The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-05
large number of men take such a man. ly stand for the right.

large number of men take such man. ly stand for the right.
 The closing session of the convention on Sunday night was notable for the advance step taken in association &C.,
 tivity. Almost every gathering for the
 past ten years has been marked by
 some forward movement and this occa-
 sion will be remembered for the mis-
 sionary spirit shown by the delegates.
 John R. Mott, The Worlds College
 secretary, was present after an extend-
 ed trip throughout the colleges of the
 Orient and made a magnificent appeal
 for the 2OO,000,000 young men in non-
 Christian lands. He told of the crying
 need for more secretaries and said that
 seven men were needed at once and he
 urged the convntion to rise up at once
 and meet the emergency. He wanted a
 national secretary for Japan to suc-
 ceed MT. Swift, who was obliged to re-
 sign. A man for Hong Kong. China.
 Two more secretaries for Calcutta,
 where there are over 10000 students.
 One college and one local secretary in
 India, and another secretary to assist
 McConaughy of Madras. The appeal
 was so urgent that subscriptions were
 taken at once to see if at least three
 men could not be sent this year as Mr.
 Mott stated that there were three men
 on the floor of the convention who
 might be persuaded to go and make
 sacrifice for their brethren in foreign
 countries The amount asked for was only $1,200 for each man and the best
 plan seemed to be that shares of $100 each be pledged. In less than fifteen minutes over $3,600 was secured, and in ten minutes more a second S3,600 was pledged, when business man said he would take care of one himself at $1200. AS basket offering was taken for defraying the expenses of these men and nearly $500 was secured, making nearly $9,O00 in less than thirty minutes.
 One of the striking features of the convention was the educational exhibit. The large rooms of the furniture build- ing in Grand Rapids was thrown open, and room 100 feet wide by 260 feet long was filled with the work of stu dents in the evening classes throughout the country. It may be an interesting fact to know that while there are 100,- 900 young men in the higher institutions of learning in the country, there are 150,000 in night schools, and the larger of these are wage-earners. Of this 150,000 the Young Mems Chris tian associations alone had 30,000 in their evening classes.
 The importance of this educational work is understood by. the associations when we consider that only two and a half per cent. of boys remain in school | after they are twelve years of age and at present there are twice as many re- form schools for boys, where they can | learn a trade as there are industrial | schools holding out helping hand to | the boy before he falls. There is cry- Ing need to-day for more such philan .hropic work as has been done by one of | New Haven's generous givers in pro- viding an industrial school. The Young | Mems Christian associations of this are admirably adapted to carry on this industrial work, as the best of Christian influences constantly surround | he young men.
 One of the best exhibits in industrial | work was made by the Hartford Young Mems Christian association This was made possible by the endowment of the industrial work by Miss Hillyer, who rave $50,000 for the equipment and an- other S50,000 as an endowment. The Iew Haven association sent an exhibit, tnd notwithstanding the poor equip nent for work, the exhibit received hree awards of honorable mention, one rom each branch represented, viz, mechanical drawing and reehand drawing. The New Haven building plans were also open for in pection and were claimed to be the fin st for all-round work of any exhibited. Exhibits were also received from Ma ras, India; Cape Town, South Africa; 7okio, Japan, and Honolulu.
 The delegates to this convention were lot only from the United States and Janada, but from other countries, in- luding Cape Town, South Africa, and 'okio Japan, Two years hence, in 1901, he convention will meet in Boston and will be made for the most otable association gathering ever held n this continent, as it will be the fifti- tn anniversary of the founding of the 'oung Mems Christian association pavement in the United States.