The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-04
EIGHTY SECRETARIES.
OF New England Y. M. C. A. Associa
lions


VIII Arrival In this City This Evening
Programme of the Conference.-Spec-
| iaI Decoration at Y. NJ. C. A. Hall.
| The twelft b annual conference of the
New England Y. M. g. A. general secre
taries begins today in this CITY and Will
continue through tomorrow and Thurs
day. The secretaries, about so in mum
| Der, will arrive early this evening. A
special car from Boston will arrive here
at about 5 O'Clock and the Maine dele
gates will arrive at $50 O'Clock. Score
tary Garland is arranging to meet the
visitors at the station with one OF the
largest electric cars and give them ride
up to Fort Allen Park and back again
and up the Spring street line to the
Williston church, where they will be
served a banquet by the original Y. Z.
S. G. E. of that church and therefore of
the country. After the banquet tn ere
will be addresses in the church. Follow
ing is the programmes:
TUESDAY.
600 p. m. Banquet.
| 7.45 p. m.-Address, DIR. b. N. Seeley ,
Springfield; W. B. Miller. New York.
WEDNESDAY.
900 a. m.-Our Religious Work, T. S.
Smith, ST. Johnsoury.
1906 a. m.-Tha General Secretary as
Physical Director, W. A. Fairbanks,
Concord. Competitive Gymnastic Work,
V. H. Miester. Southbridge.
10. As a. m.--Why have Evening Glasses
in Cities where Public Night Schools
are In Existence. d. F. Graham, Spring
field. Education Work for Boys, N. p.
Work, Hartford. Planning for Educa-
| 11.30 a. m.-Business.
! $50 D. m.-The Woman'S Auxiliary, q.
S. Bishop, Fitohburg
$50 p. ma General Seoretary's Duty
toll imself, W. B. Millar, New York. .
4. Is p. m.-Question Drawer, r. A.
| Jordan, Bangor.
| 7.45 D. m-Association Men as Busi-
ness Hustlers, G. M. Bryant, Pittsfield.
Advanced Ideas in Association Work, u:
M. Hersey, Hartford Our Past and
Present, F.W. Meyer, Springfield. Our
Future, r. G. Goodwin, Cambridge
THURSDAY.
9.UU u. MISUNDERSTANDING WorA, L. Z.
Day, Waterbury.
$40 a. m.-Mem bership Transfers, T.
I. Lakewood, Haverhill.
10. 20 a. m.-Plans for Increasing Mem
bership, W. II. Symonds. Somerville.
100 a. m.-Buildings, E. l.. Starrett,
! Maiden.
1200-Banque
With the exception of this evening Is
exercises at Williston church and those OF
tomorrow evening at the First Baptist,
G. A. rooms. The banquet Thursday
noon will occur there and will be given
by the Ladies' Auxiliary.
| Some of the Y. N. 9. A. leaders who
will be present are the following
DR.. T. N. Sesrley is at the head Of
the physical department. Of the Interna
tional Y. NJ G. A. Training school al
Springfield, Mass, where Y. M. G. A.
secretaries and physical directors are
trained.
d. f. Graham Is at the head of the
educational department Of the above
training school at Springfield.
W. B. Millar represents the interna-
tional committee in the capacity of one
of the twelve or fifteen secretaries. He
has been at the head of the central de
partment in New York city and one o.
the most stirring men in the country IL
Y. Nj. G. A. work.
W. B. Abbott of Worcester, Mass. is
committee and represents Massachusetts
Mr.. EFT. Garland of the Portland Y
M. G. a. represents Maine; NM. Bart
lett, of Nashua, New Hampshire; B. G.
Austin, of Brattleboro, Vermont; A. L
Stratton, OF Pawtuoket, Rhode Island,
and L. P. Day, of Waterbury, Conneo-
| tout.
The main hall in the Y. M. G. A.
rooms has been prettily decorated and
Secretary Garland and his assistants
were busy as bees yesterday arranging 6
unique and most attractive and useru
decoration.
They have sent to all the association Of
New England and made request fol
samples Of their printed advertising
matter About seventy of them have
responded. Each has sent some half doz
en- or more of their flyers, programmes
etc. These have been attached TO large
white pasteboard cards about two fee
square, at the upper part of which i
painted in large letters the name of TIL
association, such as Lowell, Pawtuckett
! Bangor etc.
There are SO many Of these great card
/ covered with their many colored and of
ten very handsome programmes that the.
almost cover the walls. This thing wa
never done in Portland before. 1t vii
} be most interesting to the secretaries flo
they can see at glance just what all tn
: other secretaries ideas are in the wa
of advertising.
Portland's advertising matter cover
five of the big cards. Secretary Garlan
has much faith in advertising and make
speciality of it.
Through the kindness of the Dominion
line, the visitors will be shown over on
u.