The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-26

Present-doW TO save The Young Men
and Make Them Better.
At the Preble House last evening the
officers and friends of the Portland Y
NC. A. entertained at dinner Henry M.
Moore of Boston, the well known Y M.
G. A. worker.
Those who were present: Perciyal Bon
ney, P. Chase, H. M. Moore. Boston !;
E. R. Payson, d. W. Clark, Oman
Adams, John W. Perkins, Brye M. Ed
wards, George f. West, Sidney S. L.
Stewart, W. J. Orr, M. NJ. Bailey, Charles
Day, Z. Il. Burrowes. R. +. Newell, L.
E. Mcdonald, W. H. Hobbs, A. G.
Libby, Warren Robinson, Frank M.
Strout, E. L. Garland, v. Richard
Foss, A. e. Norton, Paul D. Luce, A.
E. Nickerson, ]. Ii. True, W. W. Will
liams, Express, j. W. Davis, S. Davis,
E. H. Hazelton, IT'S. Laughlin, E. S.
Eeverett, II. B. Pennell. A. S Kinds,
Charles Cook, Henry s. Tricky. j. r.
Libby, W. j. Knowlton, LIN. Webb,
N. W. Noyes, G. L. Marston, L. D. Aus
tin, j. W. Tabor, M. g. Hutchinson, 7.
II. johnson, Walter H. Field, Stanley
P. Warren, James E. Mcdowell, Charles
+. Stafford, Prentiss Loring, Herbert M.
Bailey, Rev. E. r. Purdy, William W.
Brown, Asher c. Kinds.
After most delightful dinner Mr..
Edgar r. Payson rose and congratulated
the sustaining members present on the
number who were interested in the work
of the association. He then presented
MR.. HENRY. NJ. MOORE,
of Boston, as ''an old friend of some of
us, and good friend of all of us" Mr..
Moore referred to the comment of Gov
Dingiey when he presided over the Ma
tional Council, that 1T was the finest body
of men over whom he had ever presided
Mr.. Moore said he could say the same
of the present body of men.
Mr.. Moore classed together three of the
modern, vital agencies of Christianity :
the Salvation Army the Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor, and the
Young Mems Christian Association.
The Y. M. G. A. does a great work. 1t
builds up the manhood of future citizens.
This country in the future will be what
the young NJ en- make it. Modern life
tends towards the cities. The young
men from the country are going to the
cities. The population of the cities is
increasing amazingly. They are the
nerve centres of modern society. They
are the storm centres also Their infiu-
ence, for good or bad, radiates over the
county without
Mr.. Moore told how young man from
the country whom he knew came to Bos-
ton to work. He soon found that the
young man was going to the saloons.
Why you go to those places?" / asked
him. Where shall | go?'' asked the boy.
. And [ said then,' said Mr.. Moore,
that the time would come when there
should be place in Boston where a
young man could CO." Mr. Moore then
contrasted with the situation then, the
situation now with the great Y. M. c.
A. building.
Mr.. Moore next spoke of the saloons
which were in business to get the young
men. The Y. M. q. A. was the opposing
agency. Every town large enough for
> saloon was large enough for Y. M.
Q. A. The Y. M. @. A. should have
bright, commodious rooms, pleasanter
than anything the saloons can give.
Mr.. Moore recalled how he had visited
Portland to attend the Y. NJ G. A. con
in, 1890 he, >io%r al. u
IF the association since then. Until the
hard times came on there was being built
B Y. M. G. A. building every two weeks
N this country. And last year one was
Quilt in every Shree weeks. Seventeen
non in this country have given 81, $780,
700 for Y. M. G. A. buildings.
Mr.. Moore described how the Y M
3. A. uses social means to save the Young
men. 1t is potent and successful agen-
~.
The Y. NJ. G. A. is going to be the
leading lay college in this country with
in the next ten years. Thousands of
Young men are in the Y. M. G. A.
schools tonight. The great proportion
Of our young men leave school at IA, Only
one in 81 goes through the High school
The Y. M. c. A. is taking the other 30
IN hand, and is teaching them freely.
There will probably be curriculum
before long, with prizes, etc.
In physical culture our associations
ire recognized leade rs We have laid
Dur hands on the athletics of this conn
Try so that they recognize it. A Chris
ian physical instructor can get at young
men as no one else can.
Many are converted through the gym
lasiums.
Speaking of p ortland Mr.. Moore said