The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-04
7. NJ. c. 4. CONVENTION
Twenty-eighth Meeting to Be
Held at New Brunswick
Next Week.

The twenty-eighth annual convention
of the Young Mems Christian Associations
of New Jersey viii meet at New Bruins
wick February 11-14. Among those who
will take part in the programme are the
f-oilowing:-Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, ID,
Brooklyn;sE. N. Secrecy. MD, Spring.
field, Mass; E. l.. Shuey, Esq, Dayton.
o.; Don G. Shelton. New York; Theodore
VOORHEES,, first Vice-President of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway; Clar-
enee J. Hicks, International Railway Sec
rotary; Daniel A. Waterman, Treasurer
Michigan Central Railroad; Rev. Donald
Sage Mckay. DID,, Newark; ]. B. Car
penter, Jr., BROOKLYN; Thomas 7. Hor-
ney, Esq, Philadelphia; Mrs. II. H. Fall
Ter, Lowell, Mass: Lawrence =: Green
Scranton, Pa; Richard c. Morse, General
Secretary International Committee; l.u-
ther d. Wishard. Foreign Secretary, and
State. Quartettes from Rutgers and
Princeton VIII aid in making the music
attractive, and this part Of the pro-
wood. The strong corps OF speakers
and the accessible location Of New Bruins
wsck should make this the largest and
most enthusiastic convention OF New 3er-
sey associations in recent years.
The exercises of the convention viii be-
gin on Thursday afternoon in the building
Cl VI StISGt dl live L VI. Wllt 4
ganszatIon will take place. In the even
ing N Lexington Avenue Baptist hurch
there VIE be welcome exercises, a report
Chairman Elkanah Drake and an address
from Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, ID, of
Brooklyn.
gin at 9:15 A. M, n after these William
D. Murray will give a review of 1896; DIR.
+. \. sserey., Of s%pringpiiala Mass, viii
Training School, and from eleven O'Clock
there will be a quiet hour. In the al
ernoon E. l.. Shuey Of Dayton. O.. will
shelton Of New York viii conduct the
Bible Topic. What will be known as
simultaneous s sectional iona Q and psrlor con.
F. B. Hoagland Of Paterson. H. Bedell
Crane of Newark. W. C. Keil of Paterson,
Willard Smith of Orange and n. Curtis
be held at the residences Of Colonel J.. j.
Janeway. John s. Voorhees, and N. Ear
pender.
Friday evening at the convention meet
ing addresses will be made by Daniel A.
Waterman and Dew. Donald Sage Mackay
Of Philadelphia, Leonard NJ. Smith Of
Newark Tory PrentisS of Newark and
Luther D. Wishard of New York will
talk, and in the afternoon the parlor con-
ferences will be resumed.
Sunday will be observed in the Associ-
alton bullding, when Luther D. Wishard,
tTCol6 sc ". p1dlly ditdt N1IS. II. II. ruler
Of Lowell, Mass, will take part
Y. M. C. A. EIectien.
At the first meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Y. M. C. A. of Jersey
City for 1897, held at the roons of the
Y M. C. A. last Tuesday night, the fol-
lowing officers were elected:-E. s. Cowles
President; First Vice-President, H.
Louderbough; Second Vice-Pres;dent, C.
G. Rochat; Recording Secretary, Irving
r. .Toune, and Treasurer, Louis Sher-
wood.
The resignation of w. e. Drake was ac-
cepted, and George NJ, Craig of the First
Congregational Church, and w. S. Baker
of Park Reformed Church, were elected
to the Board of Directors. The commits
tees for 1897 were named by the Presi-
dent.
A very handsome combination writing
desk, bulletin board and visitors regis
Ter has been put in the rooms by the
Whipple Manufacturing Co. of Provi-
dence, r. /.