The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-26
Y. N. c. A. DINNER.
Clergymen the Guests of the
Association at Has
brouCk Hall Last
Night.
CONGRATULATORY SPEECHES
Sketch of the Movement and Its
Extraordinary Growth
Who Were There.
CONGRATULATIONS SPEECHES

business men of Jersey City met in HAS
0rouck Hall last night at the Reunion
dinner of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION. They had been invited by the
Board of Directors to consider plans FOL
Continuing the work of the association
When the guests had partaken OF an ex-
cellent repast which was served by a
m of members of the ladies'
auxiliary to the association, they listened
to able addresses on the Y. NJ. G. A. WORK
by those engaged in it. President E. ).
Cowles of the local association made a
few ~ntroducto remarks and then intro
duced William E. Drake as POSTMASTER.
The next speaker was William D. Muir
ray of Plainfield, who spoke of the rela-
ton of the Y. NC. A. to the Church. He
said:-I nave learned a great deal about
the relation of the association to the
Church and the relation of the Church to
the association from our own church in
Plainfield. Our church IS large and
wealthy. We found that we couldn't ger
the poorer class to come into our magnl-
ficent church, so we built three chapels III
different parts of the city; we went to
their shops and their homes, and we sue
ceeded in reaching them and bringing
them 10 CnflSl. Lively ShoAN
build chapels, but the Y. NJ. C. A. can
be to every church what our chapels Were
to us. While one church cannot perhaps
support a chapel all the churches COM
bined can support the Y. M. C. A. Inc
Young Mems Christian Association sought
TO be an outpost to the churches, TO
reach that particular class which Will not
come to church. l have found from my
church experience that many young men
in our churches would work if they mad
an opportunity to do so. The Y. M. {. \.
effords them that opportunity. 1t ought
who would be sent back to the nureneS
prepared for efficient service. me Y. N;
c. A. trains men as Blpie Stuoehls dha
christian rke
Eikanah Drake, for fifteen years chair
man of the State Y. M. {. A. Commliies
responded to the toast Young Men, N
the absence of the Rev. Theodore Tyier,
of Brooklyn. He said-I shall present
briefly the claim of the Y: M. q: A. in
helping young men to their poSsipliitles
First, there is the physical possibility. NO
institution in this country is doing SO
much for the physical well being of young
men as the 7. M. c. A.. Physlcal train
ali right intellectually and morally,but IN
less he is all right physically he is OF ut
tie use. Secondly, there is the intellect
t ast p0s Show that out Of every five boys
in school at the age of II years only one
remains to the age of IA? Only one out
of every 100 boys get a collegiate educa-
ton. The possibilities of many young
men depend upon the evening classes OF
the Y. NJ. c. A., which help them to be,
come more useful men, The educatlonal
work alone is worth every effort that IS
being put forth-in this n MI.
Drake concluded with a personal a!lusion
showing how he rose TO the posltlon ne
now holds while the man who started his
career with him fills a d~runkard's grave.
There was music by the Y NJ e. 4
philharmonic Orchestra, and men
the Y. NJ. C. A. work in North America,
spoke of 9TH Young Mems Christian As
sociation.' 1.-The Y. M. c. A." he said,
lis more than half a million young men
banded together in all parts of the world
in thirty-seven NATIONS. 1t owns ,S2o,VoU,-
900 worth of permanent property and ex-
ponds "a, 600, 900 annually in carrying on It's
work. 1t is organized in 5000 cities. The
first Y. NJ. C. A. building to be erected
was the one in Twenty-third street, New
York There the fourfold work of the Z.
M. C. A. began. The young men had to
give of their own number to the work De-
fore it was a success
There are three conditions necessary to
the success of a branch of he Y. M. ca.
in any city. First, a young man must be
found who is willing to act as secretary
and devote all his time to the. work. Next
a group of men must say that the move
ment is a good thing and be willing to
supper IL, ana lQeH, last u dli, II 10 lieC-
essary for he, secretary to nave apout
him an efficient working committee"
The Rev. Cornelius Brett made a witty
address in response to the toast, sfhe
He said.-"Blessed is the man who
at the end of a long programme like this
knows enough to say but little. some
years ago | was called upon to speak as
the youngest pastor in Jersey City; now
I am called upon because I am the old
est in point of service, if not in years I
recognized long ago the necessity for the
Y. M. C. A. You are welcome to all the
young men in our congregations; you are
welcome to all the money you can get
out of our congregations; but remember
that the churches of Jersey City are poor.
There is hardly one OF them that is not
struggling for existence. The churchessof
Jersey City need all the money they can
get and yet there is enough money in Jer--
sey City to support fifty Y. NJ. C.. As, if
it were only consecrated to God. We are
willing to tell the people their duty to-
ward the Y. NJ. c. A., but you must do
the collecting yourselves. We ought to
have a live association in this city"
The Rev. Ralph Wick thanked the la
dies for their hospitality. Secretary
Charles Brown spoke of 1.-THE Jersey City
Association" He said believe that
character. I believe in the Y. M. G. A.,
with a quadruple emphasis on the Chris
tian. I believe in Jersey City having an
association second to none in this coun-
try. A Y. M. C. A. is not articles of in
corporation or a building. although it is
a building. with living stones. A secre-
tary can do nothing alone. Help me to
get a foundation laid and I will guaran-
tee results which will amply repay you.
There is enough material here to shake
jersey City needs an institution of this
ence."
Mr.. Drake, in making a few closing re-
marks, said that non RELAXED more than
the directors that mistakes had been
made in the management of the associa-
ton in the last ten years, and nobody
couragements. however. the association
has done good work and should be helped
sd as to improve it's usefulness.
During the evening the y. NJ. C. "A.
orchestra rendered several selections in
an excellent manner. Those present in
W. J. Swaffield. F. W.sJackson, Jr., Ar
ney S. Biddle, j. c. Allen, A. Henry, G.
Francis Morgan, w. P. Brush, G. r.
Barnes, Charles E.. Little and Messrs.
William ID. Murray, H. Wilkens, l.. w.
Smith, c. B. Maxon, E. F. Grove. ].
Towne. E. NJ. Doane, G. NJ. Craig, II. F.
Bush. Louis f. Lyme, Mr.. Nordine, E.. S.
berts. DR.. J. NJ. Smith, James Fl. For
man. Frank Stevens, VIM. D. Post, C. H.
Cooper, II. f. Stires; Jr., w. e. Dunn,
E. Sutherland, T. w Leake. Charles M.
Prior. George Kent. job Lange, w. M.
P. Taylor, Mr.. German. A. e. Kline
Louis Sherwood, j. w. H~ardenbergh, NJ.
e. Ramsey, August Will, G. w. Russell,
s. c.. Mount. J. W Kidd. Thomas A.
Low, DIR. s. r.. Forman, s.. D. sTompkins,
T. M. Gerow. Frank B. Hague and H.
S. Logan.
FIEAECIERS TO MEET.