The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-20
Y. M. c. A. ANNUAL MEETING
THE THIRTIETH SINCE ITS ORG .4NI-
 EATON HELD LAST EYENING.

Reports by General Secretary, Treasurer,
 and Other Offlcials-Association in n
 Prosperous Condition-oHcers for En-
 suing Year Elected-Banquet and Ad-
 dresses-A Social in ths Parlors.
 The Y. M. c. A. rooms on Chapel
 street, just below Union street, were
 filled last evening with large gather
 ing in attendance at the thirtieth an-
 nual meeting of the association. At
 7:3O banquet was served in the gym
 nasium, to which about 200 guests sat
 down. The collation. was served by
 young ladies, chiefly members of Cal
 vary Baptist and Davenport Congrega- tional churches. At the conclusion of
 the banquet Pierce N. welch, president of the association, called the meeting to order and reports from various off, cials and committees were read. The treasurer's report by Edward l.. Chap
 man showed that the total receipts
 during the past year had been ss,216.56,
 and the expenditures $7,S65O5, leaving
 a balance on hand of $351.51. The
 financial committee reported that the
 receipts for membership during the
 year were $1,022.81, from rents $641. 21,
 from locker rents sS9, from subscrip- tions S6,182.
 The report of the general secretary,
 MT Mcintosh, showed the total attend
 ance of men at the association rooms
 during the year to have been 34,056, the increase in membership g. Thirty-flve young men have been assisted in find ing employment and 155 have been di-
 rected to board places. The total mem-
 bership of the evening classes Is 109. Thirty-four Sunday afternoon meetings have been held at the rooms and the total attendance was 2,535 The total attendance at the thirty-three Satur- day evening meetings was 301. Twenty meetings of the Bible class have been held with a total attendance of S2. The total attendance at the nineteen boys meetings was S69 Seven outdoor meet iIlSS WGlC IlClu lllc yGeii dpSl , have been sent to the jail every Sunday and there distributed, the average number of papers sent having been 333 each Sunday.
 MT. McIntoshs report showed the as- sociation to be in a successful condi- tion as regards it's work, and after giv- ing statistics to show the scope of the
 work, he thanked all the friends of the
 association who have contributed to It's success in various ways
 Other reports were rendered by MT.
 Downs, the librarian; MT. Sharpe, of the association camp; MT Oalsson, of
 the reception committee; MT. Miller, of the gymnasium work; MT. Snow, of the devotional committee; MT. Ward, of the nominating committee.
 The following officers for the ensuing
 year were elected President, Pierce N. Welch; vice president, Prof. Saunders; treasurer, Edwin l.. Chapman; record l ing secretary, William H. Kirscner; di- { rectors, Judge L. w. Cleaveland, w. H. Douglass, John Y. McDermott, John T. | Manson.
 A musical program of some length was given, and included the following: l Selection, by Hillhouse High school l Mandolin club; tenor solo, by Frank R | Langdale; violin solo, by Prof. T. H Peterson; bass solo, by Frank Edgar | Addresses were made by Judge Cleave- | land, State Secretary E. T. Bates, w | E. Fenner, secretary of the railroad branch started in the Y. M. c. A branch of the Y. M. c. A. just started | in the old Derby depot, and by H. E | Nettleton. Among others present were: w. P. Applegate, Rev. MT. Meserve and S. c. Fleetwood.
 | At the conclusion of the business meeting a social was held in the par l lors, and pleasant evening was spent