The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-01
WORK in THE BOYS CLUB
FLATTERING REPORTS READ AT
MEETING OF OFFICERS YESTERDAY.
Organization Plans for the Future
Reception Last Night at the
Home of the President.

Home OF the PRESIDENT.
The annual meeting of the Boys Club was
held yesterday afternoon. Major w. J..
Richards, the president, was in the chair.
The reports of officers We're made. That Of
Miss Alice Graydon, the superintendent, was
mostly for the month just ended. The en-
rollment in the club is 2,55S, and there are 1S4
in the Sunday school. Miss Graydon made
fifty visits to houses and thirty-three moth
ers attended the meetings Mrs. John L..
Griffths has resumed her instruction Of the
Wood-carving classes and considerable
clothing has been donated. Mrs. A. a. Clark,
the assistant superintendent, has organized
a new section of workers in the interest of
the club on the South Side, and it is known
as Section Sc" 1t has forty-seven mem
bers and already four meetings have been
held. Mrs. Clark made 207 calls. The sec
ton has raised $50. A like sum was cleared
by the plays given Friday evening at Mr.
D. M. Parry's. Mrs. Clark has a plan to
create clubs within the club, which is now
growing unwieldy in numbers, ard to slim
ulate the boys She suggests a press club,
drill corps, a baseball club, basket ball
team, classes, tournaments and manual
training.
Mrs. e. ]. Foster read her report which
reviewed the work and included manual
training talks by Prof. Frank A. Nanny. A
free kindergarten occupies the club building
mornings. There ara five sections working
for the club. Mrs. Foster spoke particular
ly of the loss of Miss Florence Taggart to
the club. She was one of the faithful work
ers in the Sunday school.
Mr.. Clarence Zener, the treasurer, made
his report. The receipts from all sources
amounted to $1,57497. and the expenses were
s1,S73.S4. The balance on hand in the per-
manent fund at the beginning Of the year
was $1,251.37; distributed, $247S7; balance,
81 ,OO4.
The executive committee reported the pub
lication of the reports in pamphlet form, and
these were distributed. Major Richards
made a few remarks relative to the ten
dency for criticism caused by zeal in the
work. The authority for the work of the
club should be definite and fixed and he
said he believed all criticisms should be writ
ten, signed by the one making them and
sent 10 the executive committee. lie heart-
lily commended the work done by the super
intandent, Miss Graydon
The election of officers resulted as follows:
For president, w. j. Richards; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. e. j. Foster secretary, Mrs. e.
M. Thompson; treasurer, Mr.. Clarence Ze-
ner; assistant treasurer, Edgar II. Evans +;
delegate to the local council Mrs. E. J..
Foster; board Of directors for term of
three years, Mrs. W. A. Applegate, Mrs. X.
r. Butler, Mrs. John II. Brush, Mrs. J. II.
Byers. Mrs James b. Curtis, Mrs n c..
Day, Mrs. John c. Dean, Mrs. c. S. Denny,
Mrs. u. s. Elder, Mrs. c. A. Wallingford,
Mr.. D. w. Coffin, Mr.. Il. H. Evans; for one
year, Mrs. T: l.. Hale, Mrs. S. E. Rauh,
Warrington, Mrs. V. M. Backus; to fill the
vacancies for the two and one year terms,
chosen alphabetically, Mrs. j. II. Baker,
Tvs A i1cra NfTc NTrs
II. H. Hornbrook, Mrs Evan Lilly; trustee
for four wears, d. w. Coffin; advisory boarl,
Messrs. T. G. Day, S. E. Morss, r. o. Hawk
Erwin, II. II. Hanna, c. s. Denny, j. A.
NIilburn, j. Cumming Smith. The executive
committee will elect the superintendent at
The club will send a note of sympathy to
Mayor Taggarts family, and Mrs. Z. j. Eos
ter, Mrs. John L. Grffiths and Mrs. c. A.
Wallingford were named to take charge
of it.
The Boys Club accepted an offer of Mrs.
John 7. Brush for performance of Robert
sons comedy of Caste" which will be
given by Mrs. Brush, Mrs. II. S. New Mrs.
George E. Hunt and others whom they will
select to be given for the benefit of the club.
The three ladies named will attend to the ar
tstic side of the performance, and the Boys
Club Association wifi be responsible for the
business and financial part of it. Commit
tees will be appointed at the first executive
session, and the date ana other matters will
be decided. This will be followed by a called
meeting or all the members OF all the sec
tions. The board accepted the offer unani-
mously. with thanks
Maj Richards, president of the club, and
Mrs. Richards gave a reception last evening
in the interest of the organization at their
residence. Major Richards gave a short
talk relative to the work of the club,
which is to make good citizens Of Indianap-
oils boys whose lives are not cast in pleas
ant places. This was followed by an inter-
esting annual report of he work of the
club by its superintendent Miss Alice Gray
don. There are now 2,55S boys whose names
are found in the list of membership in the
club. The work which the club does is to
provide a place where the boys may meet.
For these LAOS there Is q Sunday school; the
common school branches are taught three
evenings in the week; there is a class in
wood-carving, and a gymnasium instructor
teaches the boys to use the apparatus pro-
Vided. The club reaches out to the homes
of the boys, for no boy registers who is not
looked up by the superintendent. The
mothers have meetings, and not only lend
their assistance to the club, but are assisted
by the club. The interest in the organZa-
ton is mutual. The means used to benefit
the boys are many and varied, and the work
is one which will rebound to the credit of
the association and the city. The club has a
substantial building, the generous gift of
Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Snow. This perma-
nent home is to be maintained by the gener-
osity of the public, either by its patronage
or subscriptions. The meeting yesterday was
a stimulus toward this end The executive
committee which is the officers OF the club,
assisted Major and Mrs Richards.