The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-25
WORK FOR YOUNG MEN.
RALElGH'S DELEGATION RE-
TURNS FROM THE STATE Y
M. c. A. CONVENTION.

Much Pleased With Charlotte and the
Meeting---Y. NJ. c. A. in the State
! in Better Condition than Ever Be-
/ fore---Prominent Speakers at the
Charlotte Convention.
Mr.. J. f. Watson and Mr.. S. NJ.
Young, delegates to the State Conven-
1 ton of the Y. M. G. A., returned yes
/ terday from Charlotte. Secretary
/ w. II. Overton came back this morning
on the ATLANTA Special"
The Raleigh delegation are very
much pleased with Charlotte and the
convention. 1.-THE people of Charlotte
gave us such reception as we have
! seldom met with" said one Of them
/ last night.
About two hundred delegates at
! tended the convention, every city and
/ college in the State being represented.
Three special receptions were tender
ed the delegates: by the Ladies' AuXll-
! iary of the Charlotte Y. M. G. A., by the
Methodist Epworth League, and by the
| Baptist Young Peoples Society.
No formal reports were read out IN
/ the open meeting. But the Raleigh
/ Association was reported in better con-
| dition than ever before. This is the
| first time for several years that the
| Association has been reported in a
| fiourishing condition.
Mr.. G. f. Miller, of Salisbury, was
president of the meeting; Prof Edwin
| Minis, of Trinity College, yicc-presi-
dent, and Prof Joseph Blair, Of Gull
ford College, secretary.
| Mr.. John T. Pullen, of this city, was
elected a member of the State execu-
tive committee, vice Mr.. n. B. Brough-
ton resigned.
Among the speakers at the Charlotte
meeting were: Rev. DR.. w. r. Lam
beth, missionary secretary OF the
! Methodist church, South; +. S. Brock
man, college secretary of the inter
national committee of the Y M. c. A.;
| II. o. Williams, railway secretary of
| the international committee; l.. A.
! Coulter, State secretary of Virginia Y,
! NJ. c. A., and former secretary for
| North Carolina; DIR. j. S. Felix, OF
I Asheville: ID. A. Sinclair, general secre-
1 tary at Dayton, Ohio; Prof. Henry
| Louis Smith, of Davidson College, and
others.
/ The report of State Secretary Turner
! shows: 1929 members in II city asso-
/ Citations reporting; 722 members in
! college associations reporting; 2,945
/ total membership in the ~ assocla-
/ tions; 1,866 active members; SOB serv-
! ing on comittees
/ S13.171 expended by % associations
I for current expenses last year; $780,
$40 net value of buildings and real
estate owned by associations.
/ Two associations have evening edu-
cational work, having seven classes in
mechanical drawing, penmanship,
| stenography, typewriting, book-keep-
/ ing, arithmetic, etc.
223 conversions are reported.
Three associations had lecture
courses.
| Six associations have Libraries con
| tanning nearly 1000 volumes.
! Seven associations report over 500
/ daily attendance at the rooms.
Eight associations have gymnasiums.
Six associations have bath rooms.
twenty-five situations secured
through four associations.
Eight local secretaries of associa-
tions.
Four associations report boys work.
The report Of State Treasurer Hanna
/ shows that S1,053.12 has been received
| during the year for the State work, and
| Sf.914.38 expended, leaving balance Of
| S3s.74 i'm hand.
During the year two Associations
| suspended operations, but others are
holding their own. The Associations
are in a much better financial condi-
/ 49,. %Lnz }xvolva xnarf bg gUO
No new buildings have been erected
but a large building fund has been
| raised for a building for the State Uni
yersity at Chapel Hill Great impetus
has been given to college work by the
students who attended the summer
school at Knoxville, and the visitations
/ of Il. s. Brockman, college secretary.
The executive committee recon-
mends more deputation work among
colleges; more educational work a
larger number Of subscribers to the
| Young Mems Era The COMMITTEES in
its report thanks the ladies Of the State
for their efficient work.
The members of the Y NJ. G. a. are
very much pleased with Mr.. Turner
| the new State Secretary for North Car
| olina. He has been in the State only
a few months, but has made his mark
| already. "He is a strong man." said
one Of the Raleigh delegates yester-
day; "and all the Y. NJ. G. a. men have
fallen in love with him"
The Raleigh Association under the
management of Secretary Oyerton, be-
| gins the new Y. NJ G. A. year with
| brighter prospects than ever before.
| AMONG THE BAPTIST BRETHREN.