El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-11

After music by the. choir, President
Foster, of the Y. NJ. G. y. made g
| report OF the years work. As to the
finances: the years receipts were
Sill. So: Sl375 from subscriptions, SIII
from dues and 1894 81 from various
sources. The expenses were $3.50 10:
S26I for the Improvement OF the gym
nasium. Sl4I3.I5 for actual expenses,
and 1925 per mOath for rent, salaries OF
general secretary, pay OF jenltOr, eX-
peuses of the reading room and other
incld entals This left surplus increase
of S3110. There was debt OF back
years amounting to 1888 Il on which
$26S 9S had been paid. The object OF
the management was to conduct the
association on business principles: and
for the first time, the association was
now paying It's way.
The presid eut made extended refer
ence to the athletic features of the Y.
NJ. G.. A, and in detailing the advan-
tages of the new gymnasium, said 1t
was the intention to inaugurate athletic
games. The present secretary, Mr..
Sloane, was a graduate OF the !
M. G. a. training school at Springfield,
Mass and was just the man to conduct
the athletic features of the association.
Ladies' classes had also been organized
for gymnastic work. The educational
phase of the association was touched
upon. There were classes and lectures
which would be amplified in the future.
Heretofore, there had been instruction
only in Bible study and Spanish: but
this part of the work would be much
enlarged. The rooms were open every
weekday from a. M, to Op. M. There
were 500 books in the library, with
magazines ana papers. The speaker
advised people not to throw aside their
magazines, after reading. Give them
to the Y. NJ. G.. A. and after the asso-
citation is through with them, they can
be given to the prisoners in the jaiIS.
The social feature of the association
was becoming OF marked interest. This
included sOcials, suppers, muSicai and
literary entertainments IN the assoc
iation rooms. There had been lectures
and entertainments given in larger
halls, but this had not proved profit
able, and SIS the gymnasium would seat
two or three hundred people that Fl ace
would be fitted up with Il view to hay
ing lectures and other entertainments
there where there would be 40 expense
for a hall The advantages OF the read
Jog room and other privileges were well
set forth, and the fact stated that re
ligious influences were by no means
forced on man, but all the best in
hGenceS would be thrown in a young
man way II ne WOulu Ouly take auNa n
tage of them, and the work of the y.
NJ c. a. made plain as the fruit of
christianity. The work is not denOm-
national and the rooms are for home
for young men. The association wish
ed to reach POO young men this year,
and continue the institution on Il bust
ness plane.
Mrs. Irwin, for the Ladies' Auxiliary,
read an interesting paper in which she
said that the Auxiliary wa organized
in 1892, and the mem bership WAS thirty
eight. The business meeting was held
the first Thursday in each month, ex
cept in the hot summer months, when
there was vacation. The annual
election was in O tober, aud all the
meetings were opened with prayer, fer
the work could not be continued with
out divine help. The Auxiliary was
attending largely to developing the
social features of the Y. NJ. g. A. and