The evening times., 1899-02-04
CHRISTIAN YOUNG
MEN ASSEMBLE
Associations of Three States
and the District.
Encouraging Reports of Work
Faithfully Done.
Spirit and Enthusinsm Of the Dele
Eates-GoOd Words fer PhSsi-
cal CuEfurc.

Cumberland Nd, FeD. AM twenty
seventh annual convention of the IouEg
Mems Christian Associations of Ma-y,ani,
Delaware. District of Columbia and West
Virginia is in session at Cumberland.
The convention was opened yesterday by
Acting State Secretary Hawkins, who gave
as the motto Commit Thy Way Unto the
Lord" Mr. Hawkins was chosen tempo
rary chairman.
Theodore A. Harding, of Washington
read the annual report CT the State eXecu-
tive committee. The report states that
the war compelled the committee to ma
terially change the pan laid out for State
work and army work was taken up. Ths
following is the report of the tent work al
Fort Monroe: Total visits to tents, 1852;
average daily. so; letters written, T.
409; number of gospel services, 60; totsl
attendance, 2.635; conversions, 50; visits
from strangers, 27l. Eight hundred copies
OF the New Testament and 500 copies OF
Aiooody's Colportage library were disuib
uted
The report of Secretary Hawkins i'm
| bodied in Mr.. EardiEg's report tells OF the
condition of Maryland associations and
states that the entire field, outside OF Bal
umore and Washington is suffering from
lack Of State supervision, there beng no
regular state secretary.
The Washington Association has paid
its floating debt OF $4,000 has purchased
the magnificent quarters OF the Columbia
Athletic Club, and will formally take pos
session February -. The sum of $40 coo
will be spent on improvements.
COlOred association secretary has been
g.pYlPE.l in RaItiTrop-a and fllEra 4
/ poets OF an intercollegiate secretary for
medical colleges, Of which there are six.
The report recommends the employment
! OF a State secretary. the raising Of $500,
/ The maintenance Of a tent al the State
! military camp and the organization of
| Bible class departments.
/ Ia the absence of State Treasurer j. W.
! BIu1on, Mr.. Harding read his report. Total
receipts during the year We're s%2e.2o, ex-
/ penditures S5e5.l1. Baltimore associations
/ lea in contributions. West Branch, BaIti-
more, reported membership Of 35l.
J. NJ. Armstrong, general secretary. AI-
napclis, reported increased membership
I educational classes formed. reading room
/ cp=ned and plans on foot for a gymna-
! stun.
E. Il. Hume. secretary of work in The
organized society among the medical stu
| Johns Hopkins Medical School the only
! organized society among the medical stu
/ dents, reported that the society was rec
! ognized as power for good in the school
! The report adds. The fact that il is not
| a dead organization is shown by the criti-
| cism uttered o- UaeEpresSed. which is ever
! present in the minds OF non Christian
students
/ J. P BrIgley. secretary Of the PennsyI-
/ wants Railroad department. Baltimore. re-
! ported that the establishment of two sub
stations was contemplated, one at Bay
! NleW and the other at the Mt Vernon
| shops 50 as TO provide reading rooms near
| the men. The department hopes to get a
! location for headquarters near Union STA
! ton for the convenience of the men.
t. Z. Sheldon, Of the Baltimore and Ohio
! branch reported total attendance of > 2SI
/ at the sunday meetings during the year.
| Educational work was given up on accoun,
OF having 10 room. The total membership
! is l25.
! The HagerstoWn association will be con-
| tinued, despite damage by fire and cut
| down contributions
Wilmington tDelD association raised So
! 200 during the past year to clear of float
! ing Indebtedness. Encouraging reports were
I also made OF the association of the West
| Virginia University. Baltimore Medical
/ College, College Of Physicians and Sur
| geons- Western Maryland College. Della
ware College, Poolesville Nd: railroad de-
pc. AAlAtlll nd sci olB lltunDNt. W. Va
| Wheeling. ". Va. and Naval Academy
Annapolis.
The following permanent officers of the
! convention were elected by acclamation,
! President. Joshua Levering. Baltimore;
! first vice president. J. B. Sleman. jr.
! Washington; second vice president. d. p
! Miller, Cumberland; third vice president
/ c. c. Douglas, Western Maryland College;
! fourth vice president Hugh NJ. Morris
! naI4K1-.Fa ("rllnrra-
! West Virginia University assistant sec
! retary, William II. Cole Cumberland
Mr.. Levering was heartily applauded. He
! spoke OF the enthusiastic. encouraging
/ spirit that possessed the members of the
convention.
c. \. Hoiton, OF Baltimore, read an ad-
/ dress on the physical department work. in
! which he said tha; The Rough Riders who
| made the best record for daring, were
! largely men who had helped defend their
! college flag on the athletic field. He re-
ferred 10 the increased responsibility of
/ the physical director, because of the tax
! ing up of competitive games and the pass
! ing of fancy gymnastics. The principal of
] self-control must be taught as well as that
| OF fair play and clean sport. His closing
| injunction was TO always remember 10
! couple the spirit with the body in plan
ming our work
The paper on physical culture was dis
| cussed by Messrs. w. II. Morris, s. NJ
Hoff, Charles Lukins and W B. Millar.
Mrs. c. F. Kenneweg of the
Ladies Auxiliary in Cumberland, read a
paper on ''Woman's Work for Young
Men
w B. Millar, of the New York Army
and Navy International Society, told of
work in army and navy camps, illustrated
with stereopticon.
Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin. pastor of the
| Church of the Covenant. Washington. D.
| c., delivered an address on THE Duty of
| Christian Young Men to Develop and
Maintain the Cosmopolitan Temper