The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-10-15
Y. M. C. A.

on Monday last, promises to be the mos
interesting OF any that the Association
has ever held. The present membership
is 800, and the aim is to increase it to a
least 500 before the end OF the present
month. What schemes are being con
sidered by the different teams cannot be
told, but enough to say that vague ru
mors afoat give assurance that some deer
laid plan is to be sprung by some of the
teams.
The leaders are all good men and have
sufficient backing to push the contest to
successful finish.
The captains are as follows: @. M. Mil.
Ter, B. S. Sutherland, 3. S. Knapp, H. p
White, G. E. Rigley, J. 3. Dowdigan, G
d. Stewart, L. M. Watson, and Warren
Pieipont. The rules OF the contest will
be as follows
l. To begin Monday, Oct. II, 1897, and
close at o'clock p. M, Saturday, Oct.
80, 1897.
2. The resident membership to be d.
vided into nine teams of equal size.
8. Counting will be by points. One
dollar cash paid in on new membership
counts one point.
A. A new member shall be understood
and defined az man who has never been
a member OF the Association, OF, if he has
been member, whose membership ex-
pired on or before August l., 1897.
5. Secretary VanNess will receive all
returns, keep the record, make the count
and report tie result. He shall show the
standing of each side at 6 p. ID. on each
day of the contest.
6. The record of the contest and the
counting of the points made shall be ex-
amined and verified by committee cho-
sen by the captains OF the nine teams at
the close of the contest.
z. Members will be requested to wear
on their coats their respective team
badges.
s. New members secured shall imme
diately become contestants in the team
procuring their applications.
8. These rules are subject to amend
ment.
DR.. ]. ii. Waite gave plain, practical
gospel talk at the Mems meeting that was
greatly enjoyed. The men who did not
attend missed most helpful address.
Rev. Carey V. NoTthrop will address
Che Mems meeting next Sunday at 4
o'clock Special music will be provided.
No man should fail to attend this service.
All young men who are interested in
the study of shorthand will meet in the
Association rooms on Friday night to or
ganize the class, which will be in charge
Of Miss May Jacobs, photographer for the
Owosso Carriage Works.
The class in mechanical drawing will
be in charge of ]. S. Thompson, drafts
man for the Ann Arbor r. r.
The enrolment will be large and all
men interested should enroll at once.
The class will meet next week.
The classes in pennmanship and ma
chine shop arithmetic will be organized
coon.
All young men who are interested in
these or other studies and can do any
evening school work are invited TO see
Secretary Van Ness who will be glad to
answer all questions.
f. HI. Clark, of Kansas City, met few
of the young men last Saturday night
and explained the working of the "Con-
gless" which is feature of the work in
that city, and great interest is shown in
the discussion of live topics. If suffi-
Gent number desire it q Congress will
be organized here.
The Library is closed for the purpose of
a new list of the books and
the issuing of a new catalog. As soon as
the books can be gotten in, the copy
will be prepared and new list printed.
It is hoped that this can be done with
out delay.
A new feature of the Association work
here this year, will be the holding Of
series of platform meetings in the various
churches of the city on Sunday nights.
The first OF the series will be held on
Sunday night next, in the M. E. church.
Members of the Association. will present
different phases Of the Y. M. @. A. work.
A meeting to arrange the gymnasium
classes will be held on Tuesday evening
of next week. All who expect to take