The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-10

speakers / will not consume your time 10
say anything further.
He was cheered again as he sat down;
When Commodore Phillip had concluded
President Sherwood continued his address
of welcome.
'.The work of the Y. NJ. c. A." he said,
was brought into special prominence IN
1898. It was brought into close relation
ship with the army and navy. The work
that was done in this respect was brought
home to Us BY The de- death orm IN a s scuaasrh
I'VE made a pledge to the people OF
Jersey City a year age. We said we had
a certain. work to do for the young men
and asked for support and sympathy. We
received all that we asked for. FL
nancially. the year. was successful Inc
treasurer's report shows that after all the
bills were paid we had a balance TO be-
gin the work of 1899. The educational
work has developed very well. indeed. In
Chicago they have classes Of l,000 men.
We haven't as many as that, but we ex-
Dect to nave when the people of Jersey
City give us a building in which TO hold
them
Eve have an excellently eQulppe
gymnasium under charge of Professor
Adams. a graduate of Yale College; Our
religious meetings have been attended by
rotary has stated that the Jersey City as
ISOLATION made greater progress last year
than any other association in the state,
st cannot refrain from saying a word
about the General Secretary's work. We
appreciates his labors for young men. He
has worked necessarily for the cause; II
him by the directors, that we owe Y
success. There are 10000 young men in
this city. think an organization nifty
years old, which is located in every Ian
needs no apology for existing in Jersey
City. We are doing the same work as the
associations in other cities. Our work is
essentially that of character building;
We do not write in small letters the word
christian in our association. In conclu-
sion / would ask you three questions
lTI9,, the Y young 4r,9st men the mere airac feIe! of A fhis y asl
ISOLATION to do this work? Is the work
worthy of your prayers, moral n
financial support" ,, w.r.-
maker was read. -
George B. Hodge. Educational Director
of the International Association, spoke
on the great need of supplementary edu-
cational work and told how the Y. NJ.
c.. A. is trying to I'LL that need. ne
alluded to Commodore Phillip as the man
who had helped Spain to possess the
largest submarine>navy in the world. he
declared that the recent wal was a VIC
tory for education. His address was
mostly statistical n it was illustrated
Frederick B.. Pratt, President of Pratt
Institute, Brooklyn, spoke on the value
of physical culture in the association.
He said that it was not many years ago
that the physical department was consla-
cred a bait to attract young men TO the
other branches of the work-a means 10
All elIu. 4NO 10 ~ go
ant end in itself. He declared that 1T was
to tne city men that the physical work
must appeal, as they do not get proper
exercise at their work.
F. c. Moore, President of the Continent
tai Fire Insurance Company, spoke on the
association as a business investment. He
said that if the principles taught in the
Y. M. c. A. were applied to all lines OF
business there would be no need for
Dun's. Bradstreet's and detective agencies
and there would be few failures in the
business world.
w. B. Miller, International Secretary.
spoke briefly of the army and navy work
and paid a high tribute to Commodore
Phillip, who is cooperating with the
army and navy workers, and through
whose instrumentality a building has
been secured near the Brooklyn Navy
Yard.
The Rev. John H. Elliott. pastor Of the
Thirty-fourth street Reformed Church.
New York. spoke on the association as Il
training school for the Church.
Others speakers were Thomas C~ochrane
of ST. Paul, Herman NJ. Kretchjian from
Armenia, and George A. Warburton. Sec
rotary of the railroad department of the
work.
After the speechmaking the guests shook
hands with Commodore Philips. The
dinner will be followed by an appeal TO
the business men who were present for
financial assistance to further the work.
The association is in hopes of getting a
building of its own. Secretary Brown ex-
pressed that hope last night, and the
President alluded to it in his remarks.