
fercncc has been held tricnnially in Europe
ever since The last conference met ut
Amsterdam in 1891. Tho conference has
never met in America, nor is it likely to
do so in tho near future as tho expense of
transportation from all parts of the world
to America would probably reach nearly
81, 900, 900, while the conference can be held
in Europe with considerably less expense.
Since tho meeting of tho worlds confer
ence at Geneva in 1878 tho association has
maintained u central committee with
quorum at and about that city. Tho COM
mittec, consisting Of ono representative
from each country having national asso-
citation, and two each from Great Britain
and America, attends to international
matters in years between tho conferences
The delegation from America will in
olude many men distinguished In the
church and in business. E. N. V.