The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-12
!. \. c. A. GRO Nth
Annual Convention Begun
in New BrunsWic; K
Yesterday.
TWO HUNDRED DELEGATES PRESENT
Yearly Report Shows a Flattering
Amount Of Progress
officers Elected.
TWO HUNDRED DELEGATES PRESENT
Special to Tho Jerseu Catu Neua.

NEW BRUNSWICK. Feb. 70. 1881
The Association Hall in this city was
crowded yesterday afternoon with dele
gates to the twenty-eighth annual con-
vention of the r. M. c. Associations Of
this State. New Brunswick's association
was the host. and its officers, President
Charles w. Guiick and Secretary Charles
e, Head, received the delegates on their
arrival. There were about 200 Of them.
Delegates began to arrive on Wednes-
day night, and yesterday morning the
influx continued and grew in volume.
The list Of delegates submitted to the
committee upon Entertainment of the
local association up to noon today,
showed that Essex. Passaic and Hudson
counties are already well represented.
Among the accredited representatives
from the principal towns in the State are:
Jersey City-General Secretary T.. B.
Paulin. w. J.. German. George E..
Geissler, John Long.
Newark-Henry. A. Cozzens, General
Secretary: D. Crawford, s. B. Frank. AL
fred Grinnis. Percy c. Long, C. B.. Mer-
rift, F. r. Plume, James Philipson. Chas.
r. Scott. Waverley E. Tyler, Fred A.
Taft. Milton Van Skeyne, e. J. Van
Duersen.
Paterson-General Secretary F. B..
Hoagland, Thomas Arnold, j. W. Cleve-
land. w. C. Keile. H. W. Mills.
Passaic-W. F. Daum, General secre-
tary: David Carlisle. e. T. Grooceck, c.
G.. Clifford. II. Kitzer. George W. Watson,
Frank Wetney.
Orange-Willard Smith. General Secre-
tary: Archie G. Gibbons, Judson Drayton,
Freeman Killbourne.
Plainfield-J. H. Manning, General Sec
rotary; w. D. Murray, F. o. Bristoe, p.
s.. Suffern. Clarence Stephens.
TIL convention was called to order at
five O'Clock by Wilson Farrand. of New
ark, the Second vice-President. After
a brief prayer service w. D. Lathrop, of
Montclair, was nominated as temporary
secretary. The Chairman appointed the
following Nominating Committee:-John
s. Tichenor. of Montclair: Charles Van
Brunt. of Long Branch, and William
Simpson, of Rutgers College. This con-
cluded the session.
A reception was given the delegates by
the women's auxiliary from 6 to 1880
o'clock.
The evening session was held in the
Livingston Avenue Baptist Church. Mem
bers from the various city churches
greeted the delegates and responses were
made by the State officers. Elkanah
Drake. Of Newark, Chairman of the State
Executive Committee, read the report of
the committee for the past year.
The report shows that the Y. M. c. A.
has grown from eighteen associations in
1870 to forty-four associations with a to-
tai membership of S,515. During the
year the Jersey City Association has dis
posed of its building for lack Oft support.
Montclair has pledged a building fund
of $4,000. Millville has secured possess
sion of its property, and Passaic has pur-
chased a $500 lot. These improvements
make the total value of State property
S555, PSI.
There has been an increase in the work
of the railroad department, which now
has LASS members. and progress has been
made in educational work.
The development In the gymrastic line
has also been marked, and much interest
is being taken in the special boys work.
The finances show a deficit Of a small
amount
The report. as compared with that OF
last year, shows an increase of 463 in the
membership of the general association,
46 in the membership of the railroad as
oh4 q NOSACdoC VI " ia COl4CSS
associations.
There are now Is association buildings,
valued at S519.500. with indebtedness of
umes in 81 libraries. There were 47 con-
versions during the year.
The Nominating Committee presented
these names:-President, E. P. Holden, Of
Madison; First Vice-President, C. w.
Gulick, of New Brunswick; Permanent
Secretary, James A. Stafford. Of Plain
field; Assistant Secretary. N. D. Lathrop,
of Montclair. All were elected.
The session closed with an address by
the Rev. Theodore Z. Cuyler of Brooklyn.
The business sessions Of the convention
during the day, open only to delegates,
were held in the Association Building on
Church street. The. evening exercises
will be public and will be held In the var
ious churches. The convention will con-
tinue until Sunday. In addition to the
regular sessions there will be a number
of meetings and. house conferences. A
still greater number of delegates are ex-
pected today. when the main work of the
convention is to be disposed OF.