The Portland daily press., 1896-02-05
GENERAL SECRETARIES HERE.
The Banquet and Reception Last
Evening.

The First Meeting Held at Historic WILL
iston and Very Interesting and En-
joyable One 1t Was.
The delegates in attendance on the
Goth annual conference of the New Eng
land General Secretaries of the Y. M. G.
A., were received on arriving here and
were escorted to Williston church, where
q banquet was served by the young la
dies of the church, the following acting
as the committee of arrangements
Carrie L. Gordon, Carrie E. Bolton,
Sarah C. Hoyt, Jennie M. Hayes, Grace
S. Burrowes, Lizzie T. Fairbanks, Nell
lie G. Davis, Eva B. Montgomery, Har-
riet A. Montgomery, Alice e. Libby.
The following sat down at the tables
Samuel S. Jessup, Newport, R. l.;
H. W. Freer, Bellows Falls. VT; J. q.
Miller, S. W. Smith, Jr., Portland; o.
G. Cotton, Quincy, Mass. ". o. Kim
ball. Portland; H. NJ. Fillebrown, Bos-
ton; Charles E. jackson, E. R. Payson,
e. T. Garland, Walter B. Abbott, DR..
E. R. johnson. Melrose, Mass. Howard
Mason, Natick, Mass. !; A. A. Bronson,
Clinton, Mass; A. T. Stratton, Paw
tuoket. r. l.; e. Brunberg, Rockland;
+. N. Seerley, M. D., Springfield, Mass. !;
D. r. Graham, Oliver C. Morse. SPRING
field, Mass. P. F. Parker, Newton,
Mass. A. G. Stone, Chelsea. Mass B.
W. Gillett, Manchester, N. H.; B. f.
Pierce, Brockton, Mass X. A. Jordan,
Bangor; W. R. Hale. Norwood, Mass :;
Clarence Weston, Norwood, Mass. W.
A. Andrew, Taunton, Mass. Geo. A.
Paine, Winchester, Mass. James c.
Clarke, Springfield; D. N Braokett,
Nashua. NH. W. X. Goddard, Laoonia,
N. H.; Leroy NJ. Collins. Dover, N. H. ;
c. M. Bryant, Pittsfeld. Mass. A. H.
Wilcox. Meriden, Conn. Frank E. Barnes,
Woburn. Mass. !; C.S. Bishop, Fitchburg,
Mass. A.C. Dunning, Charles F. john
son, Milford, Mass. G. E. Day. Lynn,
Mass. A. 6. Fogg, Hyde Park, Mass ;
W. 3. Maybott, Millbury. Mass; C. S.
McGown, Thompsonville, Conn; G.
NJ Bursley. Auburn; AT. Craig, Water
vile; Alexander Gray, Holyoke, Mass. !;
G. N. Chase, lewiston; Chas. P. Hallen,
Stamford, CT; N. P. Work, Hartford;
E. T. Bates, New Haven; Rev. Dwight
NJ Pratt, W. B. Millar, New York city
Secretary Garland presided over the
aE5er dinner exercises and remarks were
made by the following gentlemen: Rev.
W. B. Abbott, A. 7. Stratton, D. N.
Bartlett, r. A. Jordan. e. T. Bates, H.
W. Bates, II. W. Freer, G. f. Johnson,
G. M. Bryant, H. M. Phillebrown and
A. H. Wilcox.
The reception and banquet was fol-
lowed by largely attended meeting IN
tho church over which W. B. Abbott of
Worcester, Mass, presided.
Secretary Garland said few earnest
words of welcome and announced
DIR. F. N. SEERLEY
Of Springfield, Mass, who spoke of the
physical training department. of the Y.
NJ. G. A. work. When he thought of man
he thought of him as composed of body,
mind and spirit Some may think that
acts alone affect the body, that thought
has nothing to do with the body. We
may speak of physical, mental or moral
one from the other
Some seem to be constantly trying to
find some state where prize fight. will
be allowed, and others are simply en-
crossed In the higher training. But the
men who neglect the body are in dan
ger of physical decay. Those who advo-
cate moral training only, are practically
hermits. Moral training is the highe st,
and Yet physical training is part that
is not to be neglected without violating
some part Of this magnificent being of
ours. 1t is an unfortunate thing for
some people that they have to live in
these bodies, and it seems almost too bad
of them.
The first real physical triumph is when
the child learns to walk, but the first
mental triumph is when he finds that
he can walk at will. The muscles as
sumo form according to the condition of
the mind. The true mourner need not
don black, and joy is reflected on the
ldC6 "A uQ uubCuldG 6uOfb Is u66u6u
before man gets mad, and man
who Is at peace with God, shows it in
his face and manner. The man who is
devoted to the highest can not conceal
it. The will, the dominating part of
the mind of man can do much and it
can dominate the body as we'll.
What relation does physical exercise
have on man? The body must be know n
and the exercise must be adapted to the
man. An exercise that Injuries any part
of the body is wrong. He spoke wi tn
disapproval of the record breaking
ideas of the present time. The brea king
of the record may physically ruin the
man. No man can hold the world e
championship and not pay the price. He
must give himsef up to that one thing,
but success is in reality defeat. No
man can reach that point n ithout keep
ing immoral associates, and such
a physical victory is in reality a
moral defeat, and the man is more than
the exercise. "Why try for physical