The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-14
HISTORY OF A YEAR
REPORTS OF Y. M. G. A. OFFICERS
MORE THAN ENCoUR-
3 AGING
NEARLY THOUSAND MEMBERS

The ReOrganIzed Association a
Success = Current Expenses Met,
Nearly $4,000 An improvements
Paid for. and a Good balance ON
neutrality-suspicious. by Secretary
Grace as to Future Plans.
The annual meeting Of the board of d.
roctors of the st. Paul Y. NJ. c. A. was
held Thursday evening at the association
rooms. The following reports were read:
Lecture and entertainment course COM
mittee, E. r. Dyer, chairman. Total
receipts. ss.o1s.14. Total expenses, So
$780, Profit on course, s4S5.74.
Membership committee, Ralph Allison,
chairman. Total senior members, Sal !;
total junior members, 108. Total member
ship, $40. Total daily attendance at the
rooms, sos. Total for the four months
$4,000.
Gymnasium committee, F. r. Bigelow,
chairman. Number Of senior class ses-
sions held, 20S, average attendance,
twenty-six. Sixty-one Junior class ses
sions held with an average attendance of
forty. Three exhibitions given, average
attendance, $50. Number Of medical ex-
aminations made, $50. Number Of physical
examinations made. 212. Three athletic
contests held with the Minneapolis Y. NJ.
c. A, ST. Paul winning the series with
lead of seventy-three points. Eight
practical talks given by the physical di-
rector to gymnasium members. Subjects,
Special exercise for weak parts of body"
Personal Hygiene" Bathing" Diet"
etc. Total attendance in gymnasium, II, 900.
Number of baths taken, about 1900.
Devotional committee, C. ]. Hunt,
chairman. Average attendance at Sunday
afternoon meeting, 100. Average attend
ance at Bible class, 9.
Educational committee, Thomas H.
Dickson, chairman. AS the association
did not open until Jan. / last it was i'm
possible to organize and maintain educa-
tional work on an extensive scale. 1t must
also be remembered, that no appropria-
ton was made for educational work, and
that, therefore, we could only undertake
those branches for which there was
sufficient demand to be selfsustained in
tuition and membership dues. The follow
ing classes were conducted from Feb
to May L: Arithmetic, average attend
ance, fourteen; English composition, aver
d6o dltSAodHcS, eight, En8nSn grammar,
average attendance, six; stenography.
average attendance, fifteen; penmanship,
average attendance, three.
Report Of Charles w. Eberlein, treas
urer. Total receipts and resources, $1 -
O1S66; expenditures and liabilities, $10,-
200.02 balance paid on interest and old
debt, $S18.54.
Grace, general secretary Of the associa-
ton. This report was brief resume Of
the history of the accociation since its
inception. In substance 1t was as follows:
On Mr.. Grace's arrival to assume the
secretaryship on April Il. 1898, but So, 920
Of the necessary $4,000 had been pledged
and the balance was not secured until
+ July following, which was two months
later than the theoretical plan proposed
by the reorganization committee.
During all the time that this work
was being prosecuted the committee con-
fldently expected that the Ryan building
could be leased without delay the very
moment that the necessary $4,000 had
been secured Immediately upon secur-
ing the $4,000 a meeting Yves held with
the Ryan building agent, and plans for
the necessary changes forwarded to the
eastern owners Of the building. After
waiting fully two weeks we were finally
informede that an option on the said
building had been granted to other par
ties. A few days later the agent notified
us that the parties holding the option
had decided to take the building. Thus
on or about the first day of August with
in one month of the time counted on for
opening our association work. we were
entirely at sea fr a location. Then began
a hunt for other quarters which resulted
in lease for the present quarters being
completed Sept. TO-
This unavoidable but considerable delay
was not without serious effect. 1t opened